Everyday Adventures (9781787013582)

Weave a little wonder into daily life with these fun and challenging activities - and experience your local area in a whole new way. Invite friends on a social adventure, follow your senses somewhere new and embark on a cultural odyssey. Lonely Planet shows you how to embrace the traveller spirit and discover a new side to where you live. 

For each activity, we tell you what to bring and provide simple, easy-to-follow instructions to make it a success. You'll also find a case study from someone who's completed it, as well as surprising facts and anecdotes that shed light on the history and science behind each quirky quest. 

Everyday Adventures is comprised of five themed chapters: 

1. Follow Your Senses: 
Urban Foraging 
Fly By Night 
Macro Lensing 
Food Quest 
Memory Lane 

2. Social Adventures: 
Pint-Sized Tour Guide 
Social Media Slave 
Life Swap 
Bartender's Knock 
Trip Poker 

3. Challenge Yourself: 
Airport Tourism 
Plastic Challenge 
Lend a Hand Locally 
Long-Haul Hitchhiking 
End of the Line 

4. Cultural Odysseys: 
Street Art 
Movie Magic 
Urban Zen 
Vintage Travel 
Literary Jaunt 

5. Roll the Dice: 
Hands of Fate 
Traveller's Roulette 
Life-Sized Monopoly 
Human Chess 
Out of Office 


About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.