The Traveller's Companion

This is the book for anyone who's been bitten by the travel bug. It won't tell you anything about the nightlife in New Zealand or the best bed in Bogota. But it will keep you company wherever you are with amusing anecdotes, surprising snippets, and treasured travel tips. Navigate your way through these pages and discover the longest place name in the world, what siderodromophobia is, how to survive in the jungle, where to offend by blowing your nose in public, who mistook Hitler for a doorman, and when passports stopped being written in Latin. Whether you're waiting for a bus or whiling away the evening after a day of sightseeing, The Traveller's Companion is just the ticket.