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ISBN-13: 9781841623184
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Weird World: The strangest stories & oddest images from around the world1st edition • OCTOBER 2009144 PAGES • 144 PAGES OF COLOUR PHOTOSISBN: 978 1 84162 318 4
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From the signpost in a park in Chengdu, China that instructs passers-by, 'Please do not feed the fishes with your private,' to Kanab, Utah's speciality beer, Polygamy Porter ('why have just one?' asks the label), Weird World celebrates the bizarre, the hilarious and the frankly unfortunate sights to be found on our very strange planet. Compiled with Wanderlust magazine – whose readers have contributed their more outlandish observations from across the globe – it's divided into seven sections: food and shopping, people, art and architecture, transport, wildlife and the natural world, signs and menus, and just plain odd. Blending a mixture of photographs and captions, it's a joyfully wacky compendium of the quirky side of travel. • Unique images taken in over one hundred countries by the intrepid readers of Wanderlust (circulation 37,000) • The stories behind an array of worldwide images bring the pan-global weirdness vividly to life
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Table of Contents[PEOPLE] People are strange
Festival fever Costume dramas Bizarre behaviour True stories: stripping off at the South Pole True stories: battered in Bolivia Signs: Lost in translation [ FOOD & SHOPPING ] Taste for the unusual World's weirdest foods Gourmet guinea pigs Just a nip Uncommon markets Butchers: meet your meat Bugs Odd eateries Strange shops True stories: cat casserole Signs: Food for thought & shops [ TRANSPORT ] Surreal wheels Crazy conveyances Pimp my ride True stories: Pakistan's tarted-up trucks Going nowhere fast Filling up Busman's holiday True stories: India by bus Fully loaded Animal magic Just odd Signs: Road signs & signals [ NATURAL WORLD ] Eccentric animals Weird wildlife Beastly behaviour Nature gone nuts: Galápagos Islands Peculiar plants Insects Signs: You know the rules [ ART & ARCHITECTURE ] Crazed creations Bizarre buildings Big things Dark art Graffiti & street art Dessication creations Statuesque style Keeping it surreal Signs: Uh, what?? [ INDESCRIBABLY STRANGE ] Just plain odd Peculiar place names Charming embalming True stories: karaoke in Borneo About the AuthorWeird World is a joint publication of Bradt Travel Guides in partnership with Wanderlust. Wanderlust is the UK's leading magazine for independent-minded and adventurous travellers. It was lauded by Bill Bryson, who said: 'There simply isn't a better magazine for the serious traveller.' Related TitlesBrowse titles in related categories | Wildlife
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