Lonely Planet USA & Canada On A Shoestring (LONELY PLANET SHOESTRING GUIDES) - Softcover

Robert Reid; Rebecca Blond; Andrew Dean Nystrom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1740596528 ISBN 13: 9781740596527

Publisher: Lonely Planet, 2005

Synopsis

California sunsets, Vegas jackpots, BC rain forests, New York energy - hit the wide open highways to the trip of your choice. Written by and for backpackers, this compact, detailed guide lets you go further, stay longer and pay less for the adventure of a lifetime.

• GET THE INSIDE SCOOP - extensive eating, sleeping and drinking listings, themed highlights and travel-tested budget tips from an intrepid team of backpacking authors

• FIND YOUR WAY - expanded itineraries and more than 100+ maps put you in charge of your journey

• DIVE INTO ADVENTURE - outdoor activities chapter covers adrenaline rushes from mountain biking in Moab to skiing Whistler and diving the Florida Keys

• SEE ANOTHER SIDE - cruise unexplored backroads, scenic byways, hip neighborhoods, diverse cities and vast national parks

About this title

From the Publisher

Destination USA & Canada

Whoa ho! The USA and Canada - the world's third- and second-largest countries - offer heartbeat-skipping moments on the countless miles (or kilometers) stretching from sea to sea. Highlights start in the cities - big-time 21st-century wonders where international communities zip around on well-oiled public transport - and continue in the sticks, where you'll find canyons the color of red fudge, moose sipping from your swimming hole, rocky-top mountains coated in snow and head-butting goats, banjo or blues or rural chitchat on the AM dial, big-buckled cowboys saying 'yup' at fillin' stations and surfers saying 'dude' by the beach, kitschy over-sized cows at stop-offs under big skies the size of worlds, and fresh buffalo hoof-creased blades in tallgrass. The people - a smiling bunch often - ain't bad either.

Save for getting around, it can be done on the cheap. Fifteen-buck hostels and free campsites abound, looks at landmarks from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge are free, and specialty meals sell for prices that keep locals' eyebrows in place. It's car country, yessirree - and god it's good to see with a set of wheels - but so much can be seen by bus, train, cycle or boot too.

It's big, this USA and Canada stuff. Worth the hype? Yup.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1740596528
• ISBN 13: 9781740596527
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 740