Private Travel in the World - 36 Must-Visit Places for Travelers

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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
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When I was young, I longed for the life of ancient scholars and knights, imagining one day I could "swing a sword and leave the country, bid farewell to my family and travel far, south to Cangwu, east across the Mingsha Sea." Walking across the southern and northern parts of the land, with a bold and heroic spirit, how wonderful that feeling was. Later, due to work, I had to travel between many different places every year. Without realizing it, travel became a part of my daily life, and my youthful yearning for travel gradually faded. In the fleeting gaps between departures and arrivals, I often wondered: What is travel? Some say it is culture. Thinking about it, the pyramids were built by the Egyptians, the Forbidden City was constructed by the Chinese, and only France has Versailles, only the United States has Arlington National Cemetery. Others say travel is "life in elsewhere," singing poems of the world as a journey, looking around with curiosity, perhaps even a bit of gossip. Some say travel is freedom—starting from any random morning, walking aimlessly, without ulterior motives, enjoying the joy of wandering and fulfillment.
What I’m more curious about is how so many "free-spirited travelers" use their keen eyes and sincere hearts to experience the magic and charm of foreign lands. That’s how this book came to be. It’s a feast of travel. It includes well-known tourist destinations that everyone has heard of, such as Wuyuan, known as "China’s most beautiful rural area," Yangshuo, "more beautiful than Guilin," and Chiang Mai, the "Rose of Northern Thailand," among others. It also includes relatively unfamiliar and mysterious places like Israel, Kenya, Egypt, and Finland.
This is a collective work by netizens. Over 30 netizens have contributed hundreds of exquisite color photos, hundreds of thousands of vivid words, and reasonably designed self-guided itineraries, combined with extensive detailed information, to take us on a journey through towns and villages around the world. The 36 travel destinations selected for this book were completely voted for by netizens online. All the travelogues are written by Ctrip netizens, recording the joys, sorrows, and emotions of their personal journeys.
We are living in a rapidly changing society, an era where "life is too rushed to feel." Life is like a journey—a return after experiencing spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In this long journey, the most precious thing is not anything else—it is precisely what we see and think about along the way.