Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands 2 (Travel Literature)

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Lonely Planet: The worlds leading travel guide publisher A tourist on the Axis of Evil. You guys really are the axis of evil our guide splutters over his stein of beer in the Pyongyang duck restaurant. Youre always leaning out of the windows and taking photographs when I tell you not to. In an age of plastic knives on planes Tony Wheeler can make the extraordinary claim of having visited all the rogue countries currently on newsreaders lips. Bad Lands is a witty first-hand account of his travels through places often perceived as having some of the most repressive and dangerous regimes in the world: Afghanistan Albania Burma Cuba Iran Iraq Libya North Korea and Saudi Arabia. Taking into account each countrys attitude to human rights terrorism and foreign policy he asks what makes a country truly evil? and how bad is really bad? - all the while engaging with a colourful cast of locals and hapless tour guides ruminating on history and debunking popular myths. Written by the founder of Lonely Planet this fascinating account of life in these closed-off countries will appeal to anyone with an interest in the state of the world today. With additional excursions to places that are slightly misguided mildly malevole(more...)