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RV Family Roadtrip    by Kathy and Neal Pignatora
Price: $1.99 USD. 8050 words. Published on May 30, 2011. .

The Complete How -to Guide for the ‘Hotel on Wheels’ Family that we wish we would have had when we started our RV adventures!
Just Passing Through    by James Morgan Ayres
Price: $0.99 USD. 17060 words. Published on July 11, 2011. .

This is a collection of writings: journeys, places, lovers and friends; a magic knife, a motorcycle journey across France, a friendly werewolf, an exile and quiet hero, a bear hunting Crow Indian etre bien dans sa peau, and a meditation on beauty and death.
Travel Adventures on the Company's Nickel    by Frank Perkins
Price: $3.99 USD. 34630 words. Published on August 1, 2011. .

A collection of memories of the sights, adventures, mishaps, meals and lodgings experienced on business trips around the world.
Whales, Termites and Dragons: Adventures on Volunteer Expeditions    by Frank Perkins
Price: $3.99 USD. 97940 words. Published on August 13, 2011. .

Travel experiences as a volunteer on 25 scientific expeditions to 21 countries around the world.
Lost Angel Walkabout: One Traveler's Tales    by Linda Ballou
Price: $6.99 USD. 55940 words. Published on September 1, 2011. .

A spirited collection of travel narratives recounting the haps, mishaps, and serendipitous adventures that give a sense of wonder and delight. All of the stories take you to special places where you share the sensual experience of being there without straining one muscle,getting altitude sickness,or tipping your canoe. This is an eclectic mix of tales filled with chills,spills,giggles and squeaks.
Tarts, Touts and Temples    by Duncan Stearn
Price: $6.99 USD. 23800 words. Published by Proglen  on September 30, 2011. .

In Tarts, Touts and Temples, author Duncan Stearn recounts a series of trips and adventures to which many who have been to Southeast Asia can relate. All are true, even if some sound fanciful or a bit too true to be believed.
Kitten Heels in Kathmandu, Adventures of a Female Vagabond    by Mary Bartnikowski
Price: $9.99 USD. 70390 words. Published on February 12, 2012. .

Mary, newly minted as a lone warrior after raising her son, sells everything she owns, breaks free of the USA and takes us on a water slide ride photographing the Dalai Lama in India to riding elephants bareback in Nepal. Across 27 countries by train, boat, bus, motorbike, and rickshaw she discovers that courage takes practice and wanderlust costs less than it does to stay home working.
Tea & Bee's Milk: Our Year in a Turkish Village    by Karen Gilden and Ray Gilden
Price: $3.50 USD. 57150 words. Published on May 3, 2012. .

Do you ever feel like running away, escaping the rat race, finding yourself—or the meaning of life? If your answer is "yes" you'll find inspiration in this charming series of essays by a couple who did just that. They quit their jobs, sold their house and car, and went to live in a tiny Turkish village beside the Mediterranean Sea. This is a delightful memoir of a memorable year
Lost Among The Marigolds: A Diary of India    by Corey Michael Smithson
Price: $3.99 USD. 57780 words. Published on August 3, 2012. .

In this engaging memoir, a homeless American artist flees New York to backpack across India. Armed with a wry sense of humor and boundless curiosity, he crisscrosses a dazzling, fragile, complicated country. Alternately joyous and wistful, "Lost Among The Marigolds" describes an unforgettable journey, an amazing land, and the wondrous complexities of the human condition.
Traveling Alone - little bits of an unfinished trip    by Douglas Hannum
Price: $8.99 USD. 67110 words. Published on November 1, 2012. .

Traveling Alone is a fascinating mosaic of travel adventures culled from a three-year, five-continent trip in over 50 countries ― sad, hilarious, frightening, bizarre and even romantic, but never boring. From composing love letters in Cairo and stalking crocodiles in the South American pampas to hitching rides through Rwandan refugee camps and spending time in a Bolivian prison, it's a wild ride.