Everyday Adventures

Book excerpt: Weave a little wonder into daily life with these fun and challenging activities - and experience your local area in a whole new way. Invite friends on a social adventure, follow your senses somewhere new and embark on a cultural odyssey. Lonely Planet shows you how to embrace the traveller spirit and discover a new side to where you live. For each activity, we tell you what to bring and provide simple, easy-to-follow instructions to make it a success. You'll also find a case study from someone who's completed it, as well as surprising facts and anecdotes that shed light on the history and science behind each quirky quest. Everyday Adventures is comprised of five themed chapters: 1. Follow Your Senses: Urban Foraging Fly By Night Macro Lensing Food Quest Memory Lane 2. Social Adventures: Pint-Sized Tour Guide Social Media Slave Life Swap Bartender's Knock Trip Poker 3. Challenge Yourself: Airport Tourism Plastic Challenge Lend a Hand Locally Long-Haul Hitchhiking End of the Line 4. Cultural Odysseys: Street Art Movie Magic Urban Zen Vintage Travel Literary Jaunt 5. Roll the Dice: Hands of Fate Traveller's Roulette Life-Sized Monopoly Human Chess Out of Office About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.