Tuesday 20 January 2009

Zaire and Guide to the Ruwenzori

Zaire
Author;Christa Mang
Publisher;Bradt Publications
1991 edition
139 pages
Has about 10 black and white pictures
Also about 10 maps

Guide to the Ruwenzori
Authors;H.A. Osmaston and D. Pasteur
Publisher;West Col Productions
1972 edition
200 pages
Has 6 chapters, 10 maps, 15 figures and 16 plates, mostly black and white.

Sunday 18 January 2009

The Rough guide to Kenya and East Africa International Mountain Guide

The Rough Guide to Kenya by Richard Trillo comprises of 454 pages, has 56 maps, but no pictures.

1992 edition
PUBLISHED BY Harrap Columbus
ISBN 0-7471-0255-4

East Africa International Mountain Guide.
Author; andrew Wielochowski
Publisher;West Col Productions

151 pages, has maps almost every other page.

some black and white pictures.

brief ruwenzori chapter

ISBN 0 906227 29 1

Tuesday 6 January 2009

250 Tours of Britain and Illustrated Guide to Britain

250 Tours of Britain.
1987 edition
Published by Drive Publications Limited for the Automobile Association
Has 416 pages, perhaps 400-600 colour photographs.

Most Tours are of mainland Britain, exceptions being two tours on the Isle of Wight, and one each on the Isle of Man, Skye and Mull.

Index of perhaps over a thousand places, from Abberton Reservoir to Zennor.

AA Illustrated Guide to Britain
1985 Edition
Published by Drive publications Limited for the Automobile Association.
Has 544 pages, perhaps a thousand photographs, mostly colour.
There are 190 tours, with a useful addresses for the holidaymaker at the end(properbly out of date in my edition!).

Index of perhaps over a thousandPlaces, from abberley to Zennor.
Also a index of regional subjects.

Monday 5 January 2009

Belize Handbank and Backpacking in Mexico and Cenral America

My Belize Handbank is a 1991 Moon Publication, author Chicki Mallan.
ISBN 0-918373-57-3

It has 202 pages.21 colour photographs. circa 60 black and white pictures as well as 25 maps.

Backpacking in Mexico and Central America
A Guide for Walkers and Naturalists
Second Edition
Authors; Hilary Bradt and Rob Rachowiecki
Publisher; Bradt Enterprises
Isbn; 0-9505797-8-5

has 246 pages and at least 50 hikes

Has a few black and white pictures

Friday 2 January 2009

Lonely planet Travel Survival Kit Mexico and La Ruta Maya

My Mexico Travel Survival Kit guide is a 1989 edition with almost 940 pages, with 43 colour pictures, as well as a few black and white photographs.

My La Ruta Maya travel Survival Kit guide is a 1991 edition(1st),530 pages with 9 colour pictures(mainly mayan pyramids etc)

The guide covers covers Guatelema, Belize,the Yucatan and Chiapas areas of Mexico and part of Honduras(Copan area)