I enjoyed the Feature Article “Biking the Backroads” by Jim Johnson (June ’16, pg. 22). Flory, my late wife, and I biked independently quite a bit. Twelve years in a row, each year we biked approximately 3,000 miles through Europe and North Africa during 2- to 2½-month tours, using a different route each time.
“Toilets: A Spotter’s Guide” (2016, 128 pp., $11.99) contains photos and colorful stories of more than 100 interesting lavatories around the world, from dusty outhouses to posh thrones. Published by Lonely Planet, the book is available at bookstores or online at http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/world/toilets-a-spotters-guide-1.
With thumbnail descriptions of countries and territories, covering population, currency, etc., along with regional maps and blank pages for making notes, the pocket-sized “Traveler’s Passport: Caribbean, Central America, South America” by Ron Snipe (6"x4½", 64 pages — $7.99 on Amazon.com) serves as a quick-reference guide and trip keepsake. Designed with cruise ship passengers in mind. Also available, “US & Canada,” with other regions in the works. Visit snipe-international.com.
The Lonely Planet eBook guide “Accessible Melbourne” highlights wheelchair-friendly restaurants, shops, scenic sites, activities and participatory sports in Melbourne, Australia, and offers tips for visitors with mobility, hearing or vision impairment. To download a free copy, visit www.lonelyplanet.com/accessible-melbourne and fill out the online form.
“Animals of the Serengeti,” by safari guides Adam Scott Kennedy and Vicki Kennedy, provides information on animal behavior and includes photos of more than 70 mammals and 18 reptile species likely to be seen in Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area of Tanzania.
“Birds of the Serengeti,” by Adam Scott Kennedy, has pictures of 270 species of birds in the park and Lake Victoria’s Speke Gulf and is written to make it easy to identify any species.