Your Child Abroad: a travel health guide
“a timely and relevant publication. It embraces the parental perspective providing sound practical information and advice… With the help of case stories, the authors create a personal tone without distraction from the key points… This book is an essential resource of every travelling parent.”
Travel Wise: newsletter of the British Travel Health Association
Staying Healthy When You Travel
The must-have guide to travel health written by a renowned expert in the field.
Previously published as The Essential Guide to Travel Health and Bugs, Bites & Bowels, this new edition has been revised and updated to reflect current guidelines on international travel post-pandemic.
Includes evidence-based advice on how to best prepare for your trip with immunisations and travel insurance; how to protect yourself from insects and worms, what to pack in your first-aid kit and how to manage illness, accidents and emergencies until medical help can be accessed.
Illustrated with maps and tables that present information in an accessible format.
Features fascinating case histories detailing real-life experiences of travelling overseas.
Blackwell
Himalayan Hostages
This is a great read for pre-teens (or anyone young at heart) interested in Nepal, wildlife, or simply adventure! From run-ins with poachers and bears in the jungles of Bardiya, to struggling to survive in a mountain cave, to canoeing down the Karnali River, James and Alex (the protagonists) seem to find adventures wherever they go.
As an American journalist who grew up in Nepal myself, I loved the details in this book about wildlife, Nepali cultures, and politics / social problems. The book deals with a terrible time in Nepal's history - the Maoist civil war, when many ordinary people were stuck in the crossfire between rebels and the state security forces - without simplifying complex issues too much. The book's protagonists view the world from a unique vantage point as "Third Culture Kids." Wilson-Howarth, the author, shows her fondness for Nepal and Nepali people, and also demonstrates her lively imagination and story-telling ability!
Peter Gill