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Culture Smart! Provides information is essential attitudes, Beliefs and Behavior in Different Countries, Ensuring That You arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. Thesis concise guides tell you What to expect, how to behave, and how to ESTABLISH a report with Your hosts. Will this enable KM inside you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and Mistakes, feel confident in Unfamiliar situations and Develop trust, friendships, and Successful business relationships. Culture Smart! Offers illuminating insights Into the culture and society of a Particular Country. Will it help you to turn your visit-whether on Business or for pleasure-into a memorable and Enriching experience. Contents include * Customs, values, traditions and * Historical, Religious, and Political background * Life at home * Leisure, social, and cultural life * Eating and drinking * Dos, don'ts, and taboos * Business practices * Communication, spoken and unspoken "Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travelers." Sunday Times Travel "... The perfect introduction to The Weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of Various countries." Global Travel "... Full of Fascinating, as well as" common-sense-tips to help you AVOID embarrassing faux pas. "Observer "... As They Are Useful as entertaining." Easyjet Magazine "... Offer Glimpses Into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times CommentsMandi Ammon says... I read this guide book cover to cover like a novel. It's interesting, well written, and extremely helpful with all aspects of planning. My safari is scheduled for August 2010. Posted on August 18, 2010 Drusilla Bala says... We have recently returned from Botswana and had the very good fortune of spending three days in the Kalahari with Michael Main. He is extremely knowledgeable, entertaining and most importantly very well informed - just as he is in his book about the culture in Botswana. For those travelers who are going to Botswana and are interested in more than just seeing the "Big Five" this book is for you. After all, the people are just as much, if not more, a part of the travel experience and Michael Main knows the people of Botswana. Posted on August 19, 2010 Mathilde Folley says... This book offers practical advice on structuring your wildlife safari in Botswana, complete with information on where/when to find which species, how to select a safari company, how to do it on your own, choosing a lodge or camp, and tailoring your itinerary to meet your unique needs.The descriptions of the various parks and reserves were not as compellingly enticing as the Bradt guide to Tanzania, so I will probably choose to visit Tanzania instead of Botswana.But if I am lucky enough to be able to take a second safari, I will definitely use this book to decide where in Botswana to go, where to stay, and what time of year to visit. Posted on August 20, 2010 Samuel Woodbeck says... This guide is everything you can hope in Bradt.Very detailed, with drive by drive directions for driving and also great recomendations for lodges across the spectrum.If you aren't doing a tour, or you are driving yourself, this is the clear winner amongst african guide companies and the Botswana guide has great information on BOTH Chobe park AND Victoria Falls. Posted on August 21, 2010 Jong Nanton says... Received in a very timely fashion & book in excellent condition as advertised.Enjoyable reading that covers the places I plan on visiting. Posted on August 21, 2010 Gail Ahlquist says... Mike Main provides a complete snapshot of the people and cultures of Botswana. It is not the usual tourist guidebook of only places to visit. This small book packs a large amount of essential information for a traveler who wishes to understand the people, their history and avoid embarrassing moments. I would highly recommend this book as an essential read before a visit to Botswana. Its small size means that you can also take it with you! Posted on August 22, 2010 Dorris Fouquet says... What do you want to know about Botswana?Chances are you'll find it in this truly outstanding book by Chris McIntyre.Having travelled to Botswana the last three years we've gathered many resource books to learn about travel within the country, its people, culture, history, wildlife and of course, the types of safaris available. If you're even thinking about a safari in southern Africa this book is a must.Had we read this book three years ago, many of our decisions about the when, where and how of African safaris would have been significantly different. Whether you're a first-time traveller to Africa or a seasoned veteran, I STRONGLY recommend you pick up a copy of this no-nonsense and straight-forward book.You'll be glad you did. Posted on August 22, 2010 Donn Dilbert says... I found this item to be very useful for travel to Botswana.It's also an entertaining read! Posted on August 24, 2010 Mason Nipp says... If you look above, yes, Amazon says, "Whatever you do; don't run" is a non-fiction (or at least it should). But I guarantee, it's nothing like one's average fact-filled, information-overload type of non-fiction. Rather, it's a series of short stories with absolutely no plot that goes through the whole book. And guess what? It doesn't need any, for each chapter, a.k.a. short story, is hilariously entertaining standing on its own. The whole idea of this delightful book is that the author, Peter Allison, needed a job in Africa when he was 19 so he could pay for a ticket back to Australia, his original country. It was a while ago, about 16 years, so in the year 1994. Since then to present I should hope that Peter has found a job as a safari guide in South Africa, eventually moving to Botswana. He has faced dangers such as charging lions and elephants and encountered animals that most of us will never see. The tourists he guided were the basic stereotypes of whatever country they were from, but that just made it all the more funny. His book isn't just words though; it has photographs! They make the story come alive even more. The funny thing about the background was that Peter only planned to stay in Africa a year; that obviously got stretched out. It was a rather quick read even though I was supposed to annotate it, but I got lost in it, and finished it all in one sitting. "Whatever you do; don't run" is good for a summer's day, where one can just let your mind wander to the brush of Africa. Just make sure one has the time because some parts I had to reread and the rest I wanted to appreciate. I agree with other reviews, though, it made me laugh out loud or at the least smile and chuckle. Even just thinking of it makes me smile. It leaves the reader feeling refreshed. And if the reader's still unsatisfied with just this, Peter Allison wrote another book about the African brush, "Don't Look Behind You!" which I can't wait to start on. But this book isn't all entertainment. Allison provides some information on the animals he shows, so "Whatever you do; don't run" would do well for any traveler who plans on going to Africa. I gave it 5 stars, but of the 70 reviews that include mine, only 2 were 2 stars. They are the minority of the reviews, but in case you are too, I'd read their reviews. One of them said that the author made it seem that the tourists were bad, or at least carried an unpleasant attitude. If you look through the book, the chapters that are specifically about the costumers are relatively few in number. He probably had thousands of other tourists that he said nothing about; it only was those few he showed a negative attitude toward. I'd recommend this scrumptious dessert of a book, consisting of a meager 264 pages, to anyone. Posted on August 26, 2010 Gustavo Lopze says... This travel book of Botswana does not cover all of the wildlife viewing areas of the country. We will be traveling to the Tuli reserve on the Eastern edge and wanted to see some information on the private parks in that area as well as the lodges. The book didn't cover any of that, which was pretty disappointing. Posted on August 26, 2010 Leave a Comment |
