piLonely Planet The world's leading travel guide publisherippUnexpected stories from unexpected places.ppMany places can feel like nowhere a desert, an isolated village, even the middle of a bustling, impersonal city. And then something happens an adventure, a revelation, an experience that changes the whole landscape. The discovery that every place is the centre of the world to somebody and has its own riches and wonders. The authors of these 30 real-life tales find passion, surprise and illumination in the middle of Borneo or Beijing, in a Mayan mountain village, along a timeworn trail in Tuscany, on an isolated South Pacific island, or under a desert moon in Mali.ppThese richly varied stories all celebrate and illuminate one simple truth if we embark on each adventure with an open heart and an open mind, travel will take us places we never planned to go, and enrich and enlighten us in ways we never otherwise would have known.ppbFeaturing stories by b Anthony Sattin, Danny Wallace, J