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Be inspired and empowered by this collection of transformative travel experiences. From sleeping under the stars or learning a new craft, to more ambitious challenges like taking a big trip alone, helping to rebuild a community or saving an endangered species, this is your essential companion to a life well-lived.

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Be inspired and empowered by this collection of transformative travel experiences. From sleeping under the stars or learning a new craft, to more ambitious challenges like taking a big trip alone, helping to rebuild a community or saving an endangered species, this is your essential companion to a life well-lived.

Each experience in this feel-good bucket list is enriching in some way, whether it´s about forging a stronger connection with the natural world, helping the planet, or better understanding yourself. From the easily attainable to the aspirational, the variety of goals makes it easy to create a set that´s right for you.

Every goal is accompanied by recommendations about where to try it, as well as websites and information to ensure each one is achievable.

The life-enhancing goals in this book include:

Travelling spontaneously
Embracing the off season
Retracing the steps of history
Being a tourist in your own country
Making a pilgrimage
Having adventures with your children
Learning from indigenous cultures
Spending a night in the jungle
Taking the slow road
Becoming an ocean defender
Embracing your sexuality
Meditating with masters
Taking a big trip alone
Making an epic overland journey
Giving a year of your life to others
Helping a community to rebuild
About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world´s number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we´ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You´ll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.

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