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(More customer reviews)How I came about this book I just can't remember, and it was just a few weeks ago! I found the authors website based on the book and then I pre-ordered it and got it only the day after it was officially released on July 1st, 2009. WARNING: Full on raving and 5 star shenanigans ahead...
I read this book in 2 days. Not an easy feat as I look after two girls, 9 and 2, AND a 44 year old kid posing as my husband.
Once I read the first few sentences I could not put it down. Now, granted, my husband and I have been talking about a trip like this for as long as we have been together, and we place world travel very high on our priority list, so that could be why I just inhaled the thing. But don't take my word for it either! Just check out Amazon.com! In just 6 weeks this non-fiction delight has garnered ONLY 5 star ratings, and rave reviews. And I can totally understand why.
John Higham is a rocket scientist. Not as in, "Oh gee, it doesn't take a rocket scientist." No, he really IS one. He and his wife took 10 years to plan the "world the round" trip (as one of his children exclaimed in their toddler years), and he not only gives great detail of their travels but it is entertaining as heck and hilarious at times! When was the last time you laughed out loud while reading a travel memoir other than a Bill Bryson? Not only is it wildly entertaining, it is also educational without being text-booky, and honestly? You just feel like you are along for the ride, the tandem bike ride, as that is how this family largely travelled. Surviving on ham sandwiches and hitting the off-off beat track and getting sidetracked by some crazy stuff, you will feel like you know each and everyone of these people intimately. Not only that, if you have any interest at all in travelling the world? This will definitely inspire you to google earth yourself an itinerary.
The other neat thing the author did, he created a layer within Google Earth and there are many photos and extra little anecdotes to follow along as you read. Every time you see the little Google Earth symbol in the text you can visit the website and see the added bonus! GENIUS! All in all a FANTASTIC read for anyone, but especially those of us wanting to travel with our kids.
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Much more than atravel narrative 360 Degrees Longitude: OneFamily's Journey Around the World is a glimpse at what it means to bea "global citizen"—a progressively changing view of the world as seen throughthe eyes of an American family of four.
After more than a decade ofplanning, John Higham and his wife September bid their high-tech jobs andsuburban lives good-bye, packed up their home and set out with two children,ages eight and eleven, to travel around the world.In the course of the next 52weeks they crossed 24 time zones, visited 28 countries and experienced alifetime of adventures.
Making their way across the world, the Highamsdiscovered more than just different foods and cultures; they also learned suchdiverse things as a Chilean mall isn't the best place to get your ears pierced,and that elephants appreciate flowers just as much as the next person. But mostimportantly, they learned about each other, and just how much a family canweather if they do it together.
360 Degrees Longitude employs Google'swildly popular Google Earth as a compliment to the narrative. Using yourcomputer you can spin the digital globe to join the adventure cycling throughEurope, feeling the cold stare of a pride of lions in Africa, and breaking downin the Andes. Packed with photos, video andtext, the online Google Earth companion adds a dimension not possible with merepaper and ink. Fly over the terrain of the Inca Trail or drill down to see themajesty of the Swiss Alps—without leaving the comfort of your chair.
JohnHigham is an aerospace engineer with an expertise in satellites. He is also anavid traveler, frequently writing and lecturing on his own experience traversingthe globe. The Highams live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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