Travelling-then and now 1
How to prepare for your journey 2
Your papers please...and your money 2
Passport 2
Visa 2
Some tips 3
Student identity cards 3
Cancellation of your journey 4
Car insurance 4
Illness 4
Luggage 4
Insurance 4
Medical requirements 6
Are traveller's cheques a good idea? 8
What about credit cards? 8
Should I take some cash? 9
Your clothes 10
Which clothes for which month? 10
How to decide what to take 10
Checklists 12
What does she take? 14
Your luggage 15
What should you choose? 15
Suitcase 15
Shoulder case 15
Carry on bag 15
Framed backpack or rucksack 16
Wheels 16
Holdall 17
How to protect your luggage against thieves 17
How to label your luggage 17
How to enjoy travelling by air and by thumb 18
Fares:cheap,cheaper,cheapest 18
How to read your ticket 20
How to translate aeroplane noises 22
How to be comfortable 24
How to exercise on a plane 24
How to avoid jet lag 26
Your body clock 27
What is jet lag? 27
Jet set success may give you jet lag! 28
Jet lag mistakes 28
How a US president avoided jet lag 28
The three step jet lag programme 28
Before the flight 29
During the flight 29
After the flight 29
An interview with an experienced hitchhiker 30
Hitchhiking 30
Do 31
Don't 31
The best way 32
Boats,rail,coaches and cars 33
How to look after yourself and other people 34
Going out with people 34
Do you give tips? 34
Snatchers 35
Pickpockets 35
How to survive problems 35
Thieves 35
Mugging 36
How to look after your valuables 36
Lost property 37
Your passport 37
Traveller's cheques 37
What to do? 38
Arrest? 38
Police! 38
Road accident 38
Car documents 38
Luggage 38
Money 38
Credit card 38
Illness 39
Death 39
How to look after a person who has been in an accident 39
She's not breathing 40
Shock 40
Her heart's not beating 41
Broken bones 41
Cuts and bleeding 42
Being lost...how to find your way 42
Walking in circles 42
Get to know a city's pattern 43
Can you use a compass? 44
A compass from a watch 44
Learn to recognise tall buildings 44
Your direction by the stars 45
How to use the sun and the stars 46
How to read a map 46
Understanding symbols 46
Hills 47
Scale 47
Grid reference 47
Lake District 48
Before you start 49
Extreme cold 49
How to survive less common problems 49
Take the right equipment 50
If anything goes wrong 50
A checklist for walkers 50
Cold kills 51
How your body loses its heat 52
What must a well-dressed walker wear? 52
What materials are good in cold places? 53
Frostbite 53
You may have to make a shelter 54
How to stay alive in the desert 55
General planning 55
How long can you live? 56
Danger 57
In swamps and quicksand 57
On ice 57
In the tent 57
Avalanches 58
Lightning 58
To pilots 60
In a boat 60
How to signal for help 60
In the mountains 60
In a car 60
Games for boring moments 61
Did you see that car? 61
Find your letters to spell your word 61
Lip reading 62
Tell a story 62
Guessing time and distance 62
Traffic police:who has the sharpest eyes? 62
How many in one minute? 62
I'm hiding 62
How to plan a holiday in Britain 63
What do you really want? 63
Holidays in a city 64
Holidays by the sea 65
The green and pleasant land 66
A country full of history 67
A lazy canal holiday 68
Holiday centres 69
Activity holidays 70
How to have a free holiday! 73
Where are you going to stay? 74
Holiday cottages 74
Farmhouse holidays 75
Bed and breakfast 76
Youth hostels 76
Camping and caravanning 76
Useful addresses 77
Hotels 77
Families 77
How to understand holiday brochures 79
Florida 79
Can you read costs? 81
Golden West Tour 82
Last thoughts 84
Answers 84
Acknowledgements 86