This is the fourth book in the 'Travel Bug' series, following the success of 'Catch the Travel Bug', 'No Cure for the Travel Bug', and 'The Travel Bug Goes Viral'. The world is changing so fast, and even the wildest places are relatively easy to reach. We continue to search for such places, but making due allowance for our ever-advancing years. Each chapter is self-contained and covers a different journey. It is not meant to be a guidebook. Just pick a section from the contents page that interests you, and let us transport you there. Included are trips to: the Indonesian islands of Bali, Ambon and Seram - a logging concession in Sarawak - the Karakoram Highway to Kashgar - Papua in Indonesia to attend a tribal festival with the penis sheathed tribesmen - Italy: Milan, Verona, Venice, Florence, Pisa, La Spezia and the Cinque Terre, Rome - Malaysia: Pangkor Island, Ulu Muda forest and archaeological dig - The Caucasus: including Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Turkey - a Holy Land tour - Kuching in Sarawak - Petra in Jordan - a drive around Sabah - take a Comino pilgrims way to Santiago de Compostela from Portugal into Spain - China, to visit the Dongchuan Red Fields, Lijiang, Shangri-La and a journey taking us to Litang and Kanding - get lost in the mangrove forest of Malaysia - Pontianak in Indonesian Borneo - Romania and Bulgaria to see the Painted Monasteries - the Kelabit highlands of Sarawak - to Nagaland and Assam in North-Eastern India - follow the Chinese border with Myanmar and meet the jade traders at Ruili, on to Luang Prabang in Laos - the abandoned deepest underground tin mines in Malaysia - By train and public transport around Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan for the walnut harvest. - Japan and the Kumano Kodo Shinto/Buddhist pilgrimage route in the Kii Peninsular.

After retiring in 1999, the author enjoys travelling the globe with Lian, his Malaysian wife. This is the third book in the Travel Bug series, following the success of Catch the Travel Bug and No Cure for the Travel Bug. The trips have taught us the inherent friendliness of local people we have met all over the world, and all that is required is a smile and a greeting to turn suspicion and a frown into a hug or handshake. Each chapter is self-contained and covers a different journey. It is not meant to be a guidebook. Just pick a section from the contents page that interests you, and let us transport you there., Included are trips to: Ladakh in northern India - the delta region of Vietnam - a trek in Upper Mustang, Nepal for the 3-day Tiji Festival - travels around Costa Rica and Panama in Central America - Hokkaido in Japan - snorkel with the Whale Sharks off Cebu Island in the Philippines - by road from Yangon to Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma) - Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan and the ancient cities of Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand China, take the southern Silk Route from Kashgar to Xian - to West Timor in Indonesia for audience with the Raja of Boti - Kerala and the backwaters of southwestern India - find a living bridge in Sumatra, Indonesia to Palawan Island in the Philippines and its underground river, - Cuba and old Habana, - a climb into an active volcano with the sulphur miners on the Indonesian island of Java.

The journey of a bug with an identity crisis A strange little bug doesn’t know who he is or where he’s from. Even his name is a mystery. So he sets off to seek answers. He journeys the world meeting wonderful creatures, seeing amazing sights and eating delicious food. Adventures he has, but still no one knows what insect he is. Maybe, just maybe, the path he is on is the answer he seeks. The Travel Bug is a gently philosophical picture book about identity, fate, the joy of travelling, and the discovery of kindness and kinship across cultures.

Meet Cricket—and join her on a traveling adventure—in this delightful storybook from the creator of the Mom with a Map website. Cricket Catches the Travel Bug gives a first introduction to the silly little travel bug, Cricket. Young readers join her as she learns all about travel, including her first flight aboard an airplane. She’s amazed at how high these machines can fly—much higher than her own wings! Kids explore a big city with Cricket and her family and love learning all about travel through a bug’s eyes! As Cricket Catches the Travel Bug quickly becomes a family favorite, parents appreciate Cricket’s cute interpretation and imagination, while children fall in love with Cricket … and with travel. Look out, the travel bug is highly contagious!

Paul Borgman opens our eyes to new ways of looking at the inherent drama in the stories of Genesis and helps us gain insight into God and his ways.