| | |  | Identity & Access Management | Home » » Adventure Travel In The Third World: Everything You Need To Know To Survive in Remote and Hostile Destinations | | | | | | | Description: | | Jeff Randall and Mike Perrin have years of experience leading travelers deep into the wildest cities and most rugged backcountry of the Third World. In this book, they help you recognize and minimize the many risks that come with venturing way off the beaten path so that you can come home with stories the average tourist will never be able to tell. The authors' hard-earned secrets for staying healthy and happy in remote and dangerous places include researching your destination the right way before you depart; arriving in your host country safely and with all your gear intact; acquiring guides for forbidden travels without getting rebuffed or shot; bribing and smuggling as last-ditch survival tools; dealing with the many and varied temptations of city and nightlife; being safe and self-sufficient while journeying deep in the bush; and much more. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Jeff Randall | | Paperback:
| 261 pages | | Publisher:
| Paladin Press | | Publication Date:
| January 01, 2003 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1581603819 | | Product Width:
| 135.0 centimeters | | Product Height:
| 210.0 centimeters | | Product Weight:
| 0.85 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 14 reviews |
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13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 I Used This Book When I Was In The U.S. Marshals ServiceJul 23, 2005
By R. Friederich
Prior to my recent retirement from the above agency, I had frequent occasion to familiarize myself with the goings on in the more dangerous parts of the world. And not just to familiarize, but how to survive these parts. Although the U.S. State Department web site has some valuable information, NOBODY had the quality, reality based third world survival oriented information that Jeff Randall does. In fact I purchased one of these books for my office operation. Jeff Randall met an operational training team of mine in Colombia, and I gotta tell you that he made a more favorable impression on them than any of the many Spec Ops types they have met down there. He is truly the real deal.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Survive Hostile DestinationsJul 10, 2003
By Newt Livesay
A very good read that is easy to understand and follow. I would recommend anyone to read this book before traveling to any remote or hostile area of the world. Many points in the book can be applied right here at home when traveling. Besides not all hostile locations are located in some third world country.
12 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 if there were ANY other book on the topic, I'd never botherSep 15, 2004
By jordon
"jordon"
This book is only of any value since nobody has any real alternative in finding this type of information elsewhere. The writing is quite poor, the text is disorganized and the authors often foolishly overgeneralize and at times hint at their ignorance of the host countries. Overall this book is a pretty pathetic attempt at a serious guide for travelers outside W.Europe and N.America, but, then again, there are almost no other books on the topic, so it looks like we're stuck with this.
Don't get me wrong, there are some useful tips, but the authors dance around going into detail on articulating a lot of very important points, especially with respect to staying out of trouble, establishing rapport with your hosts, etc, etc. Thus, unfortunately, a lot of the most important topics only receive cursory mention and/or little explanation. Some of the 'tips' aren't even well thought-out. One example comes to mind: "use dog tags on your luggage so you don't have to fill out an ID tag every time you fly. That'd be great if you were going to France or the UK, but if you're trying to get over the Colombian border or whatever, the LAST thing you want on your pack is a set of military dog tags.
If you're going to be traveling in the developing world, and you feel like you absolutely MUST have a book on the subject, you might want to buy this book...used if possible. Mostly though, this information could be gleaned from a couple hours spent on a good web search.
I give it two stars, one of which comes from authoring one of almost no books on the subject.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Off the beaten path adventure travel.Jan 30, 2008
By Scott Knudsen
The authors are not your typical backpackers. They have hands on experience leading groups into uninhabited parts of Third World countries.
They teach you how to research and prepare for your trip. How to get around and where to stay when you get there. How to deal with foreign governments, police and the military. How to enjoy a safe social life. And most of all, how to prepare for and travel in extreme environments where tourists don't go.
If you're a seasoned traveler, but have never been to a tropical country, then you may find that all your gear will be useless when you get there. I have researched all the gear the authors recommended and compared it against everything else out there, and found that they know exactly what they are talking about.
I noticed that some reviewers stated that you can find all the same information in this book online for free. I would disagree on that. In fact I spent a whole day trying to find the same stuff and could not. The unique thing about this book is that it is not only written for those who want to backpack around Third World countries, but also for those who want to travel off the beaten path and into the jungles and mountains where tourists have never set foot.
Those of you who want to mount major expeditions into the jungle or just travel from locale to locale, may tend to disagree with some of the things in this book. But even then, one should be able to pick up lots of tips on how to make their adventure safe, healthy, fun and fulfilling.
Jeff Randall Is No Joke-Very Sound Advice Inside!!!Apr 09, 2012
By Joshua L. Peterson
Everything ive ever bought (search and find ESEE knives online), or watched (find his buddy/medic on Youtube (and in SWAT Magazine)), or read (this book and his pieces in SWAT have been just awesome info.
After saying all that, you need to read and study this book before you leave the country to go on vacation. Besides the bush wacking part, we travel the same way with the same thoughts. Every word in this book is sound advice, from having fun with locals to keeping yourself safe, to the list of things you should bring along. Ive been all threw Quintana Roo and into the Yucatan, Northern coast of Jamaica, Bahamas........ liberal east coast of America which is the scariest place ive been!
Anyways, if you want to get the most out of your vacations to warmer places, take some of the advice Randall will hand you and get out there and have an adventure of your own! Its no wonder he's out there making and doing the things he does. Hope to have alot more fun if/when we go to Honduras because of what i got out of this book.
As a side note, as with any vacation stories and advice..... there is alot of humor inside! I cant count how many times i was laughing so hard that i had to put the book down and breath. Had i read this book before i went to Cancun i might not have been thrown out on my head at Senor Frogs.
Hope that helps a few people, i read alot of books that deal with this kinda thing and this one scores near the top. Survival and travel both, its worth buying!
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