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Everyday Adventures: 50 new ways to experience your hometown

Weave a little wonder into daily life with these fun and challenging activities – and experience your local area in a whole new way. Invite friends on a social adventure, follow your senses somewhere new and embark on a cultural odyssey. Lonely Planet shows you how to embrace the traveller spirit and discover a new side to where you live. For each activity, we tell you what to bring and provide simple, easy-to-follow instructions to make it a success. You`ll also find a case study from someone who`s completed it, as well as surprising facts and anecdotes that shed light on the history and science behind each quirky quest. Everyday Adventures is comprised of five themed chapters: 1. Follow Your Senses: Urban Foraging Fly By Night Macro Lensing Food Quest Memory Lane 2. Social Adventures: Pint-Sized Tour Guide Social Media Slave Life Swap Bartender`s Knock Trip Poker 3. Challenge Yourself: Airport Tourism Plastic Challenge Lend a Hand Locally Long-Haul Hitchhiking End of the Line 4. Cultural Odysseys: Street Art Movie Magic Urban Zen Vintage Travel Literary Jaunt 5. Roll the Dice: Hands of Fate Traveller`s Roulette Life-Sized Monopoly Human Chess Out of Office 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.