(Part 2) Best speciality travel guides according to redditors

Don't listen to the haters, OP. You've got this. I suggest that you read a couple of books on RV and van living, though. It will give you a great perspective.

There are a lot of workarounds for modern convenience. Living in an RV is not an easy prospect, but it is very doable.

Here are a few practical guides, though many of them pertain to living in a 15 passenger or cargo van.

How to Live in a Car, Van or RV

The VanDweller's Guide

Van Living: The Freedom of the Road

The Tiniest Mansion

Live In a Van, Truck, Trailer, or Motorhome

Living in a Van Down By The River

My House Has Wheels

The Simple RV Life

So, You Want to Be an RVer?

Retire To an RV


Here's one just for fun, though you may glean something from it.
Walden On Wheels

I also suggest /r/vandwellers and /r/gorving for tips and tricks on living in a small mobile space.

Just search for 'cruise ship' in the Kindle Store and click on 'Unlimited Eligible' on the left and you will find dozens.

My favorites would be:

1. crewshiplife
   
2. The Cruise Chronicles
   
3. Confessions from Below Deck
   

We bought this book, which is specific to Lake Chapala (about 45 minutes from Guadalajara) but has a lot of general information as well. It helped us a lot.
https://www.amazon.com/Moving-Mexicos-Lake-Chapala-Information-ebook/dp/B075PMQVFW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1526607407&sr=8-2&keywords=moving+to+mexico

There's a website here for housing in Guadalajara.
https://housinganywhere.com/Guadalajara--Mexico

Another option could be start with AirBnBs and find the neighborhood where you want to be.

Sorry not to be able to help more.

Fun fact, I received the book 927 days of summer this week, from Amazon. Haven't started it yet, but I loved their first book. Title might be inspired from the book you mentioned.

Car travel does cost a lot more, but I personally love the security in comes with. I also love to get in very remote areas... I can't wait to get lost in Pantagonia! :)

No. Obviously Cory and his publisher were OK with it, and Disney seems to be too.

But Disney ( The Copyright holder) is weird that way. They let that "Escape from Tomorrow" movie run too. I've seen lots of Disney themed books and stories, from Unofficial guides to Exposes that seem to cross the line, but if Disney doesn't take action, you can sell them.

Yet they'll sue a Daycare for using their Characters.

In my mind, Disney doesn't want to send a chilling effect through the Tourism industry- they'll let you talk about their parks and business practices all you want, just don't use their characters...

But again, this goes to the question of Fair Use as a defense. Cory could still be sued by Disney at anytime they decide "Down and Out" is no longer Fair Use. And so could Herbert's estate or publishers. Or Jodowrosky, or the creators of the documentary...

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A friend of mine wrote this book...it might have some of what you're looking for if you're willing to drive a few hours each way.

Would you like to travel?

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It's possible to get free flights, sea travel, accommodations and more so you can see the world without needing a hefty bankroll.

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AHGTYPI

Enjoy!

http://www.amazon.ca/Travel-Hacking-Dave-Brett-ebook/dp/B00CGM8VM4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405945569&sr=8-1&keywords=travel+hacking

Since we are going when the Christmas decorations are up and want to check out the resorts, we are going to do a Magic Kingdom resort area bar crawl.

Hitting up MK for rope drop, the after 2pm heading Fort Wilderness Campgrounds to Crockett's Tavern. They open at 3pm and have moonshine drinks. Going to explore there a bit, check out the stables and then head to The Wilderness Lodge and the Territory Lounge, which is wonderful and has great food. From there we are going to Mizner's at GF, then to Tamu Tambu and Trader Sam's at the Poly and we are finishing up at The Contemporary and California Grill for the fire works.

We will do the Crescent lake bars later in our trip. Looking forward to going to Bluezoo!

There is a great new book out about all the places to drink.


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https://www.amazon.com/Drinking-Disney-Travel-Worlds-Lounges-ebook/dp/B01K1D5GJK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1475065438&sr=1-1&keywords=drunk+at+disney

This is the kind of thing where you have to do a little research. Try your local public library or bookstore and find travel memoirs written by people who have done similar trips.

A little search on Amazon turns up a few books:

http://www.amazon.com/Road-Trip-Americas-Hidden-Heart/dp/1936688395/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1420817147&sr=8-10&keywords=road+trip+america

http://www.amazon.com/Kindness-Strangers-Penniless-Across-America-ebook/dp/B004183KI6/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1420817147&sr=8-16&keywords=road+trip+america

http://www.amazon.com/The-Wander-Year-Couples-Journey-ebook/dp/B005BW2X52/ref=pd_sim_kstore_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0WGWYBC61D6WF9Y482X5

haha i don't, sorry! mostly cheap flights books like this one I just put out:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U4KUMEU

congrats on your success, that's amazing!

Hi, the book is finally out! Here's the link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Female-Guide-Solo-Travel-Discover-ebook/dp/B00U7WYVEW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426736983&sr=8-1&keywords=a+female+guide+to+solo+travel I hope you enjoy it. Lisa

Link on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Coaster-Crusade-Bryce-Yelverton-ebook/dp/B01AE445XY

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074CY2R26
Hello! I'm a travel blogger and I've just released my first eBook - How to make the most of your gap year.

I worked and travelled for 22 months, and during that time I made mistakes, took part in once in a lifetime opportunities and learned a LOT.

I love travelling and I hope to inspire others to go on their own adventure!

[USA LINK] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074CY74XR)

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Kinda annoying how it doesn't just redirect you...! Soz...

This book should help.

Thanks. Around 150$? I am really fascinated with the sport after reading the manga. I eventually got around to read a "real" book about some tragic events taking place at a mountain. Other than that, no. But I am definitely more likely to try than 1-2 years ago.

You're not a tourist, you're a local! If you're thinking about going up the space needle for a killer view, forget about it. Check out the Columbia Tower instead. It's only open on weekdays during standard hours. The space needle costs you 20 bucks, Columbia costs you 5, (3 with a student ID) There's no line, plus you get to look down at the space needle. I snagged a copy of "The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Seattle" it's full of great stuff to do.

> These structures of society have shaped the thinking of members of society to focus on the individual rather than the community.

No, that's a false view from social constructivism. As humans we innately have both considerations for individual and community cooperation. In fact, this was the very topic of Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene.

In fact it is your very point that cooperation with the community is vital to the success of humankind that caused the evolution of altruism. Specifically, it was the reproductive success of the individuals with genes to drive notions of community cooperation -- in balance with individual considerations -- that allowed those genes to flourish in comparison to solely individualist genes.

As you suggest, we benefit from each other thanks to a variety of economic factors, including safety in numbers, division of labour, comparative advantage, and solving the Prisoners Dilemma. But we also benefit from individual considerations. You can't simply ignore that. There is a balance, and we have those built into our cognitive functions, and social constructs don't eliminate that.

In fact, you've got it backwards. It's exactly things like using our collective government that solve such problems. Generally speaking, problems you identify are social Prisoner's Dilemmas. Things like environment are solved by creating a centralize enforcement of common best interests. As in the link, there is no means to solve it as individuals. No amount of, "Hey, let's all do it together" can every solve such problems; all it doesn't is increase the ability of individuals to exploit the sacrifices of others. It's called the Free Rider Problem. Once you understand the trap of the Prisoner's Dilemma and it's related problems like the Tragedy of the Commons and the Ultimatum Game, and recognize where they exist throughout societies, you begin to understand why we need to solve them through common enforcement agencies like a democratic government (as in the first link).

While social constructivism doesn't work, this doesn't mean that "thinking about community" doesn't help. We do have innate tendencies to norm toward our in-group (tribal) averages, so if more people seemed to focus on community then indeed that could promote people working in communities. But that doesn't seem related to capitalism or consumerism. Capitalism has nothing to do with individuals, but is purely based on the principle of up-front investment (of time, energy, effort, labour, money, whatever) to earn back more than the cost of the investment. That will always be true because it is an inherent law of the universe; it happens in any socioeconomic structure.

Consumerism also isn't a thing that creates other things, as the title suggests. Consumerism is an output; it's a description, not a prescription. People don't sign up to some consumerist set of beliefs; it merely describes the state in which we have excess capacity compared to what we need. We can now afford unnecessary trinkets, so we focus on our whims. But that is a consequence of standard of living, not of some socioeconomic structure -- except for the ability of that socioeconomic structure to enable the very prosperity the results in consumerist luxury.

The only way to do away with consumerism is to drive down our standard of living so that we only have enough to get by on. And to do that you have to force people to do it against their will. Remember, people today can work a lot less and consume a lot less if they want to. I have a friend who retired at 40 and moved to Costa Rica and lives in a modest house there doing fine, and likely will. She isn't wealthy at all, probably lower middle class before retiring. (Heck, you can read about people doing this in Happier That A Billionaire.) Most people don't though. We work as much because we want the marginal increases we get from it.

I hope you don't think that such a world would be a better place: forcing people against their will to have lower quality of life so that they can't consume luxuries so that they rely on other people more to get by so they think more in terms of community.

I really don't see that people an option people would like. I certainly don't. Rather, I think the better solution is exactly the democratic government approach, with a lot of reform though. Those reforms I would suggest would take far too long here though.