Lonely Planet Unpacked

Thirty-six short travelogues by 36 different Lonely Planet authors. Each recounts the story of when things went wrong. In the eighth of these tales, Matt Fletcher describes how he became lost in the forests of Madagascar.

• Crash. By Dani Valent.
• The first hour of the first day of my first assignment for Lonely Planet. By Miles Roddis.
• Walking the Mount Kailash circuit. By Tony Wheeler.
• Terror and anguish on Europe's safest roads. By Jennifer Brewer.
• Misadventure in south-west China. By Tim Nollen.
• Three spies in a diamond tub. By Suzanne Possehl.
• Travel in India – the hard way. By Mark Honan.
• Lost in Madagascar. By Matt Fletcher.
• Tales of Tuscany. By Bruce Cameron.
• Last rites on the Tatshenshini. By Jim Dufresne.
• The motorcycle diaries. By Nick Ray.
• Falling for Greece. By Rosemary Hall.
• The Mongolian Scramble. By Paul Greenway.
• Riding out the big one. By Randall Peffer.
• Service all hours. By Scott McNeely.
• Running the gauntlet. By John Mock.
• New Year's Eve in Borneo. By Chris Rowthorn.
• The local cure. By Andrew Draffen.
• Run, don't hesitate! By Susan Forsyth.
• Fear and loathing in Tuva. By Anthony Haywood.
• A costly trip. By Pat Yale.
• Watch your step. By Brad Wong.
• Expulsion from Hanoi. By Daniel Robinson.
• A close call in the Cooks. By David Harcombe.
• Dissolute in Resolute. By Ryan ver Berkmoes.
• A weekend lost and found (or how I met the Wheelers). By Steve Fallon.

• Complete list of Authors: Dani Valent, Miles Roddis, Tony Wheeler, Jennifer Brewer, Tim Nollen, Suzanne Possehl, Mark Honan, Matt Fletcher, Bruce Cameron, Jim Dufresne, Nick Ray, Rosemary Hall, Paul Greenway, Randall Peffer, Scott McNeely, John Mock, Chris Rowthorn, Andrew Draffen, Susan Forsyth, Anthony Haywood, Pat Yale, Brad Wong, Daniel Robinson, David Harcombe, Ryan ver Berkmoes, and Steve Fallon.
• Printed by SNP Printing Pte Ltd., Singapore.

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