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Lonely Planet Across Asia on the Cheap

Tony Wheeler

Lonely Planet Across Asia on the Cheap is a reprint of the very first Lonely Planet guide, originally published in 1973. It gives anyone interested in travel a unique insight into how Lonely Planet began and an idea of what it was like to travel overland from Europe to Asia, 40 years ago.

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How I Built This with Guy Raz

It was their first travel guide, a home-produced book, initially printed in a basement and initially sold for only $1.80. It provided basic information on travels through Asia, including details on the cost of accommodations and transport.

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It was 96 pages. It sold for $1.80.

— Episode: Lonely Planet: Maureen & Tony Wheeler (2...

Episode: Lonely Planet: Maureen & Tony Wheeler (2017)

It was their first travel guide, a home-produced book, initially printed in a basement and initially sold for only $1.80. It provided basic information on travels through Asia, including details on the cost of accommodations and transport.

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It was 96 pages. It sold for $1.80.

It was really a home produced book.

It was actually done on our kitchen table because actually we only had a kitchen, a kitchen and a bedroom.

We found a little, I mean, we didn't go to a big commercial printer. It was a guy who had this print thing in the basement under his apartment and he printed them for us.

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