In Transit Blog: A Travel Book With a Global, and Personal, Touch

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 31 Agustus 2013 | 17.36

A 21-year-old artist has reinvented a cherished commodity for world travelers seeking an authentic experience in a new place: a local's recommendation.

In a limited-edition book (just 200 copies were printed) titled "For You the Traveller," New Zealand-born Nabil Sabio Azadi has collected the personal experiences of natives in destinations across five continents: a scientist, a metalworker, a musician, a political analyst among them. The storytellers reveal how they spend their days and what their city means to them; and then they provide readers a phone number to contact them.

Mr. Azadi has collected guides in cities around the world through his own travels, and those featured in "For You the Traveller" live in Tehran, Paris, Sapporo, Seattle, New York, Berlin and Antwerp. Each participant promises to be a port-of-call for those who purchase a book. "If you share yourself with them," Mr. Azadi said, "they will share their shelter, philosophy and land with you."

The book, with its hardbound cover sheathed in reclaimed rabbit fur, is part guide, part directory and part art project. The brief blocks of text, set by hand, are accompanied by simple black-and-white sketches and maps, all hand-drawn by Mr. Azadi.

"I've received several e-mails from people who've bought the book," Mr. Azadi said. "People have quit their jobs and sent me these great declarations before they set out on their adventures."

Many of the book's entries include an appeal to the tourist from the host. "Traveler," says the guide in Lotan, Israel, "We love visitors who bring part of the outside world to our remote desert community. We like to share what we do with them, and gain immensely from that ourselves. You may telephone me at –"

Editions from the small run of 200 copies are now for sale on Mr. Azadi's Web site, www.foryouthetraveller.com, for 220 euros, about $283. Proceeds from book sales are donated to the Swiss charity Nouvelle Plantète, which finances projects in Madagascar.


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