Tony Wheeler's dark lands : the Lonely Planet founder travels to some of the world's most challenging places

__Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher\*__ Greedy Lords, dubious heroes, wicked relations and innocents in peril - today's world sounds like a grim fairytale! Travelling along the infamous 'Axis of Evil' led to Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands - now he's going deeper into the world's darkest corners to explore a rogue's gallery of troubled nations. Every country has its problems, but some problems seem so vexed, so intractable, so absurd, you can only shake your head. Tony Wheeler trains his well-travelled eyes on some of these places and attempts to understand how things got so messed up. Along the way he gets stoned (with the thrown variety) in Palestine, scores a speeding ticket in Zimbabwe, gets arrested for photographing a bar in the Congo, and visits Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad in Pakistan. Join Tony and find out if there's a happily-ever-after in these tales from the dark side. **Author**: Tony Wheeler **About Lonely Planet**: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places where they travel. __TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category__ __'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times__ __'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)__ __\*#1 in the world market share - source: Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK and USA. March 2012-January 2013__ Tony Wheeler encounters the challenges of travel in the world's dark lands. He gets stoned (of the thrown variety) in Palestine, scores a speeding ticket in Zimbabwe and visits Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad in Pakistan. Content: Introduction -- Colombia -- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Hiti -- Israel & Palestine -- Nauru -- Pakistan -- Papua New Guinea -- Zimbabwe -- Acknowledgements. Covers the author's travel experiences in Israel and Palestine, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Colombia, Democratic Repubic of the Congo, Haiti, and Papua New Guinea Introduction Columbia Democratic Republic of the Congo Haiti Israel & Palestine Nauru Pakistan Papua New Guinea Zimbabwe.