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Sara Benson

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born

The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.indietraveler.blogspot.com

genre

Travel, Outdoors & Nature, Nonfiction

influences

Bruce Chatwin, Jan Morris, John Muir, James Joyce

member since

September 2010

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After graduating from college in Chicago, Sara jumped on a plane to the West Coast with just one suitcase and $100 in her pocket. She landed in crazy San Francisco, and today makes her home in a beach town on the California coast. She also spent three years living in Japan, after which she followed her wanderlust around Asia for almost a year before returning to the USA, where she has worked as a teacher, a journalist and a national park ranger. She is an all-seasons outdoor enthusiast.

Already the author of 50 travel and non-fiction books, Sara (aka Sam) has written for publishers including Lonely Planet, Wilderness Press, National Geographic, Compass American Guides and Countryman Press. Her travel writing features in newspapers and magazi...more

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Do You Need GPS to Hike in Hawaii?

Maybe you've never been hiking before inHawaii, or perhaps you're planning to tackle a trail for which the latest USGS topo map dates from the 1970s. If so, you might be wondering if a GPS device or smartphone could help you out. On faint footpaths over lava fields marked only byahu(cairns) or into valleys usually only visited by pig hunters, could GPS save you from getting dangerously lost?

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	Peru by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Paul Hellander, Rafael Wlodarski 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	USA by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Lonely Planet Publications 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	USA's Best Trips by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Amy Balfour, Alison Bing 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Honolulu, Waikiki & Oahu by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Scott Kennedy, Lonely Planet Publications 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Compass American Guides: Yosemite & Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks, 1st Edition 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Las Vegas Encounter by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Lonely Planet Publications 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lonely Planet Hawaii by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Ned Friary, Lonely Planet Publications 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Las Vegas by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Lonely Planet Publications 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vancouver by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Chris Wyness, Lonely Planet Publications 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	California by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Alison Bing, Beth Kohn 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism

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Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness

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Black Opium

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Sara Benson marked as to-read: Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sara Benson is currently reading: Life on the Edge: A Guide to California's Endangered Natuarl Resources: Wildlife by Carl G. Thelander	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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