Good things come in pairs! This year has brought not one, but two whole books!
A little over a year ago, when Zane Eniņa, the author of the blog Mugursoma.lv, invited me to meet and chat, I absolutely did not expect that the purpose of this meeting was to invite me to co-author a book! At the time, I confessed to Zane that I had already been working on my own book, “Sapņu mednieku ceļojums: pirmie soļi pasaulē” for some time. Zane said it was fine, there was no great rush, and I could primarily work on that, and then gradually on our joint project! So, in the interim, when Jēkabs’ and my book text was with the editor, I worked on the second project. During the writing process, Zane and I divided who would write about what, first based on the topics where each of us felt stronger. For example, I covered all topics related to claiming compensation, loyalty points, ticket purchases, and travel planning, while Zane covered couchsurfing, hitchhiking, going with the flow, and not planning trips. We both travel very differently, so the book contains the best of both worlds! The remaining topics we divided fairly, to split the work evenly. We also involved 15 (!) experts who consulted, advised, and shared their experiences to ensure our book was as accurate as possible and reflected as many practical aspects as possible on how to truly travel, and how to do it more interestingly and affordably.
They say if you want something done, give it to a busy person, and here it is! Not long after our first book saw daylight, this second book is also out, published by the largest publishing house in Latvia Zvaigzne ABC and is available in all largest bookstores in Latvia, including those at the RIX Riga airport!
Several well known media outlets wrote about the book in Latvia as well:
DELFI: How to start travelling independently – a new practical guide by Latvian travellers
TVNET: How to plan a trip? The answers are found in this new practical guidebook
TravelFree: A new practical guidebook “Atklāj pasauli. Kā sākt ceļot patstāvīgi” has been published!