50 years of the backpackers bible
b"Lonely Planet guidebooks have been the so-called \\u201cbackpacker's bible\\u201d for 50 years, ever since Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen self-published a guide based on their own adventure driving across Europe and Asia. Tony tells Matt Galloway about the joys of travelling off the beaten path, and how the name for the iconic books actually comes from a misheard lyric."