Are you ready for an adventure?
A new Adventure Travel book by IMAX® Film Producer Mike Day
The World Has a Big Backyard is a new book from IMAX® film Executive Producer Mike Day. His work has led him to magnificent locations including the tallest sand dunes in the world in Namibia and Jane Goodall's research site in Africa. Readers will find his travel memoir entertaining, educational, and inspirational. He shares adventure travel stories from Iceland to Singapore and takes readers chasing tornadoes, total eclipses, and $30/night motel rooms.
The World Has a Big Backyard from Wise Ink Creative Publishing in Minneapolis is now available from Amazon.
The World Has a Big Backyard is featured on the Travel with Rick Steves podcast.
"If everybody had an uncle like Mike Day, I think not only would we have a lot of curious and broad minded people, but this world would be a better place."
— Rick Steves
Reader Reviews
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" It's a wonderful look at this big beautiful world of ours, with encouragement and advice on taking the leap."
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“Mike’s experiences will leave you itching to pack your bags and set off on your own adventure.”
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“Travel is essential to broadening perspectives and should be a requirement for a true education. Thanks Mike.”
Read a passage from the book The World Has a Big Backyard
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About Mike
Mike Day spent his career in museums inspiring others to learn about and connect with their world. During his museum career in Minnesota he served as executive producer of more than a dozen documentary films made in the world's largest film format—IMAX®—which led him to some of the world’s most interesting places, from the jungles of Costa Rica to tuna auctions in Tokyo. He has come to believe there is no better enrichment experience than travel that pushes us outside of our comfort zones to witness the unfamiliar, explore the unknown, and question our assumptions.
