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Thailand (Lonely Planet Country Guide) by: Joe Cummings, Rebecca Blond, Morgan Konn, Matt Warren, China Williams List Price: £15.99 Price: £5.99 You Save: £10.00 (63%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 915.930444 EAN: 9781740596978 ISBN: 1740596978 Label: Lonely Planet Publications Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 808 Publication Date: September 01, 2005 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Studio: Lonely Planet Publications Sales Rank: 87151 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Many backpackers refer to the various Lonely Planet guides as South East Asia bibles, and indeed treat them as such. Taking just a glimpse at Lonely Planet: Thailand, it's not difficult to understand why. Crammed into over 1000 pages is everything you could want to know about pretty much every region of Thailand. From the southern provinces bordering on Malaysia, to the main coastal destinations such as Phuket and Koh Samui, from the intense heat of Bangkok to the amazing architecture around Ayutthaya and the contrasting tranquillity of the north, the people at Lonely Planet give you as much practical information on places to stay, eat and visit as possible. Updated regularly, the guides try to keep abreast of the rapid development in Thailand and give you the latest, vital information on how much you can expect to pay--particularly useful for that first trip in a Songthaew or Tuk-tuk. As always there is detailed information about the culture and history of Thailand. However, for many the focus is on the practicalities of finding accommodation and getting where you're going (once you have used the handy maps to figure out where you are). Particularly useful are the suggested itineraries which give an idea of what you can fit in whether you are staying for a couple of weeks or several months. For those wanting to concentrate their stay on the main attractions of Bangkok and Thailand's coastal regions, Lonely Planet: Thailand's Islands and Beaches is perhaps a better bet. However, if you fancy being a little more adventurous and seeing more of Thailand, Lonely Planet: Thailand is certainly a good place to start. --Caroline Butler Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - The Safe OptionI found the 'Let's Go' guides to SE Asia way superior to the 'Lonely Planet'. The trouble with the 'LP' is that it tends to keep you on the well trodden trail and advises you to be cautious at every step. The whole idea of travelling or backpacking is, I feel, to experience something new. You need to throw caution to the wind and just go for it. I think the opinions and tips in the 'LP' advise too much on what not to do and what nasties may happen if you do. If you like to stay with the herd following the beaten track then this is the book for you. However, if it's a bit of adventure you're after then I'd look elsewhere. Rating: - Okay if you want to be like everyone elseDo you want to wear ankle bracelets, baggy farmer pants, Singha beer singlets, eat European food, watch DVD movies, stay in the same hostels as everyone other traveller, and follow the well-beaten path of everyone else while clutching your guide like a security blanket? Then this is the guide for you. The guide itself is okay though unremarkable compared to others. The maps are rubbish and a lot of the information is out-of-date or appears based on hearsay. But everyone has one and its ubiquity means all the sheep who carry it wander around doing the same things and staying in the same places. Thailand is so over-touristed now there is no need for a guide. Everywhere is over-run with tour guides, hostels and internet ... Read More: Rating:  - Thailand in a nut shellThis book provided all information you could need from the moment you land in Thailand. The information regarding prices was nearly all upto date and offers information on accomodation for 3 price ranges: Budget, Mid-Range and Top-End providing lots of details no matter what type of holiday you are after. It is particularly helpfull with warning tourists about local tourist traps and things to watch out for. It also supplies information about all the different towns, local transport, hospitals, maps of the different areas with key places marked out. It provides a basic thai dictonary but does not show how to pronoucuate the words. Overal a very good book which I found to be an invaluable travel guide! Would reccommend ... Read More: Rating: - EXPERIENCE THE "REAL" THAILAND with this helpful guide!If you want to get the most out of your trip to Thailand, this guide will be invaluable to you. You will avoid the usual, crowded tourist traps and see a back country Thailand that will amaze you. This guide will take you to places where you can get to know the fascinating Thai people and their intriguing culture as though you had always been best of friends. Don't leave home without it! Rating:  - Useful but flawedI usually go with Lonely Planet rather than the Rough Guide since I tend to feel it has the edge on accuracy. But the Thailand guide is a little disappointing. The Bangkok and Chiang Mai chapters are fine and full of useful and correct information. But chapters covering the smaller provincial towns - Phrae, Nan, Lampang - are less reliable. Particularly, the maps just don't look like the towns, sometimes I've ended up walking for the best part of an hour to cover a distance that looked like a kilometre according to the scale on the map. Also, lots of important streets are merely drawn, not named on the maps. The combination of these two failings means you can get lost very easily. I'm not going to complain, like a previous reviewer, that ... Read More: |
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