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.India (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

by: Joe Bindloss, Sarina Singh, Rafael Wlodarski, Amy Karafin, Paul Harding, Lindsay Brown, Mark Elliott, Simon Richmond, Virginia Jealous, Tom Spurling

September 01, 2007
and the best guide I've come across for India. Packed with detail and a reasonable cultural/ historical introduction. Maps are great, the timetables are pretty accurate, the opening times and prices are correct...

There are some very bad LP guides out there. Vietnam springs to mind. But LP India has been consistently good throughout the years. I think I've used 4 versions of the guidebook and have been pleased with the improvements everytime.

Obviously the negativities are that it is pretty big but how else are you supposed to cram in all that information.
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.Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

by: Simon Richmond

January 01, 2007
As travel guides go, this one combines three very different places... first there's Singapore with its very modern outlook. Then there's Malaysia bridging the vibrant outlook of Kuala Lumpur with the colonial history of Georgetown. Finally there's Brunei which is a whole lot more laid back.

In terms of contents, there's the usual details of history, etiquette, sights etc. There's also the usual combination of excellent maps with only the occassional mistake where a particular landmark has been put on the wrong side of the road. Restaurant and accomodation advice are as usual mixed (many are gone by the time you visit) but it certainly provides good ideas if you are struggling to find somewhere, and also tells you the general ... Read More:
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.South India (Lonely Planet Country and Regional Guides)

by: Sarina Singh, Rafael Wlodarski, Amy Karafin, Simon Richmond, Virginia Jealous, Stuart Butler

September 01, 2007
I'd bought my flight tickets, travel insurance and the all important Visa for entering India. Next on the list was the guide book. It was a choice of this one or the Rough Guide.

Both were published around the same time, and I've used both before for different countries, so I'm happy with their layout and content. However, choosing the right guide this time seemed far more difficult.

Both contained detailed information about the places I plan to visit. However, I found some bits were present in one book, but not the other, and vice-versa. In the end I decided to go for both books. I'm travelling in South India for 3 months, so I thought it would be worth the luxury of having two guides.

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.The Rough Guide to Japan

by: Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond

April 01, 2008
On a two week holiday to Japan, bought this and another major guide at the airport, hot off the press. Many aspects are disappointing, for example, the guide is organised by theme, and not by area. I'm staying in Shinjuku, if i want to look up accommodation, that's on page 117, but if you want a map, that's 40 pages away o p150, and somewhere to go out, try page 180, and the sights? flip back 30 pages or so... I think you get the idea. Does it have a handy index? No. A cross reference? No. The maps, which I thought were okay when I flicked through it at the airport, aren't that detailed. When being a tourist giving clear directions and landmarks is crucial. The book is more of a description than a guide, so sometimes you're stuck as to what is a really ... Read More:
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.South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

by: Mary Fitzpatrick, Kate Armstrong, Becca Blond, Michael Kohn, Simon Richmond, Alistair Simmonds

November 01, 2006
As Lonely Planet guides go, I must admit this one was a little disappointing. Certainly the usual details of history, maps, accomodation, sites and restaurants are included. But somehow the guide doesn't really pick up on what South Africa's about... The details of game reserves was very disappointing and certainly much of the area that I visited was not covered in as much detail as I'd have liked. For a country with the scenery of the Drakensburg, the beauty of Cape Town and the wonder of the game reserves that's really rather surprising.
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.Russia and Belarus (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

by: Patrick Horton, Steve Kokker, John Noble, Louis Regis, Mark Elliott, Mara Vorhees, Simon Richmond

March 01, 2006
The three reviews below refer to the old edition of this book. The new version has been entirely rewritten and re-researched. As part of the team who helped write it I should leave the reviews to other people, but I think the criticism of not including Ukraine is quite unfair given that the book never claims to do so!
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.Trans-Siberian Railway (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

by: Mark Elliott, Robert Reid, Simon Richmond, Mara Vorhees

April 01, 2006
This lonely planet guide is really not worth taking with you on the Trans-Siberian. The Trans-Siberian Handbook by Bryn Thomas, published by Trailblazer, is far superior, more up to date and detailed than the lonely planet guide. In places, the Lonely Planet guide was simply wholly misleading.

Most of my fellow travellers had the LP guide and all agreed the Bryn Thomas guide was far more useful (and less expensive).


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.The Rough Guide to Tokyo - 4th Edition

by: Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond

January 10, 2008
This lonely planet guide is really not worth taking with you on the Trans-Siberian. The Trans-Siberian Handbook by Bryn Thomas, published by Trailblazer, is far superior, more up to date and detailed than the lonely planet guide. In places, the Lonely Planet guide was simply wholly misleading.

Most of my fellow travellers had the LP guide and all agreed the Bryn Thomas guide was far more useful (and less expensive).


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.Cape Town (Lonely Planet City Guides)

by: Simon Richmond, Alistair Simmonds

October 01, 2006
This lonely planet guide is really not worth taking with you on the Trans-Siberian. The Trans-Siberian Handbook by Bryn Thomas, published by Trailblazer, is far superior, more up to date and detailed than the lonely planet guide. In places, the Lonely Planet guide was simply wholly misleading.

Most of my fellow travellers had the LP guide and all agreed the Bryn Thomas guide was far more useful (and less expensive).


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.India (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

by: Sarina Singh, Joe Bindloss, Paul Clammer, Janine Eberle, Paul Harding, Abigail Hole, Patrick Horton, Amy Karafin, Matt Phillips, Simon Richmond

September 01, 2005
and the best guide I've come across for India. Packed with detail and a reasonable cultural/ historical introduction. Maps are great, the timetables are pretty accurate, the opening times and prices are correct...

There are some very bad LP guides out there. Vietnam springs to mind. But LP India has been consistently good throughout the years. I think I've used 4 versions of the guidebook and have been pleased with the improvements everytime.

Obviously the negativities are that it is pretty big but how else are you supposed to cram in all that information.
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