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.Croatia (Country Guide)
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by: Jeanne Oliver

March 01, 2007
I like the Lonely Planet city guides. I find them to be very useful and true as far as guides go. I have taken these travel guides with me on my trips to various cities. I enjoy making my travel plans using these helpful guides.
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.Boston (City Guide)
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by: Mara Vorhees, John Spelman

April 01, 2007
This guide is great as an overview to this fabulous city and accurancy for the more permanent tourist attractions (Freedom Trail, for instance!) is good - but several restaurants have already shut down/changed names/management so be wary of those reviews.
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.Sri Lanka (Country Guide)
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by: Joe Cummings

August 01, 2006
This book helped me navigate my way through my very interesting recent trip.
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.West Africa (Multi Country Guide)
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by: Anthony Ham

October 01, 2006
I love Lonely Planet books. I use them extensively when traveling or planning to travel. They help bring a lot of fun to travel.
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.Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks
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by: Jeff Campbell, David Lukas, John A Vlahides

March 01, 2005
We had bought the Moon guide for Utah and upon reading it realized it wasn't very good, so had this one expressly shipped just in time for our big trip. It was worth the extra shipping costs. It's full of useful information and it covers all the National Parks in Utah (so they should really change the title). The trip wouldn't have been the same without it.

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.Alaska (Regional Guide)
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by: Jim DuFresne

April 01, 2006
I always buy Lonely Planet guides because they are great but I purchased this in August 2008 and was shocked to find it's a 2006...the costs of everything in the book are meaningless because it's so outdated. There are new tours, new prices not even listed in here. I was disappointed that Lonely Planet would sell such an old book and hasn't come out with a new edition since 2006.
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.Southern Africa (Multi Country Guide)
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by: Alan Murphy, Kate Armstrong, Matthew Firestone, Mary Fitzpatrick, Michael Grosberg, Nana Luckham, Andy Rebold

March 01, 2007
I purchased this book for a month long trip that I took throughout the countries of Namibia and South Africa, and I have to admit that I was a little disappointed when it came to the details. In normal fashion, Lonely Planet does a great job with historic and cultural information pertaining to a certain locality, but once again falls short on the in-depth info that many travelers would be interested in. For instance, national parks and world heritage sites are usually not covered in enough detail, and sometimes they're not mentioned at all. Much of the information is very basic as well, and doesn't really paint a solid picture of the park. Sure, we all know there are animals running around, but what makes it stand out? Notable exceptions would be Etosha ... Read More:
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.Lonely Planet Paris Encounter (Lonely Planet Encounter Paris) (Best Of)
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by: Catherine Le Nevez

May 01, 2007
Just wanted to comment on the crappy the lonely planet tour guide for Paris. I found this particular edition exceedingly difficult to navigate and to contain several aweful suggestions, especially the restaurants. The guide doesn't flow well, and one quickly finds themselves turning pages endlessly trying to coordinate location with destination. I have always been a devout lonely planet traveler but now it looks like something has changed and overall it seems to me that the writers have not traveled to the places using their guides or at least considered following their guides, i.e. they have not thought about walking a mile in our shoes. I would suggest going it alone over going with Lonely planet. However, you judge, give it a try, see how crappy the Lonely ... Read More:
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.Tibet (Country Guide)
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by: Bradley Mayhew

February 01, 2008
I look for two things in guide book: narratives that enhance my understanding of the place I am visiting and accurate practical information. This review focuses on the shortcomings of the narrative and ends with comments on the practical aspects of the Lonely Planet Tibet (7th Edition).

The historical discussion of Liberation on pages 38-9 illustrates narrative problems which continue throughout the book. (The liberation section should be accessible on the amazon.com main web page for the Lonely Planet Tibet book.)

GENOCIDE: In the first paragraph of the section the author states that " `liberation' led to 1.2 million Tibetans deaths". This information first appeared in the early 1980s along with accusations of genocide. Although ... Read More:
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.Lonely Planet Madagascar & Comoros (Lonely Planet Madagascar) (Multi Country Guide)
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by: et al., Becca Blond

March 15, 2008
Writing a review of a travel guide that one has not yet used presents fundamental difficulties in judging the usefulness, accuracy, and validity of the information given. Nonetheless, I have lots of experience using guides and, further, I have the 2007 edition of Hilary Bradt's Madagascar book to compare with the Lonely Planet publication. To begin with, the Lonely Planet guide is of a smaller format and shorter in length than Bradt. It covers an additional subject, the Comoros. The net effect is a more surface treatment of the sights and regions of the country, but a heavy emphasis on such practical aspects as where to stay and eat and how to get around. There are excellent maps of towns and small local areas. Lonely Planet authors give opinions about destinations that ... Read More:
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