Southeast Asia: On a Shoestring
Editorial Reviews
Trek deep into the jungles of Borneo or laze on stunning Bali beaches. Eat your way through Singapore or dance all night in buzzing Bangkok clubs. Discover ancient Angkor temples or go grass roots and volunteer in Hanoi. Whatever you seek, Lonely Planet's yellow bible has it covered. With more than 33 years of experience, and a team of backpacking authors, our guide helps you dig deeper, stay longer, and spend less. Get ready - your Southeast Asian adventure starts here.Get The Lowdown on the environment, history, culture and current events in our Snapshots chapter
Eat Cheap and Sleep Easy with our fully updated coverage of the best street stalls, budget digs and places to party
Blaze Your Own Trail using our full-color regional map and detailed local maps
Talk The Talk with help from our Language chapter
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item ?
Southeast Asia: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Frommer's Southeast Asia (Frommer's Complete)
China (Country Guide)
Thailand (Country Guide)
Southeast Asia Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map)
Customer Reviews
Good starting Point ( 2009-11-02 )
Well although there are no color pictures to make it attractive, theres alot of info.. in fact maybe to much which is a good thing and a bad thing depending on how much u think is right. overall its a good starting point!
The one the only: Lonely Planet! ( 2009-09-09 )
The Lonely Planet Guides are consistently the best travel guides for backpackers and other budget travelers. Their Southeast Asia guide is superior to all the other ones I have seen because it includes Myanmar (Burma)--along with a discussion of whether travelers should travel there or not due to the human rights boycott. Some of the details that you might have in 10 separate country-specific guidebooks are certainly missing, however, it's a lightweight compact quickie guide to a whole region of the world. Good for us.
Inaccurate and Outdated ( 2009-07-29 )
Yes, Lonely Planet usually delivers with lots of tips and great recommendations. However, this particular guide is almost worthless. Not only did we encounter numerous inaccuracies in terms of transportation availability, restaurant and hotel existence, and false information about visas and entry fees, but also poor recommendations. There is traveling on a budget, then there is traveling like a homeless person. This Lonely Planet landed us in some of the least clean and least safe places we have ever stayed--but only when we were "lucky" enough to find that the book's recommendations were still open. I would not recommend this book and will seriously think twice about buying another Lonely Planet book in the future.
Useful but lack of maps and pictures ( 2009-07-27 )
I bought this book just before my trip to Thailand and Vietnam. It was useful, but it lacks of maps of the capitals or main cities and a couple of picture of the main attractions. The rest os ok.
Excllent content, but why is it much more expensive in Europe than in the US? ( 2009-05-28 )
The book has everything you need if you want to make the trip of your dreams, and I hope to test its usefulness this summer.
Detailed budget, good hints, clear explanations.