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Southeast Asia: On a Shoestring

Southeast Asia: On a Shoestring
China Williams
Lonely Planet
ISBN: 9781741047264
Date: 2008-03-01
Price: $25.99
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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.

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Southeast Asia: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Thailand (Country Guide)
Frommer's Southeast Asia (Frommer's Complete)
China (Country Guide)
India (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

Customer Reviews

5 Great! ( 2010-08-05 )
The package arrived on time and everything was in excellent conditions! Thanks so much!!
This was an international shipping and I had absolutly no problems what so ever.

5 A 'must' take-along for any independent budget-minded traveler planning a trip to Southeast Asia ( 2010-06-16 )
China Williams, et.al.'s SOUTHEAST ASIA ON A SHOESTRING is a 'must' take-along for any independent budget-minded traveler planning a trip to Southeast Asia. It covers everything from sightseeing and shopping to current events, provides itineraries for easy travel, and is a top reference packed with maps and specific detail.

4 Good, basic guidebook ( 2010-05-04 )
As far as guidebooks to an entire region go, this is one of the best I've used. It was concise, well-organized, and up-to-date. That said, information about each city was limited due to the scope of the book, so don't make the mistake of feeling too dependent on it. Often the best guesthouses and restaurants I found were ones that weren't even mentioned!

2 disappointed loyal LP fan ( 2010-05-03 )
I used to think that LP could do no wrong, but am definitely disappointed in this book. In full disclosure, I haven't even left for my trip yet but bought this book mostly for the planning aspect. I was hoping to find some suggested itineraries and good advice about what to cut out if you're short on time. Unfortunately this book is definitely lacking those qualities and is instead basically a list of the cheapest guest houses/ dorm hostels in each town in South East Asia.

The maps are also very confusing and not very helpful. There is one full page map of each country with EVERY possible city/ location marked on it (making it very difficult to find the noteworthy places, especially since almost everywhere has very similar names) and then very zoomed-in close up of individual cities. What's left out is probably what would be most useful-- maps of the various regions showing how these places relate to each other.

Most discouragingly, there is also no advice on what places/ side trips are most worthy of taking. All the other LP guides I've used have had sections including tips on "if you have 2 weeks, go ____ or ____, if you have 3 weeks try ________, for 6 weeks you can fit in ______, etc". I feel like this information is most useful for a book that covers all of SE Asia, rather than just listing every possible location as this one seems to do.

4 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!

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