Advantages: good guidebook Disadvantages: Lombok not well enough covered
...-------------------- I'm using the 11th edition, published in March 2007. -------------------- The fact that this is already the 11th edition shows how popular the Lonely Planet Bali & Lombok is. Just mentioning the word 'Bali' lets us that we are stuck ...
Advantages: Ease of use, Hotel Information and Maps Disadvantages: Can get too caught up with recommendations
Another great book for the Lonely Planet series. The book provides you with plenty of maps and hotel information to enable you not to get lost in a new town or hustled by any of the local touts. The prices are accurate and up to date.
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Advantages: packed full of useful info, great intro to the country Disadvantages: everyone else will be going to the places it recommends too
When I bought the Lonely Planet guide I knew very little about Croatia. I was still harbouring suspicions that it was a war-torn wasteland, although the Croatian Tourist Board claimed it was all beaches, sea, old building, dramatic landscapes and nudist c ...
Advantages: Very comprehensive, well written Disadvantages:
...Having studied in Scotland, and having Scottish friends, I ahd never thought that I would need the Lonely Planet Travel Guide to Scotland. It was a birthday present, and I thought I'd not use it a lot. In fact I was very wrong. It meant that I was able to ...
Advantages: A must have for starting a journey Disadvantages: Carrying around books in your rucksack
There are travel books and there are travel books for tourists who have an abundant supply of money and only two weeks to spend it in, stay at expensive hotels and get a tour bus to wherever it is that their 'guide' suggests that they should visit.
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