Advantages: Lots of information Disadvantages: Just a bit heavy to carry round
" …nowhere are there so many marvellous things nor in the world besides are there things of unspeakable greatness" ( Herodotus, Greek historian)
Having spent several months during 1984 (how old??) wandering aimlessly around Egypt, with little mo ...
Advantages: Overall a great guide book - the only one I'd choose! Excellent help on finding restaurants etc. Disadvantages: Cant really think of any disadvantages. Maybe it wouldve been better to have had more info on Sharm el Sheikh. But it did cram in a lot
...I found this book fantastic. We went to Egypt in October 2004 (Sharm) and found the info invaluable. Definatly one of the better Lonely Planet guides! The information is up to date and quite honest. It is well set out and easy to find the stuff that it ta ...
Advantages: Great for more general tips, very easy and enjoyable to read Disadvantages: Not enough detail by any stretch of the imagination; not enough maps
...I'm going to S.E. Asia in February for 6 months I bought the Lonely Planet (LP) guide to Asia & India and, while it clearly has its merits, it's got some crucial flaws aswell. Let me explain....
Basically the LP is a general, starter guide to the b ...
Advantages: All in op - please read Disadvantages: A bulky buy and a little subjective - but that's it!
… Well, maybe not the world but Europe is at least a good start isn’t it? And by the way, this is in the 'right' category for travel books and NOT Europe (in general) - it's just that CIAO haven't presented it that way! Hummpphhh! Grumble gru ...
As Bill Bryson once said, this series should really be called "Let's go get another guide book". This is a review of the Let’s Go guide to Eastern Europe. The guide book covers 18 countries which should immediately tell you that the depth of det ...
