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Title: Lonely Planet Central Asia (2nd Edition) by Bradley Mayhew, Richard Plunkett, Simon Richmond ISBN: 0-86442-673-9 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: a mixed bag
Comment: I found that the East Turkistan (Xinjiang) section of this book was much more helpful when I actually traveled there than the Cadogan "China: the Silk Routes" guide, which is much bigger and much lesse useful. For Uzbekistan, though, this book is useless compared to the Odyssey guide.
If you don't care to deeply know the history of the places you are visiting, then maybe this book is for you.
Rating: 4
Summary: Essential guide for anyone coming to Central Asia
Comment: Take it from an American expat living in Uzbekistan and traveling throughout the region - this is by far the best guide to any place in Central Asia. The authors do a great job of covering all the countries, and they have practical advice on necessary precautions. The general information about the area is solid. Every expat who lives here has a copy, and we all rely on it for advice on where to go and what to see. Also, the historical review is thorough without being tedious, and the practical information on things like climate and local customs is generally dead on.
Nevertheless, you can't rely on this book (or any other) for specifics like suggested hotels and restaurants or things like visa fees. These all change so frequently in the CAR that everything is out of date before it's hit the printers. Use this as a guide to the area, but don't rely on it for planning the details about where to stay and where to eat.
Rating: 3
Summary: Okay, but...
Comment: This is a decent overview of the area. I found, however, that when it came to actually visiting the areas mentioned, there was little for the traveler that wasn't easily obtained simply by DOING it rather than reading about it here.
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Title: Lonely Planet Central Asia Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Phrasebooks) by Justin Jon Rudelson ISBN: 0864424191 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Silk Roads: Includes Turkey, Syria, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and China by Paul Wilson, Dominic Streatfeild-James ISBN: 1873756534 Publisher: Trailblazer Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Nelles Central Asia Travel Map with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan by Nelles Verlag, Nelles ISBN: 3886186644 Publisher: Nelles Maps Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Lost Heart of Asia by Colin Thubron ISBN: 0060926562 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 11 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Kyrgyz Republic: Kyrgyzstan, The Heartland of Central Asia, Second Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guide) by Rowan Stewart, Susie Weldon, Ceri Fairclough, Paul Harris ISBN: 9622177360 Publisher: Odyssey Publications, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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