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Title: Lonely Planet Korea (Korea, 5th Ed) by Robert Storey, Alex English, Alexander English ISBN: 0-86442-697-6 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.06 (17 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: get a different travel guide
Comment: You have to wonder when a guidebook starts off practically every section about a new city with: "Not many people come to (fill in city's name) but if you get stuck here then try this... I find Lonely Planet Korea to be very negative about the country and the cities within it (with the exception of Seoul). It gave very little practical information. I haven't seen the new edition, but I bought the previous one and was truly disappointed by it.
A much better, more comprehensive, and upbeat guide is the Moon Handbook by Robert Nilsen. I see he's just come out with a new edition too. He seems to know a lot more about Korea than the Lonely Planet writers and offers a better view for the traveler who is going to be in Korea for a few months or more. If you are going for a week, maybe Lonely Planet is o.k., but for anything longer disregard it and use the internet or the aforementioned travel guide.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good enough for me.
Comment: I was lucky enough to live in Korea for a year teaching English and while I was there, the LP Korea was pretty much my travelling "Bible". While other people may not consider it indepth in locations to visit, it still has more than sufficient details for your average visitor who is going to travel around for a month or two. I was working so my travelling time was limited to weekends, so as it was, the LP Korea was perfectly adequate for my needs. There was always plenty to see and do. I wanted to see the most important and interesting stuff, which typifies what Korea is all about. If you are going to be visiting Korea for an extended period of time, or living there, then maybe after a while the guide book may appear to be superficial. However, all the major regions are covered, including Jejudo Island (and North Korea gets its own section at the back). All the usual hotels, resturants and transport details are there, as well as the bog standard travel advice. So if you are a short term visitor, then the LP Korea will, in my opinion, be more than sufficient.
Besides, if LP does not meet your needs, the KNTO is reasonably well developed, with tourist maps and info of most destinations at railway stations, bus stations, and airports. At major tourist points, guides will speak english, and advise you of other interesting features of the area you are in. University students wanting practice their english are also good travel guides. I had my first introduction to Daegu in this manner.
I disagree with some of the opinions expressed by other reviewers of this book. To be realistic, the minute this title came off the printing press it was out of date. For example, one cannot expect all the eateries listed to still be there by the time an individual gets to Korea. When I lived in Kumi (or Gumi, which ever way you prefer) for a year, there was a resturant down the street from where I lived that changed ownership three times, being reincarnated as something different each time it reopened. Some places stay, some go. Nor can one expect all interesting destinations to be featured; what would people want more; a small compact book with sufficient info for tourists planning to be in country for 2 months or so or alternatively an immense brick like book jammed with enough destinations to keep a traveller travelling for years and which cost a bomb and throws your back out every time you lift it. I know which I prefer.
Rating: 4
Summary: not bad
Comment: Some reviews of this book make it sound terrible. In fact, it's alright. You'll get the cultural and architectural information in much, much greater detail from the Moon Guide to Korea, and I think that's worthwhile. But you'll get lost if you use that guide; LP has better maps and practical information. So, with apologies to your wallet, I suggest getting both. If you're not going to leave Seoul, maybe just buy the Moon Guide and a map of Seoul; but still, you'll be missing LP's very practical recommendations.
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Title: Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook (Korean Phrasebook, 3rd Ed) by Minkyoung Kim, J. D. Hilts ISBN: 1740591666 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Seoul (Seoul, 4th Ed) by Martin Robinson ISBN: 1740592182 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Korean at a Glance by Grace Holt, Daniel D. Holt ISBN: 081203998X Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: August, 1988 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Moon Handbooks South Korea by Robert Nilsen ISBN: 1566914183 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: 09 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Insight Guide Korea (Insight Guides) by Tom Le Bas, Langenscheidt Publishers, Tom Le Bas ISBN: 1585730025 Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishing Group Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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