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Title: Lonely Planet Indonesia, Seventh Edition by Patrick Witton, Mark Elliott, Paul Greenway, Virginia Jealous, Etain O'Carroll, Nick Ray, Alan Tarbell, Matt Warren ISBN: 1-74059-154-2 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, but Could Be Better
Comment: This is currently the best overall guide to Indonesia for independent travellers. It covers enough attractions to keep people occupied for months, and is more than enough for those with an average interest in the country.
As usual with this series, it is strong on practical details like prices, public transport and city maps, though one should never forget that prices in particular will have changed by the time one gets there - this 7th edition was researched in 2002, and reflects the situation as it was then.
There is also more than enough background information about culture and history for most readers.
Note however that coverage of remoter, less-visited regions is poorer - the chapter on Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) is nearly useless, and the one on Papua (Indonesian New Guinea) is little better.
Those with a deeper interest in Indonesia, or with an interest in a particular region, might want more detailed guides to those areas - Lonely Planet has great guides to Java and Nusa Tenggara, while Periplus has eight separate ones to all parts of the country, though the Periplus ones are best backed up with this book for practical details.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Starting Point, Reference Material
Comment: This is a good guidebook and fairly accurate. In a country like Indonesia, however, things change quickly so use this book as a reference not as a bible. Do you own research and talk to other travellers. Since LP Indo is the default travellers' guide to this region, most of the restaurants and hotels are not the best values. Many get a steady stream of customers just because of a good review and never bother to maintain the facilities. The best deals require a lot of footwork and bargaining! Also, bus/boat schedules always change. So don't plan a rigid itinerary based on the data in this book. I know a couple that lost a week because they planned a trip around a ferry described in this book but didn't actually exist! Be prepared to wait if you're going off the beaten path. Some boat services are infrequent between the islands.
Learning some bahasa indonesia always helps bargaining. The language section is adequate but the phrasebook is much better.
Rating: 5
Summary: Way cool book
Comment: This is the most detailed book for a big place like indonesia. Indonesia (outside of Jakarta/Bali) is a perfect match of lonely planet's specialty in off the beaten track and/or budget traveling. Every part of Indonesia is covered, except for the small islands between Sumatra and Kalimantan that might be cool to check out. Its not the Riau - that's covered in detail. It has minimal coverage of the Natuna islands. I'm interested in the islands further south - Tambeian Islands, Dadas Isalands, and Pulau Pejantan. Once they add coverage to these islands then this book will be perfection. This book also a lot of information on Indonesian culture, about a 40% overlap with the culture shock indonesia book.
So far I plan a 2 month trip to indonesia. Fly to hong kong, spend 1-2 nights there. Then fly to malaysia or jakarta (whichever is cheaper). Then take a boat to Pontianak, spend some time there and sinkawang (probably a week). Check out the islands between kalimantan and sumatra (1-2 weeks). Then go to the todgean islands, getting their via ujung padang to ambon and then spend the rest of the time (probably a month) chillin and snorkeling / scuba diving. Then go back trhough jakarta or malaysia, spend another 1-2 nights in hong kong, and then come home.
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Title: Lonely Planet Indonesian Phrasebook, Fourth Edition by Patrick Witton ISBN: 0864426518 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei (LONELY PLANET MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI) by Simon Richmond, Marie Cambon, Damian Harper, Richard Watkins, Eddin Khoo ISBN: 174059357X Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Thailand (LONELY PLANET THAILAND) by Joe Cummings, Sandra Bao, Steven Martin, China Williams ISBN: 1740593561 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Bali, Ninth Edition by Kate Daly, James Lyon ISBN: 1740593464 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Culture Shock: Indonesia by Cathie Draine, Barbara Hall ISBN: 1558680578 Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. Pub. Date: July, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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