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Title: Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet on a Shoestring) by Fiona Adams, Sandra Bao, Charlote Beech, Morgan Konn, Andrew Dean Nystrom ISBN: 1-74104-163-5 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $33.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (12 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Unfortunate developments at LP
Comment: Unfortunately, the publisher seems to have abandoned most of their previous authors and recruited rookies with dubious qualifications and almost no experience in South America. The chapters done by the authors of their individual country guides are reasonably accurate, but the ones by new authors are appallingly bad.
Rating: 2
Summary: too much missing
Comment: having travelled round south america with this book, and i can highly recomend leaving it behind.
its covers too many countries and many of them in much too little detail. although fine for sketching out a route prior to departure, having individual guide books for each country is unbeatable. if carrying a comprehensive guide i found the footprints guide more condesed and informative, and found myself borrowing it often to fill in the many gaps left in the lonely planets coverage. argentina is particuliarly badly covered. many of my favourite locations in chile do not even warrant a mention in the lonely planet.
useful for overall planning but too big and incomprehensive to make the grade.
Rating: 4
Summary: Better Than the Rest
Comment: The 7th edition of South America on a shoestring is the best South America "all in one" travel book out there. Having literally used or throughly inspected the competition, this book earns the right to be called the best.
Now, despite that, there are some problems with the book. First, it needs to be updated again. When traveling with it I noticed omissions and mistakes. Second, the maps and hostel section need to be more abundant. Third, the method of travel section (bus, train, etc..) really needs to expand, it is way too narrow. In some countries, they even fail to provide you with the best form of transportation that is cheap.
The purpose of buying this book is to see is much as you can for the least amount of money. Considering this, the book should not even bother with upper or middle accomondations, or other "luxuries".
Otehrwise, I liked the book. It gave you enough so as not to spoon feed the entire trip to you, but enough so you did not end up sleeping in the bus station.........wellllll except in Asuncion, Paraguay :)
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Title: Lonely Planet Central America on a Shoestring (Central America on a Shoestring, 4th Ed) by David Zingarelli, Daniel Schechter, Jeff Davis, Conner Gorry ISBN: 1864501863 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Read This First: Central & South America (Read This First Series) by Conner Gorry ISBN: 1864500670 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Peru (Lonely Planet Peru, 4th Ed) by Rob Rachowiecki ISBN: 0864427107 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Footprint South American Handbook 2004 (Footprint South American Handbook, 2004) by Ben Box ISBN: 1903471702 Publisher: Footprint Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island (Chile and Easter Island, 6th Ed) by Carolyn Hubbard, Brigitte Barta, Jeff Davis ISBN: 174059116X Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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