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Title: Lonely Planet Thailand (Thailand, 9th Ed) by Joe Cummings, Steven Martin ISBN: 1-86450-251-7 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.51 (37 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The cream of Thailand guides
Comment: I live and work in Bangkok, and when travelling to other parts of Thailand on holiday I always take along the Lonely Planet guide. I've tried Rough, Footprint and a few other lesser known publications, but LP tends to more informative, and considerably more accurate, in fact more so than all the others combined.
Another thing, I've been buying each new edition of the LP guide since the early 90s, and can't understand the amazon user reviews dated 1999 or 2002, etc, that identify this guide as the work of Joe Cummings alone. Since the late 90s it has been a team project (with Steven Martin initially, currently with a total of four authors), as any look at the title page or About the Authors page will reveal. So if you don't like the tone, blame the whole team (or more importantly the LP editors, who no doubt play a large role in determining how this book reads), not Cummings!
One thing I did notice about the 2003 edition is that it is considerably shorter than the last couple of editions. Gone are some of the more interesting out-of-the-way destinations in the various regions. I suppose LP felt it had to cut down on the size and weight but I would personally rather see them return to a more comprehensive scope.
Rating: 5
Summary: best LP guide I've used so far
Comment: I recently completed a trip through India, Nepal, Thailand and China, and used Lonely Planet guides for all four countries. They all had their ups and downs, but I thought the Thailand one was the best, by far. First it was the most accurate, that is the info was closest to what I actually encounted while travelling around. And second it had the most evocative and confident prose. One could really sense the authors' strong affinity for the country. Like another reviewer wrote, Cummings doesn't talk down to his readers yet he doesn't pander either.
I felt very much as if I had my own personal guide leading the way with the Thailand book. The other three seemed more like compendia of information gathered without regard to any central zeitgeist.
The Pattaya reviewers must have tourist businesses in that city! The authors seemed very even-handed in their treatment of the city nonethess. Furthermore 12 pages on any destination seems plenty to me, however, so I don't understand tte complaint.
I also used LP's Thai Phrasebook and found it very useful.
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing Book - Skimpy Details
Comment: I was disappointed with this Lonely Planet book. I bought this guidebook because it was the most up-to-date. In general, I found the descriptions of hostels and hotels and restaurants to be so skimpy as to be completely unhelpful to the reader. The descriptions of the sights was less skimpy but still unsatisfying. I also brought along a Rough Guides guidebook. While it was a few years older than Lonely Planet, its descriptions were far superior. Buy the Rough Guides instead of the Lonely Planet.
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Title: Lonely Planet Thai Phrasebook (4th Ed) by Joe Cummings ISBN: 0864426585 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Cambodia (Cambodia, 4th Ed) by Nick Ray ISBN: 1740591119 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Thailand's Islands & Beaches (Thailand's Islands and Beaches, 3rd Ed) by Steven Martin, Joe Cummings ISBN: 1740590635 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Vietnam (Vietnam, 7th Ed) by Mason Florence, Virginia Jealous ISBN: 1740593553 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Bangkok (Bangkok, 5th Ed) by Joe Cummings ISBN: 1864502851 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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