
I love an adventure story.I’m not talking about the jarring action packed adventure with lots of guns and running, destined for an R rating if it makes the big screen, but instead a personal kind of adventure for one person that ends up being a life changing personal journey for them.And that’s exactly what happened [...]

The only other review declared that they “used this book during our trip to the Atacama Desert. It was not helpful…” Well, I imagine it wouldn’t be very useful, seeing that the Atacama Desert is in Chile, not in China! I generally prefer the Lonely Planet guides over the Let’s Go guides, which tend to [...]


China is one of the most beautiful places in the world. You can see amazing landscape views as well as overnight city views. Learn how you can obtain beautiful and scenic views in China! Instructions In my opinion, I think that the most beautiful places in China are in the city. First, look for a [...]

Very poor, virtually worthless.I ordered 3 maps.The other two are good.The best being Collins Maps.Buy that one instead.It folds out to only one quarter the size of the other 2 maps.The country is also cut in half.HUH? What do we want a map for?To look at the entire country.I the Vietnam map was cut in [...]

My husband and I used these cards first in Shanghai.The first night we ate at some restaurant and ordered everything that it recommended.We don’t know how to speak so all we did was show them the card and they brought it out.The food was sooooo good!We would have never known to order these local favorite [...]

This book desperately needs to be updated and rewritten! I brought it along on a bicycle trip the length of Yunnan in the spring of 2005, but found the information extremely outdated and nearly worthless. None of the hotel and restaurant listings were useable, and the sights were poorly described. The writing also failed to [...]