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 [...]
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 I brought it along on a bicycle trip the length of Yunnan in the spring of 2005, but found the information extremely outdated and nearly worthless.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 [...]
If you are on a few days city trip this is a very good little book to carry a long. Handy, easy to find tips for your trips and fast to read. Comes with a separate map! Click Here to see more reviews about: Top 10 Bangkok (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE) Product Description: Drawing [...]
The standard tourist destinations are well described. The hutong hotel I stayed in was good and I found it through this guide. There isn’t much off the beaten track advice. What is really bad in this book is the restaurant and bar advice. It is a typical white man’s view of eating in restaurants. Several [...]
“China’s Southwest” covers the culturally fascinating provinces north of Laos and Vietnam, so a better title would be “Southern China.” At any rate it’s one of Lonely Planet’s best books and provides good travel information, including some very worthwhile off-the-beaten-track places. You’ll find descriptions of the many tribal groups who live in an incredible diversity [...]
Any business with regular interactions in China needs ETIQUETTE GUIDE TO CHINA: it surveys all kinds of etiquette routines, from greeting people while on a trip to behaving well in town, in the boardroom or in social situations. Easily-understood Chinese vocabulary accompanies details on everyday expressions, common faux pas, and what rules make a big [...]