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Title: Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania (Scandinavian and Baltic Europe) by Nicola Williams, S. Kokker, K. Galbraith, Debra Herrmann, Cathryn Kemp ISBN: 0-86442-678-X Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: No improvement upon the old edition
Comment: The best thing about this edition is its stunningly beautiful cover. It goes downhill from there.
The previous edition (was it around 1995?) was really, really very good; ahead of everyone in the business. I wrote a glowing review at that time. Since then, the countries have moved on at an amazin pace, but LP did not manage to catch up.
Cultural information is still good (and that is the area where fewest changes were needed). It is not as good with practicalities: the book is full of small inaccuracies - money, costs, payment options, transport information all suffer from lazy, complacent research.
Another sad fact is that the authors seem to draw upon their one-off impressions: waiters tipping themselves by not giving you the change, what's that about? Credit cards accepted in "main cities and towns" - well, hello, when did you last go to any of the countries? These things go on and on.
As for "Getting There" information, one wonders which planet are Lonely Planet researchers living on. Has anyone told them about the Internet? About cheap offers from the airlines? How long can continue with their ridiculously irrelevant drivel about bucket shops and courier flights?
A good thing that can be said about this Lonely Plant is that it is not of trademark "bleeding-heart" variety and that anti-American propaganda still has not found its way into it. You will have to get the Iceland guidebook if you want some of the most bitter, biased and unwelcome LP campaigning.
Overall, it seems like Lonely Planet is cutting costs, and the most recent thing that they have chopped off is proper research and verification. This is unfortunate, for the start was really good.
Rating: 5
Summary: An outstanding guide like no others!
Comment: I've used this guide to travel from Estonia to Lithuania via Latvia, and I can assure that the coverage of those countries is absolutely great. The stories included in the book are simply juicy drops of culture, and surely they capture your interest and push you to get more deeply in the history of those sites you are visiting. No matters where you go, you will find the essential information and much more than that. This guide worth the money.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent as is all of LP in Eastern Europe
Comment: As with all of Lonely Planet in Eastern Europe, this book is excellent. The historical background is particularly good, it makes some sense of an extremely complicated, and at times, surprising history. This are in many ways countries, almost of myth and old stamp collections, that have come back to the real world -a fairy tale in more ways than one. This book keeps that spirit alive, and I highly commend it.
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Title: Baltic Capitals: Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaliningrad: The Bradt Travel Guide by Neil Taylor ISBN: 1841620181 Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Baltic States Phrasebook (Language Survival Kit) by Eva Aras, Inna Feldbach, Jana Teteris, Alan Trei ISBN: 1864503696 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet st Petersburg (St Petersburgh, 3rd Ed) by Steve Kokker, Nick Selby ISBN: 1864503254 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Lithuania, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide by Gordon McLachlan ISBN: 1841620491 Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Insight Guide Baltic States (Baltic States, 1998) by Roger Williams, Lyle Lawson, Insight Guides ISBN: 0887296130 Publisher: Insight Guides Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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