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Title: Lonely Planet Vietnam (LONELY PLANET VIETNAM) by Mason Florence, Virginia Jealous ISBN: 1-74059-355-3 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lonely Planet stays on top
Comment: I make regular trips to Vietnam and I've used both the Rough Guide and Lonely Planet. Having seen the two latest editions, page by page, Lonely Planet is, simply, better. LP provides far more detail, more maps (all of which are much more user friendly and accurate), is loaded with contemporary information (NGOs, motor-biking etc), has better photographs, good illustrations, and entertaining side-bars. The book introduces us to the personalities and characters who run guest houses, restaurants, bars, boutiques, and so forth, and it really makes you feel like a local. The "reader from France" seems to have a personal animus against the writers and Lonely Planet. But otherwise, what could be the problem? I found this guide well researched, consistently useful, and fun to read - that's what I want when I'm on the road.
Rating: 2
Summary: Rough Guide better than Lonely Planet, Footprint
Comment: Just came back from a three week trip to Vietnam with three books: the Lonely Planet, the Rough Guide, and Footprint Handbook.
The Rough Guide is the best guidebook around for the country. It is superior to the Lonely Planet guide in the breadth and depth of coverage and especially its accuracy. I liked LP for other countries but here they did a very poor job.
I have not found even one instance where Lonely Planet provided information that Rough did not have. If you are traveling to the north, you may want to consider reading Footprint before you leave -- it has some interesting information.
Also, all hotels -- even the top ones -- can be negotiated down in price. Send them an e-mail and ask for special rates, corporate rates, etc. You can stay at the Metropole in Hanoi for less than half their rack rate.
Rating: 5
Summary: Everything the traveller needs to know about Viet Nam
Comment: I just got back from a three week trip to Viet Nam, and would have been lost without my trusty LP guidebook. I travelled from north to south and was never at a loss with the help of this book. Granted LP should have put in diacritics because without them, communication breaks down when you don't know the tones, but the in depth research and care that went into this book (and subsequently, all of LP's books) shines through to provide the reader with a competant, user-friendly travel guide. Plus, LP is much more gay-friendly than the other guidebook series.
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Title: Lonely Planet Cambodia (LONELY PLANET CAMBODIA) 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 (LONELY PLANET THAILAND) by Joe Cummings, Sandra Bao, Steven Martin, China Williams ISBN: 1740593561 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Laos (LONELY PLANET LAOS) by Joe Cummings ISBN: 1864503734 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Vietnamese Phrasebook (LONELY PLANET VIETNAMESE PHRASEBOOK) by Thinh Hoang, Quynh-Tram Trinh, Tinh My Hoang ISBN: 0864426615 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Rough Guide to Vietnam (Rough Guide. Vietnam) by Jan Dodd, Mark Lewis ISBN: 1843530953 Publisher: Rough Guides Pub. Date: 20 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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