- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 3rd Revised edition edition (1 July 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1864502967
- ISBN-13: 978-1864502961
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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- #35 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Asia > Central Asia
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...for the adventurous traveler who wants to live like a native.' --Real Simple Magazine, June 2005
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This great travel guide provides practical travel information for Afghanistan, giving detailed transport options, border crossings, and advice for getting visas. Also gives in-depth coverage of eco-tourism and community-based tourism options.
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Central Asia or 'Turkestan' is a vast arena of desert, steppe and knotted mountain ranges stretching from the Caspian to Mongolia, and Siberia to the Hindu Kush. Read the first page
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the most up-to-date (and indeed, pretty much the only) guidebook to the region that I could find. It's got all of the standard Lonely Planet features, and it is easy to find things and has a good balance of descriptive and factual information.
However, I found some of the opinions in it incomprehensible and would warn any reader to take them with a pinch of salt. One hotel described as being awful with tiny rooms turned out to be fantastic and one of the best places we stayed in. Likewise some of the sights are talked down inexplicably. There are also very few photographs.
In terms of size, it's certainly not as heavy as most multi-country guides, but is still far from pocket size. I managed to carry it around in my daypack without suffering too much. I would definitely recommend getting this book if you are travelling to the region, simply because information is so hard to come by, and in factual terms at least this is reasonably accurate.
However, I found some of the opinions in it incomprehensible and would warn any reader to take them with a pinch of salt. One hotel described as being awful with tiny rooms turned out to be fantastic and one of the best places we stayed in. Likewise some of the sights are talked down inexplicably. There are also very few photographs.
In terms of size, it's certainly not as heavy as most multi-country guides, but is still far from pocket size. I managed to carry it around in my daypack without suffering too much. I would definitely recommend getting this book if you are travelling to the region, simply because information is so hard to come by, and in factual terms at least this is reasonably accurate.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Travellers to this area of the world are not spoilt for choice when it comes to selecting the book to guide them around the region. I could find no real alternative to the LP guide, others tend to be brief and cover the area as part of a mammoth expedition around all of Asia.
As I have found with other Lonely Planet guides, the style can be irritating, however given the size of the region covered and the volatility of the politics I usually found the guide sufficient.
My greatest criticism would definitely be for the language section. Granted, many languages are spoken in the region but generally Russian is the common one. Not speaking any Russian I frequently had to rely on the limited vocab supplied in the back. Being able to describe to a border guard 30 different regional dishes doesn't get you very far. Words such as passport and bank may be more useful to a traveller.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Please be aware that all other reviews (so far) refer to what is really a completely different book. This one is pretty up to date, for example it covers post-Taliban Afghanistan. I would say this is the currently the most convenient way of acquiring certain basic modern information about these vast regions. Check it out. It should be in your local public library.
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Central Asia - planning a month's trip
Being at the very early stages of planning a month's trak across Central Asia, Lonely Planet's Central Asia guide has proved to be invaluable in deciding upon the general route to... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jerry
handy
good overall overview of the area. only used it for Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan though. the problem with using Lonely Planet sometimes, and especially those areas which have little... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Hermione
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Perfect cover of the 5 Stans
Nobody really advertises travel to Central Asia, and it is not even common to find anybody interested...hence my fascination with the place. Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2009 by Sally O'day
an essential guide to the region
I cannot imagine anyone visiting Central Asia without this guide. I used it on a one-month trip around Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan and found most of the information to... Read more
Published on 17 July 2009 by David Stanley
This was very useful
This was a very useful book during my trip around Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Sometimes LP books can get very out of date, but in Central Asia things don't seem to... Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2006 by S. A. Richmond
Lonely Planet : Central Asia (as applied to Kazakhstan)
I was mainly travelling in Kazakhstan and found this a useful guide forAlmaty, although there was limited information on the countryside. Read more
Published on 23 April 2004 by C. E. Hopwood
LP hits the wrong note - this is prejudiced and outdated
I know it's hard to keep up with what seem like interminable change in Central Asia, but even this updated LP guide has little to distinguish it from its mid-90s edition. Read more
Published on 23 May 2002
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