- Paperback: 800 pages
- Publisher: St Martin's Press; 5th Revised edition edition (3 Dec 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312320051
- ISBN-13: 978-0312320058
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.4 cm
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"'Guides that penetrate the veneer of holiday brochures and mine the grit of real life' Economist; [The] 'ideal companion for the independent traveller' Sydney Sunday Telegraph"
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The only choice for the independent traveller Let's Go takes you beyond the tourists and postcards to reveal the secrets on offer for a full cultural immersion. The most up-to-date guides available, Let's Go offers guaranteed first hand information and experience. Its lively, no-nonsense style will appeal to everyone from the voyaging virgin to the hardened adventurer. With its striking packaging, Let's Go 's attractive exterior compliments the most informative, friendly and practical advice on offer. Detailed maps of cities, towns and the outdoors. Entries at all price levels for lodging, food, attractions and more. All the practical advice one could ever need New features for 2005 include: Beyond Tourism - working, studying and volunteering in the region with personal accounts and advice. A dedicated website will be launched in January 2004. Insider Tips - more time- and money-saving tips than ever before, as well as getting around and staying safe. 'Guides that penetrate the veneer of holiday brochures and mine the grit of real life' Economist [The] 'ideal companion for the independent traveller' Sydney Sunday Telegraph
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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Not Useful for the Atacama Desert, true-but fine otherwise
5 Dec 2004
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 sound like they are written by know-it-all teenagers with too little life experience to be offering advice to real grown-ups. This guide on China, in contrast, is informative and pragmatic rather than preachy. Just one cautionary note: If you are actually planning on traveling around China on your own and don't speak Chinese, get a couple other guides and review them also-China is one of the few remaining countries where you cannot count on every shopkeeper and hotel manager conveniently being able to speak English.
I generally prefer the Lonely Planet guides over the Let's Go guides, which tend to sound like they are written by know-it-all teenagers with too little life experience to be offering advice to real grown-ups. This guide on China, in contrast, is informative and pragmatic rather than preachy. Just one cautionary note: If you are actually planning on traveling around China on your own and don't speak Chinese, get a couple other guides and review them also-China is one of the few remaining countries where you cannot count on every shopkeeper and hotel manager conveniently being able to speak English.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
OK guide, but needs some serious improvements!
22 Jun 2008
I used this book two years ago during a trip that took me from Hong Kong to GuangZhou, XiAn, TianShui, JiaYuGuan, DunHuang and Urumqi, and even though it was useful as a geographical and cultural guide, ALL the prices were way way off for all the places I visited in XiAn and Western China. I don't know about Eastern China, but the prices to most of the hotels and sights/parks were actually DOUBLE what they were supposed to be, according to the Let's Go guide. Big big disappointment there.
I ended up expecting prices to be double what the book said, and was able to plan the last part of my trip pretty accurately.
Another big mistake was NOT to include the PinYin accents on all the city and sight names. In the Lonely Planet, you just look up a section about a city and you get the PinYin for it AND the accents, which are important if you want to pronounce the name properly. I had to borrow a Lonely Planet on China in order to find the names of the places I was going to and write down the tones so I could say them properly. Miss your pronunciation, and most Chinese people won't understand right away what you're talking about!
Note that the Lonely Planet other travelers had was way wrong about prices as well for the whole of XinJiang and GanSu.
I love Let's Go in general, but they need to work on this one a bit better! I recommend this guide, BUT be careful when you make your budget! Expect some prices to be much higher than anticipated, and if you speak mandarin, double check how to pronounce the names of the places you're going to. Have a great trip!
I ended up expecting prices to be double what the book said, and was able to plan the last part of my trip pretty accurately.
Another big mistake was NOT to include the PinYin accents on all the city and sight names. In the Lonely Planet, you just look up a section about a city and you get the PinYin for it AND the accents, which are important if you want to pronounce the name properly. I had to borrow a Lonely Planet on China in order to find the names of the places I was going to and write down the tones so I could say them properly. Miss your pronunciation, and most Chinese people won't understand right away what you're talking about!
Note that the Lonely Planet other travelers had was way wrong about prices as well for the whole of XinJiang and GanSu.
I love Let's Go in general, but they need to work on this one a bit better! I recommend this guide, BUT be careful when you make your budget! Expect some prices to be much higher than anticipated, and if you speak mandarin, double check how to pronounce the names of the places you're going to. Have a great trip!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Lived in Beijing
16 Oct 2005
This book was indispensable when my husband and I lived in Beijing for 6 months. I bought it together with Lonely Planet's The Best of Beijing, but found later on that I preferred to use this book because it contained a lot of leads to great deals on shopping, restaurants, etc. (Read: Good but cheap, and that's where most locals go) After checking out places from both books, I found Lonely Planet's contained a significant amount of "high end" places. Gave this book four stars only because I found that some prices quoted on particular restaurants are a bit outdated. Other than that, I loved it.
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