- Paperback: 976 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 8th Revised edition edition (30 July 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0864426364
- ISBN-13: 978-0864426369
- Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 13 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 651,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Many backpackers refer to the various Lonely Planet guides as South East Asia bibles, and indeed treat them as such. Taking just a glimpse at Lonely Planet: Thailand, it's not difficult to understand why. Crammed into over 1000 pages is everything you could want to know about pretty much every region of Thailand. From the southern provinces bordering on Malaysia, to the main coastal destinations such as Phuket and Koh Samui, from the intense heat of Bangkok to the amazing architecture around Ayutthaya and the contrasting tranquillity of the north, the people at Lonely Planet give you as much practical information on places to stay, eat and visit as possible. Updated regularly, the guides try to keep abreast of the rapid development in Thailand and give you the latest, vital information on how much you can expect to pay--particularly useful for that first trip in a Songthaew or Tuk-tuk.
As always there is detailed information about the culture and history of Thailand. However, for many the focus is on the practicalities of finding accommodation and getting where you're going (once you have used the handy maps to figure out where you are). Particularly useful are the suggested itineraries which give an idea of what you can fit in whether you are staying for a couple of weeks or several months. For those wanting to concentrate their stay on the main attractions of Bangkok and Thailand's coastal regions, Lonely Planet: Thailand's Islands and Beaches is perhaps a better bet. However, if you fancy being a little more adventurous and seeing more of Thailand, Lonely Planet: Thailand is certainly a good place to start. --Caroline Butler
The Times
For reliable and authoritative travel information reach for your Lonely Planet guide.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great guidebook to the wonderful Kingdom,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lonely Planet : Thailand (Paperback)
I have been living, studying and travelling in Thailand on and off for the last 3 years. This guidebook has been my companion on all my travels, and I have used it as a support to explore new places and experiences in Thailand. The new edition is improved in many ways: more updated information (including prices), info about more places and not at least more color photos. The guidebook contains the most important information a traveller and a permanent foreign resident (or Thai for that matter) in Thailand may need - I especially enjoy the good Bangkok where to eat section. Enjoy the guidebook - and remember to put it a way once in a while to explore Thailand without the limits of the Lonely Planet guide.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Horrendous,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lonely Planet : Thailand (Paperback)
This has to be the worst guidebook I have ever used in any of the countries I have visited. Mr. Cummings, the author, can read and write fluent Thai (Kudos to him) but does not appreciate that most of those using his book neither have the time or inclination to study the language effectively. A number of places he recommends for either shopping or eating are only of use if one can speak Thai, as he mentions that there is no English spoken, nor any English menus etc. Furthermore he will recommend places that do not have English signs, yet fails to put the Thai name in the book, making even finding some of these places extremely difficult. One might try to argue that the phrasebook part of the book would make up for this inadequacy, but far from it. It adds to the confusion. Mr. Cummings decided to use the most bizarre method of transliteration known to man. It requires a doctorate in cryptoanalysis to try and work out how he has used those characters in the Latin script to resemble the sound in question. For example a hundred in Thai would be transliterated Loy or Loi by most people, yet somehow Mr. Cummings thinks Rawy is the easiest way to write it, where did he learn English? The maps in this guidebook are also absolutely horrendous. Their inaccuracies are so bad that one must wonder whether Mr. Cummings even visited the places. The scales are often so wildly out that six kilometres appears as one kilometre on the map for a small town that maybe only measures about six kilometres from one end to another. The only good thing about this book is that its inadequacies prompted me to learn basic spoken and written Thai. The paper in this book is not even very absorbent, so it missed its true calling.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Indispensable!,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet : Thailand (Paperback)
This book is not complete - some provinces (e.g. Phayao) have been left out - but it is part of the challenge to find something which hasn't been mentioned in this guide. Except for one floating restaurant which had moved 200m upstream to the other bank of the Menam Nan, I found all the information in the book to be correct and up-to-date (August 2000) : a real credit to the author and all the travellers who have contributed. Don't expect flashy photographs; this guide tells you where you can see the beautiful views for yourself and that's why it is (by far) the best around.
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