- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 4th Revised edition edition (Jan 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0864421672
- ISBN-13: 978-0864421678
- Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 12.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #76 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Asia > Pakistan
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Lonely Planet's "Travel Survival Kits" cover one country, or a small group of countries, in depth, with travel and accommodation options to suit a range of budgets. These guides are designed to be easy to use, providing practical travel information in a lively, entertaining style. Features of this series include: cultural and historical background; detailed maps of cities, towns and rural areas; information on getting there and getting around; practical information on every aspect of travel; health and safety advice; information on local cuisine; advice on customs and etiquette; key words, phrases and basic grammar of local languages; and names of places, restaurants and hotels in foreign script where applicable.
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Most prehistorical and early historical information on what is now Pakistan is about the Indus plain. Read the first page
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Who would have thought Pakistan had so much to offer, well thank you Mr.John King, for opening out this undiscovered country and giving me an extra insight into my journey.... It's a beautiful place and I'm sure after visiting no one would disagree.....
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I visited Pakistan in 1999 as a budget backpacker. Although i had no guidebook for most of the journey, i came across this book along the way and found it very usefull. Pakistan is somewhere where the highlight of your visit is the local people you will meet. But this guidebook is excellent for covering the essentials such as embassy info, visa extension addresses, transport etc. A good companion.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
the maps need help
7 Jun 2000
Format:Paperback
I just returned from two months in Pakistan, and I primarily used the Lonely Planet. Using the Lonely Planet for travel can tend to give one the feeling that all countries look and taste the same, and are inhabited by mostly backpackers and english-speaking hotelkeepers. The hotels recommended manage to sustain a surprisingly similar clientele throughout the Middle East and South Asia at least, and it starts to wear thin after a bit. The maps of many cities were not up to LP standards, Peshawar's Old City being a notable example. The Rawalpindi section could use an update, and I must say that the food recommendations generally seem to be stabs in the dark, in which case one is better off stabbing in the dark according to his own tastes. Accomodation selection criteria must be devoid of any Architectural or historical interest factors, but is quite successfully utilitarian. Many wonderfully intriguing and inexpensive old hotels are skipped. The ubiquity of this guide tends to ghetto the Western backpackers in little enclaves, useful both if you wish to avoid them like the plague, or you relish their company. The historical notes are surprisingly knowledgeable in most areas, though some notes concerning the British Raj period are either tritely anti-colonial or of dubious veracity, sometimes both. The Paksitani bureaucracy is a much more flexible entity than the authors would suggest, and things like Foreigner's Registration and exit taxes are not necessarily carved in stone. In conclusion, this guide definitely caters to the trek-minded eco-groover, with disproportionate emphasis laid on the Northern Areas, and on repeating tired environmentalist mantras.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A real companion throughout Pakistan
28 Dec 2000
Format:Paperback
Perhaps just below the usual Lonely Planet standard, this guidebook surely is a wonderful companion for your journey through Pakistan, filled with interesting as well as entertaining data and information, as well as tips for the traveller. There are some minor lacks, such as bad coverage of the battered Kashmir region, and perhaps too much focus on the usual tourist sites. Yet, all in all, the best guidebook on the country I ever found.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Great book for a great country
23 Dec 2005
Format:Paperback
Pakistan is among the tourism world's best kept secrets, and this book throws open those secrets very well. Lonely Planet has always been good with detail and comprehensive coverage, and that trend continues with its coverage on Pakistan.
Without the off-the-beaten track records, I would have missed some of the greatest historical and cultural artifacts that Pakistan has to offer. And the guide truly works as you trek up north into Pakistan's majestic mountains that offer the most mind-blowing natural beauty - even India's Kashmir area is nothing compared to the rugged and untouched beaty of the Swat River Valley all the way to whitewater rafting areas in Gilgit.
So when you head to Pakistan, definitely take this book along.
Without the off-the-beaten track records, I would have missed some of the greatest historical and cultural artifacts that Pakistan has to offer. And the guide truly works as you trek up north into Pakistan's majestic mountains that offer the most mind-blowing natural beauty - even India's Kashmir area is nothing compared to the rugged and untouched beaty of the Swat River Valley all the way to whitewater rafting areas in Gilgit.
So when you head to Pakistan, definitely take this book along.
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