- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Rough Guides; 6 edition (1 Oct 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1848361386
- ISBN-13: 978-1848361386
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 18.5 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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The Rough Guide to Nepal is the ultimate travel guide with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best attractions Nepal has to offer. Discover the vibrant regions of Nepal from the easternmost tea hills of Ilam to the wildlife-rich jungle of the far west, and from the high Himalayas to the Kathmandu Valley. Fully updated and reshaped after the country's recent change in government, The Rough Guide to Nepal contains in-depth accounts of all Nepal's highlights from Hindu temples and Buddhist stupas to wildlife reserves and spectacular mountain viewpoints in Nepal. Colour sections explore Nepal's ethnic hill peoples and dramatic mountain trails whilst expert accounts offer an introduction to the history, culture and natural life of this exciting and resurgent country. Find detailed practical advice on what to see and do in Nepal whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels in Nepal, bars in Nepal and restaurants in Nepal for every budget. This Rough Guide to Nepal includes an extensive section on trekking with practical advice and maps on the best places to trek, raft and mountain bike.
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About the Author
James McConnachie was born and brought up in south London, and was a scholar at Jesus College, Oxford, where he studied English. Touring the Loire in the back seat of a Citroën DS, as a child, inspired an early love of travel, but his first trips for Rough Guides were to Spain and Italy - and he remains passionate about both countries. Then, in 2002, James joined Dave Reed as co-author of the Rough Guide to Nepal. As a student, he had spent nine months teaching in a village in the Everest foothills, but travelling all over the country, in the middle of a Maoist insurrection, really put his knowledge of Nepali culture and language to the test - and never more urgently than when persuading a local Maoist that he was not in fact a CIA spy. After Nepal, James returned to his Francophile roots. He was commissioned to rewrite the Rough Guide to Paris, alongside Ruth Blackmore, and then headed back to the Loire valley to write his own, new guidebook: the Rough Guide to the Loire. Meanwhile, travel-related TV and radio appearances, including stints on the sofa with Richard and Judy and guesting on Radio 4's Excess Baggage, led to presenting work on Italy Inside Out, a five-part BBC series on Italian language and culture, and Kirsty Wark's Tales from Paris. James has also taken photographs for Rough Guides in Rome, Florence, Venice and Hawaii.In recent years, James has turned to history. With Robin Tudge, he co-authored the bestelling Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories, which exposes the truth behind over a hundred conspiracy canards, and explores whether there is a conspiracist version of history. Bevis Hillier, in the Spectator, called it "unusually intelligent and laced with black humour". In The Book of Love: In Search of the Kamasutra (Atlantic), James traced the secretive story of the world's most notorious sex book, focusing on its discovery and pirate publication by the nineteenth-century explorer Richard Burton and his scandal-mongering coterie. William Dalrymple, writing in The Times, called it "elegant and stylish", The Washington Post found it a "first-rate work of intellectual history", and it won him a shortlisting for Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2008. Scandalized by the shrill and shallow quality of most modern sex manuals, James then decided to write his own: a book that wouldn't only discuss "how to do it", but would bring in history, ethics, politics, science and culture as well. The Observer called his subsequent Rough Guide to Sex "a comprehensive, fearless book, part socio-history and part manual". The writer and feminist Jenny Diski found it "funny and thoughtful"; the book's "clarity and straightforwardness", she reckoned, "would make anyone who has been young and befuddled (or old and befuddled) weep with gratitude." James now lives in Winchester, Hampshire, with his young family, but makes regular trips to France and Nepal to keep his guidebooks up to date. He is passionate about singing, books, languages, walking and wildlife. He is represented by David Godwin (www.davidgodwinassociates.co.uk) and welcomes comments via his blog (www.mcconnachie.net).
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been to Nepal a good few times over the past twenty years and seen some big changes there. Which is besides the point except that it means I also have some Nepali friends now who have been able to laugh at my guide books over the years! This is the one they laugh at least. Unlike the Lonely plannet this covers a larger area of the country and doesn't restrict itself to simply Katmandu and Pokara with some stuff on treks thown in, although it does cover all that too. So if you were thinking of straying a little further afield then get this. If you're simply going to trek and will just be spending a little while in Katmandu, I would honestly say don't get a guidebook at all! Nepal is an easy country to travel in and you won't need a guidebook for something like that, spend the money instead on John Childs 'streets of silver, streets of Gold' (available from most katmandu bookshops) which will prove a great guide to wondering around Katmandu. But, if you are thinking of going further into Nepal, then this is the guide for you. Just because Lonely plannet is the most comprehensive guide for India doesn't mean it's the same for Nepal. Whatever you decide, happy travels!
Format:Paperback
Bought this before going Nepal and was sadly let down. The writers have judged Kathmandu on the readers behalf and glossed over its sights. Furthermore has very little on the history of Nepal. I would recommend the Lonely Planet for anyone travelling to Nepal
0 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You will only need this for the budget hotels listings and the background/history to a place your going to but it is worth it for this reason - you only need one guidebook tho!
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