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South America on a Shoestring: Big Trips on Small Budgets (Lonely Planet Shoestring Guide) [Paperback]

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Publication Date: 19 Mar 2010 | Series: Lonely Planet Shoestring Guide
No 1. Bestselling guide to South America.
For 30 years, Lonely Planet has been the backpackers' bible for South America. Whether you're trekking the Andes, gliding through the Amazon or joining a wild festival, our unbeatable 11th edition is your key to adventure.
This multi-country guide covers: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.


Inside this book:

More maps than any other South America guidebook - over 200!

Eat cheap and sleep easy with budget accommodation and cheap eats
Full-colour highlights chapter with top picks from other travellers
Detailed itineraries help you decide where to begin

Sustainable travel tips and volunteering opportunities

Contains essential phrases but a Lonely Planet phrasebook is also recommended

We know because we go: every Lonely Planet guide is 100% researched and updated by our authors on-the-ground.

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  • Paperback: 49 pages
  • Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 11th edition edition (19 Mar 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1741049237
  • ISBN-13: 978-1741049237
  • Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 4.1 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other --New York Times

This book was the one thing we couldn't live without when we backpacking through South America. It s provided invaluable advice on hostels, dangers, money, visas, maps, tourist sites, transport. Everything really! --Amazon customer
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Poor 15 May 2012
By Adrian
Format:Paperback
Have been travelling using Lonely Planet guides for 15 years and have always seen them as the best of the guide books. Sad to say that both South America on a Shoestring and Central America on a Shoestring were both equally terrible. Main points that frustrated - i) out of date reviews - places marked as good, were now not etc. Info about sites no longer accurate due to the huge time lag between the last visit when you read it, prices not in line etc, ii) the fact that everyone has one so the same average places are overcrowded and they generally overcharge iii) maps that are not accurate (e.g. roads shown over a river that did not exist, wrong placing of accommodation on maps etc), iv) lazy editing for the new addition so that sections of the text contradict the new overviews. The main use I can see for these books is the history sections and 90% of the time the maps also. Better to use other sources of info for where to stay, visit and eat (e.g. other travellers, hostel info boards, Hostelworld, Tripadvisor etc).
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Facts on a shoestring! 19 July 2012
By Janebfc
Format:Paperback
Like reviewers here when I travelled to South America 10+ yrs ago I held off buying until their newest edition came out. I lost count of the number of fellow travellers I bumped into that year who, like me, where exasperated at LP's out-of-date/inaccurate information. Maps printed upside down, hostels that had been closed for a couple of years (prior to publication) etc etc. I took the time to complain to LP & it didn't get me anywhere. Seems like times haven't changed either. Lonely Planet's reputation was earnt from cornering the market in the older backpacker trails across Asia etc and fact is they're just not as up on Latin America. So if you want a reliable guide, whilst LP is full of some great stuff, you'd be better off with Footprints - after all their South American guide was the first.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good as an overview 16 July 2012
By Ms. L. C. Rowe
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Great book to use as an overview, with information on all South American countries but unfortunately I felt I needed a lot more information/maps than was provided the majority of the time. Unfortunately many of the price guides didn't seem correct either, perhaps using very outdated research, it doesn't appear to acknowledge that shops/restaurants in this area of the world are often short-lived.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars South America
I don't think you can go wrong with a Lonely Planet and as always it hasn't disappointed. Only one criticism is they are only pictures in the front of the book and not as you go... Read more
Published 16 days ago by K. Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great guide book
Amazing guide book as always from Lonely Planet, they are informative with tips and advice to make the most of the holiday, would recommend.
Published 16 days ago by Suzy
1.0 out of 5 stars Useless Kindle edition of an otherwise great book!
Kindle version is NOT updated. I could not find any date of edition of the Kindle version, but I just supposed it was the same as the newest paperback. Wrong. Read more
Published 28 days ago by potasik
4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful insight
This book helped me plan a great trip through the continent. I wouldn't recommend basing everything on this book, but instead using it as a simply guide! Read more
Published 1 month ago by DGJM
3.0 out of 5 stars A missed opportunity if ever there was one...
While it has been great to not to have carry a guide book because of this e-format, this is none-the-less a spectacularly missed opportunity if ever there was one! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dragonfly
3.0 out of 5 stars It's good for a rough overview.
I don't normally like to use the lonely planet because I have found that you can generally get around by word of mouth. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Peter O'Tool
5.0 out of 5 stars Cannot wait to get to South America now!!
It is really well written and set out, all the information I need to set off on my South American Adventure!!
Published 6 months ago by Superjess
4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, but some parts outdated
A classic, and a must to have in you backpack for trips to South America. Big plus is the details it provides about all different parts of the country and in this sense it is very... Read more
Published 8 months ago by eagle9eye
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb
So happy with this book, it gives a great insight into South America, where to go, what to see and the history of each country. Love it :-)
Published 11 months ago by PedroTheTraveller
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent but please keep it this way
this book is great, excellent maps, accurate travel information and contains information on accomodation and restaurants at prices affordable for budget travellers. Read more
Published 14 months ago by sasparilla
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