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Central Asia (Lonely Planet Regional Guides) (Paperback)

by Andrew Humphreys (Author), etc. (Author, Editor), Bradley Mayhew (Editor) "Central Asia is perhaps the best place on earth to explore the reality of the phrase 'the sweep of history' Populations, conquerors, cultures and ideas..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 2nd Revised edition edition (April 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0864426739
  • ISBN-13: 978-0864426734
  • Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 13 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 676,456 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This guide covers the former Soviet States of Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It includes tips on visas, border crossings and getting around for independent travellers. Accommodation and restaurant listings are included for all budgets. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Karakoram Highway language sections with Cyrillic script and a glossary are also featured.
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars LP hits the wrong note - this is prejudiced and outdated, 23 May 2002
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I know it's hard to keep up with what seem like interminable change in Central Asia, but even this updated LP guide has little to distinguish it from its mid-90s edition. The defeatist and unadventurous attitude is a million miles away from the enthusiasm of most LPs and I couldn't quite understand the worth of printing a guide that hardly recommends anything! The Bradt guides are much better to this lesser known and understood region.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars New edition, much improved, 9 Mar 2005
This review is from: Central Asia (Lonely Planet) (Paperback)
Please be aware that all other reviews (so far) refer to what is really a completely different book. This one is pretty up to date, for example it covers post-Taliban Afghanistan. I would say this is the currently the most convenient way of acquiring certain basic modern information about these vast regions. Check it out. It should be in your local public library.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonable but little alternative, 13 Nov 2001
By Tim Boole "Tim" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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Travellers to this area of the world are not spoilt for choice when it comes to selecting the book to guide them around the region. I could find no real alternative to the LP guide, others tend to be brief and cover the area as part of a mammoth expedition around all of Asia.

As I have found with other Lonely Planet guides, the style can be irritating, however given the size of the region covered and the volatility of the politics I usually found the guide sufficient.

My greatest criticism would definitely be for the language section. Granted, many languages are spoken in the region but generally Russian is the common one. Not speaking any Russian I frequently had to rely on the limited vocab supplied in the back. Being able to describe to a border guard 30 different regional dishes doesn't get you very far. Words such as passport and bank may be more useful to a traveller.

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5.0 out of 5 stars an essential guide to the region
I cannot imagine anyone visiting Central Asia without this guide. I used it on a one-month trip around Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan and found most of the information to... Read more
Published 22 hours ago by David Stanley

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful, though some strange opinions
This was the most up-to-date (and indeed, pretty much the only) guidebook to the region that I could find. Read more
Published 21 months ago by BookWorm

4.0 out of 5 stars This was very useful
This was a very useful book during my trip around Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Sometimes LP books can get very out of date, but in Central Asia things don't seem to... Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2006 by S. A. Richmond

3.0 out of 5 stars Lonely Planet : Central Asia (as applied to Kazakhstan)
I was mainly travelling in Kazakhstan and found this a useful guide forAlmaty, although there was limited information on the countryside. Read more
Published on 24 April 2004 by C. E. Hopwood

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