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Thailand: The Rough Guide (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

by Paul Gray (Author), Lucy Ridout (Author)

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Paperback: 844 pages
Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd; 4th Revised edition edition (25 Oct 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1858287197
ISBN-13: 978-1858287195
Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 3 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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This is the most practical and informative guide to Thailand. Features include in-depth coverage of all the sights, from the Northeast's Khmer ruins to Bangkok's glittering temples and the beaches and islands of the south. The Rough Guide also contains up-to-the-minute reviews of accommodation and restaurants plus first-hand advice on Thailand's adventure opportunities (trekking and white-water rafting, kayaking on the Gulf Coasts etc). It also serves as an incisive guide to Thailand's history, religion, art, music and wildlife.

About the Author
Paul Gray has been a regular visitor to Thailand since teaching English for a year in 1987. He now works as a managing editor at the Rough Guides office in London. Lucy Ridout has spent most of the last decade travelling in and writing about Asia. She is also the co-author of the Rough Guides to Bali and Bangkok.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you need except your passport, 4 Mar 2004

By	simon gurney - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Rough Guide Thailand is one of the best in the range, and it strikes just the right balance, although the book still weighs in on the heavier end in a backpack, its pretty much all useful. especially for the traveller who is exploring thailand, which is after all a very big country.

The books coverage strikes a good balance, and the design is very user friendly, the features of the (not so) new design which are particuliarly useful are the end of chapter transport connections overview with approx times, and the 40 things not to miss photos at the front is a great selection, and can serve as an inspiring hit list.

The book is very well suited to the independant traveller, and the accomodation on the whole was more accurately on target than in many other guides, to agree with 50% or more of the reccomendations is a very good sign, although thailand moves quickly, not least in accomodation, so it is very difficult to keep coverage up to date.

On the whole the food selections were ok, generally this is the weakest point in the rough guide series, Bangkok is least well served in this respect, but when pushed and feeling lazy outside the capital it will deliver somewhere to eat pretty quickly. (not that finding somewhere to eat is a problem in thaialnd).
there is a small but quite useful language section which could be expanded to double its length and be even more useful, and the history section isnt too overwhelming, but i guess more thai phrase books are sold separately than history books and hence the obvious imbalance here.
The Rough guide to Thailand is nicely pitched, accurate and informative.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Although, I couldn't go to everywhere in the book this left me thirsty for more!, 29 Dec 2007

By	C. Frost "Charlie Frost" (Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Rough Guide to Thailand - 5th Edition (Paperback)

Although I travelled just before a new edition of this book was published, I thought this book was excellent in helping me plan my holiday in advance. We knew we wanted to go to Thailand but weren't quite sure where - this book helped us decide based on not only things to see & do but weather condtions etc, which I found were excellent compared to many internet sites and travel brochures (which portray Thailand as one climate area, when in fact it has many different weather systems). The book was excellent and still felt 'up to date'; for example it helped us find the most fab little boutique hotel "Buddy Lodge" in Bankok which was exactly what we were looking for and never would have found otherwise. Also it had fantastic and accurate info on the Grand Palace, such as tours times and prices, not to mention a complete guide to the whole complex, building by building!

These books make such a fantastic read in terms of filling you in on culture and traditions - because I had read this before we travelled I spotted lots of things I would have missed otherwise. It seemed a shame that we only went on a two week tourist holiday - the book made me want to go back packing around the whole country!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother with the 'Lonely Planet ' guides, 19 Sep 2006

By	Mr. James A. Newton (London) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Rough Guide to Thailand - 5th Edition (Paperback)

This is about the tenth Rough Guide I've used, and as usual it has been an excellent source of most importantly accurate information. All Rough Guides have evidently been well researched and give step-by-step procedures of what to do on arrival, finding accommodation and local transport etc. I've never understood why so many travellers use 'Lonely Planet' guides. The title may very well sound ethereal and full of the romatic allusion (illusion?) of travelling, but I have found them at best very mediochre. I can think their popularity lies more in the fact of their reputation. If you're a 'serious' traveller you only ever get the Lonely Planet. Well don't bother, get a Rough Guide which you will almost certainly find more useful.

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4.0 out of 5 stars VERY GOOD INFO
I went to Thailand for the first time a week ago. I couldn't use the book to its full due to the Tsunami. Read more

Published on 14 Jan 2005 by R. Farrelly

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy the Rough Guide too...
Lonely Planet guides tend not to be quite as in depth as the Rough Guide equivalents, and this is no exception. Read more

Published on 27 Aug 2003 by edwardashby

5.0 out of 5 stars a must for all visitors to thailand
we found this book a great help as neither myself or my wife have visited thailand before.All the help you could wish for the trip of a lifetime. Read more

Published on 12 Jan 2002 by jerrybugden@aol.com

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I took the Rough Guide to Thailand on a trip to Bangkok, Phuket and Koh Samui (Jan 2001). It was OK for some of the nitty gritty - seasonal weather and other generic stuff. Read more

Published on 27 Feb 2001 by adow@dowmedia.com

4.0 out of 5 stars A very useful travel tool
We used this book in Aug 99' whilst travelling in Bangkok, Chang Mai and Phuket and found it very useful both in finding restaurants and explaining some of the sights worth and... Read more

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