Lonely Planet China (Country Guide)
by Damian Harper, Daniel McCrohan
|
List Price: Our Price: $7.44 You Save: $24.55 (77%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $0.36 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of Lonely Planet China (Country Guide)
Book Review: Decent coverage
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm off to work in Beijing in September and before my contract starts a friend and I are planning on seeing 'some' of China. It's great to see Lonely Planet releasing this updated edition when so many other travel series seem content offering two or three year old information.
This 2007 version has bountiful knowledge, mesmerising photos and up to date costs and information throughout China proper and outlying regions.
I've normally been a Rough Guide user but glad to see L.P has improved its staple with this China-logue and now my friend and I are all set (just to about) to take on this sizeable journey.
Recommended, just make sure you have strong shoulders if you decide to take the book with you. It's BIG!
Book Review: Fire the writers and start over.
Summary: 1 Stars
I have used several LP guides, Ireland, Amsterdam, South Africa, Cambodia and Vietnam etc. All were good and useful to have. I just returned from a two month trip to China. I was frustrated with this book so many times I was ready to throw it in a trash can. There are errors and omissions all over the place. For a book that is only two years old is feels quite out of date. It is better that nothing, almost, but I would buy something else.
Book Review: Death by Lonely Planet
Summary: 5 Stars
An exceptional travel guide. Do not count on the prices being accurate but the big picture is spot on.
There are two problems with the Lonely Planet guide: it is too heavy for a traveler; it is on the banned books list in China (but my copy was not taken in my last two trips).
Death by Lonely Planet refers to guiding thousands of tourists to a once untouched spot. The Lonely Planet guide is a blessing and a curse.
Book Review: Best guide book for China
Summary: 5 Stars
I spent a month in China with this guide book. The city maps were not great, but they were the best maps I found in any guide book. When I got back from my trip, someone gave me a hilarious new novel that takes place in China -"Sweet and Sour July"- about a group of tourists making their way from Hong Kong to Beijing and seeing everything in between. I highly recommend both of these books if you are planning a trip to China.Book Review: Lonely Planet - CHINA
Summary: 5 Stars
Physical condition - Bent cover and first pages - ACCEPTABLE
Contents - We plan a trip to China in November 2007. This
Guide will be an invaluable resource - even though we will
be on a guided tour. We have guests that have lived years in
China and when they saw our copy of "Lonely Planet - CHINA",
they said that "It is absolutely THE BEST."