A survival guide for independent budget travellers in 34 Asian countries. With 452 maps and town plans, this guide gives all the basic information for a long-haul trip: visas, local transport, cheapest beds, the most interesting sights and best stopping off points. Includes the Caucasus.
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Traveling with Asia Overland was a pleasure,
By michael (Boston, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Asia Overland (Trekking Guides) (Paperback)
I used Asia Overland for the first 8 months of a 13 month trip and found it to be excellent. It is written by two guys who are just travellers themselves and have an excellent idea of what is essential when arriving to a strange new place where you do not speak the language. At the core of the book are simple schematic maps of each country/area with notes written on them which rate and describe destinations, give travel times and costs, and even give recommendations of guesthouses or restaurants. More detailed maps are provided for large cities or areas particularily dense with things of interest. The format is very easy to understand and allows planning at a glance rather than by reading through pages of cross-referenced text. Again their grasp of what information is essential was nothing short of incredible. The book also contains a dirth of border-crossing info and tells you which visas you will need and where you can acquire them. From their own accounts they understood the border rules better than the border guards did on a few occasions. More than the information it provides Asia Overland is a well written quidebook. Mark and Wil are extremely upbeat writers. Their senses of humor and personal accounts really made me want to go to all the places they wrote about. In summary the book is informative, accurate, entertaining and inspirational. If you are planning a trip to Asia, one country in Asia, or just trying to think of some destinations to visit, I highly recommend reading this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Where lonely planet doesn't go,
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This review is from: Asia Overland (Trekking Guides) (Paperback)
This book is excellent and essential reading for those of us who want to do an epic journey but also like to have help overcoming transport and beauracratic obstacles. I think the optimal would be to use this book in concert with a lonely planet style book as they cover different topics. This book is mainly a transport and visa stratgy guide with some helpful hints on routing. The LP books get the finer details on the budget accomodation for more cities.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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This book beats Lonely Planet!,
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This review is from: Asia Overland (Trekking Guides) (Paperback)
I have known Mark Elliott for seven years and can honestly say that the man knows what he's talking about. He is, in short, a "professional traveler", making his way from Brighton to Bishkek and back with little more than a cheap backpack, a harmonica, and a sure sense of how to find his way among the labyrinths of the Asian hinterlands. He always returns with several nights' worth of good stories (to be told over a pint or three) and a collection of painstakingly accurate notes and maps of his travels. I have used the materials he sent me through private correspondence and found them to be unfailingly helpful, pointing out cheapskate tips and sightseeing suggestions that I hadn't found anywhere else. If you're interested in being a modern-day traveler of the Old Silk Road, then by all means get this book. It will point your feet in the right direction and open your eyes to cultures far removed from anything you could imagine while logged on to a computer, shopping for books. My copy also doubled as a pillow after a night of beers and Dixie dancing in a little outdoor bar along the streets of Turfan (but that's another story ...)
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