Footprint Thailand Handbook, Third Edition [Paperback]

Joshua Eliot (Author), Jane Bickersteth (Author)

Book Description

Series: Thailand Handbook, 3rd ed | Publication Date: August 9, 2001

Written by a specialist on South East Asia who has lived, worked and travelled extensively in the region for over 15 years, this updated handbook on Thailand provides both background and detailed travel information. It explains how to get off the well-mapped-out "routes" to other areas such as Northeast Thailand, a highly distinctive part with a Laothian culture and a Cambodian heritage. Lightweight and portable, the handbook also includes: information about where to stay - from luxury hotels to good-value guest houses; useful words and phrases; information on bars, nightlife and where and what to eat; detailed coverage of the expanding number of parks - such as Khoa Sam Roi Yod National Park in the southern peninsula which was opened in 1996 and is Thailand's first marine park; and background on history, culture, the archaeological heritage and modern Thailand.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Easy to use comprehensive guide to a formidable region. Intelligent, authoritative writing with a lightness of touch." -- Judges of Travelex Travel Writers’ Awards of 1999

About the Author

Joshua Eliot Joshua has a long-standing interest in Southeast Asia and Thailand in particular. He spent a year living in a small town in northeast Thailand in the early 1980's. Since then he has visited the country 2 to 3 times each year. He speaks Thai, Lao and Indonesian. Jane Bickersteth Jane has been visiting Thailand for over ten years. She is an artist and is particularly inspired by the Khmer ruins of Thailand.

Product Details

• Paperback: 852 pages
• Publisher: Footprint Handbooks; 3rd edition (August 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1900949865
• ISBN-13: 978-1900949866
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,915,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the most practical travel series., September 28, 1998

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[e-mail] (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thailand Handbook (Footprint Handbooks Series) (Hardcover)

Forget Insight, Travel Bug and even Lonely Planet. They are all too heavy to carry on your destination. Leave them behind next to the armchair. Real travellers will want any book from this series: They are small, written on thin tissue paper, and print tightly spaced. The Thail book, which I am updating every two years has so much practical information, from hotels and fax numbers, to suggested itineraries, and maps. Indispensible to the travelling traveller.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The most complete guide of its type., June 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Thailand Handbook (Footprint Handbooks Series) (Hardcover)

In the style of the Footprint Series the Thailand Handbook is an exhaustive source for even the most ambitious of travellers. It is the best source for practical information on hotels, transportation etc. It is not, however, as easy to use or as visually pleasing as many others. For those who want to have all the information with them on their trip, this will be the book that makes it into the luggage. Not for those who have trouble with fine print.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good guide, but lots of outdated info, April 6, 2004

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K. Hornbach "Condo Board Member" (Hudson, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Footprint Thailand Handbook, Fourth Edition (Paperback)

Overall, I'm very pleased with Footprint Guides, and this one has the usual excellent set of information & opinions. But,I was disappointed in the amount of stale information in this book. It's just been published, but half the restaurants we selected from it turned out to be out of business. I know restaurants come and go, but some of these had been out of business for years. Maybe we just had bad luck, but there was enough out-of-date info that I'm wondering if they cut some corners to get a new edition out so everyone (like me) would discard their previous edition and run out to get this one.