This 358-page guide to Laos & Cambodia covers all the country's highlights for visitors, area-by-area, illustrated with hundreds of full-colour photographs and cross-referenced with detailed regional and city maps. A detailed essay section includes in-depth features on the countries' history, culture and people. The Travel Tips is a comprehensive listings section, packed with recommended hotels, restaurants, and essential contact addresses and numbers. Key features include: places - region-by-region gazetteer section, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed regional and city maps; essay features - incisive essays on history, people and culture, from its ancient settlers to its contemporary trends; travel tips - comprehensive practical listings section, including hotels, restaurants, entertainment, transport and essential contact addresses and numbers; photo features: magazine-style double-page spreads on culture, wildlife and history; maps: detailed city and regional maps, cross-referenced with the text to aid travel planning and route-finding; and, photographs: hundreds of stunning colour photographs, illustrating all the major sights and portraying the character of the countries.
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Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.
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David Henley is a professional photographer and travel writer based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he has lived with his wife and family for more than 20 years. He has been published by Insight Guides, Berlitz, Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Frommers, Thomas Cook, AA Publishing and a wide variety of other publishing houses and publications. He has traveled extensively in Asia, and is currently Managing Director of CPA Media Ltd (Crescent Press Agency): www.cpamedia.com and of Pictures From History, an online image library specializing in historical images of Asia: www.picturesfromhistory.com
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Beautiful....,
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This review is from: Insight Guide Laos and Cambodia (Laos & Cambodia, 1st ed) (Paperback)
Insight Guides are useful as both travel guides and picture books.The info is short but concise and the wonderful color pics give you a really nice idea about what the destination spot looks like ( or looked like,as the books are also good for memory/photo albums). This volume is very useful for the traveler to the little known countries of Laos and Cambodia as it covers all areas of both countries and not just the big cities and main attractions. I especially found the info on coastal Cambodia interesting as it's hard to find detail on this beautiful place in other travel books. A must for the Asia traveler....
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This Insight Guide is very complete and informative. Having been to Cambodia, I can say first hand, that this is probably the best tourist guide available for that region.
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The photographs in this guide are stellar and the writing is clear and strong. I found every necessary detail needed for planning my trip in this book and learned a great deal about the culture before embarking on my travels. Wonderfully done!
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Laos is an ancient country with a surprisingly sophisticated culture; at the same time, it is simple, easy-going and a great deal of fun to visit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Phnom Penh, Luang Prabang, Khmer Rouge, Lan Xang, Siem Reap, Kompong Som, Mekong River, Southeast Asia, Pol Pot, Angkor Wat, Pathet Lao, Xieng Khuang, Sap River, Vientiane Tel, Muang Sing, Kompong Cham, Tha Kaek, Setthathirat Road, Democratic Kampuchea, Koh Kong, Sisowath Quay, Huay Xai, Chiang Mai, Luang Nam Tha, Preah Vihear New!
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Laos is an ancient country with a surprisingly sophisticated culture; at the same time, it is simple, easy-going and a great deal of fun to visit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
following price categories, shiva lingam, more powerful neighbours, stilt houses, zero years Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Phnom Penh, Luang Prabang, Khmer Rouge, Lan Xang, Siem Reap, Kompong Som, Mekong River, Southeast Asia, Pol Pot, Angkor Wat, Pathet Lao, Xieng Khuang, Sap River, Vientiane Tel, Muang Sing, Kompong Cham, Tha Kaek, Setthathirat Road, Democratic Kampuchea, Koh Kong, Sisowath Quay, Huay Xai, Chiang Mai, Luang Nam Tha, Preah Vihear New!
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- Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola on page 197, page 217, and page 355
- Swimming to Cambodia by Spalding Gray on page 353, and page 355
- A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam by Norman Lewis on page 332, and page 355
- Heart of Darkness (Dover Thrift Editions) by Joseph Conrad on page 217, and page 355
- Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad on page 217, and page 355
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