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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Lets not Go with this book,
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This review is from: Let's Go 99: Israel & Egypt (Let's Go Series) (Paperback)
Backpacks are heavy enough, don't waste your strength lugging this around. You NEED a travel book while exploring the Middle East, but get one that is acurate. This book got us lost in Egypt, stranded in the Golan Heights, and kept us constantly searching for places and streets that don't exist. Only about one out of every 5 directions or addresses were correct. Buy a book, but don't buy this one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Two words: Lonely Planet,
By A Customer
This review is from: Let's Go 99: Israel & Egypt (Let's Go Series) (Paperback)
The author's of Lonely Planet are far more qualified and thorough in their writing than Let's Go authors. I have been in countries where I had given up on trying to get info out of the Let's Go books and ended up throwing them away (since it was merely extra weight in my backpack). When I was in Europe, I found myself borrowing other traveler's Lonely Planet books, as they had FAR more ACCURATE information. If you don't mind missing the culture of a particular area in a particular country, and you don't mind being a "tourist", then Let's Go will suffice. I believe Let's Go should just stick to their Europe edition. Take the time to go to bookstore and compare a Lonely Planet publication with its' Let's Go counterpart and see for yourself!
4.0 out of 5 stars
The best travel guide to the area,
By A Customer
This review is from: Let's Go 99: Israel & Egypt (Let's Go Series) (Paperback)
There are a zillion Egypt travel guides, and I've at least flipped through most of them. The Let's Go is the best, most up-to-date, and most practical. I have also found the sections on Jordan and Syria, though fairly small, to be more useful than whole other guides devoted to those countries. The Lebanon section is rife with errors, probably because it is new. I expect it will get better over time.My biggest complaint about this series is the sometimes inappropriate use of humor. Humor is welcome, of course, but the 1992 edition led a (admittedly somewhat gullible) friend of mine to the remote fishing village of Abu Qir in search of the International House of Pancakes Let's Go said was there. Many people seem to memorize the Cairo drivers' "honking dictionary" that appeared in the 1998 edition, when this was either a joke or the product of a serious lack of understanding on the part of the authors. All in all, though, a very good book and the one to buy if you're coming to the region.
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