This guide covers the former Soviet States of Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It includes tips on visas, border crossings and getting around for independent travellers. Accommodation and restaurant listings are included for all budgets. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Karakoram Highway language sections with Cyrillic script and a glossary are also featured.
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Truly a travel survival tool in this magnificent region,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Central Asia (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
The first edition of Lonely Planet's Central Asia guide was not up to their usual standard. Its data and advice was incomplete and even wrong, but more than anything, it was out-of-date beforen it was published: things had changed a great deal in Central Asia, between 1991 when the countries became independent, and 1996 when the guide was published. But finally, this second recent edition of the book fully compensates for those lacks. Truly up-to-date, it offers all the advice, tips and information that travellers expect to get from Lonely Planet. And in this region, you'll need it ! Even if you speak Russian like myself, this is not an easy region to travel around. The people are nice and hospitable, the places are marvellous, but the first impact can be very negative and gloomy. It can be hard or impossible to get around - visas and other bureaucratic problems, flights and trains which may or may not run, hotels which may or may not exist... You won't know what to do or where to go, and once you do you may realize you should have done otherwise. With this guide, you won't be lost. It will truly be your companion during the whole journey, whether or not you are familiar with the region. And it will also provide excellent and very plesant reading with its sections on culture, history, politics, etc. Last but not least, this edition contains two new sections on Afghanistan and on China's Xinjiang province. Afghanistan will be hard to visit so far (but not impossible - ask me !), yet the information is invaluable and highly interesting. Xinjiang is a destination which, thanks to the information contained in this guidebook (and ONLY thanks to that information, which you won't find elsewhere !), you will be able to combine with your trip to the five former Soviet nations of Central Asia. Buy it now, and you will be on your way even sooner than you plan.
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Central Asia (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
Take it from an American expat living in Uzbekistan and traveling throughout the region - this is by far the best guide to any place in Central Asia. The authors do a great job of covering all the countries, and they have practical advice on necessary precautions. The general information about the area is solid. Every expat who lives here has a copy, and we all rely on it for advice on where to go and what to see. Also, the historical review is thorough without being tedious, and the practical information on things like climate and local customs is generally dead on. Nevertheless, you can't rely on this book (or any other) for specifics like suggested hotels and restaurants or things like visa fees. These all change so frequently in the CAR that everything is out of date before it's hit the printers. Use this as a guide to the area, but don't rely on it for planning the details about where to stay and where to eat.
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A warning guide.,
This review is from: Lonely Planet Central Asia (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
As with all countries in the far east, one has to use a guide as simply a guide and not a bible. Lonely planet is great in giving travel warnings without preaching. This style leaves it with a laid back approach to traveling. Unfortunately in Central Asia where things do change often, where situations can be increadibly dangerouse or unbelievably gloriouse, no guide can stay so up to date. This guide is nessasary in Central Asia. There are few in between which can cover the scope which Lonely Planet Manages, however I can't stress any more how important it is to do research on all five-stan republics. Pay attention to travel stories, keep a positive additude and enjoy the wonderouse Rejistan, Karokarum and charming turk peoples. A deffinate and more concise version to the first, there is still less coverage on visas and dealing with officials then is needed for the westen traveler. And as usual there should be much great getting there and away information. Four Stars
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Central Asia is perhaps the best place on earth to explore the reality of the phrase 'the sweep of history' Populations, conquerors, cultures and ideas have swept colourfully across the region's steppers, deserts and mountains for thousands of years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
krytyy rynok, marshrutnoe taxi, visa support, main bazar, relevant country chapter, sleeper buses, exchange kiosks, century mausoleum, individual country chapters, boxed text, sleeping carriage, goat carcass, trekking routes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tian Shan, Jenghiz Khan, Lake Issyk-Kul, Caspian Sea, Great Game, Air Kazakstan, Uzbekistan Airways, Soviet Union, Altyn Arashan, Bank of China, Chini Bagh, Hotel Samarkand, Hotel Tashkent, Abylay Khan, Zailiysky Alatau, Hong Kong, Bolshoe Almatinskoe, Xinjiang Airlines, Khan Tengri, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New York, Tash Rabat, Hotel Uzbekistan, Lake Balkash, Lonely Planet New!
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Central Asia is perhaps the best place on earth to explore the reality of the phrase 'the sweep of history' Populations, conquerors, cultures and ideas have swept colourfully across the region's steppers, deserts and mountains for thousands of years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
krytyy rynok, marshrutnoe taxi, visa support, main bazar, relevant country chapter, sleeper buses, exchange kiosks, century mausoleum, individual country chapters, boxed text, sleeping carriage, goat carcass, trekking routes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tian Shan, Jenghiz Khan, Lake Issyk-Kul, Caspian Sea, Great Game, Air Kazakstan, Uzbekistan Airways, Soviet Union, Altyn Arashan, Bank of China, Chini Bagh, Hotel Samarkand, Hotel Tashkent, Abylay Khan, Zailiysky Alatau, Hong Kong, Bolshoe Almatinskoe, Xinjiang Airlines, Khan Tengri, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New York, Tash Rabat, Hotel Uzbekistan, Lake Balkash, Lonely Planet New!
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- Apples in the Snow: Journey to Samarkand by Geoffrey Moorhouse on page 97, and page 240
- The Lost Heart of Asia by Colin Thubron on page 98, and page 240
- Mission to Tashkent by F.M. Bailey on page 98, and page 240
- Realms of the Russian Bear: A Natural History of Russia and the Central Asian Republics by John Sparks on page 99, and page 486
- Setting the East Ablaze Pb (Oxford Paperbacks) by Peter Hopkirk on page 98, and page 240
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