Lonely Planet Northeast India (Regional Travel Guide) [Paperback]

Joe Bindloss (Author), Mark Elliott (Author), Patrick Horton (Author), Kate James (Author)

Book Description

Series: Regional Travel Guide | Publication Date: November 1, 2009

India's Northeast is for the truly adventurous, and Lonely Planet has explored every part of it. We've trekked Sikkim's Monastery Loop, paused to admire sun-kissed peaks in Darjeeling, the hit the wild east in search of rhinos and jungle villages. Our 2nd edition takes you straight to what we discovered.

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.

In This Guide:

Full color highlights & clearly mapped itineraries reveal the Northeast's best
Parks & Sanctuaries planner guides you to monkeys and rhinos
Festivals calendar tells you what's on while you're here

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Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 2 edition (November 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 174179319X
• ISBN-13: 978-1741793192
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #545,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A handy guide if you are visiting just this region., November 30, 2007

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William S. Weir "Traveler" (Flagstaff, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Northeast India (Regional Guide) (Paperback)

If you are going to just the areas included in this book, then it's a fine choice. Otherwise you might do better with a North India or an all India guidebook because there's not that much more detail here.

When I first saw this book advertised, I assumed that it specialized in what's normally considered the Northeast--Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, and Mizoram. But these areas only comprise 50 out of the 376 pages! Most of the text is given over to introduction, Orissa, West Bengal, and Sikkim. An interesting chapter called "Excursions" briefly covers nearby places such as Varanasi, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What does "Northeast India" mean? Misleading title., November 30, 2011

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Elizabeth Bullitt (Durham, North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This book might be useful for someone going to the region the book covers (central-East India and Southern Nepal). Unfortunately, it is impossible to tell in advance exactly which portions of India and Nepal this book covers. I am going on a trip to Northeast India and Northern Nepal and so thought this book would be perfect, but there is almost no geographical overlap. The book does NOT cover Northeast India--the title is highly misleading.

Lonely Planet books are often excellent. One problem with their India series in general is that there are a great many Lonely Planet books that cover various parts of India and it can be difficult to figure out in advance which book is most appropriate. It would be very helpful if the book preview could allow one to see the geographical region covered by any particular book. At present, this feature does not seem to be available.

0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars UNFORTUNATE & MISLEADING TITLE, January 1, 2010

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Charles R. Ripplinger "RIPP" (GRAND RAPIDS, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Northeast India (Regional Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I thought I was buying a travel guide for the Immediate Area around Delhi (Jalandhar, in particular).

Had the title reflected that "contents" included NEPAL,as well, I would have been able to discover my error.

I would strongly recommend you peruse this book at you local bookseller to determine its usefulness to you. (I have lately purchased Lonely Planet guides whose typefonts are almost totally illegible due to their size.)