Lonely Planet South America: On a Shoestring (Shoestring Travel Guide) [Paperback]

Regis St. Louis (Author), Aimee Dowl (Author), Beth Kohn (Author), Carolyn Mccarthy (Author), Anja Mutic (Author), Mike Power (Author), Kevin Raub (Author), Sandra Bao (Author), Andy Symington (Author), Lucas Vidgen (Author)

Book Description

Series: Shoestring Travel Guide | Publication Date: April 1, 2010

For 30 years, Lonely Planet has been the backpackers' bible for South America. Whether you're trekking the Andes, gliding through the Amazon or joining a wild festival, our unbeatable 11th edition is your key to adventure.

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 chapter with top picks from other travelers
Detailed itineraries help you decide where to begin
More maps than any other South America guidebook - over 200!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1048 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 11 Anv edition (April 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1741049237
• ISBN-13: 978-1741049237
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,677 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #10 in Books > Travel > Specialty Travel > Budget Travel
  • #22 in Books > Travel > Latin America > South America

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Reviews are for wrong edition, June 14, 2010

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Snickering Hound (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet South America: On a Shoestring (Shoestring Travel Guide) (Paperback)

After reading a bunch of reviews, I noticed that all the reviews were written before April 2010. Well, this is a page for the new April 2010 edition.

Why doesn't Amazon account for this??

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for Reference, not for details, May 31, 2011

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This review is from: Lonely Planet South America: On a Shoestring (Shoestring Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I just got back home this morning from spending 3 weeks in South America. All I can say is that this book was great for referencing things to do in different places, but the prices were off about a third of the time, and I wish it had more information about how to get to places. Luckily I knew enough Spanish to get around and double check with the locals. As far as the food goes, I'd say the recommendations are pretty good, having tried at least one place in each major city visited (applies only to Colombia and Peru), but don't forget to check with locals for good local authentic and cheaper food, so that you don't have to pay tourist prices for the food. The hostel recommendations were good; my only gripe is that they were almost always more than what the book said (perhaps they raised their prices after being published due to increased demand?) Overall a useful book, although a bit heavy to carry. If you're only going to 1 or 2 countries like me, just get the country book. If you're doing a multi country trip over many months as most of the backpackers I met were doing, this book is great to cover many things, but perhaps try buying the .pdf version too! Trust me, the weight off your back will be wonderful when you're on the road. :)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Weaker of the LP titles, May 30, 2011

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David Jenison "davidjenison" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet South America: On a Shoestring (Shoestring Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I have purchased about eight Lonely Planet books, and this one is probably the weakest. Maps and info sometimes wrong, info unclear, prices way off (used it just months after reprint date) leading me to assume some of this info is many years old, etc. Some of the accomodation recommendations were just outright awful, particularly in Canao Quebrada in Brazil. i would recommend the Footprints book over this one. However, here are the LP pluses. I did make a few awesome boxed recommendations, namely Astrid y Gaston restaurant in Peru and Sete Cidades in Brazil. If you get this book, I would just recommend getting Footprints or another to completment.