The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget 1 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Rough Guide Travel Guides | Publication Date: November 3, 2008

The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget is the perfect companion for anyone looking to make the most of this exotic region without breaking the bank. Backpackers, gap year travellers and those who want more bang for their buck will find information on unmissable attractions in 9 Southeast Asian countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, plus Hong Kong and Macau which are useful gateways to the region. The guide includes "Treat Yourself" boxes that highlight great establishments worth splashing out on and a budget slant on night-life, shopping, markets, and outdoor sport activities. There is a full-colour introduction, packed with ideas for everything to see and do, plus highlights for every country. You''ll also find useful words and phrases in every language and hundreds of detailed maps - everything you’d expect from a Rough Guide with practical information for the budget-conscious on hostels, train and bus timetables and border crossings.

Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget

Product Details

• Paperback: 1008 pages
• Publisher: Rough Guides; 1st edition (November 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185828953X
• ISBN-13: 978-1858289533
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #867,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Strickly for the backpacker set., November 22, 2010

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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget 1 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

The maps are good, but this book covers too large an area to do justice to any one country. Also, all of the lodging/eating information is of the hostel, flophouse kind. Not a suitable book for anyone over 21 travelling without a backpack.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Just what I wanted., June 24, 2010

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L. B. James (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget 1 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

I bought this book for my upcoming trip to Southeast Asia. I haven't gone yet but this book has been great for a comprehensive list of where I should go. Reading this book has gotten me even more excited for my upcoming trip. PS. The package arrived quickly and I am satisfied with the seller.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Beware - Coverage still as incomplete as before!, May 31, 2009

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Laszlo Wagner (Hungary) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget 1 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

Despite the title, this book doesn't cover all of South-East Asia!
Two of the region's 11 countries are completely missing. These are Burma/Myanmar, which seems to be omitted for political correctness, and Asia's youngest country, East Timor, omitted simply out of ignorance - the publisher's policy appearently being that if few people go there, why bother with including it? Instead, they included the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau, which are not even in South-East Asia.
Also conspiciously missing from the book is the entire eastern half of Indonesia, the largest country in SEA: Papua, Maluku and West Timor. The reasoning given is "security concerns", which is now about a decade out of date! In reality these are some of the region's most exotic and interesting places, with Asia's most extensive virgin rainforests and best preserved traditional cultures, and leaving them out just like this is a real shame.
So even if you are normally a Rough Guides fan (and I know many of their books are good), unless you are determined to stick to the well beaten tourist-tracks in places like Thailand and Malaysia, give this book a miss and go for Lonely Planet's Southeast Asia on a Shoestring, which, while also far from perfect, at least does cover all of SEA!