Utopia Guide to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar & Vietnam: the Gay and Lesbian Scene in Southeast Asia Including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City & Angkor [Paperback]

John Goss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 24, 2005

The Utopia Guide to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar & Vietnam offers a remarkable insider's glimpse at the gay and lesbian scene in 14 cities in four emerging Southeast Asian countries, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, Vientiane, Luang Prabang, Yangon/Rangoon, Phnom Penh, and Angkor Wat/Siem Reap. Listings include organizations, bars, discos, accommodations, spas, restaurants, and more. Enjoy savvy comments and recommendations from local Utopians, as well as gay travelers who share their experiences and discoveries in rainbow Southeast Asia.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"These fun pages dish out the spice on even the most buttoned-up spots in Asia." -- TIME Magazine TIME Traveler

"A really good place to start looking for information... excellent coverage of gay and lesbian events and activities across Asia." -- Lonely Planet

About the Author

John Goss, along with partners from Singapore and Thailand, founded Utopia, Southeast Asia's first gay and lesbian center, in Bangkok in 1994. A year later he launched the Utopia-Asia.com web portal which has grown over the last decade to become the Internet's most respected GLBT resource for Asia. An artist and recipient of a US National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, John's photographs were recently published in the landmark cultural book, Very Thai (2005), and were shown in a solo exhibition, Sacred Realm, at the Four Seasons Hotel, Bangkok (2005).

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (October 24, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411654072
• ISBN-13: 978-1411654075
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,929,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great resource for my holiday!, March 29, 2006

By 

Joe Moe "Bookie" (Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Utopia Guide to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar & Vietnam: the Gay and Lesbian Scene in Southeast Asia Including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City & Angkor (Paperback)

This guide states in the Intro that it's a companion to their

website. Instead of printing web links (which do go bad with time),

they encourage us readers to use their website, which they say state

is updated daily. Cool!

I also appreciated reading comments by actual travelers and people

living in the places I want to visit. Most of these were recent. A

few were from years past, which I don't mind as long as they are

relevant to my holiday! It also gave me a bit of confidence knowing

that Utopia has obviously been around for some time.

I would have liked some simple maps to help with finding places, so

that would be my suggestion for the next edition!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but..., February 22, 2006

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Jacques "Alexandre - Paris" (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Utopia Guide to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar & Vietnam: the Gay and Lesbian Scene in Southeast Asia Including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City & Angkor (Paperback)

This book is not really a guide book. It certainly gives infotmation about gay life and venues in the main countries of South East Asia. It's probably the first book of its kind about this part of the world. And that's already a good reason to buy it. But you must know that most of the book is made out of Internet pages prints. You get some info but also many links, most of which are incomplete. Some travellers comments included are over 2 years old. And after browsing the book, you feel like to go online to get fresh news...