Footprint East Africa Handbook 2000: The Travel Guide (Paperback)

by Michael Hodd (Author) "East Africa's great safarilands are centred on the three former British territories of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda..." (more)
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Invaluable - a must for visitors wanting to know all there is to know. -- Africa Travel News

Product Description
Written by Michael Hodd, who has visited the region over 40 times, the Footprint East Africa Handbook is a knowledgeable, practical, illuminating and sensitive travel guide to the region.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 880 pages
• Publisher: Passport Books; 6th edition (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844246301
• ISBN-13: 978-0844246307
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 4.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,767,262 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for trip planning, June 16, 2000

By	Susan Hirsch "mrs-hirsch" (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This book has a lot of information. Amazing how many hotel and restaurants are listed, broken down by price. There are even descriptions of what type of food to expect. I love the history inserts throughout the book. I appreciate the author being forthright regarding health, safety and how to respect the local authorities. Well worth the money.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A Dissenting Opinion, October 26, 2004

By	T. Williams "world traveller" (Not where I was born, nor where I will die) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Footprint East Africa Handbook 2002: The Travel Guide (7th Edition) (Paperback)

It's not that this book is so bad, it's simply that it isn't worth the superlatives heaped on it by the other reviewers.
Although it is nice enough, it simply wasn't practical for bare-knuckle travelling. Having left behind the much more detailed (and therefore more informative) Bradt guides for Uganda, Ethiopia and Zanzibar (yeah, shame on me for being such a fool), I purchased this last minute substitute in an airport enroute.
It was a pleasant read, but not very helpful in trying to determined the easiest, cheapest or most enjoyable mode of transport from point A to point B - whether that was from town to town, or from airport to sleeping accomodations.
Some of the information was dreastically out-of-date (though that can happen with any guidebook that is not current) and the price informaiton was annoying. I much prefer seeing the prices next to the listing rather than go searching for some cost index table to decode each country's living expenses.
The thing I found most objectionable were the difficult-to-manuever maps.
The Bradt guides get my thumbs up recommendation. I am not a fan of Lonely Plant, but I have to concede that even their guide is superior to this book in terms of a practical travel aid.

5.0 out of 5 stars east africa handbook, May 20, 2000

By A Customer

very helpful and easy to use guide. worth every cent.