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Synopsis The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia is the essential handbook to this stunning region, covering nine countries, plus Hong Kong and Macau. The region is rich with magnificent temples, outstanding beaches, spectacular hikes and enchanting towns. For a visitor on an extended trip to the region, this is the ideal guide, full of practical information on getting around within the countries as well as overland border crossings, ferry routes and local flights. The guide offers critical listings of the best places to stay, eat, drink and party -from five-star cosmopolitan luxury to rustic beach huts. There are detailed maps and plans for every region, making trip planning and navigating simple, with hotel and restaurant listings pin-pointed on the maps.


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  • Paperback: 1232 pages
  • Publisher: Rough Guides; 3rd edition (September 19, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1843534371
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843534372
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #895,328 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Phnom Penh, Louang Phabang, Chiang Mai, Kuala Lumpur, New Zealand, Cebu City, Khmer Rouge, Kota Bharu, Candi Dasa, Siem Reap, Nha Trang, Tran Hung Dao, Mekong River, World War, Dong Khoi, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kota Kinabalu, Hat Yai, Tran Phu, Little India, Johor Bahru, Puerto Princesa, Chau Doc
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2.0 out of 5 stars Could easily have been better., April 14, 2007
I am currently travelling around SE Asia with this book, and find it a constant source of frustration. The book could easily have been better.

For instance, one of the things I find most useful in a guidebook is having a decent map of towns I'm going to. However, maps in this book lack grid references, meaning that on the larger maps you can end up spending a lot of time searching for a location.

It's also useful to have information on transport options between different areas. This book does provide some information, but often only makes reference towns which aren't mentioned anywhere else in the book and don't appear on the maps provided. At a minimum, I would expect some information on how to move between the major tourist destinations in a country, but this is not always provided.

Restaurant reviews lack any indication of the price of the food, and the descriptions are rarely colorful enough to suggest price.

The book also spends a considerable amount of space reviewing the last 1000 years of history of the regions involved. I don't mind this, but given that the book is already at over 1200 pages and lacking in other areas, I would have prefered that the writers spend more space addressing the present. If I want the history I can buy a book or go to a museum, assuming I can find them on the maps.

I don't know if any of the other guidebooks are better, but I'm definately considering trading this one in.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not a helpful Guide, April 11, 2008
I have traveled all over the world. Last year in Argentina I used the Rough Guide and it was great. Unfortunantly this Rough Guide for Southeast Asia was aweful. I found descriptions to be lacking. There was seldom any guidence on how much things cost. The book actually did more harm than good. We visited Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. If we had not brought along a second guide book based on Rough Guide descriptions we would have missed some of the most amazing sights. This was an aweful Guide Book and you should not make the same mistake I made.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Beware - Incomplete Coverage!, June 24, 2006
Despite the title, this book doesn't cover all of Southeast 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?
Also conspiciously missing from the book is the entire eastern half of Indonesia, the largest country in SEA: Papua, Maluku and West Timor. These are some of the region's most exotic and interesting places, with Asia's most extensive virgin rainforests and best preserved traditional cultures, so 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, which, while also far from perfect, at least does cover all of SEA!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wide variety and covers a lot of area
Fabulous because it covers areas less visited by tourists and give cheap options for loads of things.
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