Vietnam (Country Guide)
by Nick Ray
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Author: Nick RayEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-01
ISBN: 1741043069
Number of pages: 540
Publisher: Lonely Planet
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Book Review: Trustworthy, comprehensive with excellent maps.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am reviewing the L.P.2007 guide. Note: most of the other reviews are for older editions, ie. Pre-2007. I was in Vietnam January-February 2007 and used this guide.
The guide has maps that are superb and easy to use. Both the accommodations and restaurants I chose from the guide's recommendations were good to very good. The cost for accommodations are listed in dollars, instead of the insipid icons that other guides use. Kudos!!! The restaurants cost quotes are in Dong. Caveat! Because the dollar is in a free fall against world currencies, you will need to add at least 20% to the quoted price for hotels, maybe more.
Vietnam is a country of paradoxes: Communistic-Free Market. Traditional-Progressive. Etc. To capture a caricature of Vietnam is as demanding as it would be enigmatic. Yet, Dragicevich, Ray & St. Louis (authors) have written an outstanding brief profile of this country. "The Culture" is a section not to miss. No other guide is as complete if you are going to go "off the tourist track." I found towns and places in L.P. that other guides don't even list. The information was accurate and trustworthy.
Unlike Rough Guide's Vietnam (8 pages) this guide has only a smattering of book/film recommendations. Sadly, in this guide, unlike other L.P. guides, there are few sidebars or text boxes that give you interesting tidbits about the country and its people. Though most all accommodations have an email address, there are NO webpages. NOT GOOD. This guide needs serious improvement in this area.
The 2007 is a significantly revised guide and one of the best guides in print for Vietnam. This is a highly recommended guide - happy tramping. 4.5 Stars.
Summary of Vietnam (Country Guide)
Discover VietnamLie back on your very own junk and enjoy the languid beauty of Halong Bay's limestone outcrops.
Get lost in Hanoi's Old Quarter; sup on streetside pho and toast your fellow diners with a bia hoi.
Squeeze into the Cu Chi Tunnels and marvel at the engineering ingenuity that kept the VC hidden from enemy fire.
Join the locals in an afternoon pick-me-up of snake's heart and a cup of serpent blood.
In This Guide
Three authors, 133 days of in-country research and 105 maps - more than any other guide.
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