Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 372 pages
- Published by: Lonely Planet Publications
- Edition: 6th Edition August 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1741045681
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1741045680
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Book Dimensions:
7.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 12.6 ounces
Book Description
Discover Laos Weave your own path through the temple-lined streets of World Heritage-listed Luang Prabang, p. 134
Find out why Katang villagers sleep with their heads pointed towards an outside wall, p249
Explore the ancient Khmer's 'imitation of heaven' at mystical Wat Phu Champasak, p265
Join locals for a riverside Beerlao as the sun sets over the Mekong in Vientiane, p110
In This Guide: Three authors, 1472 hours of on-the-road research, 61 maps
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Reader Reviews
This review is from: Lonely Planet Laos (Paperback)
The problem with this guide is that, even though things have changed since the last revision, the guidebook hasn't. I would strongly recommend the Rough Guide and a curious spirit over the Lonely Planet guide to Laos, even the new 4th edition. Either way you're going to contend with some bad information, but at least with the Rough guide you won't have to put up with Cummings' writing. I'm sure he's a brilliant scholar, but there are other reasons people go on vacation besides research. Don't miss Luangphabang and the villages up and down the Mekong, whatever you do. Beyond that, everything in Laos is hit-and-miss. Relax and enjoy it. I've never had so much fun on a vacation in my entire life, and it was cheap as dirt, too.
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