Lonely Planet South East Asia on a Shoestring (Lonelt Planet on a Shoestring)

by Kristin Kimball, China Williams, Marie Cambon, etc.

Release Date: March, 2004

Edition: Paperback

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Lonely planet guides me everywhere!

Last year I used LP's "Europe on a Shoestring" guide and it got me all through Europe. This summer I will be doing SE asia, so I ordered the new edition of SE Asia on a Shoestring. I just went through it, and it seems absolutely excellent! The book has cool little "Splurge!" boxes that give you a heads up on better resturants and hotels that are a bit more, but still budget and nice for when you've been roughing it for a month or two. I can't wait to travel with this book... in fact, I can't put it down here at home. It is a very well-written and witty guidebook, and seems in fact much better than my copy of Europe on a Shoestring...

My only gripe is that many people doing SE Asia (including me) dont go visit Indonesia or Malaysia. It would be nice if they had additional volumes for these far-flung places instead of including them in this guide. Maybe a SE Asia Mainland on a Shoestring for next year, guys? The Indonesia chapter is pretty durn thick, and its a shame to lug around all that extra paper! Maybe I can rip it out and sell it on eBay... :)

Have a good trip all!