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| South West China (Lonely Planet Regional Guides) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bradley Mayhew, Thomas Huhti, Karina Miller, Alex English
Creator: Korina Miller
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book
List Price: £13.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 891727
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 186450370X
Dewey Decimal Number: 915
EAN: 9781864503708
ASIN: 186450370X
Publication Date: January 1, 2002
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Condition: Dispatched from the US -- Expect delivery in 2-3 weeks. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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| Customer Reviews:
I was so enraged I threw this book away October 11, 2003
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
There is little point in buying this book, you may as well buy the complete China guide as you will probably enter China through Beijing/Shanghai. It offers little new information with the exception being the Nujiang Valley. It is questionable whether the author left the main cities to visit the remote parts (e.g south east Guizhou and westernSichuan). The maps were generally awful, and you would be completely lost without a compass. Most of the hotels and restaurants no longer exist, or only have names in Chinese characters, whilst the Lonely Planet only lists the pin yin. And if you cannot pronounce standard Mandarin, you're scuppered.
Failing to find a hotel in one city ( a common ocurrence) due to no signs, it finally pushed me over the edge and I threw this book away, much to the amusement of the many onlookers. In addition, the travel times were completely wrong, and reports that roads in western sichuan had been improved proved totally unfounded: they are either non-existant or being rebuilt now, not two years ago.
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