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| South-East Asia (Trailblazer) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark Elliott
Publisher: Trailblazer Publications
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 46209
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 248
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 1873756674
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781873756676
ASIN: 1873756674
Publication Date: June 1, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1 to 3 weeks
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Nice for independent travellers March 14, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
We found this book have all the maps you need to find where you are when arriving in a strange place and to find a guest house for cheap. Its not heavy to carry so you can buy other guide for the country where you are if you want more info. But travel is easy in many places in SEAsia so just knowing where is the info office and bus stations and traveller areas is useful. We compared with Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on shoestring. In the end the maps look more professional (computer) in LP and there are reviews of hotels etc in text. In the "Graphic Guide" Trailblazer book it only tells you (by an icon) where the hostel is and maybe gives a comment. Or even says "guest house area" (or something like that) so you know where to look. That seems more scary but often the places in LP were full anyway as everyone else has the LP too! So, in the end the extra detail was not always helpful anyway. For best idea use any book then ask locals or other travellers for more info. For smaller villages not covered in LP Shoestring the Trailblazer book often does have little maps which is useful as it was often those places where people don't speak English. We didn't use the book in every place but Laos, Thailand and Yunnan (South China) the info was good. Our trip is quite short, but we liked the style which, like it says, is a sort of "treasure map" style. The alphabets also useful.
Intriguing new style map-guide January 27, 2003
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is nothing like most guide books I've ever seen - it's completely packed with maps - maybe more maps than writing. That means it looks a bit confusing at first, but as you sit and work it out it looks like every microscopically detailed page has about 10 pages worth of information squashed in - sort of like a series of pirate treasure maps. Even some quirky stuff - "Here I saw working elephants" on one map. I haven't used it in SE Asia yet, so can't tell how accurate all the info is, but I bought apparently one of the first copies ever sold from a travel show in London where the author was doing a talk - he seemed to know his stuff. I got a copy a) because it is compact and light and I don't want to carry a lot of big fat guides and b) because it includes the south bit of China that I want to cut through to go from Vietnam round into Laos. Other SE Asia books didn't seem to have that. Aimed for longer trip backpackers. Has been good for route planning, lots of cheap hostels, not much in the way of restaurants or details of whats in museums or stuff like that. Maybe this style could give Lonely Planet a run for the budget crowd money, but probably more of a cult thing for people who like decyphering all the icons and notes. Fun.
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