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 enlarge | Authors: Chris Rowthorn, Sara Benson, Russell Kerr, Christine Niven
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1213049
Media: Paperback
Edition: 8th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 680
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 186450188X
Dewey Decimal Number: 915.950454
EAN: 9781864501889
ASIN: 186450188X
Publication Date: February 2001
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 Great Book March 29, 1999
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is the best book that I have found which gives great details about places in Malaysia and Singapore. As an expatriate working in Malaysia, I find this book as a valuable resource when I travel. Recommended.
THIS BOOK IS VERY GOOD AND GIVES ME A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE March 1, 1999
1 out of 32 found this review helpful
THIS BOOK IS A VERY GOOD BOOK AND GIVES ME LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
THIS BOOK IS WONDERFUL!!! July 19, 1998
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I planned a 21 day trip to Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand using this book. The book is an excellent source of reference for travellers NOVICE OR VETERAN.
 Attempting the impossible...with good marks for trying. April 10, 1998
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Most of us have of course heard of the seven labours of Hercules but few are aware that Hercules had an eighth task which he was unable to complete - to write a guide book describing all the sights accommodations and eating places in Ancient Greece. I'm only joking of course but the undertaking of such a task by anybody could aptly be described as Herculean (if not downright insane). Nevertheless, the writers of the Lonely Planet Guide to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei have undertaken such a task and that they do it so well it is almost miraculous. For those who have never read any Lonely Planet Guide Books, their target audience is the independent traveller - the sort of person for whom the fully guided tour is an anathema and who would put the label of "tourist" in the same category as "axe-murderer". The front cover of the guide shows a photograph taken in Sarawak of one of those to-die-for scenes of crystalline water through which a villager is pulling a small fishing boat. After whetting my appetite with this picture I looked in the guide to find where in Malaysia it was photographed, only to be told that one shouldn't "expect too much of the beaches.....as is the case with all Sarawak beaches crystal-clear water and white sand are not to be found". There's a metaphor here I think for travel books in general and the perceptions we gain from reading them compared to the reality of being there. There is also the problem that the information provided in any guide book is obsolete almost as soon as the ink dries on the paper and this is particularly so in the case of Malaysia due to the battering which the local economy has recently been taking. My main criticism (and this applies to most guide books) is that it pays scant regard to the needs of families with children. (Quaintly though it does have sections of advice for women travellers and also for gay and lesbian travellers. Family travellers it seems have to fend for themselves -but hey, it is the 90's). Nevertheless, having been to Malaysia recently and having used the Lonely Planet guide as my main source of information I found this book an invaluable asset. Not only does it provide the basics of food, accommodation, sights and transport but true to its vision of travel as a means of broadening the mind it pays some attention to the history and customs of the places it describes. If I was stuck on a deserted Malaysian island with only one book I'd want it to be the Lonely Planet guide because I'm sure it would contain a description of which of the island's plants are edible, which palm trees are the most comfortable to sleep under and which trees make the best timber for building rafts.
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