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Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei (Paperback)
by Simon Richmond , Damian Harper
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Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei, Travel |
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Author: Simon Richmond , Damian Harper
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Pub. in: January, 2007
ISBN: 1740597087
Pages: 660
Measurements: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00904
Other information: 10th edition
ISBN-13: 9781740597081
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The LP has much to recommend it. Here are the highlights:
- excellent maps with accurate scale and bilingual markers
- good breadth without sacrificing too much depth
- great for people who want to leave the tour groups and package tours behind (it's much cheaper to go solo!)
- a good selection of restaurants and hotels in different price ranges
- good descriptions of main attractions and how to get to them
- a pretty good language section with some of the survival words and phrases you will need
Target readers:
General readers
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From the Publisher:
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Have your fortune told by a psychic parrot, then dig into dosa in Singapore's Little India p561. Trek in the footsteps of tribal war parties on the Headhunters' Trail in Gunung Mulu National Park p337. Travel the length of Peninsular Malaysia, through the world's oldest rainforest, on the Jungle Railway p330. Give the turtles plenty of space as they haul their 750kg-bodies up the beaches of Cherating p280. Top adventure activity coverage - the best hiking, snorkelling, caving, diving or bird-watching info. Five authors and 2731 hours in-country researching this edition More listings of sustainable businesses, to help you make the right choices for the environment.
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Joe Blow (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
Went to Penang with this last month. Typical quality LP job in describing the country and how to get around. What made this one a cut above is that it actually had useful restaurant recommendations, as opposed to the typical LP approach (i.e.: Here's the address of a place that serves food; hope you don't get hepatitis). Hotel recommendations were spot-on as well.
As always with LP, my one regret is they aren't opinionated enough about which sights are worth your time and which ones aren't.
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D. A. Hendry (MSL quote), South Africa
<2007-01-17 00:00>
This is an essential companion for anyone not on a package tour travelling in Malaysia, Singapore or Brunei. Information on travel, accommodation, restaurants and sights is reliable, up-to-date and comprehensive. Do not leave home without it!
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
"The Lonely Planet" customarily puts out a very competent well written guide to a country or countries - and this one is no exception. One problem, however, is that Malaysia and Singapore are hardly "lonely" in the sense of being out of the way, remote places. The Kuala Lumpur skyline may be the most impressive in the world. Malaysia claims that the Petronas Towers are the tallest buildings in the world. Singapore is simply the best run city in the world.
This is by way of warning that I wouldn't put too much stock in the "Lonely Planet's" recommendations on hotels and restaurants in tourist-heavy places like KL and Singapore. For example, I went to three restaurants "Lonely Planet" recommended in KL. One was closed; one was awful; one was a notorious tourist trap. My hotel, the Corus, wasn't mentioned in "Lonely Planet" but was a bargain at $49 per night (booked on the internet) just down the street from the Petronas Towers. (Should it be mentioned in the next edition of "Lonely Planet", the price will go up.) The guidebook also waxes lyrical about the delights of Singapore Airport. I thought it was crowded and unremarkable. Now, KL's airport is really special...
All this to emphasize that you shouldn't depend on the "Lonely Planet" for hotel and restaurant recommendations in big cities. The strength of the guidebook is the detail it gives you about the countries - their historical and cultural background, the practical emphasis on how to get from one place to another, descriptions of the small out of the way places you might miss otherwise, the sidebars that tell interesting tales.
"Lonely Planet" has become perhaps the best known of all travel guidebook series. They're at their best when they are in fact about "lonely" places.
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