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Trek deep into the jungles of Borneo or laze on stunning Bali beaches. Eat your way through Singapore or dance all night in buzzing Bangkok clubs. Discover ancient Angkor temples or go grass roots and volunteer in Hanoi. Whatever you seek, Lonely Planet's yellow bible has it covered. With more than 33 years of experience, and a team of backpacking authors, our guide helps you dig deeper, stay longer, and spend less. Get ready - your Southeast Asian adventure starts here.
Get The Lowdown on the environment, history, culture and current events in our Snapshots chapter
Eat Cheap and Sleep Easy with our fully updated coverage of the best street stalls, budget digs and places to party
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Southeast Asia: On a Shoestring
- Paperback: 988 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet; 2008-03-01
- Label: Lonely Planet
- Studio: Lonely Planet
- ISBN: 1741047269
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 19 reviews
- Sales Rank in Books: #26107
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Summary: OUTDATED 2008-12-03
Comment: This is probably the worst travel book I have purchased in the last 12 yrs of traveling. I covered 7 countries and virtually all of them were out-of-date. Not only that, the recommendations for accommodations and restaurants were awful. We ended up using hostels.com and just guessed when it came to food. It was better than what they outlined, and that was if the restaurant was still open.
What else was horrible was that a couple of friends bought LP specifically for the countries. "Our pick" did not coincide between the two books and theirs were more outdated than mine. I personally believe that they must have made a couple minor edits to get the 2008 copyright date when, in fact, the book overall is completely out of date.
The options are limited for SEA but in the past I had luck with Let's Go. I'm thinking their 2004 version would be a better bet than this. At least your expectation would be that restaurants might be closed. This book, SEA on a Shoestring, ended up being more frustrating and a waste of time rather than a source to reduce stress. Very disappointing!
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Summary: South East Asia on a shoestring 2008-09-02
Comment: This book is all good so far. Looking at different types of itineries across the whole of SE Asia is very helpful, and the prices seem pretty up to date at the mo (aug 08). Have had some good tips on getting the best for our money and the 'our picks' in each section have made the places full of like minded people! Top tip for such a thick book -when you get into a city/town/place cut out the pages with a penknife so you only have to take the relevant info & maps out and about with you. If you are travelling for a long while, the book (with remaining places you havent been to) can be passed on or thrown away.
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Summary: Perfect for budget travelers 2008-08-20
Comment: I travel on a very tight budget and this book totally helped me out with hostels,restaurants, transportation to surrounding countries. Asia has to be one of the cheapest places to travel.
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Summary: Sleep for $[...] a night in Southeast Asia? 2008-08-14
Comment: This is another one of the awesome books by Lonely Planet. Easy to navigate by the various countries. And it has allowed me to calculate what an average evening in Indonesia can cost $[...] USDS. Can it get better than that?
My husband and I leave on 09-30-08 to backpack various countries and explore the world. We plan on spending lots of time in Southeast Asia, especially since this book has proved how affordable it will be.
We can't wait! Feel free to follow us around the world, we will even review various hotels and places to eat in Southeast Asia, as we travel and read the book. www.nomadbackpackers.com
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Summary: VERY concise backpacker's guide 2008-08-10
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4.0 out of 5 stars VERY concise backpacker's guide, August 10, 2008
I used Lonely Planet's "Southeast Asia on a Shoestring" guide exclusively on my last trip to SE Asia. I visited Singapore and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia. Just like every other Lonely Planet Shoestring Guide, it was pretty amazing. However, this guide was much more concise than other shoestring guides I've used, probably because of how many places are being crammed into one book. Yes, it does a great job of covering a wide range of places in Southeast Asia. It just sacrifices detailed info and maps of many of those places to do so. This book generally sticks to times, costs, and locations, plus a very brief description of many of the places it covers. If you think you'll want more than that, you might consider the individual country guides instead. All that being said, the book does a great job of living up to it's motto: "Big Trips on Small Budgets." The info it provides was all very accurate and very useful. Recommended.
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Southeast Asia: On a Shoestring
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