Central Asia is Lonely Planet's heartland. Exploring Uzbekistan's blue-domed medressas, sleeping in felt yurts among Kyrgyzstan's mountains or selecting fruit in Kazakhstan's markets: we do it all with passion and expertise. Live your own Silk Road dream with this 5th edition as your guide. Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip. In This Guide Color feature on local traditions, ancient buildings & outdoor activities Extensive regional coverage: the only guide to include Afghanistan Bonus section on hiking, horse treks & mountaineering
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...for the adventurous traveler who wants to live like a native.' --Real Simple Magazine, June 2005
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Bradley Mayhew has been exploring remoter parts of Asia since studying Chinese at Oxford University. A university wager saw him race three classmates to Lhasa in 1990, winning him a crate of Lhasa Beer for his endeavours. Conversant in Chinese, Bradley has explored most corners of China, especially the Tibetan border regions of Sichuan and the Muslim parts of Northwest China. Bradley has worked on over 20 guides for Lonely Planet, including Tibet, Central Asia, Shanghai, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, China, Nepal, Jordan, Southwest China, Mongolia, Morocco, Middle East, The Gap Year Book, Pakistan, Karakorum Hwy and Indian Himalaya. He has also had his photographs published in a wide variety of publications. Personal travels have taken him from Ethiopia to Mt Everest. He is also the co-author and photographer of the Odyssey Guide to Uzbekistan, contributed a chapter on Travelling the Silk Road to the book Silk Road: Monks, Warriors and Merchants on the Silk Road and has lectured on Central Asia to the Royal Geographical Society. When not travelling, Bradley lives an expat life in Billings, Montana and grabs every opportunity to go hiking and backpacking in the nearby Beartooth Mountains and Yellowstone National Park. A big fan of world music, his is probably the only stereo in Montana regularly playing anything from Saharan blues to Tibetan chants. His favourite destination is Tibet, most underrated destination is Kyrgyzstan, and his favourite city is Bukhara in Uzbekistan. He best travel tip: always travel with a heating element and instant coffee.
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Format:Paperback
I cannot imagine anyone visiting Central Asia without this guide. I used it on a one-month trip around Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan and found most of the information to be remarkably complete and accurate. The authors obviously did not travel overland between Khojand and Osh via Batken but even the few sketchy references were enough to see me through. I saved $20 by only hiring a taxi to Kyzyl-Kiya rather than right through to Osh, a tactic they will probably include in the next edition. In Dushanbe, the Vakhsh Hotel has tripled their prices but all of the other hotel listings I used were right on. The good news is that tourists no longer need to bother with OVIR registration in Tajikistan. I found Central Asia safe, friendly, and inexpensive. It was intriguing and I am grateful to this book for showing me around.
By Eren Tasar
Format:Paperback
I found that the East Turkistan (Xinjiang) section of this book was much more helpful when I actually traveled there than the Cadogan "China: the Silk Routes" guide, which is much bigger and much lesse useful. For Uzbekistan, though, this book is useless compared to the Odyssey guide.
If you don't care to deeply know the history of the places you are visiting, then maybe this book is for you.
If you don't care to deeply know the history of the places you are visiting, then maybe this book is for you.
By mirope
Format:Paperback
Take it from an American expat living in Uzbekistan and traveling throughout the region - this is by far the best guide to any place in Central Asia. The authors do a great job of covering all the countries, and they have practical advice on necessary precautions. The general information about the area is solid. Every expat who lives here has a copy, and we all rely on it for advice on where to go and what to see. Also, the historical review is thorough without being tedious, and the practical information on things like climate and local customs is generally dead on.
Nevertheless, you can't rely on this book (or any other) for specifics like suggested hotels and restaurants or things like visa fees. These all change so frequently in the CAR that everything is out of date before it's hit the printers. Use this as a guide to the area, but don't rely on it for planning the details about where to stay and where to eat.
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Okay, but...
This is a decent overview of the area. I found, however, that when it came to actually visiting the areas mentioned, there was little for the traveler that wasn't easily obtained... Read more
Published on Oct 17 2001 by Nadroj
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A warning guide.
As with all countries in the far east, one has to use a guide as simply a guide and not a bible. Lonely planet is great in giving travel warnings without preaching. Read more
Published on July 23 2001 by David Goodman
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Truly a travel survival tool in this magnificent region
The first edition of Lonely Planet's Central Asia guide was not up to their usual standard. Its data and advice was incomplete and even wrong, but more than anything, it was... Read more
Published on Dec 31 2000 by Maurizio Giuliano
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