Lonely Planet Myanmar (Burma): Amazon.ca: Steven & Looby, Mic Martin: Books

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As usual the guidebook standard is set by Lonely Planet

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-- practical advice on spending to directly benefit the Burmese people
-- expanded coverage of Burmese culture and language
-- special sections on the country's highlights, including its many temples
-- details on areas only recently made accessible to travellers

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Virtually nothing is known of Myanmar's prehistoric inhabitants, through archaeo evidence suggests the area has been inhabited since at least 2500 BC. Read the first page

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1.0 out of 5 stars Thank god I had another book with me..., Oct 2 2005

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Myanmar (Burma) (Paperback)

The Lonely travel books vary on quality depending on who the author is, but most are very well written, researched and even if they are not up-to-date (which can be quite difficult to do) they are accurate enough to get you by. I have come to learn that Loney Planet books written by journalists or people native to the country tend to be the best reference for travellers. Students or passing by travellers are most likely to miss important information. No matter how long they lived in the country.

This one was dead weight on my backpack. Full of disappointments, inaccurate or missing information - there came a time where I just had to stop referring to it as it frustrated me. Important information was just missing, while the information presented was useless as it was wrong or inaccurate. The only information what is correct are geographical sites and historical notes that you could had researched for free on the internet. Thank god I had a second travel book with me. That saved 1/2 the trip.

It is unfortunate as I have come to relay on these series for most of my trips. I'm an avid traveller and photographer who is visited on these books all of the Americas, most of Europe, 1/2 of Africa and started Asia, I found this book from the series to be the lemon of them all. They should try again as Maynmar is just a dream to visit.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Hopelessly outdated and frequently just wrong, Mar 25 2004

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Myanmar (Burma) (Paperback)

I'm currently on a round the world trip. So I've read a lot of guidebooks. And this is the most outdated and frequently simply wrong guidebook I've come accross (I visited Myanmar in January 2004). Of course I realize that e.g. prices go up, service might go down, owners change etc.. But this guidebooks has almost been more miss then hit. I've been to guesthouses where the architecture of the place was so completely different from what the LP described that it's simply impossible that the author was there! On top of that there are tons of things where the LP is simply outdated to the point of being useless: In Yangon and Mandalay busses leave from different places then described, all of the country markets are open at different days etc. etc..
Btw: You can NOT cash travellers cheques or use your visa card in Myanmar and you do not have to change money into FEC any longer.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Totally surreal!, Mar 3 2004

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Myanmar (Burma) (Paperback)

I have visited Burma with this book recently and I m pretty sure that this book can misguide a lot of people who wants to go to Burma like I m. As soon as you arrive to the airport you will be forced to change your money(i.e 300 USD) with goverment exchange counter whether you want to spend your cash or not. They are not unexchangeable so that means U will have to spend all your 300 usd before you leave Burma.
The authors of this book did not really show the reality of Burma as a matter of a fact, most of their topics are sugar coated! SO BEWARE AND MAKE SURE U DO ALOT OF RESEARCH BEFORE U GO!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Update not realy update
Lonely Planet published this updated version in September 2002. I have visited Myanmar in August 2003 (a very good experience! Read more

Published on Sep 28 2003 by P. C. Eenhoorn

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential - but always be sure to get the latest edition.
I don't know if or when any of you is going to find himself / herself in this particular area, but anyway here it is... Read more

Published on Mar 16 2003 by Eran Cohen