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Trans-Siberian Railway (Lonely Planet Country Guide)
by: Mark Elliott, Robert Reid, Simon Richmond, Mara Vorhees

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781740595360
ISBN: 174059536X
Label: Lonely Planet Publications
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: April 01, 2006
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Studio: Lonely Planet Publications
Sales Rank: 19503

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Better than nothing
I bought this book in Tokyo before travelling to Vladivostok - not because it was my preferred choice, but because it was the only one I could find.

Whilst I agree with what the other reviewers have said, I couldn't have completed my Trans-Siberian trip without this book. I'd never have found the cheaper hotels along the route, nor had a clue what to see or how to get there. Unlike most destinations these days, a guide book is absolutely essential for independent Trans-Sib travellers and this one is not the best, but is better than none at all.

Rating:

- There is a better alternative
This lonely planet guide is really not worth taking with you on the Trans-Siberian. The Trans-Siberian Handbook by Bryn Thomas, published by Trailblazer, is far superior, more up to date and detailed than the lonely planet guide. In places, the Lonely Planet guide was simply wholly misleading.

Most of my fellow travellers had the LP guide and all agreed the Bryn Thomas guide was far more useful (and less expensive).

Rating:

- Useless
I bought this book in the hope that it would be useful for a trip on the Trans-Siberian from Beijing to Moscow, but unfortunately it turned out to be a waste of money and a dead weight in my bag. For a book dedicated to the train journey, it lacks even a timetable for the main journeys (there aren't that many), or simple information on where to buy tickets on the go. There is NO information specifically put together to help someone arriving in a town plan the next leg of their journey, aside from the usual "Getting there and away" sections. There is also very little information to help anyone going from East to West. The main entries for stops on the route are nothing more than cut and paste sections from the China, Mongolia and Russia Lonely ... Read More:

Rating:

- Lack-lustre offering from Lonely Planet
I bought this book before embarking on a recent trip on the Trans-Siberian railway.

The town guides are pretty flimsy, and seem to stick to the upper end of the budget in most cases.

Although useful as a guide for somebody with EXTREMELY conservative tastes, this guide did not really venture into recommending places that gave a real flavour of the places you were visiting. For example - why not recommend a Mongolian restaurant in the Eating section for Ulaan Baataar, instead of sticking to European eateries and bars.

The Bryn Thomas Guide has a much better mile by mile description of the journey, for using when looking out of the train windows.

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