Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!newsfeed.rim.or.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!newsfeed.stueberl.de!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!scroll.demon.co.uk!john From: JohnM Newsgroups: alt.travel,fj.rec.travel.world,rec.travel.asia,rec.travel.budget.backpack,rec.travel.latin-america Subject: Re: What's your favorite Travel Guides? Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:04:45 +0100 Organization: SCROLL: Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3jaLrCA9QHe$EwAU@scroll.demon.co.uk> References: <6J7db.5831$NX3.4442@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> Reply-To: John M NNTP-Posting-Host: scroll.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1065029468 17906 158.152.59.174 (1 Oct 2003 17:31:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:31:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 4.02 S Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.rec.travel.world:132 In article <6J7db.5831$NX3.4442@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, King writes >Hi, >Thanks everyone for your opinion. I know everyone has their favorite >guides. They're probably all good in their own way. >How would you rate, > >Fodor's > >Frommers > >Rough Guide > >Lonley Planet > >other? > > For South America, the South America Handbook - now published by Footprints and split into individual country books is as complete as you get. Lonely Planet - well, it is too opinionated for my liking, though a better read. I liked it better in the olden days when it had one-liners like 'Brasilia is a vast architectural wank' - expunged from later editions. -- JohnM Author of Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul http://www.scroll.demon.co.uk/spaver.htm