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Travel Guide for South America? |
 Posted: Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:18 am |
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| Hi,
Can anyone recommend the travel guide book of choice for South America? I'm not leaving until next June but starting my planning now. Thanks... |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:58 pm |
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| I used the Lonely Planet shoestring guide both for planning and whilst travelling. As with all guides you have to accept that they are pretty much out of date before they are even released and that prices will have gone up but the information about attractions to visit and travelling between countries should be fairly accurate. | |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 3, 2009 1:17 pm |
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| Personally i wouldn´t waste my money on travel books.Look on the internet and travelling forums for where people have been and what they really think.Thats gonna be the most accurate advise you can get,whether it be good or bad.
Travel books are a good base but as HD said alot of them are out of date therefore not very usefull. Depends on what you wanna do whether it be for parties,history,nature or local traditions.There is always things to do.Im starting of in Peru and doing some volunteering there,then after heading into the jungle for the Maya and Incan Ruins.if you need any help just mail me  Been researching till im blue in the face for Peru |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 3, 2009 1:58 pm |
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| I disagree. A travel guide is a wicked tool when travelling in South America.
Chances are, you'll be travelling long distances on buses, and if you arrive somewhere at midnight and need to find a place to crash for the night, it's handy to flick through your guide book, find somewhere, and head there straight away. Imagine hunting for an internet cafe in backwater Bolivia at midnight... no thanks. The Shoestring guide is a good one. Yes, certain things will be out of date, but on the whole it was totally one of the best things I had in my pack when I was out there. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 4, 2009 9:04 am |
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| Pretty much everyone I've met in South America so far has a Lonely Planet shoestring guide.
It's not too bad - good for inspiration, but it's insanely out of date so definitely do not rely on it. Always double check online (or with other travellers) after reading in the most recent L.P. South America on a Shoestring which was published more than 2 years ago now. The Rough Guide to S. America is also an option but I think the most recent copy is 2004. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 4, 2009 10:14 am |
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| Cheers,
When travelling a few years ago I was asking someone about this and they recommended the Footprints guidebook, he said it was really good, and now it's on its 86th edition! (the current 2010 Handbook) So.....thats the one I bought last week. I've been trying to read it and I find that it's a difficult read and prefere the LP style books. It seams, that I've made the worng choice 
But in my defence, the new LP is not due out until next March and the current one LP over 2 years old! If things don't get better with the Footprints guide, maybe I'll get the new LP guide next year before I travel there... |
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