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Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway
Type: Book
Author(s): Sarina Singh, Lindsay Brown, John Mock, Kimberley O'Neil
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Pages: 440
Binding: Paperback
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Pakistan is a country for the truly intrepid. Whether you're trekking in mind-blowing mountainscapes, experiencing life in a Pashtun village, standing awestruck in front of one of the world's biggest mosques or wandering through fabled bazaars - be prepared for a warm-hearted welcome, and expect the unexpected. You'll need a reliable companion, and this guidebook is it. • COVER THE COUNTRY - We do, from Karachi to Peshawar and up the Karakoram Highway into China
• GET INFORMED about Pakistan's history, politics and culture with chapters written by experts in their fields
• FIND YOUR WAY with the help of 90 easy-to-use maps, including customised itinerary maps
• GET HIGH - Our experts give you details on Pakistan's best treks
• KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE - Vital safety tips, from advice on how to dress to places to avoid |
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7th edition publcication date is May 2008
The first five reviews listed here pre-date the May 2008 publication of the 7th edition of the guidebook, and refer to comments on earlier editions. Please submit reviews only on this edition of the guidebook, not on previous editions. Amazon should correct this oversight. Contributing authors, John Mock & Kimberley O'Neil |
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Errors create doubt
I used this guide in 1988. Loney Planet has had time to correct errors. Let us hope they have.
Example: Lonely Planet said catch a bus in Peshawar for Darra at the bus station in Grand Trunk Road. No one in Peshawar had a clue what Grand Trunk Road might mean. In Peshawar, Grand Trunk Road is known as GT Road.
After much difficulty getting this sorted out, the traveler learns that buses for Darra do not leave from this station. Buses for both Darra and Chitral leave from an open field called something like Nee Ooo Wah Dah.
These errors create doubt about the reliability of the rest of the guide.
One expects better from Lonely Planet. |
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Thorough, useful
Very detailed information about a remote part of the planet. Good pictures, but very small in the book. Day-by-day diary information for a trip on the Karakoram highway by bicycle, too. It appears the reviewers last visited in 2003 or 2004. The current (2007) security situation near the Northwest Frontier provinces (where Osama is allegedly hiding) is an important concern in deciding to make the trip. It would be helpful to list a URL in the book for up-to-date security information, on a Lonely Planet web site. |
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Lonely Planet Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway
Lonely Planet Guide is the bible of all backpackers. Once again I would not travel without this addition for Pakistan. |
| by zeesh979: |
Great book for a great country
Pakistan is among the tourism world's best kept secrets, and this book throws open those secrets very well. Lonely Planet has always been good with detail and comprehensive coverage, and that trend continues with its coverage on Pakistan.
Without the off-the-beaten track records, I would have missed some of the greatest historical and cultural artifacts that Pakistan has to offer. And the guide truly works as you trek up north into Pakistan's majestic mountains that offer the most mind-blowing natural beauty - even India's Kashmir area is nothing compared to the rugged and untouched beaty of the Swat River Valley all the way to whitewater rafting areas in Gilgit.
So when you head to Pakistan, definitely take this book along. |
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