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Now if you read this book, you'd know what that means (Can I help you. Do you speak Italian? Here it is). It's not a high school langauge class, but it's a lot more fun, and with some time you'll get pretty good.

I think Rick does a great job is...
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The phrases are rarely used except the most common which can be looked up. I constantly find words not listed in the dictionary, especially the things on restaurant menus. Its not completely useless but a bare to carry for its limited use. I...
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As usual I bought a few guide books and took them all with me. I had the National Geographic, the Tico Times book (Exploring Costa Rica) and the Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet was the bible. All the rest were fluff. As my trip progressed I put the...
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I found the guide to be off-base in many areas. The authors seemed to have nothing but complaints about many of the places described. Instead of giving facts about where to find a cheap room or good place to eat the book seemed to continually...
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I've taken numerous trips using Lonely Planets and have always found the info useful, correct and up to date. One would expect the same from this book since it was published only a month before our trip (we left Dec '06 and returned home Jan '07)....
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I think that Rick Steve's book is the best one out there for all types of tourists. For ones on a moderate budget it was great. a nice lightweight book packed with information in an easy to read format. The book has decent maps and...
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Well. I was a gullible sucker for traveling guides. This book isnt worth much of your money. Rick implied that Eurail "can be dizzying to your IQ..." so is his style of speaking and marketing his products. It is a grave sin for someone who could...
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This book offers a great summary of sights and highlights. I especially like his rating system of "must-sees" vs. "only if you have extra time." I was a little disappointed with his hotel choices (most fall into the "budget" category, which is a...
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This is the most useful guide for budget travel in Europe. As it covers all of Europe in one book it is quite brief but every little bit written inside is useful. I would recommend this guide to anyone travelling to more than a couple countries in...
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Covers too much in too little pages - but essentially still a great travel guide for first timers!!
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This guide to campgrounds is easily the best I have seen. It is comprehensive and highly readable, rates campgrounds on the factors most important to both tent campers and RV owners, and includes local sites of interest and detailed descriptions...
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Does not cover as many campgrounds as the trailer life directory. However it does give a little more info on the campgrounds it does list.
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I was hoping that the new edition would have included up to date information since the 2004 edition was published. While it is true that some campgrounds have been added in this edition, I also found several campgrounds in this directory that...
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This book is an indispensable manual for an independent traveler. I was using it just about every minute when first time in Spain, unfamiliar with the local ways, language, food, prices and means of getting around. Lonely Planet's Spain covers...
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I've used Lonely Planet guides on trips to Asia, Africa, and other European destinations. They've always been at least as good as the competition. This one, though, proved terrible. Descriptions were mainly paraphrased tourist office material,...
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After checking out an older edition of LP's Spain guide ('98 or '97) I decided to order the '99 edition here. When it arrived I noticed immediately that the book was only about 2/3 the size of previous editions. After perusing the contents I...
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I'm planning a trip to Peru in January '08 and so far this book has been quite handy for planning the trip.
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Lonely Planet typically does a decent job with its guide books and I have bought quite a few of them. However, Lonely Planet Peru does not make the cut. This book is awful. I just purchased the newest version (2007) for a trip to Peru in May 2007...
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I am not a huge fan of Lonely Planet Guides like everyone else is...I much prefer Rough Guides. That said, this LP is much more up-to-date than Rough Guide Peru. It's helpful and gives you the facts, but I find the tone and attitude of the authors...
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This edition DOES NOT include Uruguay and Paraguay! Amazon is incorrectly representing it! Previous editions did contain these two countries, but with this edition it is Argentina only!
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If you're looking for information on Uruguay, I recommend you pass on buying this book. That's the information I was looking for and it's not in this book. There's extensive (and sometimes interesting) information on Argentina but only...
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Lonely Planet has broken down Argentina into nine geographical areas and the guide is at its best outside of Buenos Aires. The guide excels at providing you with insight into the culture, history and uniqueness of the wonderful countryside of...
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