guide other than lonely planet?

chrissawka · Feb 12th, 2003, 21:17

gettin my last minute things for 7 weeks in southern india
i have bought south india from l.p. is there any other guide/book offering a different view or approach to buy as no sense having 2 books with the same info<i know there may be some overlapping but i guess a different style or type of book?
just checking
thanks everyone

steven_ber · Feb 13th, 2003, 07:37

all the guidebooks are more or less the same, i personnaly prefer lonely planet. but, you will probibly find yourself using the guidebook less and less as you grow more confident.

i would just stick to the one book if i were you, anything you need to know that is not in the book, you can always ask here and someone will probibly have the info you are looking for.

maree · Feb 13th, 2003, 08:26

plus you can pick up more detailed information about any historic sites, such as khajuraho, at the place itself.

Krakovian · Feb 13th, 2003, 23:08

On my last trip I carted around both LP and Footprint - in reality you only need one
At first I was comfortable with the familiarility of the LP style but Footprint soon grew in favour, due to its more mature style. In comparison LP seems like a comic book at times.
Main downside with Footprint is the small print (not easy to read on the top bunk of the Amritsar Mail) and interestingly there are differences in detail/factual information between the two guides.

chrissawka · Feb 14th, 2003, 02:19

hm interesting maybe i'll buy footprint just a drop in thwe bucket to what this whole 7 week mystical tour will cost what the hell
i may never come back !! ??

maree · Feb 14th, 2003, 03:52

why not just check it out of your local library and see if you really need it first (and you could always just photocopy bits of it)

Feb 15th, 2003, 20:09

i'm a bit tired of my footprint book- there are nearly always mistakes on the map and its getting quite annoying, (especially when you walk for 2km for a hotel and find it was 2km in another direction)- its seems a bit slack in places as if they haven't done their research properly. however many that have read LP too prefer footprints as it has more description of the off the beaten track places.

alri · Feb 25th, 2003, 16:29

just one book is enough. you won't have the energy to lug around two or consult two (although footprint is interesting, lp is usually better allround)
have a good trip

charlottehagg · Feb 26th, 2003, 15:59

I bought fottprint on my first trip...since everyone have lp. I am very happy with it and when I read in a lp I feel that the footprint cover more about the sights and information about things you want to explore. but yes...I also have discovered a few faults.

vistet · Feb 27th, 2003, 01:17

Next time I will bring
*my preferred guide to the Indian & other himalayas (mapping the tibetan world)
*the best city maps of all cities I may pass, laminated
* one CD with excerpts from other guidebooks, the "plan B" maps etc. as PDF files
all tucked together in a filofax folder type together w a notebook

wonderwomanusa · May 9th, 2003, 00:03

I borrowed the newest (2003) Rough Guide to India from my local library and was really happy that I didn't buy it! Though LP's maps are often innacurate, they at least have a map of most places -- Rough Guide does not, nor does it cover as many places. And it seemed like many areas had not been updated -- comparing it with the latest LP (2 years old), the prices were 'way lower, and that doesn't happen in real life.

Though it weighs a ton, I'll probably stick to the LP.

chrissawka · May 9th, 2003, 04:35

to anyone out there landing in mumbai and heading south from there........buy the south india lonely planet not the india one
i traded with people on my trip occasionally for an hour or so, and the south india<s.i.> one was more detailed on the states it did include,also it is lighter and thinner
people say to get the india version for future use in case u go to the north but i see it as if you can afford 60 000 rps for plane ticket u can spend 1200 rps. for a newly updated book
* in colaba i saw cheap used copies of l.p. s.i. and india on the causeway in used bookstores
my opinion of footprints and lets go, yeah they are good as well..............good to start a fire with if you are at a hill stn. and u get cold at night.that's what they are good for in my opinion

Feb 12th, 2003, 21:17	#1
chrissawka i enjoy country living and relaxed pace in life. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: freezing cold canada Posts: 100	guide other than lonely planet? gettin my last minute things for 7 weeks in southern india i have bought south india from l.p. is there any other guide/book offering a different view or approach to buy as no sense having 2 books with the same info<i know there may be some overlapping but i guess a different style or type of book? just checking thanks everyone __________________ enjoyed 6 weeks in southern india and saving up to go back.. i never hated.....yet loved<more>a country soo much words cannot truely describe the satisfaction it gives u

Feb 13th, 2003, 07:37	#2
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 9,207	all the guidebooks are more or less the same, i personnaly prefer lonely planet. but, you will probibly find yourself using the guidebook less and less as you grow more confident. i would just stick to the one book if i were you, anything you need to know that is not in the book, you can always ask here and someone will probibly have the info you are looking for. __________________ . How to get helpful replies to your transport/Itinerary questions. Train information.

May 9th, 2003, 00:03	#11
wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 3,518	I borrowed the newest (2003) Rough Guide to India from my local library and was really happy that I didn't buy it! Though LP's maps are often innacurate, they at least have a map of most places -- Rough Guide does not, nor does it cover as many places. And it seemed like many areas had not been updated -- comparing it with the latest LP (2 years old), the prices were 'way lower, and that doesn't happen in real life. Though it weighs a ton, I'll probably stick to the LP. __________________ The map is not the territory. --Alfred Korzybski

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Feb 13th, 2003, 08:26	#3
maree Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Zealander in Bangkok Posts: 850	plus you can pick up more detailed information about any historic sites, such as khajuraho, at the place itself.

Feb 13th, 2003, 23:08	#4
Krakovian Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 5	On my last trip I carted around both LP and Footprint - in reality you only need one At first I was comfortable with the familiarility of the LP style but Footprint soon grew in favour, due to its more mature style. In comparison LP seems like a comic book at times. Main downside with Footprint is the small print (not easy to read on the top bunk of the Amritsar Mail) and interestingly there are differences in detail/factual information between the two guides.

Feb 14th, 2003, 02:19	#5
chrissawka i enjoy country living and relaxed pace in life. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: freezing cold canada Posts: 100	hm interesting maybe i'll buy footprint just a drop in thwe bucket to what this whole 7 week mystical tour will cost what the hell i may never come back !! ??

Feb 14th, 2003, 03:52	#6
maree Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Zealander in Bangkok Posts: 850	why not just check it out of your local library and see if you really need it first (and you could always just photocopy bits of it)

Feb 15th, 2003, 20:09	#7
qualo Posts: n/a	i'm a bit tired of my footprint book- there are nearly always mistakes on the map and its getting quite annoying, (especially when you walk for 2km for a hotel and find it was 2km in another direction)- its seems a bit slack in places as if they haven't done their research properly. however many that have read LP too prefer footprints as it has more description of the off the beaten track places.

Feb 25th, 2003, 16:29	#8
alri Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 43	just one book is enough. you won't have the energy to lug around two or consult two (although footprint is interesting, lp is usually better allround) have a good trip

Feb 26th, 2003, 15:59	#9
charlottehagg Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 12	I bought fottprint on my first trip...since everyone have lp. I am very happy with it and when I read in a lp I feel that the footprint cover more about the sights and information about things you want to explore. but yes...I also have discovered a few faults.

Feb 27th, 2003, 01:17	#10
vistet Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Umeå , Sweden Posts: 1,734	Next time I will bring my preferred guide to the Indian & other himalayas (mapping the tibetan world) the best city maps of all cities I may pass, laminated * one CD with excerpts from other guidebooks, the "plan B" maps etc. as PDF files all tucked together in a filofax folder type together w a notebook

May 9th, 2003, 04:35	#12
chrissawka i enjoy country living and relaxed pace in life. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: freezing cold canada Posts: 100	to anyone out there landing in mumbai and heading south from there........buy the south india lonely planet not the india one i traded with people on my trip occasionally for an hour or so, and the south india<s.i.> one was more detailed on the states it did include,also it is lighter and thinner people say to get the india version for future use in case u go to the north but i see it as if you can afford 60 000 rps for plane ticket u can spend 1200 rps. for a newly updated book * in colaba i saw cheap used copies of l.p. s.i. and india on the causeway in used bookstores my opinion of footprints and lets go, yeah they are good as well..............good to start a fire with if you are at a hill stn. and u get cold at night.that's what they are good for in my opinion

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