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I'm not very impressed with this book. Many areas of the world mentioned would be great to go and visit, but so many are currently going through very negative political situations that make it impossibly dangerous (imho) for anyone, especially Americans to visit.

I assume that Tony Wheeler is a male between the ages of 20-50, in excellent condition. I also assume that he was accompanied by many others in his entourage and had access to help and facilities that us typical travelers would not have. He probably had interpreters, a camera crew, guides, and many others to help him on his journeys especially in the 3rd world countries, plus an open expense account to pay for everything.
I am a 50 year-old, white American female and I know I would have a very hard time visiting places like Rwanda, Haiti, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, (and other areas I have not bothered to mention) due to my ethnic heritage and sex. These places are currently very dangerous if not impossible to visit now, and I would not do well especially seeing the children in Rwanda, for example, who had needless and cruel amputations during the severe political unrest. It would break my heart beyond recovery and I would feel so exasperated and angry that these acts were allowed to occur. Why were these places even mentioned?

The book does talk about a lot of places that would be fun and beautiful to visit, and I liked the section about some very weird plants that you must see. I hope to get to some of these places some day, but if I had bought this book thinking it would really help me decide where and how to travel, I would be somewhat disappointed. It touches upon many places of interest to visit, but does not go into any great detail about any of them, some just getting a short paragraph. I suppose it's purpose is to get you interested in a particular place, then it's up to you to do more research, and then organize your visit there. It does a very good job at interest peaking, but is still more of a coffee table type book though it's not a hardback.


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Lonely Planet Unpacked Lonely Planet 9781864500622 Books Reviews

LONELY PLANET UNPACKED, one of the first in LP's line of Journeys travel stories, is a collection of reminisces by twenty-six Lonely Planet travel guide writers about disastrous experiences on the road, from getting robbed to waking up with a scabies infection in a bed and breakfast. The idea may sound interesting, but the book isn't much fun at all.

The first thing that hits the reader is the low level of much of the prose. While these travel guide writers may be experts at compiling a useful list of monuments, restaurants, and hotels, but many are not very good story-tellers. Ironically, the more interesting tales are written incoherently or repetitively, while some of the most insubstantial are penned with literary flair.

And this reviewer also seconds reviewers who have pointed out that the authors seem overwhelmingly concerned with getting drunk or--in the case of one contributor about Cambodia--completely stoned. It's understandable that a traveller might have some rage against a nation after a bad experience, but few of the writers were seeking much contact with the local people before their unpleasant turn of events. They jaded go through a country to add another one to the list and write a book, but they ignore the language and common people, spending a lot of time in bars for tourists and ex-pats.

I can't really recommend this book at all. If you are an independent traveller, think about how far the cover price of this book would get you towards your own (hopefully more sunny) adventures.
There are two aspects to this disappointing book.

Firstly, it is sad that Lonely Planet, which started as an honest guide for independent travellers, now turned into a money-making machine which sells everything but extended warranties on domestic appliances. This book is a collection of leftovers which were left out not because they don't fit in any of the guides but truly they do not belong anywhere.

Now, they thought, we will put some crap together and never mind that it's really poor writing the suckers will buy it 'cause we've got the BRAND!

This book can be educational it shows, quite graphically, how tedious a journey can be if you are an immature good-for-nothing whose major (and sole) cultural experience is getting drunk with any foreigner in a third-world country who is happy for you to buy him a drink, and whose sole criteria for picking out a destination is whether you can get to a suitably exotic-sounding country cheaply so that you have stories to tell when you get to your next cheap destination and get drinking there.

Oh, and don't forget, for most of the dramatic personae in the book the highlight of any trip when you wake up in a Russian monastery with a bad hangover from Mongolian intestine vodka (or whatever) that you had with Malaysian ex-convicts last night and then you miss your plane because you are two hours late for your onward flight. This is, like SOOOO hilarious. What to do then? Why, you get drinking with a blind Ukrainian pilot's mate and eventually they get you on a military plane and get you out of there. Never mind that, you get REALLY plastered on that plane! How's that for fun?

These are not very good stories from people who less than accomplished writers. Ordinarily, you can get that sort of narrative at a local bar at around 1030 p.m. The book is an absolute waste of money.
Fun to read about so many diverse places and the experiences these travelers had. Most of the stories were about things that didn't work out as expected in their travels so it made them more interesting rather than a glossy travel brochure which idealised the places.
I sure was expecting more from a Lonely Planet publication. As other reviewers wrote--most of these stories were boring and not well written. I gave it one shining star for the story by Ryan Ver Berkmoes! He wrote an interesting story with a few snide remarks scattered thru-out. His was the only story, really, fun to read.
I'm not very impressed with this book. Many areas of the world mentioned would be great to go and visit, but so many are currently going through very negative political situations that make it impossibly dangerous (imho) for anyone, especially Americans to visit.

I assume that Tony Wheeler is a male between the ages of 20-50, in excellent condition. I also assume that he was accompanied by many others in his entourage and had access to help and facilities that us typical travelers would not have. He probably had interpreters, a camera crew, guides, and many others to help him on his journeys especially in the 3rd world countries, plus an open expense account to pay for everything.
I am a 50 year-old, white American female and I know I would have a very hard time visiting places like Rwanda, Haiti, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, (and other areas I have not bothered to mention) due to my ethnic heritage and sex. These places are currently very dangerous if not impossible to visit now, and I would not do well especially seeing the children in Rwanda, for example, who had needless and cruel amputations during the severe political unrest. It would break my heart beyond recovery and I would feel so exasperated and angry that these acts were allowed to occur. Why were these places even mentioned?

The book does talk about a lot of places that would be fun and beautiful to visit, and I liked the section about some very weird plants that you must see. I hope to get to some of these places some day, but if I had bought this book thinking it would really help me decide where and how to travel, I would be somewhat disappointed. It touches upon many places of interest to visit, but does not go into any great detail about any of them, some just getting a short paragraph. I suppose it's purpose is to get you interested in a particular place, then it's up to you to do more research, and then organize your visit there. It does a very good job at interest peaking, but is still more of a coffee table type book though it's not a hardback.