Best laos travel guides according to redditors
We found 4 Reddit comments discussing the best laos travel guides. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 4 Reddit comments discussing the best laos travel guides. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Some of my personal favorites (amazon links):
A Fortune Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East, mainly Southeast Asia.
The Geography of Bliss, RTW.
Food-related:
Ant Egg Soup: The Adventures of a Food Tourist in Laos
Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China
Peter Hessler in China:
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
Country Driving
And Peter Mayle's series on Provence.
"Culture Shock! Laos: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette" is probably the best book for what it seems like you're looking for.
I didn't want to open a debate about where some publisher is located. I just wanted to find new publishers so I have a wider selection.
I'm actually interested in buying two guides for an upcoming trip: Laos & Indonesia. I was expecting to find different publishers, so I could take a look at the most updated guide.
Here's the result of my little investigation (I don't think it's going to be too useful to anyone else, but anyway).
To be honest, it seems like there are only two good sources for both countries:
Lonely Planet
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Country of origin: Australia
Headquarters: Melbourne or Tenesse (who knows)
Laos guide: Mar 2014
Indo guide: May 2013
Rough Guides
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Country of origin: UK
Headquarters: London (owned by Penguin)
Laos guide: Nov 2014
Indo guide: Oct 2014
DK Eyewitness
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Country of origin: UK
Headquarters: UK
Laos guide: Jan 2016
Indo guide: Feb 2010 (only Bali & Lombok)
Fodor's
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Country of origin: USA
Headquarters: New York, NY
Laos guide: May 2016 (several countries)
Indo guide: They have a 2001 version (seems too old)
Let's Go
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Country of origin: USA
Headquarters: Cambridge, MA
Laos guide: They have a 2000 Southeast Asia guide (seems too old)
Indo guide: They have a 2000 Southeast Asia guide (seems too old)
Le Routard
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Country of origin: France
Headquarters: Paris
Laos guide: Aug 2015 (only in French)
Indo guide: Couldn't find it.
El País-Aguilar
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(I think these are the same as DK Eyewitness but translated to Spanish (maps & drawings seem to be the same))
Country of origin: Spain
Headquarters: Madrid (owned by Penguin)
Laos guide: Feb 2012 (only in Spanish)
Indo guide: Couldn't find it.