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See the Great Red Spot of Jupiter--marvel at Saturn's brightly colored ring. This full-color introduction to our solar system introduces young readers to easy-to-understand facts including why there is no life on Mars, how Pluto became a planet, why yellow clouds surround Venus and more. Features full-color NASA photos of all planets. ... Read more

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More powerful than a fistful of euros, reaching further than a Eurail pass, this phrasebook is more entertaining than Eurovision! From Moscow to Dubrovnik, Prague to Tirana, this is your ticket to 11 languages, a whole continent of culture, and the ultimate European adventure.

Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages.Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Perfect for a Mulit-Country Trip!
My husband and I used this book and the "Mediterranean Europe Phrasebook" during a 4-week, 7-country tour in Eastern Europe. They were perfect for our purposes - each country we visited spoke a different language, so we didn't have the ability to learn too much of each. The books had almost all of the essentials, and (both fortunately and unfortunately) we found plenty of help in English to fill in any blanks. Great (almost) pocket-size as well!

However, if you're only visiting places with one or two languages, I'd recommend getting the books for the individual languages instead.

Have a fantastic trip! ;) ... Read more

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From the hill villages of northern Vietnam to the beach resorts in Thailand's south, whether you're driving or sitting at the back of a bus, with this indispensable Lonely Planet Road Atlas you're sure to be on track. Thoroughly checked by Lonely Planet authors, this Road Atlas is the perfect companion to your Lonely Planet Guide.

• The Thailand, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia Road Atlas also features:
  
• Climate charts
• Distance tables
• Comprehensive index

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Useful for my road trip
I used this map to plan and execute a drive through Isaan, mainly on major roads.It is a useful overview to what we can expect to see along the way, including cities, the largest of the towns, and some sights along the way.

I am writing this review for balance on the other two reviews, particularly the one-star review which does not seem balanced to me.I am giving it 3 stars (which Amazon defines as "It's OK" because that is closer to what I think than 2 stars ("I don't like it").I'm glad to have it for this trip, but I agree that it would not suit the needs of someone going way off the usual roads.

The map could have a lot more details, but the next level of detail involves a large number of villages and roads that vary in quality along the way.

What I find useful about it is the atlas-style presentation of the rectangles that map this region - i.e. turning to the next page forward brings you to the next block east, and the tops and bottom pages refer you to connecting pages.Thus you can get the big picture fairly easily, and see relationships between places you might want to go.And obviously an advantage of this map is that it covers three key countries many want to visit - per the title - but also includes a similar level of detail for Laos and Myanmar/Burma when the rectangle includes them.It also includes partial maps of Vientianne and Luang Prabang, two key destinations in Laos.

Of course, it is out of date now, and won't show all the latest border crossings.

Aside from the stars listed on reviews, another view of the usefulness of out of print products from Amazon is the price.The rather high price of this item as an outdated, out-of-print map suggests that it is still in demand.

If you REALLY want details, check out maps dot google dot com, which has a very detailed map of Thailand (only) with satellite images.Unfortunately, the legends use the Thai script, but you can search for nearly any town or village listed on the map and - if you guess the spelling used on google correctly - even find it.

If anyone figures out how to get google to show Roman spellings instead of Thai, please add a comment to this review.

UPDATE: google now has legends in both English and Thai.Thus you can print very detailed maps for your planned trip.The detailed map book is still useful for navigating on the fly.

Worst Map of the Region
Claiming to be "the best, most up-to-date source of maps" for the region this is a book by Lonely Planet that holds nothing it promises. I used the Laos and the Thailand maps to bike from the Chinese border at Boten to Bangkok via Luang Namtha, Luang Prabang, Vientiane, Udon Thani and Korat. I found that not a single (!) information regarding distances was right. And they weren't off by a few kilometres but rather by 10 up to 25 km (Udomxai to Pak Mong). Further the maps, especially in Thailand, depict roads to be unpaved where according to local information (and Thai maps) they were paved since more than a few years. The topographic shading is sloppy at best, if not completely incorrect. The mistakes are far beyond the "things change fast" warning published in every Lonely Planet guidebook and signal a further deterioration of quality at Lonely Planet. I strongly advice against buying it, it's just a rip-off!

For the traveler that's NOT off the beaten track
For the traveler that intends to leave the beaten path, be aware that this atlas misses off hundreds of villages in between larger towns and cities. After spending four months in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos I found this atlas to be dead weight in my pack. However, Lonely Planet publishes an atlas for each individual country, which has more detailed secondary roads, natural features, and remote villages. Moreover, if you do not have the luxury of four months plus at your disposal and you are traveling in these fascinating countries in a rush, this atlas will more than likely meet your needs. ... Read more

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1. D.C. & Environs
2. Downtown & Mall Areas
3. Washington, D.C. Excursions
4. Central Washington
5. Washington Metro Map
6. Unique Lonely Planet Walking Tour
7. Index of all Streets & Sights
8. Essential Information

Customer Reviews (2)

Too hard to read
This is my second water-resistant Lonely Planet map, and I'm very disappointed with it.The color contrast is too pale, and the printing is too small.I won't use it for my trip, opting instead for a free map from AAA which is very good.Don't waste your money on this one.

This was the only map I needed
This was the only map I took on my last trip to Washington, and it was all I needed. It was most helpful simply because it showed where all of the major sites are, and it had a separate map which focused on and around theMall. Unlike most maps this one is durable and waterproof (luckily becauseit happened to rain one of the days I was there). This map was extremelyhelpful in every way. All I can possibly tell any prospective buyers is BUYIT! (And it's so inexpensive, too!) ... Read more