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Lonely Planet West Africa ** Read and Referred to before Ghana, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Sao Tome e Principe trips in 2022
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One of the most dependable series available, Lonely Planet's guidebooks are packed with essential information and accurate maps and are written with enough character that they are also good reading for armchair travelers. The series is now popular with travelers of all sorts, although backpackers and adventure travelers have long relied on Lonely Planet's guides because of the wide range of destinations offered. Whether you want to relax on the beaches of Thailand, roam the Australian outback, or explore the deserts of Iran, Lonely Planet has a practical, thorough guidebook for your destination. For dangerous or less-traveled regions, we highly recommend Lonely Planet's guides because they provide crucial information in an easy-to-use format, making it possible for travelers to handle the difficulties of language, customs, and transportation. In countries with unfamiliar alphabets, the guides include the names of cities and sights in both English and native characters, and glossaries are provided to help travelers with menus. The series offers lodging and restaurant options for all budgets, but the main focus is on getting a good deal for your money. With good writing, a wealth of valuable information, and beautiful color photo sections, Lonely Planet's guides are hard to beat.
904 pages, Paperback
First published September 1,1988
This edition
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904 pages, Paperback
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January 1, 2006 by Lonely Planet
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9781740597715
- ASIN
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1740597710
- Language
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English
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Not very accurate as far as I could tell. The real reason I'm giving this such a bad rating is the nasty things they said about the country I lived in during the Peace Corps. They called Mauritania the place to avoid..the pits. Okay, so it is the pits and a place to avoid, but still there are positive things to say about it. Especially since they said good thing about Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Cote D'Ivoire, which are all war-torn hellholes.
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I think I got this one the year before a new edition came out. The Lonely Planet guides to less-traveled third-world locales (e.g. West Africa) can be sadly deficient once they reach 4 and 5 years old.
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Solid input for planning our trip to Ghana - Burkina Faso - Mali
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This book is a useful resource for planning my trip to West Africa.
Having visited Ghana and Nigeria, I found the chapters on these countries to be fairly comprehensive. My only criticism was that some of the websites listed in the book were no longer active.
I still hope to take in Mali, Benin, Togo and Cameroon on future trips.
Having visited Ghana and Nigeria, I found the chapters on these countries to be fairly comprehensive. My only criticism was that some of the websites listed in the book were no longer active.
I still hope to take in Mali, Benin, Togo and Cameroon on future trips.
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Too out of date to be useful, particularly after Covid.
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I usually get a lot from Lonely Planet guides. This one I found to be lacking. Some of the information was helpful, but I also found more dischord than usual between reality and Lonely Planet representation. That said, I only used the section of the book about Ghana.
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The only West Africa tour book (DK does not have one)
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