No comments about From Gibraltar to the Ganges (Trade and Travel Routes Series).

No comments about 100 resorts MALAYSIA: PLACES WITH A HEART (100 Resorts) (100 Resorts).

No comments about Through the Heart of Asia: Over the Pamïr to India. With 250 Illustrations by Albert Pépin. Volume 1.

No comments about Gandhi and Bengal: A Descriptive Chronology.

No comments about Journey Through Pakistan.

No comments about Travel Agencies and Tourism Development.

1 comments about Bombay: Gateway of India.

1. Raghubir Singh is arguably one of India's most well-known photographers and certainly one of the best I have seen in print. Most photographers will shy away from colour but Singh composes beautifully in this medium (and it wouldn't do Bombay justice to shoot it in black and white...) Above and beyong his talent with the lens, he has a very keen eye for the city, and captures the personality of the people who live there: laissez faire, slick, cosmopolitan. A typically Indian book - unabashed and bold - appropriately reflective of its subject matter. Naipaul is an odd choice for designing this work, given his relative distaste for India, but creates the perfect tension to accompany the photographs. In summary, Singh is in prime form in this book, doing what he does best: chronicling the people that define a city.

1 comments about Insight Guides South India (Insight Guides).

1. I used this book while travelling in South India in December 2003. As a practical guide book with details about logistics such as transport and accommodation it is not particularly helpful. I would not recommend this book for the independent budget traveller for this reason. However, to dismiss this book as unhelpful would be a mistake. Firstly, it contains many beautiful photographs to illustrate the text. These alone make the book worthwhile and it is something that can be kept as a reference long after your travels are over. Secondly, all the essays are written by local writers with expertise in their fields. They are not written by a traveller who is only briefly passing through the country so the information given is far more insightful (perhaps this is where they got the name Insight Guides).

   As mentioned above the independent budget traveller would be better off with Lonely Planet or the Rough Guide. This book is clearly aimed at people on organised tours looking for additional background information. It would also make excellent background reading before you travel or even a great general reference for the armchair traveller.

No comments about Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab: Including a Residence in those Countries from 1826-38 (4 Vols).

No comments about The Soul of India.