No comments about Ko Samui and Southern Thailand Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map).

3 comments about Thailand Nelles Map (Nelles Maps).

1. If you want to know your way around the land of smiles, this is the map for you!



2. This is the map with the Buddha statue on the cover, you can't miss it. Nelles seems wants to give you a feeling as well as a cartographic representation. I like the cover because it's easy to spot the map when I need it. I bought this map for a motorcycle ride from Chiang Mai to Koh Chang via Bangkok. I am happy to report that everything was exactly where the map said it would be. The few times I found myself apparently nowhere the map helped me to find the closest towns for gas and lodging. I particularly recall needing to escape an oncoming thunderstorm while on a fairly lonely highway outside of Sa Kaeo near the Cambodian border. The map clearly showed a turn-off to a quiet little town with excellent facilities called Prachinburi. You want this map on your tour of Thailand.



3. This map worked well for us on a recent trip to Thailand. It has all the major and minor roads that we needed as well as highlights in red of interesting attractions.

2 comments about Guide To Khmer Temples In Thailand And Laos.

1. I've visited many of the temples Michael Freeman describes and have a huge soft spot for Northeast Thailand and Laos. This guide has enhanced my understanding of the places I've visited and provided some great incentives to visit more. I wish the guide had been available when I first started visiting the Khmer temples of Northeast Thailand. Michael Freeman's photographs and commentary are informative and interesting. There are good layouts and drawings of the individual temples and an excellent rating system which highlights not only the architectural and historical importance of the temples but also the setting. The information on how to get to places and where to stay is useful and good for planning an itinerary.



2. Michael Freeman's guide covers over fifty Khmer temples in Thailand and Laos, plus the border temples in Cambodia. (Angkor is not included; see the book "Ancient Angkor," by the same author, for complete information on Angkor.)

   The temples and their major features are described with quite a bit of detail for the major temples, and not so much detail for the less important ones. The book has all the features one would wish for in a good guidebook - maps, site plans, floor plans of the major temples, color photogaphs (Freeman is both the author and the photographer of the guide), hotels, restaurants, and transportation. The first 50 pages give some very useful background on architecture, lintel styles, and the chronology of the temples. Suggested itineraries, temple rankings, and a glossary of general and architectural terms are also provided.

   According to the inside front cover, the Weatherhill edition on which I based this review was published in 1998, apparently with the same content as the original edition of 1996. I don't know if any more recent editions are available. The book's staying in print for over 7 years is proof of its popularity and usefulness. However, since things change rapidly in that part of the world, the reader may want to consider purchasing a more recent guide for up-to-date practical information. Freeman's guide, however, is still highly recommended for the core information that it provides about the temples themselves.

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