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1 comments about Travellers Thailand (Travellers - Thomas Cook).

1. A special `niche' guide to Thailand
   
   Thailand will satisfy even the most jaded traveler's hunger for the exotic, erotic, beautiful and unusual. Ben Davis knows this and has provided a `niche' travel guide for Thomas Cook. `Niche' because this is not a travel guide in the normal sense.
   
   I have reviewed five guides this year on Thailand, and truth be known, I struggled with how to write a review on this guide; it just doesn't fit the normal `travel guide' fare.
   
   Traditionally, travel guides answer the basic questions: where, when, what, how and how much. They are indispensable for those who are independent minded, and normally not a member of a packaged tour group. Traditional travel guides are written for those who want practical information that will help them navigate and richly experience the country.
   
   Traditional guides have scores of restaurant and hotel recommendations with the estimated price breakdowns. This guide does not. Traditional guides have good maps of the country regions and cities; along with travel information that makes exploring Thailand enjoyable. This guide does not. Traditional guides will add cultural and experiential insights to their standard fare. Right: this guide does not.
   
   What this guide does is give you hundreds of excellent color photo that explode Thailand before your eyes. Ben Davis tight and terse writing complements the photos and he does recommend what to see before you leave Thailand. His walking maps (and recommendations) for Bangkok and Chiang Mai are very good. At the end of the book is a good, but basic general information section.
   
   So where is the `niche'. This guide is recommended for those who are with a packaged tour group, and want a quick, vivid, photo sketch of this fantastic country. So if you do not need to know where to stay or eat, and don't want to read pages of history but want only a brief summary of what's what, this is your guide; all others should consider Lonely Planet or Rough Guide, both highly recommended (see my reviews).

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