The Rough Guide to Laos - Jeff Cranmer, Steven Martin

The Rough Guide to Laos

Buch | Softcover
416 Seiten
2002 | 2nd Revised edition
Rough Guides (Verlag)
978-1-85828-905-2 (ISBN)
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This guide features detailed coverage of the sights of Laos from the Buddhist temples of Louang Phabang to the French colonial architecture of Vientiane. There are listings of places to eat and stay, as well as guidance on navigating the Mekong River and elephant-trekking in the jungle.
This guide features detailed coverage of the sights of Laos from the Buddhist temples of Louang Phabang to the French colonial architecture of Vientiane and the mysterious Khmer ruins at Wat Phou. There are detailed listings of the best places to eat and stay, as well as incisive articles on the history of Laos, its religion, arts, peoples and environment. The authors also provide advice on a wealth of activities, including trekking in Louang Namtha, cycling in Muang Sing, kayaking on the Nam Ha River and exploring the caves at Vang Viang.

Jeff Cramer has spent most of the last decade travelling and working in Southeast Asia, as a university teacher in Chang Mai and later as a journalist based in Bangkok. Steven Martin now works in Bangkok and has written news and feature stories that have been published worldwide.

Colour section. Basics. The guide: Vientiane and the northwest; Louang Phabang; the northeast; the far north; south central Laos; the far south. Contexts: history; religion and belief systems; the arts; Laos's ethnic mosaic; the environment; literature and myths; books. Language: language; key to pronunciation; tones and markers; words and phrases in Lao.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.11.2002
Reihe/Serie Rough Guide Travel Guides
Zusatzinfo 24pp full colour photographs, 49 maps, glossary, index
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 130 x 198 mm
Gewicht 382 g
Themenwelt Reiseführer Asien Laos
ISBN-10 1-85828-905-X / 185828905X
ISBN-13 978-1-85828-905-2 / 9781858289052
Zustand Neuware
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