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Follow your shadow floating over limestone peaks on a Guangxi ballooning voyage.
Hike Tiger Leaping Gorge to the snowcapped mountaintops of Haba Shan via the Jinsha River.
Savour the Yin and Yang of spicy, sizzling or soaked-in-soy Southwest delicacies.
Get caught up in the dancing at the vibrant Miao Lusheng Festival.
In This Guide
Five intrepid authors, 220 days of in-country research, 157 bus rides and one rotting yak's head.
Includes captivating new destinations not covered in any other English-language guidebook.
Chapters dedicated to gateway cities (Beijing, Honk Kong and Shanghai), minority cultures and adventure activities.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Damian Harper | | Paperback: | 528 pages | | Publisher: | Lonely Planet | | Publication Date: | November 01, 2007 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1741041856 | | Package Length: | 7.9 inches | | Package Width: | 5.3 inches | | Package Height: | 0.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 6 reviews |
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11 of 13 found the following review helpful:
The best guidebook to the region, with far more detail than all-China guides. Nov 30, 2007
By William S. Weir
"Traveler"
"China's Southwest" covers the culturally fascinating provinces north of Laos and Vietnam, so a better title would be "Southern China." At any rate it's one of Lonely Planet's best books and provides good travel information, including some very worthwhile off-the-beaten-track places. You'll find descriptions of the many tribal groups who live in an incredible diversity of landscapes that ranges from tropical to Himalaya. Text includes parts of the Tibetan Plateau, which spreads across northwestern Yunnan and western and northern Sichuan, a good place to meet Tibetans and learn about their culture. I highly recommend travels to the provinces covered in this book--Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Chongqing. None of the all-China guidebooks do the region justice, so this guidebook is worth getting even if you already have a China guidebook.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 A lifesaver for non-Chinese speakers Oct 04, 2008
By Esteban de la Cruz
"lecrosse"
I found this book to be super-informative, accurate and helpful - helped me to both plan and execute my travels. In a region of the world where no one speaks English, this book will help find you a place to stay.
LP notwithstanding, in remote places I sometimes stayed with farmer families, ate with them, shared the afternoons. That was much more satisfying than the hotels. When Chinese do business they are intent on making you part with your money ... you, the foreigner, are seen as a walking breathing $$$ sign. When living with a family something in people's mind becomes relaxed and there is more of a human connection.
A tiny detail: I recommend you use ATMs whenever possible- Chinese bank tellers are trained to take only perfect - and I mean perfect - banknotes. Even a tiniest glitch, or color mark will result in disqualification. Chinese ATMs have a different keypad from those in the US; also they are alphanumeric only, so it helps to remember your code in #s.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Our book cover is in tatters from being used so much! Apr 18, 2011
By JHH
We just came back from 2.5 weeks in southwest China. This book was a lifesaver! The book had a lot of places translated into Chinese characters so people could help us find where we needed to go. I just wished they had Chinese characters for ALL of the places they listed!! The phrases at the end were very helpful in getting some of my Mandarin going. Being this was 2007 edition, and it is now 2011, there were definitely some changes (ie hostels moving or places increasing their admissions), but that is hardly the book's fault. It is more of a byproduct of how fast China's southwest is changing. Go there quick before it becomes too touristy, and bring this book with you!
One of their best on China Jun 02, 2010
By Douglass Ellis
"Chief Buzzard"
If you travel overseas, don't go without a Lonely Planet guide book!! Since '06 I have been been spending 3 weeks each year traveling on my own in China. Their books are kept current and accurate. This one was outstanding traveling in areas less traveled by tourist!! Have traveled in many parts of the world on my own....their books are by far the very best.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
so far, so good Sep 26, 2010
By Billy Quinn
I've just arrived in Yunnan, haven't had a chance to wander into the country, but so far it seems very up to date from what I'm hearing about where to be going from other travellers.
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