Let's Go: Thailand

by Let's Go Inc. and Ashley R. Laporte

Packed with travel information, including more listings, deals, and insider tipsCANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and dance RELIABLE MAPS to get you around Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and more INSIDER TIPS on finding deals on the resort-heavy islands OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, including scuba diving, snorkeling, and surfing The best NIGHTLIFE COVERAGE, from the big cities to the remote islands

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031238582X
• ISBN13: 9780312385828
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Let's Go Publications
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Good suppliment to the Lonely Planet

I generally take at least two guides when going on a trip to a place I don't know anything about. For Southeast Asia, Lonely Planet is a necessity. However, I like Let's Go too - and it's nice to have a different perspective on things and places. And they sometimes fill in each others' gaps in information.

Completely Decent Book For Light Touring of Thailand

Normally, I would have bought Lonely Planet, but their Thailand book was almost 3 years old, so I went with the more recently published Let's Go. I have never been a fan of Let's Go, but was surprised by how useful this book turned out. It's coverage of the country is less inclusive than Lonely Planet, so it is only really useful for short-term touring of the country. My trip was only 2 weeks long, which was fine for this book. It is printed on very lightweight paper, so the book itself is probably half the weight of the LP guidebook. While Lonely Planet remains the best source for encyclopedic information such as population sizes for cities, it rarely provides very much opinion. This Let's Go book filled in that gap, providing frank, fair critiques of the various places to travel in Thailand. This helped me figure out if a particular place was worth going to. It was particularily good at steering me away from places that were overly developed or catered too much to the package Luxury tour crowd. Even if you end up getting Lonely Planet, I still think the Let's Go Thailand book is cheap enough (and lightweight enough) that it is worth taking along as a second opinion.

If you're going to Thailand, don't leave this book at home!

I had an all-too-short vacation in Thailand this year, spending a week in Chiang Mai during the Thai new year. This book was my companion and a crutch for someone who speaks very little Thai, and knew little of the country. No book can take the place of courageously adventuring through a new land, but this one helps negotiate your adventures, helps you understand the people you are visiting, and find your way through a culture with fewer mis-steps, and perhaps helps the traveler avoid offending his temporary hosts.