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 : Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway (Country Guide)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 915
EAN: 9781741045420
Edition: 7
ISBN: 1741045428
Label: Lonely Planet
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: May 01, 2008
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Studio: Lonely Planet




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Product Description:
Discover Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway

Travel the Karakoram Highway along the route of the fabled Silk Road
Come face to face with ancient Indus Valley civilizations at Moenjodaro
Answer the call of a million-dollar mosque with rocketing minarets and tent-like design
Wind along narrow roads from Peshawar to the legendary Khyber Pass

In This Guide:

Six authors beating every possible path for over 70 weeks of research
Packed with detail, including history and culture analysis, safety advice and the best Himalayan treks
Comprehensive coverage of the entire country and beyond, from Karachi into China's Kashgar



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 7th edition publcication date is May 2008
The first five reviews listed here pre-date the May 2008 publication of the 7th edition of the guidebook, and refer to comments on earlier editions. Please submit reviews only on this edition of the guidebook, not on previous editions. Amazon should correct this oversight. Contributing authors, John Mock & Kimberley O'Neil



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Errors create doubt
I used this guide in 1988. Loney Planet has had time to correct errors. Let us hope they have.

Example: Lonely Planet said catch a bus in Peshawar for Darra at the bus station in Grand Trunk Road. No one in Peshawar had a clue what Grand Trunk Road might mean. In Peshawar, Grand Trunk Road is known as GT Road.

After much difficulty getting this sorted out, the traveler learns that buses for Darra do not leave from this station. Buses for both Darra and Chitral leave ... Read More



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Thorough, useful
Very detailed information about a remote part of the planet. Good pictures, but very small in the book. Day-by-day diary information for a trip on the Karakoram highway by bicycle, too. It appears the reviewers last visited in 2003 or 2004. The current (2007) security situation near the Northwest Frontier provinces (where Osama is allegedly hiding) is an important concern in deciding to make the trip. It would be helpful to list a URL in the book for up-to-date security information, on a Lonely Planet ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Lonely Planet Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway
Lonely Planet Guide is the bible of all backpackers. Once again I would not travel without this addition for Pakistan.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great book for a great country
Pakistan is among the tourism world's best kept secrets, and this book throws open those secrets very well. Lonely Planet has always been good with detail and comprehensive coverage, and that trend continues with its coverage on Pakistan.

Without the off-the-beaten track records, I would have missed some of the greatest historical and cultural artifacts that Pakistan has to offer. And the guide truly works as you trek up north into Pakistan's majestic mountains that offer the most mind-blowing ... Read More







 






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