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When a flash of pink was spotted in a cloud of gray gulls over Newburyport, Massachusetts, ten thousand people descended on the town in hopes of seeing a rare Ross's gull from Siberia. Among them were Pete and Linda Dunne, who set off from there on a year-long odyssey. Dunne had poured the most remarkable stories, birds, and characters into this unforgettable book about their once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
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For the love of the birds..........2004-09-15
Dunne is a good writer rather than a great one. But this book is very nearly great, because of the passion and the sensitivity that he brings to the subject. What's most impressive to me is how Dunne avoids reveling in the (often) competitive nature of birding. In one memorable chapter, he writes at length about a competition between teams of birders to spot (or hear) the most species in one 24-hour period. We're caught up in the competition, and we think we're about to find out who won this good-spirited contest when . . . the chapter simply ends. And we never do find out who "won."
Dunne's point, I think, is that everybody won, and while the real winners certainly did enjoy finding a few more birds than the runners-up, ideally birding is about something bigger than winning and losing and the number on your life list.
THE FEATHER QUEST also functions as a sort of travelogue for birders, and I'm sure I'll be referring to it for years when deciding where to take my annual trip.
The World of Birding.......2003-10-23
This is a supurb overview of birding in North America.Pete and his wife Linda spent a year on the road and came up with this excellent book that covers every aspect of birding and does it with a passion that he makes you feel you are right there beside him.Birding means something different to each person who engages in this pursuit;but Pete makes a pretty good observation when he states "the coin of tribute in birding's realm is not skill,it is shared intrest.With it an individual buys passage into the ranks of North American birders.Skill is just something birders acquire over time.But the intrest, and the pleasure people derive from watching birds,ah,those things are constants;those things are a priority.Those are the qualities that distinguish birders from society,s rank and file."
I ran across and recognized Pete one day in Portal, Arizona and struck up a conversation with him.I felt he had as much intrest in me as I had in meeting him.He hit the nail on the head;generally it's the interest one shows,not the knowledge onehas that counts.
I am sure that anyone with any interest in birding will find this book by one of the top,in every way,birders in North America an excellent book;that I guarantee ! ! !
Dunne's Awesome Year.......2003-08-02
A great read for the crazy birder crowd. Take it with you when you hit the important birding places, read it to learn more about the high-end of the birding subculture, and read it when you need a laugh. The short stories on Attu and the World Series of Birding are worth the price alone.
Review of The Feather Quest.......2001-01-09
A superbly written, thoroughly enjoyable account of birding in the United States. Birders will recognize many of the places which they have visited, and will learn of new spots to see in their own "feather quests". A must read!
Pick up your binos and get outside!.......2000-03-26
Pete Dunne and his wife Linda are lucky enough to take a whole year off to go birding. And we are lucky enough to come along with them in this part travel book, part bird life list. They start in his boyhood home of Whippany, New Jersey, and criss-cross North America in search of birds. They travel from the tip of the USA at the Everglades to the top of the continent at the Artic Refuge in Alaska. Not only do they write about the birds they see and hear but they also take a look at the many differnent types of people who bird. And it is all done in a comic style but with serious overtones concerning the environment, pollution, and urban sprawl. It makes you want to dust off your binos, find your bird book, and head out into the fields and forests. There is nothing more stirring then seeing a new bird for the first time. In reading this book, all the birds seem to be your first one.
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I fly out with bright feathers: The quest of a novice healer
Allegra Taylor
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Great book for young and older.......2005-06-29
I wanted to preview the book for my Kids, I could not put it down. The lessons learnt are life changing. Lessons on cultural appreciation, fairness, honesty, personal identity and freedom. I recommend highly.
Quest for the Eagle Fether.......2002-03-23
Quest for the Eagle Feather is a good book. I liked it because it was very interesting to me. This book is about three eagle clan brothers that set out on a quest to see an eagle fly. Only this way can they learn the greatest secret of the eagle clan. This is a book I enjoied and am pretty sure anyone else would enjoy it to.
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Title: Ruffling feathers: Willis CEO Joe Plumeri elbows his way into a patriarchal and complacent "gentlemen's club" only to be rebuffed in his quest to become the world's No. 1 broker. No one believes they've seen the last of him, or that a man not even trained as an insurance broker may still have a lesson to teach the industry.(THE POWER BROKERS: TOP INSURANCE BROKERS IN 2007)
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The Magic Feather Duster
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Will Lipkind and Nicolas Mordvinoff. Four boys have dinner with an old lady who has a magic featherduster. When they say they want it, she sends them on a quest to get an apple off a special tree. Only the fourth one succeeds, of course, because of showing charity to an unexpected person.
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Two fitness experts team up to show cyclists how to optimize training by incorporating heart rate monitoring into their workouts. Provided are 25 workouts at three training levels; a heart rate chart showing the five zones athletes should target; information on indoor bikes and trainers; and a sample log book. This new edition features enhanced workout regimens and new charts and tables.
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Motivating, but not a training guide.......2006-01-26
As a recreational Mountain Biker, i found this book motivating. However, it's not a "training guide" for cyclists. Everyone that has never trained should consider buying this book, since it explains the principles involved in heart zone training. You will also find very interesting indoor workouts in the book. It's not the book for the intermediate cyclist.
folks who work for Sally E shouldn't write reviews.......2003-11-19
Several people who work for Sally Edwards wrote glowing reviews of theis book. I think their are some ethical issues in reviewing a book written by your employer or business partner.
Check HEARTZONE.COM for the people who work for Sally.
Useful information for beginners but painful to read.......2003-07-01
This is a book one just wants to hate. The two authors waste pages writing praise for one another. They give their workout recipes (over 60) cutesy-poo names like "Saturday Night Fever" and "Snookie". Much of the book amounts to promotional messages for the programs by Heart Zones, of which one of the authors just happens to be CEO. Most disturbing, perhaps, the authors do not appear to have any medical or scientific credentials to backup their position as authorities.
Nevertheless, as a beginner, I found the book quite useful. If you can read past all the junk, the authors have some very simple, down-to-earth approaches to exercise and training with a heart monitor. And they appear to have adequate scientific backup. They define heart rate zones somewhat differently from most other writers, but their approach is easier to follow from a practical point-of-view. Their detailed workout recipes are easy to understand. (There is a neat graphical representation.) Even if you never do a single one of their workouts, you will get a lot of useful ideas for your own. Their formula for estimating maximum heart rate was far more accurate for me than the traditional one (220-age) which others recommend. Their Delta (Orthostatic) Heart Rate test provides an easy check for overtraining, an issue which had concerned me.
The book definitely was worth the price and more-or-less worth the time.
Increase Your Preformance Substantially.......2001-11-18
If you are serious about reading and following this program, buy yourself a heart monitor for the cyclist with features for cadence, altitutde and Watt output (HAC4 from ciclosport was most price efficient for me with all the features) learn how to use it then read this book.
In this excellent publication she explains the 5 heart training zones and what each zone does for the heart. She stresses training a certain amount of time or percentage of the work out in each zone.
I have kept a diary as the author has highly recommended to every athelete and this has helped me plan my work out accordingly and effectively raising my preformance substantially.
Since I cycle to work every second day, I read the chapters about outdoor training first.Afterwards I read the chapters on indoor cylcing, which encourage me to go to spinning classes from time to time to alter my training routine. I found riding on a stationairy bicycle so booooring until I was in a spinning group.
You must be disciplined; It worked for me and I am sure it will work for you.
Mixed bag.......2001-08-13
There is definitely some useful information in this book. Since I haven't read any other books on training with an HR, I can't compare, but on it's own merits I would say this book is pretty mediocre. As others have mentioned, it is poorly edited and poorly arranged. Info on the various zones is very good. However there seems to be a whole lot less about how/when to use the various zones, other than very basic "weight management" vs. "fitness". One last gripe is that nearly all of the outdoor workouts require "flat to slight rolling" terrain. Well, if you live someplace that has a lot of hills, forget getting any useful info on how to train in that environment from this book.
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This log is both a motivational tool and a permanent record for athletes to help plan their training goals and track their progress. By recording when, how long, and how hard they train on a given day, cyclists can make the most of heart rate training.
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"ZONE" In..........2002-02-01
If you are a cyclist (beginner or avid) and are looking for some great new riding profiles this is the book for you. Where's your focus?...Your heart, of course!! Proper training of your heart rate will get you where you want (need) to be. If you succeed in completing ALL 50 workouts you will have improved the three abilities necessary for successful riding: Endurance, Strength, and Speed. You will learn to control your heartrate, push your lactate threshold and reduce recovery time. Effective riding will lead you to more and more riding...Buy it! (P.S. Spinning instructors - this is awesome!)
This training program is for me!.......2001-08-14
I have recently started to enjoy recreational cycling for fitness. I ride both on-road and off-road and up until now I was just going out for a ride most days without a training plan or a real purpose to my rides, not understanding why some days I felt good and other days were a hard slog. While I am definitely getting results, I know that I am not optimizing my training.
I read through this book in a couple of days and can't wait to begin putting into practice many of the things I learned. What made this particularly appealing to me is that I am both a "gadget-head" by nature and also enjoy measuring and monitoring things. This book has shown me how to tie these things into my training to help me plan, execute and monitor my fitness program.
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Explore the vast, ancient ruins of Bagan, voyage up myriad waterways by riverboat, relax at a remote teahouse or sample fresh seafood beside white-sand beaches. Let this considered and responsible guide show you the adventure of a lifetime, while at the same time showing you how your travel experience best benefits the local people.
SHOULD YOU GO? Weigh up the pros and cons of going to Myanmar by reading this special chapter.
BE INSPIRED - new highlights, itineraries and planning sections to help you plot your path.
BENEFIT THE LOCALS by choosing private, locally owned hotels and eateries.
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CONNECT WITH CULTURE - detailed History and Culture chapters provide insight into Myanmar's rich and complex heritage.
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Beautiful Myanmar.......2007-09-28
I think Myanmar is a beautiful country. The Lonely Planet series is great. However, by going to Myanmar you are supporting an oppressive government that kills innocent people for purely sadistic reasons. I hope you will not visit the country nor buy this book until a democratic regime is installed there.
A MUST READ BEFORE YOU LEAVE FOR MYANMAR.......2007-06-27
An excellent book and take the advice. Myanmar is a cash-only society. You cannot use credit cards anywhere and there are not any ATM's anywhere in the country. Also, your currency must be new and without folds or marks.
The book's advice on Yangon was wonderful!
Best Guide for Visiting Burma/Myanmar.......2007-05-07
There is no other guide which comes close to being as useful for visiting Burma, either as a first-time tourist or an veteran traveller. Its overall descriptions, information on transport, reviews of hotels etc are all generally reliable and up-to-date. The accounts of restarants in Rangoon however is probably somewhat dated, as the restaurant scene in Rangoon changes quickly and there are many new restaurants today (more than a year and half since publication) which are not mentioned.
I would recommend reading The River of Lost Footsteps by Thant Myint-U for an excellent and entertaining history of the country, either before going or during your trip. The LP Myanmar and The River of Lost Footsteps are the only two books you'll need.
Myanmar Bible.......2007-02-17
We recently visited Myanmar, and used the Lonely Planet guide extensively to research our trip, and while there to help us get around. It is by far the best English language guide for Burma we could find, and was extremely detailed and helpful. Using Lonely Planet certainly enhanced this travel experience.
A traveling companion you will most likely need..........2007-01-11
If you're going to Myanmar you will want a good guidebook, this one does the job more than adequately. While there are some parts that are out of date, prices a little inaccurate in some respects, and missing information regarding routes and transport means (they advise a trip from one town when the bus actually leaves the town before and only stops if in the next town it's not full), for the most part it's a decent guide book, and you'll want something like that if you're traveling around a good deal of the country.
With the politics it's your choice. As the other reviewer said, they make enough money trading with China and India, yours really is a drop in the bucket... that doesn't stop the government charging you 10 times the local price for many services though! The guidebook offers useful suggestions on minimizing giving money to government run services and I would suggest you spend local as much as possible. A trip to Myanmar is educational, enjoyable and I believe that most of the locals want you to come and they will welcome you with open arms. For the most part they really enjoy the opportunity to meet with and interact with foreigners.
The other thing is I would suggest not to be a Lonely Planet Tourist. By that I mean only eating and staying at LP recommended places and doing LP recommended excursions. You'll have a better time, I guarantee you. I can't count the number of times I asked someone where they were staying... 'I'm staying at the Royal' [or other name] which was No. 1 on the LP list of recommendations (and loaded with other tourists). Another time in Bagan, I walked down the street and there's nobody at any of the cafes... and about 100 backpackers at the only LP recommended restaurant! You're not necessarily going to get sick by eating somewhere else (you mostly have as much chance as an LP reviewed restaurant) and there are many, many, other fine restaurants and places to stay. Some of the LP places that were recommended as good were truly horrific and I found others not in the book for better prices and much higher standards, and still travelers go for the LP recommended place. Find and befriend a local and talk with them and ask them questions, you'll be glad you did. You'll meet more people, see things you wont see in the guide book and eat foods you would never have tried. A friend and I went bike riding the back streets of a small town and were invited into a wake... which was really a celebration and we sat down to talk with the locals and enjoyed some of the finest food I think of our entire trip.
I stayed at some amazing places, met some wonderful people in towns where there was no LP recommendation for guesthouses and in found in Yangon one of my favorite guest houses in South East Asia (also not in the book), the owners of both places really touching my heart with their generosity and spirit (they went out and bought food for me because I'm vegetarian among other things) one even gave me a gift which was a wooden game (they give it to all guests I think that stay a few nights) with a little card inside 'I hope that you can travel overseas and see a new country every year' - how's that for heart touching.
Some points to note that aren't really in this book. With currency, the guidebook makes some off the cuff type remark 'don't expect to change any worn or tattered notes'... and I thought I've traveled all over Asia, so I knew what that meant. WRONG. Myanmar has a standard unlike ANY place in Asia. You can watch in horror (I took mostly $US100 bills to get a better exchange rate) as they hold your bill up to the light and reject it for having.... a 1mm nic in the corner (I'm serious), and you take it somewhere else and they do the same. You cannot use credit cards there save a few hotels in Yangon (and you have to stay the night at $150US to do so) and travelers cheques also are accepted in few places, and at a 20% discount. Without exception, the travelers I came across were - shocked - at how picky locals were with notes, even the government run places and services (they too will reject them should there be ANY potential defect and ask you for another - LP says you can often palm them off in government run places and services, this is rarely true).
So that I make it absolutely clear (the guide book doesn't):
You must take BRAND NEW $US bills with no smudging or worn fold marks in the middle, no nicks or indents on the sides and absolutely no writing or pen marks on the notes if you want no problems. Higher valued notes get better exchange rates.
(With smudging, I'm talking a note a few years old that has been folded many times and in any other country you wouldn't give a second thought to using them - you simply wont believe how people look over your notes). I heard horror stories of people having a bank in Thailand stamp all their notes (and they were all rejected in Myanmar). Be careful when changing also on the black market where people offer you a substantially better rate (most of the time, they will cheat you by taking money back, short changing you or something like that - it's like some places in Bali, some changers offer you a better rate but then short change you and if you pick it up they then want to add a commission, i.e. you will NOT get the rate that's advertised under any circumstances, it's a bait) and NEVER change at the airport (50% discount to the market rate). If you have problems, ask your concierge if they're good, they'll probably know someone who can change it for you (I seriously was facing a prospect of going to a major hotel looking for an American departing the country to change my notes that I thought were perfect - and I've traveled extensively in developing Asia).
Traveling can be hard (there are long distances, mostly early starts (5am ish), and transport can be bumpy and in some cases dangerous on very old vehicles with drivers that have little regard for their own lives let alone that of others (I'm talking accelerating into corners and driving blind around them in old vehicles) - ask a good hotel and befriend the concierge, they know the routes and forms of transport that are most dangerous (some for instance have deadlines where they have to be there at a certain time to turn around with another load of passengers and there are often accidents).
Internet is also non-existant outside of the 2 major cities and is so slow in most places in Mandalay its hardly worth using (I'm talking sometimes 10-20 minutes for a page to load). Moreover, the government blocks access to Yahoo and Hotmail (not Gmail) although some internet places have software that connects to external servers and you can access hotmail and yahoo through them. Also, you need to check current information for instance to go to the top of the country as you need to apply for permits in Yangon and wait (up to two weeks) for authorisation to go there, something that may not be practical to arrange if you've already arrived.
A journey to Myanmar is rewarding and enjoyable. The people are wonderful the country is beautiful and the food is excellent, not to mention cheap. If you can, try help out, buy some books for a school or a Buddhist monastery. Or go to one of them and just speak English so that the students there can hear native speakers. They pretty much only have old issues of many magazines and books there (dictionaries that can be 30 years old) and what is gratifiying to see is that they really love to read and learn and are very keen to do so - but you have to be careful about bringing that stuff in.
You'll find the LP guide to Myanmar a very handy reference, I just advise against using it as a bible. If you only go to accommodation listed in the top few for each town you will often stay in mediocre places (some of whom increase their price after an LP listing), miss out on the some of the best food and sometimes trade off lame entertainment (eg. the Moustache Brothers who had a whole half page write up in the LP and I heard not one good review from travellers) at the expense of truly unforgettable experiences.
I hope you enjoy your trip to Myanmar as much as I did.
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Buy the 8th edition........2003-03-17
I don't know why they still sell it here, but this is an old edition now, and when it comes to guide books - obsolete. Go for the 8th edition which is the newest (as for this date), and which I have extensively reviewed.
Derivative.......2002-08-18
I found the contents highly derivative; moreover, I prefer my guidebooks to be written by specialists in their chosen field. Joe Cummings may be a Thai specialist, but he is no Myanmar expert and, alas, it shows. Not recommended. Readers interested in Burma should try seeking out a copy of a book entitled "Shades of Gold and Green: Anecdotes of Colonial Burmah 1886-1948", which may be available through Amazon.
Plagiaristic twaddle.......2002-08-16
The authors plagiarised the Bradt Guide & should be sued for copyright infringement.
Plagiaristic twaddle.......2002-08-16
The authors plagiarised the Bradt Guide & should be sued for copyright infringement.
Highly Derivative.......2002-08-14
I found this book highly derivative & unoriginal & would not recommend it to anyone.
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Should you go to Myanmar (Burma)?
There are strong arguments both for and against visiting the country. We highlight both sides of the argument in our guidebook and believe that individuals should make a fully informed decision about whether to visit the country.
Read our full introductory chapter now
This chapter from the latest Myanmar (Burma) guide offers more detailed information in the following sections:
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- Reasons not to go v. reason to go
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Window on a Strange Land.......2006-04-03
This is the best handbook I found while preparing for my trip to Burma, although it must be noted that there is not a lot of competition. Burma's political isolation renders it attractive in many ways, not the least of which is that it has what seems to be a hundredth of the tourists that Thailand has. That in turn makes this handbook all the more valuable, since one doesn't have fellow tourists on every corner to turn to for help. Those who complain that the prices are out of date are being a little absurd, since even a doubling of the rate on a twelve dollar hotel (which is about average) still leaves it on the extreme cheap end of international standards.
Lonely Planet Myanmar's real strength is its discussions of Burmese culture past and present, within the context of a travel guide. Thus, while having great beach time at Sittwe, I could track down the birthplace of Saki (the writer, not the wine), and muse that British merchant ships were just beginning to come into its harbor around the time their influence in Boston was beginning to wane. I tried but failed to get into one of Burma's nature preserves to see one of the world's remaining free tigers. Not that they want my advice, but it seems to me that the military government could burnish their reputation and bring in tons of foreign currency at the same time by arranging tours of the domains of these vanishing cats. By doing so, it seems to me they could far outstrip places like Costa Rica, which are raking in billions of eco-tourism dollars even without the benefit of so-called "charismatic megafauna". Say what you will about the tiger, but if there's one thing it's got over the rest of us faunae, it's charisma.
In the course of my travels I met a guide by the name of Aree. She was from the vicinity of Mandalay, and specialized in the ancient capitals of the north. I didn't know any way of verifying her claim to be descended from one of the last royal families of Burma, but she certainly looked every inch the princess, in spite of the Kia she drove. And I can thank this Lonely Planet guide for the privilege of her company, since without the warnings on pages 54 and 106 against public displays of affection, I would undoubtedly have alienated her and had to traipse through the ruins by myself. As it was, I learned an immense amount from her about Burma and its history, all delivered in intermediate English with the Southeast Asian accent that is so charming. I recall in particular her spiel on the ailing Kia, which needed "a blake job and a toom up and a hando for door... all these things vely expenshiv". I can only hope my halting Burmese sounds half so winsome.
On the subject of language and pronunciation, LP Myanmar could be improved by the addition of International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciation guides in the glossary and for the major place names. It would be nice, when buying tickets in Yangon to know how to pronounce Mrauk U and Shinbithalyaung and Wetkyi-in. Still and all, it is mainly the reader who may be improved by a thorough reading of this excellent volume prior to a trip to Burma.
DO NOT TRAVEL TO BURMA.......2006-02-11
Tourism is an important source of income for the dictatorship in Burma, providing it with millions of pounds every year. Forced labour has been used to develop many tourist facilities. Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has asked tourists not to visit Burma.
Not helpful.......2005-03-05
I just came back from Myanmar. This guidebook is hopelessly outdated in regard to practical information. It is at least 10 years behind on current conditions which are constantly changing. The only useful information is concerning sightseeing but even that is inaccurate. The problem is that there is no other current guidebook in print.For hotels use the internet directrooms.com, asiarooms.com or asiahotels.com.
As good as it gets (under the circumstances).......2005-02-24
I toured Myanmar in January of 2005 using the 2002 edition. I discovered the new edition of 2004 too late. Still, the older version was quite serviceable--so good one hotel proprietor offered a substantial discount if I would leave the book with him when I left the country; he had never read so much information about his homeland before, and the book is unavailable in Burma(and a little seditious). I think some of the negative reviews above are a bit finicky. Any experienced tourist knows to check the internet just before his trip to get the latest on hotels, exchange rates and the like. No book can keep up with those protean details. You get a guidebook to guide you through the basics. Most of us go to places like Burma to see what has been there for 100s of years and not to find the latest in accomodations. Any hotel will have the information you need on further transportation. I would, however, like to see what Eyewitness does, one day, with Myanmar, but until then, any recent edition of LP is indispensible for touring the Golden Land.
Outdated but still useful.......2005-01-08
First and foremost, it is important to know that Myanmar is an extremely unpredictable place. Things do happen overnight. Laws can change suddenly. Exchange rates fluctuate daily (esp. unauthorized money exchange rate) With the promotion of tourism in Yangon and Mandalay in the late 1990s early 2000 (Visit Myanmar Year), new hotels were being built and home owners converted their houses to "guest houses" to accomodate tourists. Sadly, Myanmar did not receive as many tourists they would have liked or even predicted. Hence, guest houses shut down. Hotels are now typically empty. The Burmese economy is very volatile. Small (private) buinesses can go out of business, and can be shut down by the government w/o notice. I guess my point is that it would be really hard to write a tourist guide book for Myanmar that would seem up-to-date. I am glad that lonely planet has continued to write Myanmar travel book while others like Fodors have stopped. Best (if you could afford) is to hire a guide while in Yangon. The book is still an excellent resource for figuring out where to go and what to see, as well as what you are seeing. Just don't rely on things like train schedule, rates, hotels to find, etc. I still admire Lonely Planet for trying.
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