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Growing up, my mom shuttled us between our home in California and her original home in Indiana. By age five I was ordering my family around O'Hare International Airport as we changed planes. Obviously the experience stuck as I've been traveling since. I worked as a journalist for many years, covering everything from wars to bars - obviously I prefer the latter. I've been writing travel guidebooks since the mid-1990s and have worked on over 80. I've covered places from glaciers in the Arctic to the beaches of Bali. From beloved Chicago to London to San Francisco to Melbourne. I've lived around the globe.
In writing my books, I try to be the good local friend every reader wishes they have, telling them both what not to miss and what to definitely miss. I look for places and details that you won't find elsewhere, which will elevate your trip way above the norm. And I try to have fun doing it. I hope everyone using one of my books has a fantastic journey, well beyond changing planes at O'Hare. Read more at www.ryanverberkmoes.com
In writing my books, I try to be the good local friend every reader wishes they have, telling them both what not to miss and what to definitely miss. I look for places and details that you won't find elsewhere, which will elevate your trip way above the norm. And I try to have fun doing it. I hope everyone using one of my books has a fantastic journey, well beyond changing planes at O'Hare. Read more at www.ryanverberkmoes.com
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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Laszlo Wagner
on August 27, 2013
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I had for editions given Lonely Planet's Indonesia guide 4 stars despite all its errors and shortcomings just because it remained the only practical guide covering the whole country, but this new edition is so much poorer than the previous one that it no longer deserves the same rating.
For a start, it suffers from the same shortcomings plaguing all new LP editions: far fewer accommodation options which are no longer listed ordered by price, maps less detailed, color pages on poorer quality paper, etc.
But the major step back is that content has been cut back seriously. This edition is 100 pages shorter than the previous one, and it shows. Entire islands and even archipelagos have vanished from the book, especially in the Maluku region, but also in Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi and Sumatra. Very little in the way of new destinations has been added to compensate for those losses. Editing has also changed in a curious way: The regions themselves, once listed in a logical largely west-to-east order are now listed in a completely random order, with the furthest and least visited region of Papua now in the middle of the book, before the much more visited and accessible western and central regions of Sumatra and Sulawesi. Oh, and it's full of badly misspellt Indonesian place names, too.
After all these complaints, do I have anything good to say?
Well, if this will be your first trip to the country, and you are happy to visit only the more touristy areas, you will probably find that this book still gives enough information for you - and definitely more than any other guide to the country.Read more ›
For a start, it suffers from the same shortcomings plaguing all new LP editions: far fewer accommodation options which are no longer listed ordered by price, maps less detailed, color pages on poorer quality paper, etc.
But the major step back is that content has been cut back seriously. This edition is 100 pages shorter than the previous one, and it shows. Entire islands and even archipelagos have vanished from the book, especially in the Maluku region, but also in Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi and Sumatra. Very little in the way of new destinations has been added to compensate for those losses. Editing has also changed in a curious way: The regions themselves, once listed in a logical largely west-to-east order are now listed in a completely random order, with the furthest and least visited region of Papua now in the middle of the book, before the much more visited and accessible western and central regions of Sumatra and Sulawesi. Oh, and it's full of badly misspellt Indonesian place names, too.
After all these complaints, do I have anything good to say?
Well, if this will be your first trip to the country, and you are happy to visit only the more touristy areas, you will probably find that this book still gives enough information for you - and definitely more than any other guide to the country.Read more ›
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Boris Josipovic
on September 9, 2013
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In some cases the data is not updated. Sometimes the author relies on the unchecked information. In addition to that and in accordance with what seems like a LP policy, it isn't as much as backpackers friendly as it used to be. Noticeable shift toward mid-range readers. Otherwise than that, the guidebook is ok.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Lisa Watson
on July 20, 2014
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I hated this book for two reasons: The content has gone down since the previous edition (ie there's less of it) and most importantly, the navigation utterly sucks. The only way to 'flip' back and forth (beyond the preset links) was to return to the main menu and navigate via the very-high-level table of contents!!! LP - PLEASE fix this flaw! It's so terrible, I'll never buy another LP e-edition until you fix it. Also, many of the offline map links went to the wrong map which made it even more difficult to navigate.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Michael Hayes
on June 27, 2013
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I really like using Lonely Planet for my travels. I am using Lonely Planet Indonesia as I travel in Indonesia at this time.
I am now on the Island of Gili Trawangan. I have Lonely Planet Indonesia on my Kindle.
I think lonely planet on Kindle is a bit difficult to use. Often it is unclear as to what section I am reading on the Kindle.
The Maps are all very Useless. Even when zoomed in they are impossible to read.
Information also seem to be abbreviated in some areas. The list of places to sleep seems to all ways be a short list and sometimes with prices for the more expensive hotels being in greater number.
Unlike the more informative paper back.
The picture that lonely planet Indonesia painted of Gili Trawangan is a party party town. I almost avoided this Island because I don't party any more, and how it was decribed. Gili Trawangan is a place one can come to relax or party. I have noticed very little of the party side.
I will continue to use Lonely Planet for my travels but I will be returning to the paper back copies because of ease of use and they give fuller information. I am heading for Sri Lanka in 10 days. I want to get the paper back Lonely Planet and pass on any more E-book copies.
I am now on the Island of Gili Trawangan. I have Lonely Planet Indonesia on my Kindle.
I think lonely planet on Kindle is a bit difficult to use. Often it is unclear as to what section I am reading on the Kindle.
The Maps are all very Useless. Even when zoomed in they are impossible to read.
Information also seem to be abbreviated in some areas. The list of places to sleep seems to all ways be a short list and sometimes with prices for the more expensive hotels being in greater number.
Unlike the more informative paper back.
The picture that lonely planet Indonesia painted of Gili Trawangan is a party party town. I almost avoided this Island because I don't party any more, and how it was decribed. Gili Trawangan is a place one can come to relax or party. I have noticed very little of the party side.
I will continue to use Lonely Planet for my travels but I will be returning to the paper back copies because of ease of use and they give fuller information. I am heading for Sri Lanka in 10 days. I want to get the paper back Lonely Planet and pass on any more E-book copies.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Maximilian E. Chaoulideer
on September 15, 2014
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People seem unimpressed by the lonely planet books for indonesia. Or for all indonesian guide books really.
My sense is that this is largely due to over-reliance on them. Particularly in a country with almost 300 million people, 15,000 plus islands, and a lot of territory which has only recently been explored for the first time (in Papua), I'm not sure how encyclopedic we want/can expect such a book to be.
Without preaching about the place of guidebooks however, I can say that for our trips within Java and Sumatra, this book did its job. It recommended a wonderful island and bungalow (Casa Nemo) on the northern tip of Sumatra (Pulau Weh), had maps when we needed them, and gave decent advice on food.
Most importantly, its information on transportation was accurate. Beyond that, one can always figure things out for oneself, but missing a ferry or train or bus because of false information would defeat the point of such a book. This never happened to us.
I'm giving 4 stars because some of the restaurants listed were either not there or not particularly interesting. Its also a bit too pricey. But charting Indonesia in a guidebook is an impossible task, which this book takes on rather valiantly.
My sense is that this is largely due to over-reliance on them. Particularly in a country with almost 300 million people, 15,000 plus islands, and a lot of territory which has only recently been explored for the first time (in Papua), I'm not sure how encyclopedic we want/can expect such a book to be.
Without preaching about the place of guidebooks however, I can say that for our trips within Java and Sumatra, this book did its job. It recommended a wonderful island and bungalow (Casa Nemo) on the northern tip of Sumatra (Pulau Weh), had maps when we needed them, and gave decent advice on food.
Most importantly, its information on transportation was accurate. Beyond that, one can always figure things out for oneself, but missing a ferry or train or bus because of false information would defeat the point of such a book. This never happened to us.
I'm giving 4 stars because some of the restaurants listed were either not there or not particularly interesting. Its also a bit too pricey. But charting Indonesia in a guidebook is an impossible task, which this book takes on rather valiantly.
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