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Summary: Dissapointing
Review: Despite the promising title and concept the book is very dissapointing, bland and boring. It is hard to believe that Lonely Planet authors did not have more engaging stories to tell. I think Lonely Planet has lost its edge trying to be all things to all travellers. I mean who needs $300 a night hotel listings in the "backpackers' bible"? Most of the stories in this collection are tame and uninspiring. If you are looking for "disaster" travel stories, check out the collection of twisted travel writing Fortune Hotel (ed. Sarah Champion) available through Amazon's UK website. That is a fantastic book!
Rating: 
Summary: Almost Excellent
Review: I actually did expect more, and some of the stories don't live up to the usual editorial excellence of the Lonely Planet. The fact is, yes, some of the stories are not so frightening or horrible. However, they are all well written and interesting. The major criticism I have is actually that the cover says "stories by Tony Wheeler and other Lonely Planet writers." How did he get his name on the friggin' cover for one story, but the editor (Janet Austin) isn't mentioned anywhere. Austin and all the other writers are playing second fiddle to that. Otherwise, it's a reasonably priced gamble if you're looking for a good collection of stories.
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Summary: boring - a huge disapponment
Review: I am a regular reader and user of the Lonely Planet guidebooks for several Asian countries, and I love the way they are written and all the funny little comments and horror tales.I expected this book to be full of hilarious stories from around the world, but it isn't. Most of these stories are boring and lame. The good ones don't justify paying money for this book. Several of the stories are poorly written.
Rating:
Summary: surprisingly disappointing
Review: I sure was expecting more from a Lonely Planet publication. As other reviewers wrote--most of these stories were boring and not well written. I gave it one shining star for the story by Ryan Ver Berkmoes! He wrote an interesting story with a few snide remarks scattered thru-out. His was the only story, really, fun to read.
Rating:
Summary: surprisingly disappointing
Review: I sure was expecting more from a Lonely Planet publication. As other reviewers wrote--most of these stories were boring and not well written. I gave it one shining star for the story by Ryan Ver Berkmoes! He wrote an interesting story with a few snide remarks scattered thru-out. His was the only story, really, fun to read.
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Summary: Unimpressive "disaster" stories
Review: I was really looking forward reading the book, as the cover promises the reader some disaster stories from "the people" themselves. Well, after reading the book I can only say: if you guys call that disaster stories you have a boring live and how in the hell can you write such a good guidebooks?! For example: Tony Wheelers story about Mt. Kailash is entertaining and its great to read about Kailash as a destination, but the disaster he experiences is what I call not very impressive. Lonely Planet should stick to updating their fine guidebooks more regulary instead of putting their brand on inferior stuff.
Rating:
Summary: boring - a huge disapponment
Review: I was really looking forward reading the book, as the cover promises the reader some disaster stories from "the people" themselves. Well, after reading the book I can only say: if you guys call that disaster stories you have a boring live and how in the hell can you write such a good guidebooks?! For example: Tony Wheelers story about Mt. Kailash is entertaining and its great to read about Kailash as a destination, but the disaster he experiences is what I call not very impressive. Lonely Planet should stick to updating their fine guidebooks more regulary instead of putting their brand on inferior stuff.
Rating:
Summary: Unimpressive "disaster" stories
Review: I was really looking forward reading the book, as the cover promises the reader some disaster stories from "the people" themselves. Well, after reading the book I can only say: if you guys call that disaster stories you have a boring live and how in the hell can you write such a good guidebooks?! For example: Tony Wheelers story about Mt. Kailash is entertaining and its great to read about Kailash as a destination, but the disaster he experiences is what I call not very impressive. Lonely Planet should stick to updating their fine guidebooks more regulary instead of putting their brand on inferior stuff.
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Summary: An exellent book!
Review: This is a new book from Lonely Planet,and is an anthology of incredible travel stories written by contributors of their regular guidebook series. In short, this is an excellent read! I could not put this book down! All the tales are well-written, but the one that left me in stitches was the story by Brad Wong.
Rating:
Summary: Almost Excellent
Review: While purportedly a collection of travel horror stories, I couldn't help but think that I've routinely had worse encounters on my trips, and I'm not exactly an LP reviewer. Some of the stories are amusing, a few shocking, but most are quite mundane. My sense is that Lonely Planet had some content that they thought they could cram through their publishing channel. Don't get me wrong, I love their guides and enjoy reading about travels, but this book is not a particularly good value. The upside is that you do get exposed to many various cultures from far-flung locales in one short book.
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