Lonely Planet Unpacked

Rating:
Summary: Mediocre
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.

Rating:
Summary: Intruiging travel; good stories
Review: While travel "disasters" may be a stretch of things, this is still a good collection of stories. This book accomplishes what any travel anthology ought to: it intrigues and interests the reader, making one want to travel.