The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia is the essential hanbook to this stunning region, covering nine countries, plus Hong Kong and Macau. The region is rich with magnificent temples, outstanding beaches, spectacular hikes and enchanting towns. For a visitor on an extended trip to the region, this is the ideal guide, full of practical information on getting around within the countries as well as overland border crossings, ferry routes and local flights. The guide offers critical listings of the best places to stay, eat, drink and party - from five-star cosmopolitan luxury to rustic beach huts. There are detailed maps and plans for every region, making trip planning and navigating simple, with hotel and restaurant listings pin-pointed on the maps.

2007-10-23 Very Useful for those travelling to Southeast Asia

If you are planning to go to Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and/or Vietnam, this is the perfect guide. It is well desiged, with lots of detailed information for each place. It includes a section on the basic information for all the areas, and then goes into detail for each country. The bigger countries are devoted much more space, but there is a fair amount of information about the smaller countries too. I think it is a very useful copy to have if you are going to the region.