I'm not sure I'm pleased that the Lonely Planet mob have listed the south-west of my home state, Western Australia, as one of the "the regions to visit" in 2010 in their new guide on destination trends - I don't want everybody to discover it! The LP summary ends like this:The great outdoors rules, …
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My picks on the 2009 Travel Blogger Awards
Just a quick note to urge all you travel blog lovers to vote for Lonely Planet's 2009 Travel Blogger Awards, because the voting finishes up in a week on March 20, 2009. The nominees for the awards are pretty much all sites, people and blogs that I actually like and fit into my image of what travel …
Hide your Lonely Planet China guide
An entry in the "is China OK?" files ... The Age reported that travellers have had their Lonely Planet Guidebooks confiscated on entry to China. The problem is they breach Chinese law by making it appear that Taiwan and China are separate countries.I checked my 2002 8th edition LP for China and sure …