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The Rough Guide to China (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

By: David Leffman Simon Lewis
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd
ISBN: 1843538725
ISBN-13: 9781843538721
Released: 01 Apr 2008
RRP: £18.99
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worth taking along, but consider the lonely planet if on a budget - By: vanquish, 20 Oct 2008
i hired out both this & the lonely planet from the local library before buying & decided on the rough guide as i prefered the writing style, which seemed to make it a lot more readable & less factual than the lonely planet.

however once using it i found that it was wrong on a couple of occasions (with trains & comments on an attraction)and that it didnt list anywhere near enough hostels. having had the lonely planet (2006 version) for south east asia which i travelled just before china, i found it a lot more helpful as a backpacker on a budget. & didnt fill the book with hotels & resteraunts way out of the average travellers budget unlike the rough guide.

now this is NOT to say that the lonely planet is perfect as you soon find that these guide books reallly are to be used loosely, but on several occasions i found myself with other people trying to suss out a hostel or a route & those with lonely planets always seemed to come up with more useful information or better recommendations.

it was still useful at times & i totallly recommend a guide book for china but the popular lonely planet is probably your best choice. however they tend to make their listed hostels pretty packed, so i recommend picking up a hostelling international leaflet that lists alll of them in China, this proved to be a lot more accesible & suggested some hostels that didnt have that 'lonely planet route' feel to it! (you should be able to pick them up in any hostelling international accreddited hostel or just use the website)

hope this helps