Cambodia & Laos

Eyewitness Travel Guides

by David P. Chandler

"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Cambodia & Laos" is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. This fully updated guide includes street maps of cities and towns, plus unique illustrated cutaways, floor plans and reconstructions of the must-see sights.

Vibrant full-color photography will help you visualize your destinations as you discover Cambodia and Laos one region at a time. Detailed listings will inform you of the best hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops for all budgets. Explore local festivals and markets, day trips and excursions, gorgeous beaches and waterfalls, and find your way effortlessly around the region. DK's insider tips and cultural insight will help you explore every corner of Cambodia and Laos, as if you were a local.

"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Cambodia & Laos" -- showing you what others only tell you.

Genres: Travel

304 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2011

About the author

David P. Chandler is an American historian and one of the foremost western scholars of Cambodia's modern history.

Reviews

[Debbie Zapata · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dec 27 ~~ Another reference book here. I have been browsing through this book thanks to YouTube videos by a young man who explores various street food stalls in Cambodia. Marco and I love to watch his videos, and we especially appreciate when he puts subtitles and explains to his viewers the names of the different foods we see being prepared.

I never knew much about Cambodia, it was always just a name in the news to me years ago. I have learned a lot from the videos and this book: complex history, busy streets, nice people, interesting food. Well, to be honest, I am not much of a seafood eater, so I would have trouble with the giant river snails and some of the other dishes we have seen, but the variety of fruits the people eat (and the way they prepare them all) is AMAZING.

I am going to try to find on the map some of the markets and other places our video host has shard with us. This book is as fun to explore as the videos have been!

[Caro · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little sparse on practical details, but a nice overview of the region.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is always useful for planning where you want to go--lots of pictures! but I use other sources to decide hotels restaruants and transportation options. Still very useful when you are at the initial planning stages of a trip: Do I want to go here? What places in this area would appeal to me the most?

[Darius]

This tells the complete history, geography, and many more about this Continent. This is a travelers guide, so incase you go to Cambodia or Laos, this book will really be helpful. This tells the complete history of Cambodia and Laos. It tells about how the French ruled them, and which Emperors and Kings built the glorious temples in those years and how life hard during world war 2, until present day and what crisis and corruption is happening in those 2 countries.

[Cloay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Available in SG NLB 915.9 (Sengkang)

[Anna Wilde · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative about attractions and good maps, but the accommodation section really doesnt cater to backpacker budgets.

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great information. Spectacular pictures. Good preparation for a trip