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| Colombia Flag International Soccer Tshirt Colombian Soccer Mens Tshirt Large Royal BluePosted on January 17, 2011.  Our T-shirts are made of 100% machine washable cotton blend fully-a cool and comfortable for him Every Time. Support your team and your Country!CommentsCollin Philogene says... I bought several copies of this guide for use on a business trip to Colombia.While the guide has a fair amount of information for Bogota, it does not have very much for other cities, especially those the writers deem "unworthy," such as Barranquilla.I found Barranquilla to be a wholly different city than the one described in this Lonely Planet.Also, after using this guide, it became patently clear to me that the writers do not and have not lived in Colombia.Everything was written from a visitor standpoint, instead of a local standpoint.I wish that the Moon Guides had a Colombia book, because that's what I would have used instead. Posted on January 18, 2011 Karolyn Akwei says... Eyewitness travel (my normal source) does not have a Columbia guide.So I did not know what to expect with this guide.It was apparent that the authors tried everything that a traveler would want to try in Columbia.They had important, up-to-date information about safety, excursions and cost. The book is well-organized with information by region and at times takes you through a day by day tour as if you are there.The book is perhaps overly geared to the budget traveler and could use more pictures, but overall I'd buy another guide from this book if Eyewitness does not cover another destination. Posted on January 18, 2011 Kacie Towsley says... I've been using Lonely Planet travel guides for over 15 years.When I read the reviews on LP Colombia, I just thought that the reviewers were being hard on Lonely Planet since it is the predominant travel guide.Since it hadn't let me down in the past, I thought I would give it a try. I just got back from Colombia and now I know why the reviews are so bad.This guide does a good job giving background information and history but heck, I can get that from Wikipedia.As far as what to see, where to go and places to stay, it totally misses the point.For example, it almost always recommends staying in the downtown of most major cities, even though these locations are often unsafe with little in the way of nightlife and attractions.In both Bogota and Cartagena, there are areas 5 minutes away from the town center with affordable places to stay and plently of sights to see.LP barely mentions these areas. The book told us that you need a week to absorb Cartagena when it can easily be thoroughly seen in a couple of days.Yet, other jewels like Taganga are barely mentioned at all.The book doesn't even metion some of the best hostels in Colombia including La Bresa Loca in Santa Marta and the Cranky Croc in Bogota.It felt like they hadn't done an update in years.Wish I could get my money back on this.Take a chance on one of the other guides over this one. Posted on January 19, 2011 Angelo Szerlong says... I've used Lonely Planet guides on and off over the years, and most of the time they are decent. This one wasn't. It was given to me by someone leaving and ended up being burned for heat. It wasn't even worth passing on. The two main problems are that it either lacks information entirely or has information that is false. Case in point, it says to negotiate for your long distance bus fairs. No one does this, it would have been akin to negotiating for the cost of your entre in a US restaurant. Colombia was great, just get a different guide. Or if you are a Lonely Plante die hard, go to a different country. Posted on January 20, 2011 Tiara Drumgole says... After waiting patiently for the new edition for LP's Colombia to come out, I feel horribly ripped off. Locals actually laughed out loud at some of the "statements of fact" in the book and the places to stay that were recommended were hideous, nightmare, fratboy parties full of Americans and Israelis. I thought I'd give LP a chance again after many years because of the timing of my trip. (Brand new edition, trip 3 weeks later). I feel like this was not updated at all. There are several instances of unclear direction and explanations (such as the Colombian street address system) and incorrect travel time estimates (Cartagena to Bogota 7-8 hours by bus??? It's more like 20-23 you jerks). One of the people that I stayed with in Colombia laughed when I pulled the new LP Colombia out. He said that there had been a scandal because one of the main contributors hadn't even BEEN in Colombia. I'm not sure if this true, but it certainly seems possible given the crap information and general lack of insight provided by the book. The book also completely blows off two major cities that were slammed by earthquakes, Armenia and Pereira. It basically tells you that they're not worth visiting and not to bother. The main reasoning for this is that they were impacted by earthquakes almost a decade ago. I met a couple in Cartagena who told me they had a wonderful time in those cities, so it made me wonder. I decided to go to both and was amazed at how off and dismissive the Lonely Planet guide was. Did the writers just not want to travel to these cities? What the hell??? It made me also wonder what Lonely Planet's saying about New Orleans? I wonder if it's just dismissing it in whole because of Katrina 4 short years ago??? Do what you want, but if I had a chance to do it all over, I would save the 20 odd dollars and NOT BUY THIS BOOK! Tourist leaflets and the internet were much clearer and more informative. Never again, Lonely Planet! Posted on January 20, 2011 Son Colian says... I happily utilized this concise and well written Lonely Plant Guide this summer (July 2009)traveling 20 days throughout the land of the emerald forests.It helped me find some terrific hotels and the information was quite reliable.Que siguen con el buen trabajo Posted on January 21, 2011 Charles Dadson says... I went to Colombia last week (Cartagena and the Caribbean Coast) and found this book to be totally lacking.I have a love/hate relationship with Lonely Planet, but this was the first time that one of their guides completely let me down.As someone else noted, a couple of days is plenty to see Cartagena.Also, for an edition that is less than a year old, I found the price listings for hotels and hostels wildly inaccurate.Hotels listed for $40000 COP would really be $80000 COP.The section on Playa Blanca mentioned the beach as good for snorkeling due toa reef right off the beach.Absolutely untrue, visibility was zero in most parts and when it wasn't there was nothing to see.Moon or Rough Guide next trip for me. Posted on January 22, 2011 Gwyn Reigner says... I've used Lonely Planet guides for more than ten years. Some are great, most of them are very good and some lack some information. But this is the worst LP guide ever. Do not buy it unless you want to feel frustrated while reading it during your trip or trying to use it to plan the trip ahead. Even the paper is thicker than the rest of LP guides to trick you (making the book thicker than it should). It's a skinny, devoid of information mock. Posted on January 22, 2011 Bernard Manwarren says... This book was very hit or miss - some sections were obviously well done - others included locations or sites that were closed or no longer around - just a sign that certain of the researchers were less than highly motivated. Posted on January 25, 2011 Otis Lockmiller says... Just got back from a trip from Colombia, and actually thought this was an above-average Lonely Planet.I've used LP more than I like to admit, and this one was actually one of my favorites.It was so positive on Colombia as a whole - Colombia has such a bad reputation within the US, and I found the LP"s overall country coverage to be so upbeat and positive that it rubbed off on me. All of the below reviewers complain that this LP is a bad one.And perhaps it is a bit of out of date in some sections, or their coverage of other cities/destinations is off, but we actually didn't experience either of these.Granted, we only really hit the more popular tourist destinations, so perhaps, the coverage was worse in other areas.But overall, I found it to be a great guide, with the only complaint that the destination coverage seemed a bit less detailed (less hotel, restaurant and nightlife recommendations per destinations) than it is for other countries, and we found the section on Parque Tayrona to make it sound far more confusing that it actually was.But nevertheless, I'd still recommend it.I'd be surprised if there are many guides that are better for Colombia. Posted on January 27, 2011 Leave a Comment |
