A little less lonely
10 June 2009
Just picked up the new Lonely Planet Middle East book, 6th edition, May 2009. Pretty much exactly the same page-count as the previous edition (700-odd), but coverage has shrunk to the core Turkey-to-Egypt countries plus Iraq – there chiefly for the Kurdistan section. Libya and Iran have both been left out this time – quite rightly; they don’t belong in a Middle East book – but rather than cut the book back accordingly and save 120pp, LP have instead kept it at the same size and expanded detail on the remaining countries.
An enlightened, reader-friendly policy.
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Hi Matthew. Congrats on the new blog. I recently picked up the LP Middle East too – ordered it thinking it was going to include the Arabian peninsula too, so was pleasantly surprised at the level of detail.
I know César, who did the Iraq section – apparently he had to lobby hard for them to include it, but I’m glad they did. Very interesting read.