Rough Guide: Vietnam Jan Dodd
Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Modern Vietnam has many attractions, says Tim Jepson, but one event from its recent past still looms above all others. ISBN: 9781848360846 | 632 pages | 16 Mb. Image hosted by Photobucket.com. This, more or less, is the gist of my Rough Guide to Vietnam. He has also written or contributed to the Rough Guides to Korea, Seoul, Japan, Turkey, Vietnam and Europe. The Rough Guide to Vietnam is the ideal companion for exploring Southeast Asia”s most intriguing destination. Other people on tour had the Rough guide to SE Asia book and we found this one to be more useful because it had better maps and more information. On a boat tour the next day to visit a fairyland of otherworldly limestone peaks, jutting from the water at sheer angles – Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular places in the whole of Vietnam as rough guide truly states. Wants to know, how I spend my time reading that book! This summer's new releases include The Rough Guide to Salsa (Second Edition) and The Rough Guide to the Music of Vietnam, both out June 5 through World Music Network. Well I went to Chjimes to have a drink and read the book. I couldn't leave town without trying cha ca, perhaps northern Vietnam's favorite dish, so I followed the Rough Guide's recommendation to Cha Ca Thanh Long at 31 Duong Thanh Street. ISBN: 9781848360846 | 632 pages | 32 Mb. Kit Gillet is a freelance journalist currently based in Beijing. Obviously I had not read my handy Rough Guides travel book carefully enough and didn't realise the Independence Palace was closed between 11:00am and 1:00pm (Doh!).