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Superficial, prejudiced, full of mistakes • • • • • (bewertet mit 1 von 5 Punkten) Rezension bezieht sich auf: Lonely Planet Bluelist 2006. The Best Destinations, Journeys and Experiences (Lonely Planet Best in Travel) (Taschenbuch) For many years and many travels, Lonely Planet has been my favourite series for travel guides - I love that they are sensible, witty, full of information and usually include sights and experiences off the beaten path. So my expectations were high. So, what have they done? The book consists of two parts. Part 1 contains 40 lists with rankings of the world's best places for special things to do. Part 2 describes 60 countries. Let's start with part 2 which covers roughly two thirds of the book. The headline "places to go" is misleading, because here countries are described but not places. They have selected 60 countries and describe each country on three pages. However, the selection of countries is very strange. The list includes Belize and Uruguay, but excludes Cuba, Jamaica and Canada. It contains Vietnam, but omits Russia. The whole north of Europe is missing, including Germany. Namibia, one of the hottest travel destinations in Africa, missing. You see, the "Bluelist of Hotspots" is quite incomplete. Now, what is said about the selected countries? The first impression is: not much. Because they have just three pages with broad margins and large pictures to sketch a portrait of a whole country. The result is nothing but repeating prejudices, like all Italians have "that innate cat-walk gait" and "Don't mention the War on Terror" in the USA. A closer look shows a lot of mistakes in these descriptions. When you read the "defining experience" in France is "breakfasting alfresco on freshly baked baguettes, some fine camembert and a bowl of strong coffee" then it seems that the writer has never understood French living-style because the French would never have cheese for breakfast but a croissant, jam and a bowl of café au lait (otherwise they would be as obese as the Americans). To some up, these three pages are so superficial that they are virtually of no use. To the contrary, they stabilize common national prejudices. And they do not help to find travel destinations because they describe countries, not places. Let's come to the first part, to the 40 shortlists. These lists have titles like "most history per square mile" or "best places to see wildlife" or "best places to get naked". Again, the selection of topics is somewhat queer. Some of these lists are useful indeed (like "best value destinations", "best beaches") some are witty (like "places most like in the film" or "most gruelling events") and some are interesting for readers with very special interests (like "best working holiday jobs" or "hippest hostels"). However, if you look into the lists you will find that the practical value is low. Take, for instance, the list "best beaches". As every other list, it contains exactly ten destinations, nine of them are beaches in tropical countries. The bluelist doesn't help at all if you want to find a dream beach at the Mediterranean coast or at the U.S. East Coast etc. Many of these lists are just too short. There is one list "the world's best booze" which includes just one destination for wine (Burgundy, France - why not Bordeaux, the Champagne or the Rhine Wine?). On the other side, they list Becherovka, a liquor which is not at all unique because you find similar products in every European country. For Brazil, the national drink is called "Caipiroska". Obviously, the writer has never been there, because the famous Brazilian cocktail is named Caipirinha which is not made with rum (as written) but with Cachaca. I would have prefered one list with the world's best wine-tasting places and another list with the world's most interesting liquors. We can go on with strange selections: The ranking list "most remote places on Earth" is led by Death Valley - which certainly is beautiful but probably the most crowded desert on earth - exactly the opposite of remote. The list of foodie destinations puts the Greek cuisine on the second rank (very strange) but forgets the much more sophisticated Turkish cuisine from which the Greek cuisine is derived. I better stop. To sum up, it was a fantastic idea to put such a "bluelist" together. However, they guys from Lonely Planet did it poorly. I am deeply disappointed, but I hope that the individual travel guides from Lonely Planet remain as they are. Eine Rezension von Ein Kunde vom 3. März 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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