内容简介
Nobody knows Thailand like Lonely Planet. Our
13th edition will have you soaking up the sun on the island
paradises of the south, trekking among the hill tribes and riding
elephants in Chiang Mai, discovering the ancient temples of
Sukhothai and snapping up bargains or being pampered in a spa in
Bangkok.
Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart
of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is
packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give
you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
作者简介
China Williams grew up in the pretty Southern
town of Aiken, South Carolina, with romantic tales of her parent's
past in California, the state of her birth, and their 1960s
backpacking trip through Europe. Surrounded by this family lore and
a name too strange for the Bible Belt, China was destined to leave
her small town as soon as possible. Her first far-flung escape was
to Germany through a high-school exchange program. She attended
college in Annapolis, Maryland, a state below the fabled
Mason-Dixon line but north of the sweet-iced tea line.
After earning a degree in philosophy, she worked
for a small geology magazine in Washington, DC, during Marion
Barry's encore, post-prison mayoral tenure. Like a lot of
gen-X-ers, China escaped to Asia to teach English in northeastern
Thailand, an easy country to fall in love with. She backpacked
through Southeast Asia as much of former Indochina was opening up
to tourism. Returning to the United States, China settled in San
Francisco, got married and worked as an editor with Lonely Planet.
Later she became a freelance writer, commuting across the Pacific
Ocean for twice yearly trips to Bangkok for various Lonely Planet
assignments. She now lives in the subdued suburbs of Maryland with
her husband and son.