South-East Asia is an incredible region for independent travel, and this is the guidebook that started it all. The 'Yellow Bible' made its reputation for reliable, off-the-beaten-track budget travel advice 25 years ago - this 10th edition remains the best, most comprehensive guide to an incomparable region. Covers travel in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma) , Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Features: visit Myanmar's dazzling Shwedagon Paya at dawn (p 515) ; check out the bargains at Chiang Mai's best (and oldest) Thai fabric market (p 753) ; ride an elephant at a Cambodian hill tribe village (p 116) ; sample Beerlao on the Mekong River in Vientiane, Laos (p 369) ; chow down at a hawker's stall, then bop till you drop at a disco in Singapore (p 674) ; recover with a 'hangover breakfast' on a fine Philippines beach (p 612) ; go diving or snorkelling and watch the sun set over the Lombok Straight (p 270) ; and spend the night at a traditional Dayak longhouse in Malaysia (p 472) .
