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Originally Posted by colebatch
the best maps for each country, are, perhaps not surprisingly, almost always available in the country in question.
Go there, then buy local maps
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I hate to disagree but in many of the world's developing nations it is virtually impossible to get maps of their countries.
For example in Ethiopia, I had lent my map to another traveller for a couple of days (he was desperate to study it), well his jacket got stolen with my map in it. We then spent several days in Addis Ababa trying to get another map - with no success- even the Irish embassy were trying to help and did not succeed.
In the end I walked into the UN Africa HQ, spoke very nicely and finally tracked down a Michelin map- just the one mind you in the whole building- on the wall of the head guy's office. Having explained our predicament, he kindly allowed us to get some copies made of the appropriate sections and then returned it to his wall.
So do not rely on getting maps in the countries you go to unless you know in advance they have maps available.
On a very long trip get them sent out via postal system to places you are going to if unable to carry them. Also whilst on the road I have often passed on maps to other travellers who were heading to places I had just passed through.
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