the old ones are the best?
if you can get very old LP guides they are quite interesting reads as you can see how much somewhere has changed, for example the 1980's description of Ashgabat as a dust filled derelict town was not quite the marbled splendour that I found in 06!
I don't take travel books with me as a rule of thumb (too much space), and it is noticable when you chance upon somewhere that has a good mention, suddenly there are other westerners that you would never had noticed otherwise.... good thing or bad thing I am not sure
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