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Choice reviews of Lonely Planet: Colombia from Amazon.com {Gadling}
Apr 16th 2008 12:35PM I agree with Dan Harris. I have never heard of triptouch, but I like the up-and-coming www.vivatravelguides.com. I feel like it is doing a pretty good job of surviving the "travel 2.0 era." I like that I can find all the information they put in their books on their website and I can add my own reviews about places.
'Unethical' Lonely Planet author not really that unethical after all, though he wants us to think so for the sake of promoting his own book {Gadling}
Apr 16th 2008 12:29PM I agree with the other guys, I have been following this story and this is totally what this guy wants. It also really bothers me that now he is being asked to speak at Writer's Conventions and etc.... I feel like he should be black balled from the writing community, not applauded, because basically I feel like his book is bragging about all the lax ways he took while writing.
I am currently traveling around South America, I prefer to use www.vivatravelguides.com when looking for current information about countries down here. All of their information that goes in their books is available online, much easier to carry and cheaper... nice.
5 reasons to be outraged by the Lonely Planet fraud {Gadling}
Apr 14th 2008 4:37PM I am outraged! What I don't get is why on earth would this dude keep up travel guidebook writing for this long if he had such a distaste for it? Like Aaron says, "There are literally thousands of people who would love to write for LP.." It really makes me sick that he didn't just step back and give everyone else a chance. Instead, he is now getting exactly what he wanted: lots and lots of publicity. He is hoping to use his book o' complaints to earn him the money he feels like he never earned while travel writing. Just check out his myspace page, what a cocky dude. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=43567144
The thing is that there are so many careers out there that have a pay unequal to the work required, but people do those jobs because of the passion. I have a friend who has found a cool guide book and website to work for (www.vivatravelguides.com). She spent the last six months in Colombia, not having sex with waiters after restaurants closed.
