Fantastic that Bamboo Heart won Book of the Lunar Year – Year of the Horse – announced yesterday on the Asianbooksblog with further information on comments received by voters posted today… Book of the Lunar Year: full results As announced yesterday Bamboo Heart by Ann Bennett has won the poll to find Asian Books Blog’s Book of the Lunar Year. Most people simply voted, but some included comments explaining why they’d made their choice. Here are some comments typical of those m

Lonely Planet tweeted a picture of all my guide books last week. We love receiving pictures from LP travellers. Check out @annbennett71's impressive collection of guides! #travel pic.twitter.com/wL7DdxjYpi — Lonely Planet (@lonelyplanet) November 14, 2014 Anyway,  that got me browsing through the old Lonely Planet  Thailand guide by Joe Cummings that I used on my 1985 and 1987-88 trips. The 1985 trip was with Trailfinders -(they catered to budget travellers then); the Bangko