The Rough Guide to Kerala Paperback – November 1, 2010

Good,book,....lovely and helpful info..... The 'type setting' is quite small..so if you have trouble reading, this may be a bit of a challenge......but all in all a good guidebook.

Much better than LP's South India guidebook. It has lots of good info and decent maps. I should note that some of the maps on the kindle version are hard to read though.

This is a good, small guide to kerla that sems to include all the necessary information that. Traveller would need.

I have read the book from the library, an early version. I wanted to get the Kindle to take with me to India, assuming it was the latest version. But most of the info here will be completely out of date after 10 years...

Got this book for a trip. We have good experience with Rough Guide books. This one was pretty good as well.

I'll start off with the good which is the amazing restaurant suggestions. In every city it guided us to hidden little gems that were delicious and that we would never have found otherwise.That being said, on a few occasions the guide listed activities that flat out didn't exist. In Kochi it described a new mall and how amazing it was, listing it as a "must see" destination for foreigners. Problem was, the mall hadn't opened yet and won't for another six months (as of December 2012). So, the writers of the book never visited the place (unless they have a time machine) and pretended they did. In my opinion doing this even once is completely unacceptable for a travel guide and immediately removes them from consideration for use. Additionally, the suggestions on how to book a backwater cruise were completely misguided. It listed addresses of reputable companies and advised going to their offices to book a tour. Problem was, 4/5 places they listed didn't exist and/or had disconnected phone numbers. The only one that did was over 20 minutes away from Alleppey (the backwater hub). We wasted three hours going to places that didn't exist. We ended up winging it (something the book strongly cautioned against) and it worked out perfectly. Again poor research.Another mark against them is the completely inaccurate city maps whose only purpose was to confuse us; missing roundabouts and side streets = useless. I do blame them for one fight with my wife because I insisted we were following the map correctly (we were, the map was just wrong).Overall, in the future I might buy the Rough Guide as a supplement to other guide books but I would never rely solely on it again.

My mistake— I forgot to check the date of print— 2007- 23 years is abit too long for travel books. The book is in good condition.