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©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Southeast Asia on a shoestring Myanmar (Burma) Laos p479 p314 Thailand Vietnam p643 p812 Cambodia Philippines p68 p545 Brunei Darussalam Malaysia p56 p380 Singapore p609 Indonesia p151 Timor-Leste p789 THIS EDITION WRITTEN AND RESEARCHED BY Nick Ray, Isabel Albiston, Greg Bloom, Ria de Jong, David Eimer, Sarah Reid, Simon Richmond, Iain Stewart, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Richard Waters, China Williams PLAN YOUR TRIP ON THE ROAD Welcome to BRUNEI INDONESIA . 151 Southeast Asia . 6 DARUSSALAM . 56 Java . 153 Southeast Asia Map . 8 Bandar Seri Begawan . 59 Jakarta . 154 Southeast Asia’s Temburong District . 64 Bogor . 166 Top 20 . 10 Bangar . 64 Bandung . 168 Need to Know . 20 Ulu Temburong Pangandaran . 169 First Time National Park . 64 Batu Karas . 171 Southeast Asia . 22 Understand Brunei Wonosobo . 171 Darussalam . 65 If You Like… . 24 Dieng Plateau . 172 Survival Guide . 66 Month by Month . 27 Yogyakarta . 173 Itineraries . 31 CAMBODIA . 68 Prambanan . 179 Borobudur . 181 Big Adventures, Small Phnom Penh . 72 Budgets . 40 Solo (Surakarta) . 182 Koh Dach . 86 Malang & Around . 185 Activities . 42 Tonlé Bati . 86 Gunung Bromo . 187 Countries at a Glance . 52 Phnom Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary . 87 Bondowoso . 189 Siem Reap & the Ijen Plateau . 189 MATT MUNRO/LONELY PLANET © PLANET MUNRO/LONELY MATT Temples of Angkor . 87 Banyuwangi . 191 Siem Reap . 89 Bali . 192 Temples of Angkor . 101 Kuta & Seminyak . 195 Northwestern Canggu & Around . 201 Cambodia . 106 Bukit Peninsula . .202 Battambang . 106 Denpasar . 205 Kompong Thom . .. 111 Sanur . 207 South Coast . 113 Nusa Lembongan . 207 Koh Kong City . 113 Ubud . 208 Koh Kong Conservation Corridor . 115 East Coast Beaches . 216 MACAQUES, UBUD P208 Sihanoukville . 116 Semarapura (Klungkung) . 216 Southern Islands . 122 Sidemen Road . 216 Kampot . 124 PRESSDIGITAL/LONELY PLANET © PLANET PRESSDIGITAL/LONELY Padangbai . 216 Bokor Hill Station . 127 Candidasa . 218 Kep . 127 Tirta Gangga . 218 Eastern Cambodia . 128 Gunung Batur Area . 218 Kompong Cham . 129 Danau Bratan Area . 219 Kratie . 130 Munduk . 219 Stung Treng . 132 Lovina & the North . 220 Ratanakiri Province . 132 Southwest Bali . 221 Mondulkiri Province . 136 West Bali . 221 Understand Pemuteran . .. 222 Cambodia . 139 RICE PADDY, LUANG Nusa Tenggara . 223 NAMTHA P350 Survival Guide . 144 Contents Lombok . 223 Baliem Valley . .. 297 Kangar . 414 Gili Islands . .. 230 Sorong . 299 Pulau Langkawi . 414 Sumbawa . 237 Raja Ampat Islands . 299 Peninsular Malaysia – Komodo & Rinca . 239 Understand South & East Coast . 416 Flores . 241 Indonesia . 300 Johor Bahru . 416 West Timor . 248 Survival Guide . 307 Mersing . 417 Sumba . 250 Pulau Tioman . 418 Sumatra . 253 LAOS . 314 Kuantan . 421 Padang . 255 Vientiane . 318 Cherating . 422 Bukittinggi . .. 258 Northern Laos . 328 Kuala Terengganu . .422 Danau Maninjau . 261 Vang Vieng . 328 Kuala Besut . 424 Danau Toba . 262 Luang Prabang . 333 Pulau Perhentian . 424 Berastagi . 265 Nong Khiaw . 341 Kota Bharu . 426 Medan . 267 Muang Ngoi Neua . 343 Peninsular Interior . 428 Bukit Lawang . 270 Phonsavan . 344 Jerantut . 428 Tangkahan . 271 Plain of Jars . 347 Taman Negara . 429 Banda Aceh . 272 Sam Neua . .. 347 Malaysian Borneo – Sabah . 432 Pulau Weh . 273 Vieng Xai . 348 Kota Kinabalu . 432 Kalimantan . 274 Udomxai . 349 Luang Namtha . .. 350 Mt Kinabalu & Kinabalu West & Central National Park . 440 Huay Xai . 354 Kalimantan . 276 Sandakan . 442 East Kalimantan . 278 Central & Southern Laos . 356 Sepilok . 444 Pulau Derawan . 279 Route 8 to Lak Sao . 356 Sungai Kinabatangan . 445 Sulawesi . 279 Tha Khaek . 357 Semporna . 446 Makassar Semporna Archipelago . 448 (Ujung Padang) . 281 Savannakhet . 360 Pulau Labuan . 449 Tana Toraja . 283 Pakse . .. 362 Champasak . 366 Malaysian Borneo – Tentena . 287 Sarawak . 450 Poso . 287 Si Phan Don (Four Thousand Islands) . 367 Kuching . 450 Ampana . 287 Understand Laos . 372 Sibu . 460 Togean Islands . 288 Survival Guide . 375 Batang Rejang . 461 Gorontalo . 288 Bintulu . 463 Manado . 289 MALAYSIA . 380 Niah National Park . 463 Pulau Bunaken . 290 Kuala Lumpur . 383 Lambir Hills Tomohon . 290 National Park . 464 Peninsular Malaysia – Maluku . 290 West Coast . 394 Miri . 464 Pulau Ambon . 291 Melaka . 394 Gunung Mulu National Park . 466 Banda Islands . 292 Cameron Highlands . .. 401 Kelabit Highlands . .. 468 Papua (Irian Jaya) . 294 Ipoh . 403 Understand Malaysia . 469 Jayapura . 294 Penang . 404 Survival Guide . 474 Sentani . 296 Alor Setar . 413 ON THE ROAD MYANMAR Legazpi . 567 Mae Sariang . 710 (BURMA) . 479 Mindoro . 569 Western Thailand . 710 Yangon . 482 Puerto Galera . 569 Kanchanaburi . 711 The Delta, West Coast Roxas . 572 Sangkhlaburi . 714 Beaches & The Visayas . 572 Mae Sot . 715 North Of Yangon . 494 Boracay . 573 Northeastern Pathein . 494 Negros . 578 Thailand . 717 Bago . 496 Siquijor . 580 Nakhon Taungoo . 497 Ratchasima (Khorat) . 717 Cebu . 580 Pyay . 497 Khao Yai National Park . 719 Bohol . 587 Southeastern Phanom Rung Myanmar . 498 Mindanao . 589 Historical Park . 720 Mt Kyaiktiyo Siargao . 590 Surin . 721 (Golden Rock) . 498 Palawan . 592 Ubon Ratchathani . 722 Mawlamyine . 499 Puerto Princesa . 592 Mukdahan . 723 Bilu Kyun . 500 Sabang . 594 Nakhon Phanom . 723 Hpa-An . 501 Port Barton . 595 That Phanom . 725 Dawei . .. 502 El Nido . 596 Nong Khai . 725 Inle Lake & Coron . 598 Eastern Gulf Coast . 727 Shan State . 503 Understand Ko Samet . 728 Inle Lake & Philippines . 599 Chanthaburi & Trat . 728 Nyaungshwe . 503 Survival Guide . .604 Pindaya . 506 Ko Chang . 730 Southern Gulf Coast . 734 Kalaw . .. 506 SINGAPORE . 609 Hua Hin . 734 Kyaingtong . 508 Understand Mandalay & Around . 509 Singapore . 637 Prachuap Khiri Khan . 736 Mandalay . 509 Survival Guide . 639 Chumphon . 737 Pyin Oo Lwin . 518 Ko Samui . 738 Hsipaw . 520 THAILAND . 643 Ko Pha-Ngan . 743 Ko Tao . 748 Bagan & Around . 521 Bangkok . 645 Surat Thani . 752 Bagan . 521 Central Thailand . 671 Hat Yai . 753 Monywa . .. 530 Ayuthaya . 671 The Andaman Coast . 754 Western Myanmar . 530 Lopburi . 676 Ranong . 754 Sittwe . 530 Phitsanulok . 678 Ko Chang . 755 Mrauk U . 532 Sukhothai . 679 Ko Phayam . 756 Understand Myanmar . 534 Kamphaeng Phet . 684 Survival Guide . 539 Khao Sok Northern Thailand . 685 National Park . 757 Chiang Mai . 685 Hat Khao Lak & PHILIPPINES . 545 Chiang Rai . 698 Around . 757 Luzon . 547 Golden Triangle . 703 Surin Islands Marine Manila . .. 547 Pai . 706 National Park . 758 The Cordillera . 562 Mae Hong Son . 708 Similan Islands Marine Vigan . 567 National Park . 759 Contents UNDERSTAND Phuket . 759 Dien Bien Phu . 841 Southeast Asia Krabi Town . 767 North-Central Today . 916 Railay . .. 768 Vietnam . 842 History . 918 Ninh Binh . 842 Ko Phi-Phi . .. 770 People & Culture . 922 Ko Lanta . 772 Cuc Phuong National Park . 843 Ko Tarutao Marine National Park . 774 Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park . 846 Understand Thailand . 775 Hue . 849 Survival Guide . 782 Danang . 859 Hoi An . .. 863 TIMOR-LESTE . 789 Southeast Coast . 869 Dili . 792 Nha Trang . 869 Atauro Island . 798 Mui Ne . 875 East of Dili . 799 Southwest Highlands . 878 Baucau . 799 Dalat . 878 South of Baucau . 800 SURVIVAL Ho Chi Minh City Southeast of Baucau . 800 (Saigon) . 882 GUIDE East of Baucau . 800 Cu Chi . 893 West of Dili . 801 Tay Ninh . 894 Responsible Travel . 930 South of Dili . 802 Mekong Delta . 894 Directory A–Z . 934 Maubisse . 802 Vinh Long . 894 Transport . 939 Hatubuilico & Can Tho . 894 Mt Ramelau . 802 Chau Doc . 896 Health . 946 Same & Betano . 802 Ha Tien . 896 Language . 953 Suai . .. 803 Phu Quoc Island . 897 Oecussi . 803 Index . 962 Understand Vietnam . 900 Understand Map Legend.