Have y'all heard about the Lonely Planet Guidebook author that admits he's never been to the country he wrote about? Check it out: http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/news/article3746887.ece
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You may want to check both sides of the story....Lonely Planet's reaction can be found in news articles at http://tinyurl.com/68b8no and http://tinyurl.com/5npbgx among others. The claims are disingenuous at best, and issued by a writer who's currently trying to peddle his own memoirs.