So, not all guide books are written in the way they would like us to believe?
If the outcry over a Lonely Planet writer admitting he blagged a little of his Colombia guide was anything to go by, you would think not.
Here are a few more thoughts we found while trawling the web today:
http://www.gadling.com/2008/04/13/thoughts-on-the-lonley-planet-scandal-guidebooks-are-a-sham/print/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/14/10?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
http://www.gogirlfriend.com/travel-news/thomas-kohnstamm-scandal-are-lonely-planet-books-still-trustworthy-10080
In Your Pocket guides do not have Lonely Planet's problem (sending writers to a country they do not know at all well). All of our writers are residents of the guides they write about.
More on this to follow. Watch this space.
