It rains in the rainforest

MONKEY MOZAIC
Colours and charms of beautiful monkeys in a magic place...and thank you for correcting the Guide Books.

We so agree about 'The Book'
Too many times we see people wandering around, their heads buried in 'The Book'. We sometimes refer to it as 'The Bible' as some people seem to be incapable of research or decision-making if it deviates from what the Lonely Planet says! You are right about some of the authors, they don't actually visit the countries they write about that often and rely on readers to update them on changes. Glad you had a good experience at Sepilok Jungle Resort, we stayed there and it was ok...we just had to wait for ages for our room to be ready, although we aren't sure why we were kept waiting - the staff just seemed a bit dizzy to be honest! Fantastic photos of the wildlife, they are really great.

Good point well made
When the last LP Vietnam came out, we looked at a copy to see what they said about Haiphong, the city we had been living in. The recommended hotel had been knocked down at least 6 months before, before that it had rats. None of the places that foreigners hang out in had made it in. It didn't appear that the writer had been recently. The problem, I guess, is that information in printed media is old before it goes to press. Plus, recommended places end up full of tourists and can rapidly go downhill if they can't cope with the popularity. 'The Bible' is good for finding information, but you need to use the 'inter-web' too. Glad to hear Sepilok Jungle Resort is still lovely. We went a few years ago and it was great. Under water with all the rain, but great!