Lonely Planet Lao Phrasebook & Dictionary

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With Lonely Planet's Lao Phrasebook, let no barriers - language or culture - get in your way. Grab this phrasebook and take in the temples of the timeless city of Luang Prabang, ride a riverboat plying the waters of the Mekong River, or flop on a hammock at Si Phan Don. Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture& - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.

• Order the right meal with our menu decoder
• Never get stuck for words with our 3500-word two-way dictionary
• We make language easy with shortcuts, key phrases & common Q&As
• Feel at ease, with essential tips on culture & manners

Coverage includes: Basic language tools such as pronunciation, phrases for getting out and about, being social, food, safe travel, sustainable travel and two dictionaries

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet and Joe Cummings.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

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