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travel information the best in the world? It’s simple: our authors are independent, dedicated travelers. They don’t research using just the internet or phone, and they don’t take freebies in exchange for positive coverage. They travel widely, to all the popular spots and off the beaten track. They personally visit thousands of hotels, restaurants, cafés, bars, galleries, palaces, museums and more – and they take pride in getting all the details right, and telling it how it is. For more, see the authors section on www.lonelyplanet.com.

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Behind the Scenes

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THIS BOOK

THANKS

OUR READERS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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THIS BOOK

This guidebook was commissioned in Lonely Planet’s Oakland office, and produced by the following:

Commissioning Editor Suki Gear

Coordinating Editor Averil Robertson

Coordinating Cartographer Corey Hutchison

Coordinating Layout Designer Sin Choo

Managing Editor Geoff Howard

Managing Cartographer Alison Lyall

Managing Layout Designer Celia Wood

Assisting Editors Daniel Corbett, Barbara Delissen, Brigitte Ellemor, Penelope Goodes, Helen Koehne, Kirsten Rawlings, Erin Richards

Assisting Cartographers Karen Grant, Tadhgh Knaggs, Anthony Phelan

Assisting Layout Designers Barry Cooke, Jim Hsu, Wibowo Rusli

Cover Designer Suki Gear

Color Designer Jacqui Saunders

Project Manager Fabrice Rocher

Thanks to Gabrielle Clark, Owen Eszeki, Ryan Evans, Jennifer Garrett, James Hardy, Liz Heynes, Lisa Knights, Chris Lee Ack, Adriana Mammarella, Wayne Murphy, Darren O’Connell, Naomi Parker, Laura Stansfeld, Andrew Tudor, Glenn van der Knijff, Wendy Wright

THANKS

ANDREA SCHULTE-PEEVERS

Lots of good folks to thank on this one, including Kim Cooper and Richard Schave for telling me about even wackier places than even I knew, Carol Martinez for letting me hobnob at the Daytime Emmies, Bob Maguglin and Megan Rodriguez for reacquainting me with Long Beach, and Kenny G for showing me a side of Hollywood nightlife. A big round of applause also to my brilliant coauthors Amy Balfour and Andy Bender, to my superpatient and understanding editors Suki Gear and Averil Robertson and to Corey Hutchison for making some fantastic maps. And David, as always, I couldn’t do life without you.

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LONELY PLANET: TRAVEL WIDELY, TREAD LIGHTLY, GIVE SUSTAINABLY

The Lonely Planet Story

The story begins with a classic travel adventure: Tony and Maureen Wheeler’s 1972 journey across Europe and Asia to Australia. There was no useful information about the overland trail then, so Tony and Maureen published the first Lonely Planet guidebook to meet a growing need.

From a kitchen table, Lonely Planet has grown to become the largest independent travel publisher in the world, with offices in Melbourne (Australia), Oakland (USA) and London (UK). Today Lonely Planet guidebooks cover the globe. There is an ever-growing list of books and information in a variety of media. Some things haven’t changed. The main aim is still to make it possible for adventurous individuals to get out there – to explore and better understand the world.

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AMY C BALFOUR

I’d like to thank the Academy…oh wait, I mean, I’d like to thank Suki Gear for entrusting me with another awesome assignment and for kindly not mocking my thrift store neuroses. Big thanks to coordinating author Andrea Schulte-Peevers for her guidance, enthusiasm, and great cookouts with husband David. Thanks also to co-author Andy Bender for first giving me the Lonely Planet scoop. I also had the best OC and Santa Barbara guides ever – thanks to Allan, Megan, Mike, Eli, David, and Kelly. And a tip of the wineglass to my favorite road-tripping Memphis mama, Melissa, who’s always up for an adventure and game of slots. If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. And of course, the Apocalypse Gang for suffering through all my boring stories with nothing but love and encouragement.

ANDREW BENDER

Thanks go to Joe Timko, Kate Buska and Junvi Ola at the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau, Mark Graves of Palm Springs