I bought this Lonely Planet book second hand in Jerusalem while backpacking through the Middle East. It traveled with me for over one (1) year through, Jordan, Egypt, Greece for 5 months, back to New York, onto Amsterdam then India where I hopped on a plane from Trivandrum to Colombo to finally step foot on the Island of Serendipity. Somehow, I just knew I would get there.  PS. I don’t have any authority to censor the 1600 year old ancient art work on this travel guide, but I will censor my own.  :)