Adapter Kit: Mexico: A Traveler's Tools for Living Like a Local [Paperback]

Ken Luboff (Author)

Book Description

Series: Adapter Kit | Publication Date: January 9, 2002

Passionately written by authors who have taken the plunge themselves, the exciting new Adapter Kit series helps travelers extend their journey and live like the locals in select international destinations.

-- Hands-on tips for finding a home base while traveling -- whether it's for five days or five years -- in the most desirable cities, provincial towns, and rural areas

-- Well-researched information, such as estimated weekly and monthly costs, residency permits for longer stays, employment regulations, banking, transportation, health care, taxes, and languages spoken and resources for learning them

-- Commentaries on each destination's society and culture

-- Authors' thought-provoking personal anecdotes

-- Ideal for business travelers, students, military and government employees, couples, families, and retirees

-- Discusses Mexico's history, economy, and fascinating culture

-- Describes destinations from bustling colonial towns like San Miguel de Allende to beachfront cities like Puerto Vallarta

-- Provides tips on finding quality medical care, setting up phone and Internet service, and communicating in Spanish

Product Details

• Paperback: 249 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing (January 9, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566913519
• ISBN-13: 978-1566913515
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,094,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful advice, April 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Adapter Kit: Mexico: A Traveler's Tools for Living Like a Local (Paperback)

I liked the author's honest assessment of living in Mexico. It helped me to understand that relocating would be different than my frequent (and great) Mexico vacations. I especially appreciated the descriptions of individual regions and cities that the author believes offer the best lifestyle options for a new resident. This was a very thoughtful book and I know I'll make a better informed decision about moving because of the information provided.

35 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rehash without notice = ripoff, August 5, 2004

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R. L Tousley "Selway Cruiser" (Kooskia, ID USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adapter Kit: Mexico: A Traveler's Tools for Living Like a Local (Paperback)

Can Mr. Luboff, Avalon Travel books, or Amazon spell E-T-H-I-C-S ?
My wife and I are determined to move to Mexico. We have been reading several books about the process of making this transition and eagerly awaited Mr. Luboff's book. Having purchased (and enjoyed) his 1999 book, Live Well in Mexico, we figured, the 2002 Adapter Kit, would have more detail, and provide further assistance in our move. THE TWO BOOKS ARE ONE AND THE SAME!! Chapters were simply moved around, and 2 renamed.I don't have a problem with Mr. Luboff reworking his earlier book, but wouldn't it be ethical to state somewhere (on the cover, in the intro, OR in Amazon's write-up)that fact? I am disappointed. I have to assume Mr. Luboff has nothing further to say and forgot he had already published one book on the subject.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is really 'Living Well in Mexico,' 1999., January 3, 2005

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D. Keller (Sacramento, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adapter Kit: Mexico: A Traveler's Tools for Living Like a Local (Paperback)

This book (first published by Muir in 1999 as Living Well in Mexico) was merely OK the first time around, but this version is literally the very same thing, just three years older (it is true that several miniscule changes have been made, for example using "50" instead of "fifty"). Although I read another review saying this was the same book, I must admit I assumed it couldn't be true and ordered it anyway--a mistake! I'm sending it back even though it pains me to pay the postage.