Mexico & Central America Handbook 2009, 17th: Tread Your Own Path (Footprint Central America & Mexico Handbook) [Hardcover]

Peter Hutchinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 16, 2008 | Series: Footprint Central America & Mexico Handbook

From Baja California to the Darien Gap, Footprint’s 17th edition of its acclaimed guide to Mexico & Central America takes you along the Ruta Maya, through beautiful colonial cities and sleepy villages, to deserted beaches and lush rainforests, providing up-to-date recommendations for all budgets on where to sleep, where to sample tequila and eat tortillas, and the lowdown on all the region’s best fiestas.

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About the Author

Peter Hutchison has traveled extensively in Latin America and is also the author of Footprint Costa Rica.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1520 pages
• Publisher: Footprint Handbooks; Seventeenth edition (December 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1906098352
• ISBN-13: 978-1906098353
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,403,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for independent travelers, January 4, 2009

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Matt Ebiner (Covina, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mexico & Central America Handbook 2009, 17th: Tread Your Own Path (Footprint Central America & Mexico Handbook) (Hardcover)

Footprint does a great job covering this region of Latin America in a single volume. The pages are thin enough to pack a comparable amount of information as found in 5 different Lonely Planet guidebooks. The accommodation listings are succint but helpful, and the descriptions of the attractions are intelligently described. It would definitely be the book to bring for someone traveling in multiple countries. I have been disappointed with some of the Footprint guides for other regions of the world, but I loved their guide for Mexico and Central America.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't take this book on short trips to two or three countries, January 17, 2010

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Lisa M. Michot (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Central America & Mexico Handbook, 18th: The only travel guide to cover Mexico and the 7 Central American nations (Footprint Central America Handbook) (Hardcover)

We took this guidebook with us on a three week trip through Belize, Guatemala and the Yucatan and Chiapas Mexico. This guidebook covers too large of an area, with very little info about each place. It gives no historical background info. It only tells you the basics like where to sleep, eat and catch the bus. Our biggest gripe is the info on Semuc Champey National Monument in Guatelmala, one of the most beautiful sites there. The book makes the journey up there from the town of Lanquin sound like an impossible endeavor unless you take a tour, and state that there is nothing up there. THIS IS NOT THE CASE! We were able to get a ride up there on Christmas day and low and behold there were some great budget lodging options right near the site! I was so disappointed that we could have spent the night in the jungle instead of in town where people went crazy with fireworks on Xmas eve!

I bought this book after skimming it in the library. It does have a wide range of lodging options, but such bare bones info on the whole. Near the end of our trip I was tearing out specific pages so I didn't have to carry the entire thing around. Not a good choice for a short trip I believe.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good travel guide, December 10, 2009

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Ronald Stockman "Mexico Resident" (Xalapa, Veracruz) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mexico & Central America Handbook 2009, 17th: Tread Your Own Path (Footprint Central America & Mexico Handbook) (Hardcover)

This is a very good book, written British style. This is especially good for those going to Mexico and Central America.

For those just visiting Mexico, who want in-depth coverage, Lonely Planet is the best guide.

This one is a bit difficult because it puts pertinent data in other locations, making it a bit tricky.

The guide is very compact, has good basic info, and is in hard cover.