Moon Handbooks: Honduras is full of nitty-gritty, firsthand details on all aspects of travel in this picturesque, unspoiled country. Author Chris Humphrey leads you beyond the standard tourist destinations to pristine beaches, diving spots, tropical rainforests, Mayan ruins, and mountain mining towns. He gives you details on traveling by bus, taxi, car, plane, ferry, canoe, and foot, and shares his reviews of restaurants and hotels in every price range. Moon Handbooks: Honduras also provides an in-depth exploration of Honduras' geography, plant and animal life, history, and culture, giving you the chance to see this enigmatic country in its historical context.
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This review is from: Moon Handbooks: Honduras 2 Ed: Including the Bay Islands and Copan (Paperback)
(From Planeta Journal) - This second edition by Humphrey revises the nuts-and-bolts information about traveling in Honduras and provides an entertaining read for anyone heading to this Central American country. This guidebook has great details about Celaque National Park, the petroglyphs of El Sauce and even an analysis of the country's maquiladoras. Honduras seems to have it all -- Caribbean beaches, coral reefs, ancient Maya ruins, colonial villages, and virgin forests -- but it takes a good guidebook to get you there. Independent travelers will relish this book.
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A Model Guidebook! Will be hard to beat this one,
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This review is from: Moon Handbooks: Honduras 2 Ed: Including the Bay Islands and Copan (Paperback)
This is what a guidebook should be like. I have traveled extensively around the world using many different guidebooks, but none have surpassed this one. Chris Humphrey has done a great job. He really understands the country and its people, and is a very good writer. This guidebook thoroughly covers the Honduran culture, customs, society, economy and history. It contains lots of interesting nuggets of information that will help you get more out of your trip. It also makes getting around and finding a place to stay and things to do very easy since the information is very accurate and up-to-date. Overall, this Honduras guide is hard to beat.
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Another hard-working Moon Handbook that gets the job done. Chris Humphrey has done an in-depth analysis of Honduran travel considerations and come up with a balanced and useful guide. He handles the basics well - his reviews and recommendations seem to be accurate and on the mark.I particularly like his more off-the-beaten track sidetrips - my recent trip there was greatly enhanced by some of the lesser-known tourist attractions. He also gives realistic, no-nonsense advice about health and safety issues. Honduras is, after all, a third-world country with a population that often suffers from health, poverty, and crime problems. Humphreys addresses these problems with straightforward common-sense but without being an alarmist about it. He also exhibits a very welcome aura of compassion for the less-fortunate, complete with suggestions on how to entertain the local youngsters. A fine effort.
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A growing number of foreigners are eating of the same lotus that so entranced short-story writer-and, at the time, fugitive from the law-O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) and his fictional consul Willard Geddie at the turn of the century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
north coast beach towns, few lempiras, comida corriente, unlimited shore diving, zona viva, vos form, negotiable fee, local campesinos, colectivo taxis, cloud forest, direct buses, banana companies, highway junction, downtown square, dive resorts, airport beach, banana industry, highway turnoff, dwarf forest Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Pedro Sula, Bay Islands, Santa Rosa, Central America, West End, Parque Nacional, Puerto Lempira, Sandy Bay, Hurricane Mitch, Pico Bonito, Sierra de Agalta, West Bay, Coxen Hole, Nueva Ocotepeque, United States, San Isidro, Peace Corps, San Esteban, French Harbour, Lago de Yojoa, Punta Sal, San Marcos, Honduras Maya, San Antonio, San Manuel New!
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A growing number of foreigners are eating of the same lotus that so entranced short-story writer-and, at the time, fugitive from the law-O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) and his fictional consul Willard Geddie at the turn of the century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
north coast beach towns, few lempiras, comida corriente, unlimited shore diving, zona viva, vos form, negotiable fee, local campesinos, colectivo taxis, cloud forest, direct buses, banana companies, highway junction, downtown square, dive resorts, airport beach, banana industry, highway turnoff, dwarf forest Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Pedro Sula, Bay Islands, Santa Rosa, Central America, West End, Parque Nacional, Puerto Lempira, Sandy Bay, Hurricane Mitch, Pico Bonito, Sierra de Agalta, West Bay, Coxen Hole, Nueva Ocotepeque, United States, San Isidro, Peace Corps, San Esteban, French Harbour, Lago de Yojoa, Punta Sal, San Marcos, Honduras Maya, San Antonio, San Manuel New!
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- Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry on page 1, page 137, and Back Matter
- High Jungles and Low by Archie F. Carr on page 315, and Back Matter
- A Guide to the Birds of Panama: With Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras by Robert S. Ridgely on page 25, and Back Matter
- A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America by Steve N.G. Howell on page 25, and Back Matter
- Mountain Biking (Action Sports) by Bob Italia on page 260, and page 314
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