Customer Reviews

National Geographic Traveler: Panama

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I purchased this book in anticipation of traveling to Panama in January. I was able to find every place we intend to go and also find a lot of useful hints for our travels. We have traveled to a number of countries and always buy some sort of guides to let us know what to expect and to help us plan our trip. This book gives a concise description of the areas without being too concise but also without being too verbose. I also have the Frommer's guide to Panama and much prefer the much more colorful National Geographic guide.

National Geographic is well known by the quality of their maps & their awesome photography; and this travel guidebook it's no exception. It's very informative without being too in depth. The pictures makes you feel like you're there (in my opinion). This one can complement the Moon's guidebook which focus is just the opposite. Well put together. Highly recommended.

This was a pretty good book. Popular with others, as I saw two more copies among fellow travelers. My biggest complaint is the effusive use of adjectives in describing things. More appropriate for the tourism dept. I just want simple facts. If it was pretty, say it was pretty, instead of saying the bejeweled expanse of powdery sand as white as gypsum dazzled the senses, and so forth.

This is a good book. Full of useful information, reasonably priced and up to date.

Panama is indeed an exciting and very multi-faceted country. This book details all national regions and is as good as self-directed books can get. Well worth the price.

The authors do get carried away with overly flowery verbiage at times, but I rather live with enthusiam than without it. And frankly having lived in Panama, I can appreciate why tourists and those who have just arrived can be overwhelmed by the variety and natural beauty of the country.

Hopefully after visting the isthmus, readers will be interested in studying Panama's unique and evolving history.


Dr. Mellander has written several books about Panama including the highly acclaimed, "The United States in Panamanian Politics."

A good book to familiarize a visitor with Panama. Books of this quality and written in English are very difficult to find in Panama.

This book has good basic information on each part of Panama, wonderful pictures and is an excellent second book to compliment a Moon Travel book.

Get this book and the National Geo waterproof Map and you are set for the adventures of your lifetime! Great book to go along with the map!!
Covers more than all the other guide books and is up to date (2/2009)!

I received my purchase (TWO ITENS) but I relly didn't understand why the AMAZON send each one of them in separate mailing. Despite of this unexplicable fact I had to pay much more for the second purchase, softer than the the first purchase. Why can't AMAZON send both purchases in the same mailing?

My order was delivered fast as it usually is from Amazon. That's probably my main concern as I can tend to be a little on the impatience side when waiting for something to come in the mail.
I also like the fact that I can use any credit card and don't have to go through paypal. I do not like paypal, so again Amazon meets my needs perfectly. AND outside of Walmart of course, they have some of the best prices.