Puerto Rico (Adventure Guide to Puerto Rico) [Paperback]

Harry S. Pariser (Author)

Book Description

Series: Adventure Guide to Puerto Rico | Publication Date: January 1997

This guide is part of a series focusing on outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, downhill skiiing, parasailing, backpacking, waterskiing and scuba diving. Historical and other background information is provided, as well as comprehensive travel details.

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Amazon.com Review

Harry Pariser crams a lot of useful information into a portable, attractive book, making his Guide to Puerto Rico both practical and user-friendly. There are hotels, restaurants, and how to get around, history, sea life, hurricanes and religion, festivals, music, and an A-Z of Puerto Rican food. The quality of his descriptions invite you to visit, and the quantity of details lets you enjoy it once you're there.

Product Details

• Paperback: 329 pages
• Publisher: Hunter Publishing; 3rd edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556507496
• ISBN-13: 978-1556507496
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,202,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT buy this book, it STINKS!!, September 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Puerto Rico (Adventure Guide to Puerto Rico) (Paperback)

I have never become so angry reading a book about my home as I became while reading this one. The book is full of insults and frankly,lies! I actually wonder if Mr.Pariser has visited the island. He put down everything,(even "the poor food")and made it seem like we are a miseducated, inferior people. His comments on how women are treated was so far from the truth it was almost hilarious. I have lived on this island all my life (in Mayaguez), and have yet to see a naked little boy running around, I am a devout Catholic and as many times as I have attended Mass, I NEVER witnessed any sort of "african ritual" during it. This book is the biggest waste of money ever, it would be better spent sending Mr. Pariser to Puerto Rico, so he could go, learn, and get to know its people, its beauty and everything that makes it "La Isla Boriquen". I gave it one star because zero stars was not an option.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book has no heart!, December 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Puerto Rico (Adventure Guide to Puerto Rico) (Paperback)

Having visited Puerto Rico many times over the last several years to stay with a family member, I am interested in what guidebooks are saying about this beautiful island. Pariser has given us a comprehensive list of facts and figures about almost every area of Puerto Rico which is informative. But there are a lot of negative comments, an apparent prejudice about the island and its people, and he has completely ignored some intriguing aspects of Puerto Rico, like the fact that hundreds of humpback whales come to Rincon each year to mate and to bear their young. I found it dry, stilted, and very frustrating. Not an adventure guide at all! He could have sold a simple list of cities, hotels, restaurants, festivals and done the same thing. Wouldn't recommend it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Both practical and user-friendly, November 20, 1999

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This review is from: Puerto Rico (Adventure Guide to Puerto Rico) (Paperback)

Get off the beaten path with the Adventure Guide to Puerto Rico.... In addition to the resorts and gourmet restaurants, the guide helps you find local eateries and inexpensive guesthouses.