The Rough Guide to Central America 2 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Rough Guide Travel Guides | Publication Date: January 1, 2002

This guide to Central America includes candid reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink on all budgets. Written by a team of experts on the region, it features coverage of Central American history and politics, culture, wildlife and ecotourism. Practical information is provided on a range of activities from exploring the flora and fauna of the cloudforest to diving off the coral islands of the Caribbean.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Peter Eltringham has co-written Rough Guides to Guatemala, Belize, Mexico and the Maya World.

Product Details

• Paperback: 826 pages
• Publisher: Rough Guides; 2nd Updtd edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1858287367
• ISBN-13: 978-1858287362
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,019,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Iain is a travel writer and journalist. He first hit the road during his university years, hitch-hiking around Europe followed by short forays into Turkey, Israel and Egypt. He then spent over two years travelling the world - from India to Honduras - in the early 1990s, a trip which included a stint in Tokyo teaching English. Skint and without a career on his return to the UK, he trained as journalist and then worked as a news reporter and a restaurant critic in London. Iain started writing guidebooks in 1997 and has worked for six publishers penning over 30 books for destinations as diverse as Ibiza and Cambodia. Iain's worked on titles including Mexico, Indonesia, Croatia, Vietnam, Bali & Lombok and South-East Asia for Lonely Planet. He's covered Guatemala and Central America for Rough Guides for 14 years, plus chunks of Spain and four editions of RG Ibiza. He also writes regularly for the Independent, Observer, Daily Telegraph and Wanderlust.

He'll consider working anywhere there's a palm tree or two, a beach of a generally sandy persuasion, a night club and a cocktail list.

After 18 years in South London, Iain moved to Brighton in 2003 and lives close to sea, within firing range of the city's wonderful south-facing horizon.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unreliable, sloppy descriptions, May 20, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Rough Guide to Central America 2 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

I have been traveling around the world for a while and this is the worst guide book I have ever used. The maps are inadequate. The information is far from complete. The descriptions seem to be more political propaganda than a picture of Central America. This book tells you what to think instead of letting you know what to expect. It took the joy out of traveling and it's lack of information put my safety at risk.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cental America, August 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Rough Guide to Central America 2 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

I found this book adequate for my needs of traveling from country to country in Central America over four months. It was lacking in some detail at points, but I enjoyed its easy to follow format and thought the maps were great. If you're spending just a bit of time in each country this is a great book to consider. If you are going only to one or two countries in the region, consider buying books specific to those countries. The format was easier to follow than lonely planet's central america guide.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cental America, August 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Rough Guide to Central America 2 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

I found this book adequate for my needs of traveling from country to country in Central America over four months. It was lacking in some detail at points, but I enjoyed its easy to follow format and thought the maps were great. If you're spending just a bit of time in each country this is a great book to consider. If you are going only to one or two countries in the region, consider buying books specific to those countries. The format was easier to follow than lonely planet's central america guide.