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A Visit to Don Otavio - A Traveller's Tale from Mexico [Hardcover]

Sybille Bedford (Author)

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Publisher: The Folio Society; First Edition edition (1990)
ASIN: B000GQWCU4
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds

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5.0 out of 5 stars laughing & learning, December 20, 2005

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I've enjoyed this travel book more than any I've read in a long time. Educational and enjoyable. Anyone who has done any traveling anywhere can have a good chuckle at the culture clashes that come from traveling in Mexico or any country where you're not familiar with the customs. These women weren't afraid of adventure and certainly found plenty of it! In spite of the frustrations of things not always going their way, they never resort to racial slurs or any real putdowns of the people they meet. And what a trip. They saw some of the most beautiful parts of Mexico before they've become over-run with tourists. I think the spirit in which they travel is something more people need when going to a foreign country. Go with the flow and everything will work out in the end. A wonderful read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Barefoot me., September 11, 2003

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Sublime. I am profoundly uninterested in Mexico, but it charmed my socks off. Wonderfully written. Up there in the clouds with Paula Fox, William Trevor, Alice Munro.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A visit to Don Otavio, or the pleasure to travel in his own bedroom., November 12, 2009

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No doubt one of the most satisfying book you could possibly find!

You go back in a lost world, you travel for almost free, you plunge in a pool of humor, you learn some history.

Your life will just got better.

Read or steal as they said..

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
The understated writing and excellent descriptions tell all about this 1952 visit to Mexico. Charming and entertaining. But I did skip the chapter on the history of Mexico.

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Don Otavio, Don Enriquez, Mexico City, San Pedro, Do�a Victoria, Don Lu�s, Do�a Concepci�n, Don Jaime, Do�a Anna, Vera Cruz, United States, New York, Aunt Isabella-Maria, Holy Week, Reform Laws, Madame Calderon, Santa Anna, Don Antonio, Don Masimiliano, Don Porfirio, Glass of Milk, Lake Chapala, Mme Crapaude, San Antonio, Sierra Madre

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The Plumed Serpent (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence) by D. H. Lawrence on page 31, page 294, and page 295
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Aldous Huxley by Sybille Bedford in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
The Plumed Serpent (Dodo Press) by D H Lawrence on page 31, page 294, and page 295
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