Adventure Guide to the Yucatan, Cancun & Cozumel (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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Comparing your book to Lonely Planet's - your book won hands down on every level. It was AWESOME! -- Erika Holm

Profiles 49 Maya destinations, excellent trip planning hints, detailed maps and advice from health precautions to getting around. -- Anton Newspapers

Your Yucatan guide is great.....Keep up the good work -- Bill Bell

Product Description
Winner, "Best Travel Book," North American Travel Journalists Assoc.

This award-winning guidebook covers many places not even mentioned in competing guides. Take to the mountain trails, swim in hidden cenotes, watch the sun rise on a beach near the ancient Maya port of Pola (where the authors celebrated the dawn of the new millennium). Visit Bohemian Playa del Carmen, or history-rich Cozumel, where the Spanish first set foot on the North American continent.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Hunter; 3 edition (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588433706
• ISBN-13: 978-1588433701
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #258,580 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful guide, November 2, 2000

By	Sasha Turkus (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Adventure Guide to the Yucatan, Cancun & Cozumel (Paperback)

If you are looking for something to do besides just sitting on the beach this is the book for you. I am just back from two weeks in the Yucatan, I bought this book mainly because it was so new. Originally was planning on visiting only Cancun and Cozumel, but thanks to this book I drug myself away from the beach. Went to Chichen Itza, Merida, Uxmal, Lotune, Ect, and was blown away!!!! I am now fascinated buy the ancient Mayan culture and old mexico.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, December 1, 2000

By	Ron Mader "Planeta.com Founder" (Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Adventure Guide to the Yucatan, Cancun & Cozumel (Paperback)

(From Planeta.com Journal) - Second edition of a highly-recommended guidebook to this fascinating corner of Mexico, a region which the authors describe as "a big hitch-hiking thumb." Their interest and hard work has paid off in both editions. The book is loaded with hotel and transportation info, great maps and interesting art work. Eco travelers will love this guidebook. The Conords provide full details on kayaking, hiking, rappelling, and camping in the region. They also feature more out-of-the-way attractions such as natural cenotes, ancient ruins and colonial towns. Of special note -- this is the first guidebook to feature a section on colonial era hacienda hotels , including both luxurious hotels and working haciendas where readers can experience authentic Yucatecan living in fine accommodations that are also economically priced. Indigenous artists in Maya villages are also profiled. As if all this weren't enough, the second edition includes a "Top 20" feature of things to do and see in the Yucatan. By far, this is the most comprehensive guidebook to the region.

45 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A guide for the Adventurous!, January 8, 2001

By	James Brumfield "Author 'Across the High Lone... (San Juan Bautista, CA, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Adventure Guide to the Yucatan, Cancun & Cozumel (Paperback)

I am the author of the thriller/adventure "A Tourist in the Yucatan" and I recently reviewed "Adventures Guide to the Yucatan." In my opinion, this is a "must have" book for the adventure minded traveler! Bruce and June Conord have done an excellent job in putting together the ultimate adventure guide book to the Yucatan. For many travelers, a trip to the Yucatan means mostly sitting on the beach soaking in the sun. The typical tourist only sees a small fraction of what this fascinating section of Mexico has to offer. Inland are ancient Mayan ruins hidden in the jungle and colonial cities that date back to the 1500's. Available activities are diverse from scuba diving on tropical reefs or into cenotes or caves to kayaking, camping, or just getting off the beaten track and meeting the "REAL PEOPLE." This book does a great job of outlining all the possibilities available in a straight forward and easy to read style. The introduction section should be very helpful to the first time traveler and there are lots of maps to help you find your way.