Lonely Planet Baja California (Lonely Planet Baja and Los Cabos) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Just west of the Mexican mainland and south of the US border lies the Baja Peninsula - land of lovely beaches, remote deserts and crystalline waters. Whether you want to view ancient Indian rock art, surf off Islas de Todos Santos or savor the best margarita in Ensenada, Lonely Planet reveals the best of Baja on and off the tourist track.

• sleepy? where to stay from desert camps to ritzy resorts
• hungry? local cuisine from huevos fritos to lobster burritos
• active? diving, surfing, whale-watching and fishing hot spots
• lost? 38 detailed maps throughout
• no habla español? handy Spanish language and menu translators

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 5 edition (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1864501987
• ISBN-13: 978-1864501988
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #631,369 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Easily Readable But Lacking Correct Information , September 14, 2006

By	Chris Luallen (Nashville, Tennessee) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lonely Planet Baja & Los Cabos (Lonely Planet Baja and Los Cabos) (Paperback)

My wife and me chose this LP guide for our recent trip to Baja Norte. I actually enjoyed Palmerlee's writing style and his side commentaries on the Baja music scene and other topics of interest. However, there were just too many cases of inaccurate information. For example, Palmerlee says a taxi from Ensenada to La Bufadora is about $12 when actually the round trip cost given to us by numerous taxi drivers was $40. He then says (correctly) that you can save money by taking a $1 bus to the town of Maneadora. But from there, he says, you must hitchhike to La Bufadora. The truth is, as we discovered by talking to the locals, you can easily catch another $1 bus from Maneadero to La Bufadora. Thus avoiding the hitchhiking which many people, including my wife, would not want to try.

Another problem was that the hotel recommendations were too often off the the mark. For example, at the highly recommended Hotel Los Pelicanos in Rosarito we were taken to a dark, dreary room by a very unfriendly hotel receptionist. Of course, we chose not to stay there.

I know that prices change and good places go bad. But still this book just had too many inaccuracies for me to recommend it. In fact, my wife started saying we should read what the Lonely Planet guide said and then do the opposite. I think this was probably a bit of an overstatement on her part. But still I'm sure this is the last thing LP wants to hear from it's readers. By the way, Lonely Planet is still my favorite publisher of travel guides. But hopefully the book we purchase for our next trip will provide better information.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical and fun, June 8, 2001

By A Customer

Lonely Planet's Baja book is an excellent guide to the peninsula. I especially appreciated the detailed info on how to get around in Baja. The section on health in the front of the book came in handy after a small altercation with a manta ray! It was excellent for travelers on a budget. The descriptions of cities, places to stay and restaurants were all very accurate, but left enough room for our personal tastes to guide us to the spots that seemed especially fitting.

I felt as though once we arrived at our final destination there was a lot more there than was really covered in the book, but I guess they only have so many pages to work with!

This was the only book we brought with us, and it made for a great trip!

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars as comprehensive as a telephone directory..., October 9, 2002

By	Philip Greenspun (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

... and with about as much personality and selectivity. Like the Moon guide, a very useful book to have once you find yourself in Town X but not very useful for figuring out whether it would be better to plan a trip to Town X versus Town Y.