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BOOK RECOMMENDATION for our mainland trip
Hi all, next year we shall be traveling by car down the coast of Mexico, all the way to Guatemala and Belize.
Good travel book recommendations needed ! any secret locations you know of (we shall follow the coast) ?
Thanx.
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BajaBlanca
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thanks ... I am looking forward to the CENOTES !!!
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check out Teotihuacan. i went solo in 91 on my way to Monte Alban on my way to Puerto Escondido, Oax. standing atop the pyramid of the sun is pretty
damn incredible. and to think the Aztecs found it in ruins.... i don't think we know to this day who built it....
you'll be glad you did!
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Teotihuacan=check. taxis, zocalo, park = check.
thanks ... still need more ideas, also a good place to stay area-wise. we will also be traveling south - as far as guatemala and belize...maybe...
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check out peurto escondido, oax. the mexican pipeline (in summer months)!
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I know that you are totally capable of doing your own on line search, but this is one site that is helpful.
http://www.allaboutmexicocity.com/
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thanks for the link !!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Teotihuacan=check. taxis, zocalo, park = check.
thanks ... still need more ideas, also a good place to stay area-wise. we will also be traveling south - as far as guatemala and belize...maybe...
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just returned from 3 weeks in Huatulco, Oaxaca. The neigboring village is La Crucecita with about 33k
residents. It is beatiful, clean, no graffiti or gangs and lots of places to stay.
Bob Durrell
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My wife and I have flown our airplane to guatemala city twice now. some places we liked were, Antigua, Panachel (spelling) on lake Atitlan, across the
lake on boat to Santiago (with big market place on weekends i think) also Tikal was very interesting. we stayed at the Jungle lodge walking distance
to the ruins.
Don
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BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Need a good book on mainland mexico travel - any recommendations ? I would also like to know about online sites for mainland, if anyone knows of one.
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"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." 
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God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre by Richard Grant
or his 2 other books
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Need a good book on mainland mexico travel - any recommendations ? ... |
Can't help you on the on-line sites.
Are you planning back-country travel or just keeping to the roads most travelled?
AAA has a simple and typical auto-club guide book. I like the Eyewitness Travel and Footprint guides for general information as well as
off-the-beaten-path suggestions.
If you're looking for something more into the remote roads, I have a couple of recommendations there also.
Allen R
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Here ya go, Blanca: http://www.peoplesguide.com/mexico/
I have used this for 30 years. It is very informative and is a real hoot to read. Lots of anecdotal stories.
Upon navigating the website, I noticed that they seemed to cease updating in 2005. Not sure if the book is still in print, but the website is still
up. It is "different" than the usual travel guides. You will really enjoy it.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by McRV6A
My wife and I have flown our airplane to guatemala city twice now. some places we liked were, Antigua, Panachel (spelling) on lake Atitlan, across the
lake on boat to Santiago (with big market place on weekends i think) also Tikal was very interesting. we stayed at the Jungle lodge walking distance
to the ruins.
Don |
Don,
Are you flying your RV6 to those places? I got a ride in one last spring, out of the Hotel Serenidad in Mulege. The owner/pilot was a guy named
Dennis. What a ride!
For those who don't know what an RV6 is, it is a small stunt plane of the "experimental" class. If you ever get the chance, make sure your breakfast
has had a chance to digest.  
I know the areas of Guatemala that you traveled to. I have been there many times. Lake Atitlan is beautiful! (You spelled Panachel correctly). I was
there for the huge earthquake in 1976...a 7.6. It really devastated the country...a National Geographic feature.
I wrote an article for a San Francisco Bay Area newspaper and also published photos of some of the devastation.
Oops! Skipjack caught it. It is Panajachel. I knew that but for some reason, I didn't even see the omission of the third syllable, (ja).
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I cant speak for mainland Mexico specifically, but the guide books by Moon Publications and Lonely Planet are always the best ones, IMO. This opinion
comes from spending lots of time in Barnes and Noble and BBM, thumbing through them all. They give the biggest variety of lodging and eating
locations; good for all budgets. They also do a better job of recreation, especially active recreation. I have always felt they were for more mobile
travelers than Fodors, Frommers, etc.
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OK, Blanca....This will keep you entertained:
ANTIGUA CALIFORNIA
Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697 - 1768
by Harry Crosby
http://tinyurl.com/28p6yan
OOOOPS....Just saw that "mainland" part.
Oh well...I'll leave this up.
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DENNIS
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OK, Blanca.....I had to dig around my bookshelves and I found another I know you'll enjoy:
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MEXICO
by Earl Shorris
http://tinyurl.com/2aj3g3m
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
I cant speak for mainland Mexico specifically, but the guide books by Moon Publications and Lonely Planet are always the best ones, IMO. ...
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I concur with Hook on the Moon publication. I have reservations about Lonely Planet. We were using one for a trip to Africa (South Africa, Namibia,
and Botswana) and the South Africa (6th ed.) was just, flat-out, dead wrong in a couple of critical places.
It was almost as though the writer hadn't even been to the lodges. Upon return to the U.S. I queried LP, and they didn't respond to my questions.
They (LP, that is) do include in their guides book tons of good background information though, and I agree with Hook about the 'active recreation'
part.
Allen R
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