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 enlarge | Author: John., Wayne Bernhardson, Tom Brosnahan And Others. Noble
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
Buy Used: £0.30
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 2070075
Format: Import
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1016
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0864424299
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.204
EAN: 9780864424297
ASIN: 0864424299
Publication Date: 1998
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Clean and fresh, this book has all pages intact, no tears, handwriting, or rips. It truly is in excellent condition.
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 for uni work December 18, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
i used this book quite a lot during my travel and tourism course.
i found it very useful
i like lonely planet books and think they are the best explained and most useful travel guides
American Authorship Team Bias August 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a life sentence user of LP products and generally find them an essential independent travel aid. I was disappointed in the Mexico (10th Ed)which I found to have many inaccuracies in its Oaxaca section, which have been reprinted from earlier editions without being factually updated, and in general the positive enthusiasm for Mexican food is ILL founded, as I found it, ( and confirmed with other european travellers) to be amongst the worst food anywhere, from a safety & hygiene, variety and value perspective. Usually LP is spot on, but wondering why this book was not, I realized that the authorship team is entirely American, (where ideas about food, are different from Europe) who are necessarily very accustomed to Mexican fare (and are inspired by it). Europeans by contrast may well find this to not be the case. Billy Connolly's jokes about Mexican food being just a series of names for tortillas folded in different ways is closer to the mark. Watch out for low volume eateries of all standards, it means the food has been hanging around for a long time...
 Not up to the usual LP standard February 26, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Im a big fan of LP as it usually has all the info you need for transport, hotels, things to see etc
This edition was a bit a let down though. Specifically it failed to list many of the cheap hostels and many descriptions are way out. To give just one example (and there are many more that I cant be bothered to list them all), a look on hostelworld shows 4 hostels in both Playa del Carmen and Merida but LP only lists 1. The Playa hostel is decribed as "unusually quiet" - in fact it has young backpackers staying up to all hours playing drinking games and having "fun" Also a lot of the prices are way out -the back up options listed at $25-35 are all now $40-50 - not really budget. Prices were also out for everything from museum tickets to buses to food. I expect things to have changed a bit, but double is just too much
Another thing I found irritating was the way it constantly emphasised how dangerous everyhing was from taxis to nightbuses to beach resorts. Obviously if there is a problem then fair enough to warn people, but overdoing it just makes travellers paraniod and negative to the point of avoiding nice, interesting places that are in fact probably safer than your home town (Im sure San Cristobal in Chiapas or Oaxaca are safer than Miami, New York, Vancouver etc)
This edition desparately needs an overhaul - wait until it comes out or choose a different guide
Although looking at the reviews below about the old edition it seems like the writers did bugger all research in updating the the 2004 edition
 dont be so pessamistic June 23, 2004
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I have just returned from mexico having used this title (and a more recent eddition than those reviewed). As with all guide books in such countries lonely planet mexico is not 100% accurate. Just because it says a room is $5 a night doesnt mean you dont have to bargain for it!! the important stuff like bus info, the maps and locations where all fairly accurate, but when it comes down to it a guide is a guide, not a bible, and you get far more out of your trip if you remember this. i tried to use the information in emergencies only, and attempted to get as much info as possible from other travellers and other sources. this seems to be the best mix, but the planet is invaluable when it comes to the important stuff- health, customs, police, boarder crossing, etc. compared to the other guides i picked up, and from the other people i talked to, the planet seemed to be the best for the budget traveller, and deffinately had the best maps of the big 3 (rough guide, footprint and lonely planet).
Needs to be updated desperately. December 28, 2001
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have been living in Mexico City for over two years now, and a friend recently came over to visit from the UK. We set off to Guanajuato City and San Miguel with this edition of the guide in hand, only to find that a large percentage of the information regarding about this part of Mexico (Bajio) is incorrect. The hotel prices are way off and the restaurant info is completely off beam, and forget about trying to check out any of the nightlife listings. Things change fast in Mexico, amigo but not this fast.
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