Footprint Central America and Mexico Handbook 2002

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Summary: Buy the Rough Guide
Review: Having used rough guides for years we wanted to reduce the books we were carrying on our travels through mexico and central america.

This is our first experience of the footprint series and we are very disappointed with it. We spent a frustrating morning in mexico city recently trying to find shops listed in the guide which proved not to be there or in the wrong street. Its understandable that places will move or close down but the sheer number of mistakes we{ve found indicates that the publishers have rushed out the 2002 edition without fully checking facts. The guide also lacks the wit, verve and accuracy of the writing in the rough guides and doesnt make for particularly interesting reading.

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Summary: Brilliant guide!
Review: I must have purchased 10 or 12 different guides to Central America/Mexico in recent times and was rather loathe to buy yet another - but I am glad I did! This is an excellent guide offering really up-to-date information and worthwhile recommenations. No one guide give you all the info you need, but couple this with Knopf Guides' Route of the Maya, and perhaps Lonely Planet's Guatemala, Belize and Yukatan Guide and you need no other! VERY highly recommended!