1 comments about Choose Mexico for Retirement, 10th: Information for Travel, Retirement, Investment, and Affordable Living (Choose Retirement Series).

1. Like I would imagin many that purchase this book I'm considering retiring and am seeking the opportunities to experience a different culture, a slower pace, an area with better values and less crime, lower taxes and a lower cost of living. I'd like to find that secure feeling of rural-town america of years ago before everyone sought entitlement, special interest groups recieved preferiental treatment, and we passed laws ensuring evryone's individual rights became far more important than our societies needs. Is this Mexico? This book provides an insight to some of the cultural differences, climate differences of areas, cost of living differences and some other very benefitial information. I would reccomend this well-written book to anyone considering an extended trip to Mexico.

3 comments about People's Choice Guide Cancun 2008 - Cancun Travel Guide & Survey.

1. This is definitely the most accurate book out there, as the others don't like Frommers and Fodors don't list every restaurant or hotel. This fantastic book doesn't only list restaurants and hotels, but also clubs, bars, great information about transportation, and many other great things. It is definitely worth a lot more than the price you're getting it for. It's a must have book! I highly recommend this book for both any first timers and even the experienced Cancun traveler.



2. Well, I've just read the new and improved People's Choice Guide and I have to say that it is a must have for travelers or tourists to Cancun. The guide covers almost everything Cancun from hidden gems to the glitz of the club set.
   
   Unlike other prominent guides, the PCG covers almost every hotel, most restaurants and other points of interests. When I first started going to Cancun some twenty plus years ago, nothing would tick me off more than buying one of the so called major guides and not seeing a resort I was thinking about booking, in it. With the PCG that's not likely to happen and best of all many of the reviews are based on people whom have actually stayed at the Hotels or eaten at the Restaurants, and of course, the author who has managed to track down and keep regular tabs on the Cancun scene. The book is loaded with travel tips, recommendations, and up to date, concise addresses and phone numbers of everything the typical visitor to Cancun may need.
   
   In my opinion, this is the most worthwhile guide to Cancun published and is more extensive than any other guide on the market.



3. I am a repeat customer of Peoples Choice Guide Cancun and the new 2008 edition is fantastic. There are many helpful improvments, such as you can now search by Food Category and the Proximity Guide where you can quickly locate Restaurants and Clubs close to your Hotel. The locations for the hotels, restaurants and clubs are pinpointed to 1/10 of a km, which makes it far easier than saying "between km 9 and km 10. When you are driving, riding or whatever in a foreign land you don't want to be in busy traffic looking for a km to find a place.
   
   I live in Cancun and even as a resident this book is most helpful. Locals have to eat out too. When I travel I always try to find a Travel Guide before I plan my trip. It would be great if this guide was available for other travel hotspots.
   
   I imagine it is hard to keep any travel guide current, with name changes, business closings, new places, etc. but the author states that he makes frequent trips to Cancun to allow for the most up to date information at the time the guide goes to print. This travel guide is a good as it gets for Cancun.

1 comments about Frommer's Mexico 2008 (Frommer's Complete).

1. For quite some time I've regarded Frommer's Travel Guides quite highly - no more! Recommendations in this book for the city in Mexico that we visited are so far off base that they're clearly out.
   
   For instance, we stayed San Miguel de Allende early this year. Frommer's regards Azulejos Talavera Vazquez, a ceramics shop, as "exceptional." In what way I politely ask?
   
   We shopped at Vazquez and plunked down a good bit for dishes that we have never received. Vazquez does not respond to emails or calls. The supposed shipper (Destinos) does respond to emails - with one excuse after another. His posts are not very well written but imaginative - last stating that our shipment is now out of their hands. Of course, whose hands it may be in remains a mystery.
   
   We'll not mention the restaurant Frommer's recommended that we left popping Rolaids. This is a 2008 book - there's still a lot of the year to suffer indigestion and for Vazquez to rip off folks.
   
   However, we did love the city and learned two lessons - don't rely on Frommer's and at Azulejos Talavera Vazquez manana means never.
   
   - Gail Cooke
   
   
   

3 comments about Lost Gold and Silver Mines of the Southwest.

1. I wrote the original book in 1963 (as Lost Desert Bonanzas) to mark 25 years of Desert Magazine lost mine stories. The main appeal was Norton Allen's great cartography (this is the only kind of map book that gets better as the maps are outdated by freeways and etc.). I would like input from treasure-seekers, but all I know about the particular lost mines is recounted in the book.



2. What is a book about lost mines without maps? The maps in the book were neat. Maybe the gold is still there?



3. This is a good read just to fire the imagination on a cold winter night. It's also a good one to get filled with bookmarks, margin notes, dog-ears, and fingerprints on the bookshelves of serious treasure-hunters. Buy it.

5 comments about The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California: Golden Gate to Ensenada, Mexico, Including the Offshore Islands.

1. From a recent sailing trip out of Santa Barbara through the channel islands I can tell you that this book is invaluable. His treatment of safe ports and refuges (arranged very well but conditions) was fantastic and kept us out of danger.



2. We have used Brian Fagans guidebooks from SD to SF for many years, but this is the best of the lot. We recently led a cruise to the Channel Islands, and made this a "must" for the cruisers, all of whom praised it highly. Really THE guidebook to coastal cruising in Central-Southern California---and a bargain!



3. This is a good book for those interested in cruising the west coast, you can always get something out of the book if you plan to make that trip up the coast, lots of good information to research and make plans from.



4. After cruising in the Pacific NW for the past two years using the Douglass and Hemingway guides and the Waggoner Guide, we were admittedly spoiled. If that's the quality you expect, you won't get it here. On the other hand, we couldn't find an alternative, and this is better than nothing. The harbor diagrams were nice, but there aren't enough of them and what there are don't provide enough detail. The landmarks mentioned in the text often don't appear in the diagrams. We also noticed inaccuracies, but this could be due to time. For example, the fuel dock in Morro Bay wasn't where the guide said it was. However, the woman at the Visitor Information Center also thought it was in the direction indicated in the book. (For others looking for it, it's across from marker 12, not beyond 18.)



5. I found this book to contain many useful tidbits of information, especially about prevailing weather conditions. The author gives insightful and non obvious ways for determining the approach of Santa Ana's which itself is probably worth the price of the book

No comments about Fodor's Santa Fe, Taos & Albuquerque, 1st Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides).

5 comments about Head for Mexico: The Renegade Guide.

1. I'll admit that when I started reading this book I didn't think I was going to like it. After a while though I really got into it and couldn't wait to get a chance to read it. It's funny and packed full of information on all things Mexican an expat should be concerned with. All of this information is woven in deeply into the chapters, paragraphs, and words that you'll end up dog-earing and highlighting all over the place. I wish some of this information was in a supplemental appendix and in a different format so that it would be easier to find. With the way the book is written you'll have to read it thoroughly and make notes and mark pages to be able to later find the information you're looking for.
   Overall this is a great book and I highly recommend it.



2. Great book. Written well. Humorous style on serious issues. In depth reviews of places, language, culture and ways to emmigrate.
   
   Nice book. Funny author.



3. I purchased this book, for information about living in Mexico.
   
   The writing gave me a headache, the author was jumping around all over the place, he had tons of websites, all of which, when u log in, you must pay to get any information.
   
   The book was very poorly written, and difficult to follow.
   
   If you want a book that gives the reader a throbbing headache, with tons of websites, that u have to register and PAY...
   
   then this book is for you.



4. Don't go to Mexico before you read this book!
   Lots of needed information provided in a humorous manner. Mr. Adams provides needed insight into the culture of the Mexican people, because it is so important if you plan to live among them. Detailed info about all the legal issues, necessary paperwork, etc, is included with websites listed for those who have other questions. For every area of interest, there are websites and phone numbers listed. This makes his book timeless because information can be easily located, and that's why you buy a book like this - to find information that otherwise is very difficult to find.



5. Hola, I loved this book and have learned so much about living in Mexico that I feel like I have already been living there for a year!! Don Adams' writing is like you are right there talking with him and he doesn't mince words about anything and everything. An honest in your face book that covers every single thing you could ever want to know and a whole a lot more that you didn't know you needed to know. Some things will shock you and I am so glad I know about them. Written in a style that is so easy to read and keeps you laughing, too. Fabulous - you don't want to put it down. You will love this book and will want to keep it forever. This is the best book on living in Mexico that I have ever read - you don't need to buy any more books about this subject - just this one! And I will be moving either to Ajijic in the Lake Chapala area or San Miguel de Allende very soon. Tough choice as both towns in the mountains are marvellous! Thanks Don Adams! Adios

No comments about Top 10 Mexico City (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE).

5 comments about Living Abroad in Mexico (Living Abroad).

1. As a newsletter that's been discussing where to live in Mexico for 30+ years, we find this book to be one of the best ever in terms of lifestyle issues. Particularly good chapters on planning a fact finding trip, starting a business, buying property. The text is nicely broken up with case studies and inserts written by other gringos. The back has a very complete resource list (including the AIM Newsletter, but with the wrong address). Anyone considering a move to Mexico will know exactly what to expect day to day if they read this book. The best supplemental reading material will then be about specific places.



2. I've been researching, reading, and visiting Mexico for retirement living for over two years. I have no affiliation with the author. LIVING ABROAD IN MEXICO is the most useful book of a dozen I've purchased. It gets to the major questions and needs I've had about making the move. Other books may be great for touring, but this book is the most current and comprehensive if you are interested in the idea of moving to Mexico for months or years. It is a valuable guide and I appreciate the author's work. See you in Lake Chapala in a few weeks.



3. This is a great book which covers a brief history of Mexico, the culture, and various areas in which to expatriate to. My wife was probably glad when I finished reading the book because every few paragraphs I would stop and share with her some information I had just learned about Mexico. Since I'm only interested in a particular part of Mexico to move to I skipped quite a few pages which covered areas I'm not interested in. If you're undecided however on where to make your new home then this book covers all of the areas popular with foreigners. Be sure to pick up other books on moving to Mexico because they're not all the same and do not all cover the same information. Reading a wide range of books on moving to Mexico should hopefully cover the spots missed by others.



4. This is a delightful, easily read book that is packed with a lot of practical and useful information. Whether one intends to merely visit Mexico for more than a quick trip or plans to move there permanently, Living Abroad in Mexico covers all the bases from housing to communication to medical availability to food. The book presents a realistic idea of what life in Mexico is all about without being too rosy or to doom and gloom. The author did a tremendous job in conveying some of the cultural idiosyncracies and intangibles encountered when immersing oneself in a foreign environment. The one area of content that I can fault is that it does not cover Morelia, Oaxaca or Veracruz, which are large popular areas of Mexico with fast growing ex-pat communities. If these are a person's target area, this book will not provide as much detailed help as it does for areas such as San Miguel de Allende, Puerto Vallarta or Lake Chapala.
   
   The book could probably use a little updating as things change. A passport is now needed to cross the border for re-entry into the U.S. and there has been a Presidential change in Mexico and some changes in policy on that side of the border as well. There are also a couple of minor errors in the resources that can easily be corrected in an update. And finally, while this comment has nothing to do with the quality of what's inside the book, it does have to do with the overall quality of the printing/publishing...the middle 150 pages of the book fell out as they were not bound properly.



5. As a person about to move to a specific place for work, this text was not what I was looking for. It is more useful for someone who's not sure if Mexico is right for him or her and specifically for someone looking to go on a "fact-finding trip." If I had known that, I would not have made this purchase.
   
   That said, the book has answered some of my questions, specifically about diet (vegetarianism), moving pets to Mexico and pet food brands available and office/working life.
   
   If you are looking for a broad overview of what a move to Mexico book would be like, give this a try. If you want more in-depth information about what your daily life would be like and what the transition to a new culture would be like, check out "The Plain Truth about Living in Mexico" which I found to be much more informative.

2 comments about Frommer's Cancun & the Yucatan Day by Day (Frommer's Day by Day).

1. Small enough to carry around and very useful! The authors write clearly and make it sound fantastic. Can't wait for my trip to start, Will carry this with me everywhere.



2. this guide was very helpful and informative about the region especially in finding good places to eat at