2 comments about Guide to Mexico's Copper Canyon: Facts, Faces, Places, & A Smattering of Spanish.

1. Billed as a "Guide to Mexico's Copper Canyon", the author offers no more than a "Reader's Digest version" of information that could be easily found in the encyclopedia or free travel brochures.

   It's as if there just isn't much of a story to tell, either in words or in pictures. One would expect more than just a color book cover. Instead, every other page contains only black-and- white photography, much of it poor quality. For example, the inside back cover caption reads: "Creel on a hot summer's day" and shows a photo of a dog casting a shadow against a white stucco wall. The book is designed in a difficult-to-read sideways format in a large unattractive typeface with few words to the page and very large margins. What little information the author does share with the reader could easily have been obtained with minimal research.

   Information on the Chihuahua-Pacifico railroad is limited to two pages on the construction history. As a guidebook, the essential information readers would be searching for remains illusive. The only useful information contained in the book outlined the train line mileage markers and the corresponding sights. This information, too, was presented in such an abbreviated version that it was of minimal use for planning purposes.

   One of the bright spots of the book was near the end as the author describes a Christmas celebration at a Tarahumara Indian Church.




2. To sum it up - I completely agree with the below review. I am extremely disappointed with this book. The side-ways format makes for very difficult reading! I will be returning it! Save your money and look up the same info on the web.

4 comments about Golf Resorts: Where to Play in the Us, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica & the Caribbean (Golf Resorts).

1. Northwest Airlines WorldTraveler Magazine: " Make sure you have a copy on hand. This tome is the only pre-trip guide you'll need to research not only golf courses, but nearby lodging, restaurants, and additional recreation - for after-golf or non-golfing spouses. The book covers more than 600 courses. The authors have rated the top 50, breaking those down into 38 large and 12 small resorts."



2. "... the most useful guidebook... a great reference." The Traveling Golfer



3. "If you love golf, Golf Resorts is for you." Relax Magazine



4. A guide written by golfers for golfers. Hundreds of resorts are described in this book, with details including fees, course profile (par, hazards, yardage), resident pro information, accommodations (with prices), dining options and equipment rentals. All establishments are open to the public.

3 comments about Quest for the Lost City: A True Life Adventure.

1. If you think you are ready to backpack through the wilds of anywhere, read this book first! This couple walked from California to the jungles of Mexico, encountered banditos, bugs and fascinating people along the way. The Mayan ruins they stumbled upon probably still haven't been found... The book was written in the early 50's, so don't expect an adventure with the latest conveniences, but rather one based on wits, humor, compassion - and a lot of guts! Absolutely wonderful!!!



2. The only aspect of this book that is not outrageous fiction is that the Lambs did really get to an actual Maya site that cannot now be located. However, that is because they never anywhere gave any idea of where anyone could find it.

   The stela the Lambs captured in photo proves that there was such a site and it was probably from a subsidiary of Yaxchilan. The two smaller buildings they show are probably also from the same site.

   The large building the Lambs show in the book looks very much like Temple 33 at Yaxchilan, but they did not claim that it was part of their find. They merely implied it.

   There is a copy of the book at archaeologist Frans Blom's library at Na Bolom and in it are two reviews by him. The longer one suggests that he had not spent enough time trashing the book the first time.

   There is some value in owning this book for those intrigued with cities that are still lost in jungles. You just have to be aware that there is a lot of BS in it.




3. "Quest for the Lost City" is a follow up to the equally extraordinary "Enchanted Vagabonds" published in 1938. The fact that these two books are still in print today is a testament to both the spellbinding writing style, and true adventurous spirit of the husband and wife writing/exploring/filmmaking team of Dana and Ginger Lamb. Throw away your "Indiana Jones" DVDs, these two are the real deal. Traveling by foot, horseback, dugout canoe, Model-T Ford, jeep, and airplane the Lambs traveled down the western edge of Mexico, crossing the Sonora Desert into the jungles of Chiapas. Ten years after they began their quest, years beset with hardships, frustration, and danger, they finally found their lost city. Along the way, they met a band of friendly bandits, an army of ants, a hermit, and a lost tribe of the Mayans. The Lambs' claim of finding a lost Mayan city deep in the Mexican jungle was discounted by well-known Mayan experts in their time, but today evidence by less biased experts supports the claim that the lost city they found and named "Laxtunich" still lies undiscovered in the jungle somewhere waiting to be discovered. "Quest for the Lost City" is nothing less than one of the greatest adventure stories of modern times.

No comments about Gay Mexico: An Insider's Guide.

No comments about Sketches of a Journey on the Two Oceans and to the Interior of America and of a Civil War in Northern Lower California (Baja California travels series).

2 comments about Frommer's Portable Acapulco, Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo (Frommer's Portable).

1. I bought this book to find out information on Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo. Unfortunately, only about 20 pages of the book is dedicated to these 2 locations, and the information is very limited. However, if you are looking for information on Acapulco, you may be in luck, there are about 80 pages on that location. If you are looking for information on Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, check out Lonely Planet's, "Mexico's Pacific Coast", much more infomation can be found in there.



2. Very informative information in a facets Restaurants & Hotel listings as well as many sites to visit..

No comments about These are the Mexicans.

No comments about Voyage of the Maiatla with the Naked Canadian.

No comments about Insight Compact Guide Cancun & the Yucatan (Cancun and the Yucatan, 1st ed).

No comments about The city of the sacred well,: Being a narrative of the discoveries and excavations of Edward Herbert Thompson in the ancient city of Chi-chen Itza with ... illustrated from photographs by T.A. Willard.