No comments about American Indians in Colorado (Colorado Ethnic History Series, No 1).

2 comments about Live & Work in The USA & Canada, 3rd (Live and Work).

1. This guide is clear, precise and well-researched. I read it for its content on Canada (written by S. Catto) and admired the crisp, clean prose. The information is presented in a straight-forward manner and quite valuable if you are thinking of making a move to a place where you don't know how everything works. For this purpose, I would highly recommend this book. Instead of going through a wasteful and laborious process of learning things about a new place via trial and error, this book does it efficiently for you.



2. I was in the process of immigrating to Canada and this book was among the two most helpful ones. The other one was "Culture Shock! Canada". After reading them I had a pretty good idea what Canadian culture is like - things that you won't normally see on CNN. Both books are highly recommended.

1 comments about Travel Centers & Truckstops 2000.

1. I have this 2000 edition. It was a great book at $15.95. But you are offering this book for $49.95!??? You have to be nuts. It is outdated and many of the service stations are not even there, (missing) and have different information. The book, as it is, is ANTIQUATED for Year 2000. THis is 4 years later and there is no new edition???. It WAS a good book. Don't buy this 2000. I travel and am on the road continuously, so my book is worn, but needs a replacement. Why would you charge so much for an OLD EDITION is beyond me!
   So where is a newer edition?

No comments about The Pacific Northwest Travel-Smart Trip Planner (1st ed).

No comments about Where Should We Take the Kids?: Northeast: Fresh, Most-Fun-for-the-Money, Anything But Boring Getaways for You and Your Chi ldren, Complete with Family-Friendly Pla (1st ed).

No comments about An Arab's Journey to Colonial Spanish America: The Travels of Elias Al-Musili in the Seventeenth Century (Middle East Literature in Translation).

No comments about Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada: A Journey of 3200 Miles by Canoe and Snowshoe Through the Hudson Bay Region.

5 comments about Puerto Rico Off the Beaten Path, 4th (Off the Beaten Path Series).

1. Being born and raised in Puerto Rico,I thought I knew all the good places to visit. I bought this book with a little skepticism and what a wonderful surprise it was. The author definitely goes off the beaten path and the tourist traps. My husband and I just came back from there and the directions and the restaurants that the author mentioned were excellent.

   If you definitely want to explore the richness of the island and the diversified environments that it offers, this book is for you. I highly recommend it. We took it with us on our recent visit and we really had a very enjoyable time.




2. The most helpful thing about this book was the lists of places to stay at the end of every region-discussion. Other than that, "Explore Puerto Rico, 5th Edition" had almost all the same sites & activities listed. For the sake of traveling lightly, we ended up not even bringing "Off the Beaten Path" with us, relying instead on "Explore Puerto Rico" (which has its own issues, see my review on that page for details).



3. Noticing this book was a recent guide to Puerto Rico written by a woman, my wife insisted on buying it. We both enjoyed reading it for its combination of listings and colorful background notes. It makes you realize there is an island and culture worth exploring. We liked the descriptions that helped us better understand the way of life and why things are what they are. We decided to stay at smaller hotels where we heard Spanish and could eat local food. It let us appreciate what a fascinating and friendly place the island is. This book really did encourage us to get "off the beaten path."



4. In general, I like to avoid touristy spots, and bought this book in the hope that it would recommend places to visit. The format of this book is like a long essay, which makes it difficult to read, and not very useful as a guidebook. It goes something like: "if you take this street, first you'll pass this restaurant, which some people like for the chicken, and then this museum, etc" without giving definitive recommendations and must-sees for the tourist with limited time. I'm glad that my boyfriend brought a Fodor's, which was pretty comprehensive. But the best part of our trip was at an ecolodge that was very much off the beaten path (45 min on a narrow dirt road, up into the El Yunque rainforest), which I found by doing good old web research (search "elena el yunque").



5. Perhaps in the San Juan area, where I have not stayed, this book provides "off the beaten path" places to visit and sights to see, however, for Ponce and south Puerto Rico I was sourly disappointed. All the spots mentioned were pretty much the standard found in any other guidebook.
   
   Furthermore, there is much to be said for the writing style. As others have mentioned, the book is a long essay that needs to be read at least in chapters. So you cannot just use it as a quick reference, which is really difficult while on the road.
   
   Lastly, it is near impossible to find anything using this book alone (and not that I as a woman am bashing a woman writer), BUT the book comes without MAPS or any other helpful directions about how to get even to the most popular touristy places. Basically, the directions that go something like: "On the way from Boqueron beach, make a quick right by the giant cactus and the rock and the what-is-it will be right there" JUST DO NOT WORK.
   
   Plus, it misses some really phenomenal things such as cock fights (Salinas) or how unbelievably BAD Puerto Rican food is and where to go to find pretty decent international food.
   
   For better guides and less headache, pick another.

No comments about Boston City Map (Rand McNally).

1 comments about CONDE NAST JOHANSENS RECOMMENDED HOTELS, INNS, RESORTS AND SPAS - THE AMERICAS, ATLANTIC, CARIBBEAN, PACIFIC 2006 (Johansens Recommended Hotels Inns and ... North America, Bermuda, Caribbean Pacific).

1. No, I did not purchase this because my last name is Johansen. This is just THE book if you are looking for THE best, most unique, boutique type loding in the USA.