Authors Lynn and Lawrence Foster, both with a background in Mesoamerican archaeology, have traveled throughout Mexico for 15 years, exploring major cities as well as hidden ruins and remote villages. What they bring to the reader is an educated insider's guide--with a real understanding of the history and the culture. They give tips on the best spots for shopping, water sports, and going off the beaten track. Photos, 54 maps, and 3-D tour guides.
Over the past 15 years, Lynn and Larry Foster have lived and traveled in Mexico. Here the Fosters blend their experience as university lecturers and authors on Hispanic studies and Mayan culture with their love for the Mexican people to create an in-depth guide to the culture and mysteries of Mexico.
More than sombreros, mariachis, and margueritas, Fielding's updated guide to Mexico provides all the inside facts about this stunning and captivating travel destination. From shopping, dining, and resorts to history and cultural information, this guide has it all, including complete listings for more than 2,200 hotels, restaurants, and attractions. 15 photos. 52 maps.
A noted authority on the Far East, Antoinette DeLand has been both a resident and a frequent visitor to this exciting part of the globe for over twenty years. Her many articles appear in major publications here and abroad. 15 photos. 30 maps.
A father and daughter who have traveled the Bahamas extensively show readers how to experience the islands' excitement and color. This in-depth guide includes reviews for 150 star-rated accommodations with handy comparison charts, information on where to find the hottest entertainment, best food, the best places to dive and fish, native festivals, shopping, and more. Photos. Maps.
"Absolutely Fabulous" (Wired). "The single best source for unclassified intelligence information" (U.S. military deployment officer). "A real lifesaver" (Time). The critics rave and here's why: Robert Young Pelton goes where the timid fear to tread -- straight into the heart of the world's forbidden, lethal, even criminal places, and gives readers all they need to know to survive. Pelton reveals the hidden dangers, including disease, land mines, kidnapping, terrorists, mercenaries, mujahedin, and militias of more than 30 dangerous countries. With firsthand accounts of adventures in these places, Pelton provides indispensable information on contacts for rescue organizations, environmental groups, political activists (including rebel groups), training schools in outdoor survival, ice climbing, commando techniques, motorcycle racing, and other white-knuckle pursuits. The World's Most Dangerous Places is everything you didn't want to know about drugs, guns, crime, war, accidents, and uprisings, but should, in one engrossing book.
