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The People's Guide to Mexico (Peoples Guide to Mexico)
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Product Description
Features include:
- Advice on planning your trip, where to go, and how to get around once you're there
- Practical tips to help you stay healthy and safe, deal with red tape, change money, send email, letters and packages, use the telephone, do laundry, order food, speak like a local, and more
- Well-informed insight into Mexican culture, and hints for enjoying traditional fiestas and celebrations
- The most complete information available on Mexican Internet resources, book and map reviews, and other info sources for travelers
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #41188 in Books
- Published on: 2006-10-04
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 560 pages
Customer Reviews
The only travel book I've kept
I've lived in a 23ft travel trailer since 2000. Space is obviously limited, so periodically I gather all the books I've acquired and sell or give them away.
All, that is, with one exception--the People's Guide. I bought an early edition in the mid 70s and have purchased every edition since to read and reread. Franz is an astute observer of culture and master story teller who writes with a knee-slappingly funny and outrageous style.
The People's Guide is simply the most informative, instructive and entertaining book I've ever read.
Review of People's Guide to Mexico
Well written and useful, with information and comments you might not see elsewhere. Sometimes a little more chatty and anecdotal than I'd hope for in a practical guide, and skewed a bit maybe to the backpack and VW Microbus crowd, but it's never dull reading. I would bring this book to Mexico for sure, but I would bring other, more conventional, guides along also.
Brilliant, goes beyond a mere travel book
Sometimes a book can go beyond the limitations of the genre, much as a comedy can reveal deeper truths or music can inspire you to reflect on your life. "The People's Guide to Mexico" transcends the normal limitations of the travel guide to offer deeper truths about life itself to those who wish to experience them.
Few books are so meaningful that one can read them several times and always remain entertained, challenged, and inspired. The cooking section alone is worth the price of the book. I refer to it frequently when cooking Mexican food dishes. But the author's perspective on life, experiences, and advice continue to provide new truths every time I read it.
Some of you are probably thinking I must be nuts to rant and rave about how brilliant a travel guide to Mexico is. I can hear you thinking, "Dude, it's not the Bible. Chill." Just read it. Seriously, give it a shot. I think at worst you will find it a series of entertaining stories about some hippies who lived in Mexico. But I think if you open your mind to the deeper truths it offers, it will be worth it.
I try when I write reviews to give readers the positive and negatives of whatever I'm reviewing to make the review as helpful, accurate, and balanced as possible. Of this particular book, I can't think of any criticism of it at all. That says a lot.
