Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40710 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

good way to get lost
Having just gone to Nicaragua, and relying solely on this book, I would recommend any other book, but don't confuse the trip with this one. The maps in this book are useless. Luckily we were able to pick up a Lonely Planet book, or we would have never found anything in Managua. Their Hotel rating system is nonsense, and I wonder if they just drove by and guessed at the quality of the accomodations. We looked at every room before we booked. We were shocked at the lack of information contained in the book. Actually, I got the impression they might have just called the hotel and asked them to describe it themselves. Here is a piece of advice for them. When putting a street map in your book, of a city that has no posted street names or house numbers, it is important to place the landmarks on your map, and actually include all the streets. The maps in this book would actually cause you to get lost if you treat them as accurate. I have traveled extensively, and know well how to use a map, but the map must be accurate. Having a guide book that will get you lost in a place like Managua, well, it could be dangerous.
Get a serious book, not this one.

Required for a trip to Nicaragua
This was an excellent book!!! Went on our first trip to Nicaragua and this book was invaluable!!! It is so well written that we read it cover to cover and is organized in such a manner as to make it very easy to find what you're looking for. Would highly recommend it!!!

Best Guidebook I've Read
This is easily the most entertaining guidebook I've ever read. I found myself reading entire paragraphs or descriptions out loud to my fiance. The problem with most guidebooks is that they're incredibly boring to read and often leave out the most useful information. This book is the exception! Leonardi tells you exactly what you most need or want to know--such as how quickly you'll want to get out of a particular town you can't avoid passing through, at which hotel you might want to keep your shoes on when walking across the floor at night (yikes), or which local hotel offers the best boat rentals. This book is incredibly useful and a real page-turner--I actually read it almost cover-to-cover.