Travel to Central America

Lonely Planet Mexico

Format: Paperback
Author: John Noble
ReleaseDate: 15 September, 2006
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Rating:

good reference
It is not meant to be read completely. The info in this book is universal to different types of travelers. It's format provides an overview of cities for tourists. Another writer from England, Ian Middleton, spent four months backpacking across Mexico. He considered Lonely Planet to be a "Barclaycard", never leave home without it. While Ian Middleton wrote an ebook titled "Down Mexico Way"(availabe at diesel ebooks) that is written in a different and candid format. I originally bought his book to research driving through mexico. But his book is mainly a sharing of one's journey as a backpacker by bus, personal van, hitchhike and train. I suggest decide what kind of traveler or tourist you are before when you buy these books.

Go Pick Up Let's Go Mexico instead
I had "Let's Go Mexico" and she had this book. I just returned from a 10 day trip to three different states in Mexico with a friend. By the end of the trip we were both cursing this guide. We found several innacuracies (the museum hour times in Mexico City are not correct for the Museums around the Zocalo, it also is innacurate as far as the days open while the Let's go book is correct), the descriptions were not helpful, and we found several instances that the descriptions describing sites were simply false. Also, Let's Go gives much more information and history on Mexico.

a good guide
Living here, I take advantage of going around Mexico during my holidays at work. I am living in mexico now and working and have a two year contract. I always take this book with me around and traveled around Mexico. This book was very helpful to me and telling me where to go. However, it is good to note, sometimes if you are looking for mid range to high end hotels in big cities (Mexico City, Monterrey, Acapulco, ect. . ), it is better to make reservations via the internet. But smaller cities like Durango, Zacatecas or Torreon, LP is very helpful and truth to what it mentions. Reserving through the internet, you can also see what it mentions in LP to compare, which is very helpful. .

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