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Summary: Out-of-date
Review: A book like this, I judge by what I know best--in this case, Mexicali. (I'm living there in the central dsitrict while doing some documentary work.) Needs a revision and more thought. Squirrely selection of restaurants, for example...Book is OK if you're just give Baja a very once over lightly...
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Summary: Concise, accurate and something for everyone.
Review: As a 30 year traveler and home owner in the Baja, I have quite a collection of guide books covering the entire peninsula. I was suprised to find that Joe Cummings has written one that covers everyones interests. There are too many travel books that concentrate on the authors specialty ie. geology, boating, history etc. However, Cummings gives a book that works from the budget traveler to the exceptionally rich. His historical, ecological, and other interesting facts makes the book one that I recommend for the first time traveler to the seasoned baja explorer. More importantly his information on pricing to condition of the roads is current which so many Baja guide books are lacking. A big applause for Joe Cummings for writing a good read and and an accurate travel guide for us all.
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Summary: A Baja Travel Must
Review: I have been travelling to Baja last 17 years but I still found out few things in the book unknown to me and interesting. Looking forward to exploring some of the sights on my next trip, as noted in the book mama Espenosa's saying "Bad road good people, good road bad people" it seems true to me.
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Summary: An Excellent Guide
Review: I recently took this book along on a two-week trip to Baja. Joe Cummings clearly has a love for the place, and provides a lot of helpful and informative information. It's most useful in it's guides to the towns and cities, restaurant & hotel recommendations etc. We used it to suplement another excellent Baja guide, Walt Peterson's "Baja Adventure Book". A word of caution - on at least two occasions, the information given in this guide was incorrect - in one town the largest supermarket wasn't even mentioned, and in Ensenada, a store we tried to find didn't appear to exist! All in all though, a very useful guidebook, and to be recommended,
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Summary: An excellent guide to Baja
Review: I recently took this book along on a two-week trip to Baja. Joe Cummings clearly has a love for the place, and provides a lot of helpful and informative information. It's most useful in it's guides to the towns and cities, restaurant & hotel recommendations etc. We used it to suplement another excellent Baja guide, Walt Peterson's "Baja Adventure Book". A word of caution - on at least two occasions, the information given in this guide was incorrect - in one town the largest supermarket wasn't even mentioned, and in Ensenada, a store we tried to find didn't appear to exist! All in all though, a very useful guidebook, and to be recommended,
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Summary: great trip
Review: this book allowed us to have a great trip through baja california. It offers great information on the tiniest places and gives pleasure reading it. no problems with finidng locations thanks to our guide.
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Summary: great trip
Review: This book is just great. It starts out with a good basic overview of the area. I used the book on a recent trip to La Paz. The maps are excellent and very easy to use. The prices are a bit off at times but still in the range. The hotels are broken down into price categories, that was very helpful. The book helped with getting around by bus and the restaurant sections gives good accurate descriptions. This book was just super. If your going to Baja, anywhere in Baja, get this book it is well worth the price.
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Summary: Comprehensive Guide with an Aura
Review: This is an unpretentious travel book but fairly thick almost 600 pages long. I say unpretentious because unlike many other travel books it features mainly black and white photographs that give it a certain aura like an old black and white movie that seems to suit the Baja. The book is very detailed like a Michelin guide with page after page of details and information on all aspects of the Baja peninsula including roads, maps, beaches, entertainment, restaurants, hotels, etc. It is an excellent guide and makes a nice souvenir. Jack in Toronto.
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