Driving the Pan-American Highway to Mexico and Central America: A Complete Guide for Do-It-Yourself Planning and Driving Through Mexico and Central America

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Summary: not to infomative
Review: didnt find the book usefull @ not good information on border crossings.not recomended for budget travellers.no info on dangers . see lonley planet guid. or moon travel. use all your guids you should be fine i am planning a 4 month motorcycle travel of central america with my wife and we will update a travel log/book in detail for those of us that travel on a she string.

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Summary: Handy guide for driving through Central America
Review: Having just driven from the U.S. to Panama, I can say without a doubt this guidebook really helped me from Guatemala to Panama City. There are better guides for driving through Mexico but none comes close to this book when making the journey through Central America. The AAA recommends this book since they offer nothing on motoring through Central America. The section on Central American border crossings in the best part of this book. It will help you save time and a lot of hasstles. The section on Spanish is also excellent.

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Summary: This book sucks!
Review: I couldn't understand this authors directions nor his information - while on the net i did find some great info on driving the pan-american highway - some funny stories along the way too. Go to www.drivemeloco.com for some great info.

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Summary: Very expensive for the information offered.
Review: I found this book to be very expensive and out of date. It appears not to have been updated in some time. The peace in Guatemala is not even mentioned. A much better book for the content,information,and price would be the People's Guide to Mexico.

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Summary: This book is worthless.
Review: I've just returned from a driving trip through Mexico and Guatemala. "Driving the Pan American Highway Through Mexico and Central America" was a waste of money. It is a thin book with very limited information; the information it does include is readily available in any good travel book about the region.

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Summary: I Really Enjoyed This Guide
Review: I've made the trip from the U.S. to Panama by car four times. Each trip has been different and a real adventure. Although this guide should be updated it contains some good tips and many anecdotes. One of the best parts is where others share their experiences while making the journey. I also liked all of the essential Spanish vocabulary the book contains to help non-Spanish speakers in case they get in a jam. The part about border crossings is also helpful. They can be a real drag and very frustrating. This book helps prepare people for them.
I really wish the publisher would come out with a newer edition. I'plan to contact them and see if they'll let me share my experieces in the next edition. In short, if you plan to make the trip to any Central American country this book can help you.

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Summary: If you plan to take the drive~*the book is worth buying~*
Review: my husband and i took the drive from California all the way down to Costa Rica and this book was definitely helpful, in retrospect. i agree it needs to be updated, and honestly, it is not a MAJOR source of all the info you will need, but it will help a lot~if nothing else, it provides you with an idea of what lies ahead. the best parts about this book, we felt, were the table that shows the distances and times expected between each major town, and the page of spanish words and phrases on the road. it definitely does not assist much with budget travelers~but hey, if you are a budget traveler and you plan to make it all the way down there, we did it on a shoestring budget, w/o help from the book on finding places to stay, and we were fine! we plan to take the drive again in 2002, and we will create our own updated version of what life is like and what to actually expect along the way. overall, if you have never taken this drive~i definitely recommend getting all the info you can~including this book.

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Summary: If you plan to take the drive~*the book is worth buying~*
Review: my husband and i took the drive from California all the way down to Costa Rica and this book was definitely helpful, in retrospect. i agree it needs to be updated, and honestly, it is not a MAJOR source of all the info you will need, but it will help a lot~if nothing else, it provides you with an idea of what lies ahead. the best parts about this book, we felt, were the table that shows the distances and times expected between each major town, and the page of spanish words and phrases on the road. it definitely does not assist much with budget travelers~but hey, if you are a budget traveler and you plan to make it all the way down there, we did it on a shoestring budget, w/o help from the book on finding places to stay, and we were fine! we plan to take the drive again in 2002, and we will create our own updated version of what life is like and what to actually expect along the way. overall, if you have never taken this drive~i definitely recommend getting all the info you can~including this book.

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Summary: The Only Book on the Subject
Review: Since this guide is better than nothing we used it on our trip by car to Panama. My friend and I found it helpful in travelling through Central America. There are some parts which need to be updated.

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Summary: An Abysmal Guide
Review: The cover says New Sixth Edition. This means that every few years the edition number is revised, nothing else. The book is littered with references to Karl Malden's "Don't Leave Home Without It" American Express ads -- the book is that old. ...