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Product Description: Award-winning travel writer Christopher P. Baker knows the best way to experience Costa Rica, from surfing the beaches of Golfo Dulce to hiking in Corcovado National Park and dining in upscale Escazú in San Jose. Baker includes unique trip ideas like The 21-Day Best of Costa Rica, The Offbeat Experience, and Seven Days for Active Vacationers...read more

Product Description: Moon’s award-winning guide to Cuba provides you with the essential details needed to discover all the can't miss sights, attractions, and restaurants in Cuba — for all budgets. Plus, Moon Cuba highlights the best lesser-known and local hotspots...read more

A popular series of guidebooks for the modern-day traveler offering information on cities and countries around the world continues, presenting up-to-date backgrounds and descriptions, detailed maps, hundreds of photographs, and much more, including walking and driving tours, visitor information directories, and cultural sidebars.

Product Description: From exploring mist-shrouded Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve marveling at Arenal Volcano's spectacular eruptions to visiting artisan cooperatives and Indian reserves, Moon Handbooks Costa Rica is the guide to the best this country has to offer, both on and off the beaten path...read more

Product Description: This unique homage to Cuba's astonishing wealth of antique cars is also a paean to the extraordinary people who keep their weary cacharros running with resourcefulness, ingenuity and great humor. In a collection of vibrant images, this book reveals the timeworn splendor of classic American automobiles spanning eight decades...read more

Product Description: Filled with custom maps, fascinating sidebars, current guidelines for legal travel, and a complete coverage of Cuba's social and political history, the third edition of this book is a comprehensive resource for travellers to this popular travel destination.

Product Description: From a night at the high-octane Tropicana nightclub, to touring the Havana's monuments to the Revolution, to visiting Hemingway's Havana hangouts, travelers looking for more than the standard itinerary will find many unique options in this updated guide...read more

Product Description: -- 45 maps guide the traveller from the Blue Mountains to Montego Bay-- loaded with least-known sites, best beach parties and hottest roadside jerk stands-- knowledgeable notes on the area's outstanding reggae music scene (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Profiles important figures from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, a period of transition between the old world and the modern world.

The author offers an entertaining, evocative account of his motorcycling odyssey through Cuba, detailing his three-month, seven-thousand-mile journey, discussing Cuba's troubled history and politics, and offering distinctive profiles of the colorful people he encountered along the way. Reprint.

Product Description: This guidebook to the Bahamas provides information on casinos and shopping in Nassau, restaurants and accommodation options for various budgets, and coverage of sports areas. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Today's on-the-move, independent travelers like the way these guides quickly capture the essence of a city, a country, or a region. Each guide features: Easy-to-read, two-page spreads A-Z information on places of interest Over 200 full-color photographs; full-color maps Walks, strolls, and car and bike tours Information on shopping, eating out, and night life Children's activities, budget tips Recommended attractions and hotels "Getting Away from it All"--off-the- beaten-track pleasures...read more

Product Description: This guide to Vancouver and British Columbia contains information on what to see, how to feel at home, walks and tours, shopping, nightlife, restaurants, and comes with an A-Z practical guide.

Fully revised and updated, the Costa Rica Handbook guides travelers through this peaceful country where travelers can surf the Caribbean or hike the Monteverde Cloud Forest. Informative essays on Costa Rica's exotic plants and animals are included. Features a Spanish-English language section and 74 maps.

Describes points of interest in each region of the country, recommends hotels and restaurants, and offers tips on ports of entry

Offers descriptions and travel tips to such natural environments as the Himalayan Mountains, Ngoronongoro Crater, and Tasmanian wilderness, and provides information on conservation and ecological issues.

Discusses the history and culture of Jamaica, and provides information on historic sites, tourist attractions, accommodations, restaurants, and entertainment