Cancun and the Yucatan For Dummies - Softcover

Bairstow, Lynne; Baird, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764524372 ISBN 13: 9780764524370

Publisher: For Dummies, 2003

Synopsis

There is more than enough to keep you busy on Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula — the resorts at Cancún and Cozumel, Mayan ruins, and a hopping nightlife. If you want a fun-filled vacation with endless entertainment, this friendly guide gives you all you need to plan the ultimate beach vacation to Cancún and the Yucatán:

• Water sports and other outdoor activities for the adventurous
• A listing of all the Yucatán’s beaches
• Tips for not looking (or acting) like a gringo
• Top myths and misconceptions about Mexico
• Side trips to Isla Mujeres and other great destinations

Like every For Dummies travel guide, Cancún and the Yucatán For Dummies includes:

• Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
• What you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skip
• The best restaurants and hotels for every budget
• Lots of detailed maps

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Your insider’s guide to the best places and prices

Plan the perfect Yucatán vacation

From Cancún and Cozumel to watersports, nightlife, and Maya ruins, Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula is packed with exciting things to see and do. Where do you start? Relax! With this easy guide, you’re on your way to planning a fun-filled trip.

Discover:

• Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
• What you shouldn’t miss – and what you can skip
• The best restaurants and hotels for every budget
• Lots of detailed maps

About the Author:

For Lynne Bairstow (who wrote Chapters 1 through 12, 16 through 18, and Appendixes A and B), Mexico has become more home to her than her native United States. After exploring the country and living in Puerto Vallarta for most of the past 12 years, she’s developed a true love of Mexico and its complex, colorful culture. Her travel articles on Mexico have been published in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, and Alaska Airlines Magazine. In 2000, Lynne was awarded the Pluma de Plata, an honor granted by the Mexican Government to foreign writers, for her work with the Frommer’s guide to Mexico.

David Baird (who wrote Chapters 13, 14, and 15) is a writer, editor, and translator who feels uncomfortable writing about himself in the third person (too much like writing his own obituary). Now based in Austin, Texas, he spent years living in various parts of Mexico, Brazil, Peru, and Puerto Rico. But, whenever possible, he manages to get back to the turquoise-blue waters of the Yucatán because he thinks he looks good in that color, and because he’s excessively fond of the local cooking.

About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0764524372
• ISBN 13: 9780764524370
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 307