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Since its creation in 1973, the award-winning Moon Handbooks series has become a top choice among travellers who want a completely unique experience, a new perspective--and a few new stories to tell. Want to know about your destination's history, culture, and social issues? Looking for the low-down on recreational opportunities, dining and accommodation options, and the most interesting regional sights and entertainment? No problem. Big or small, mainstream or obscure, every worthwhile detail is included in these books. Covering the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific, Moon Handbooks give you the tools to create a travel strategy that's yours alone. The result? A more personal, entirely uncommon, and ultimately more satisfying travel experience.

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on the Mexican mainland. Prominent marker plants unique to the Cape subregion include the Tlaco palm, wild fig (zalate), wild plum (ciruelo), mauto, and the alleged aphrodisiac herb damiana. Read the first page

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4.0 out of 5 stars an attractive, helpful guidebook, Jan 15 2003

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David Stanley (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cabo: La Paz to Cabo San Lucas (Paperback)

This concise guide covers the bottom quarter of the Baja California peninsula from La Paz to Cabo San Lucas. It's chock full of useful data and advice cultivated over four editions. The sports and recreation sections are admirable, and there's good information on the local food and drink. The hotel listings are useful too, although exact room prices are not quoted for some reason. Instead there are price ranges with "under US$25" the lower end category. Restaurant meal prices are also missing - "moderately priced" can mean anything - but opening hours and menu descriptions are provided. None of this will be a real problem for the vast majority of visitors, but low-budget backpackers will be left guessing at times. I found the coverage of city bus services skimpy, although inter-city buses are adequately described. I sought and didn't find tips on getting too/from the airports on the cheap (US$14 per person for a colectivo to cover the 12 km to/from La Paz Airport doesn't sound like the cheapest option to me). Maybe Cabo just isn't a shoestring destination the way Thailand is - and I know Joe Cummings is very familiar with Thailand. Joe has plenty of helpful hints for motorists, but I couldn't find anything about parking. Is free, secure parking so universally available around Cabo that's it's not even worth a mention? Travelers who have used the Moon Handbooks series in past will be impressed by the resigned format exemplified in this volume. Cummings himself took most of the black and white photos, and I like the way sites are clearly labeled on the maps and not listed in cumbersome keys the way they are in Lonely Planet. However, 18 maps in a 288-page guidebook seems too few to me. These minor caveats aside, Moon Handbooks Cabo is value for money and it will serve the independent, adventuresome traveler well.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Moon Cabo Book - 3 rd Edition, Jan 2 2003

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Bill Thomson (Pullman, Wa. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cabo: La Paz to Cabo San Lucas (Paperback)

My family just returned from 2 weeks in Cabo. During this time we used the Moon guide (3rd ed.) extensively. We visited San Jose, Cabo SL, Todos Santos, and east cape as well as various remote points in between and found the book accurate every step of the way. This book is very well researched and complete - although pricing was a couple of years out of date. I assume the 4 th edition corrects that. This book is a "must have" for travelers to Cabo who want to do more than just stay in a pre-packaged all inclusive resort.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great travel book, Feb 25 2002

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This review is from: Moon Handbooks Cabo: La Paz to Cabo San Lucas (Paperback)

I thought this book was highly accurate in its description of restaurants and hotels in the main places people visit in Baja California del Sur. It even has info on places you mainly just drive through from one larger place to another with information on the tiny town's history, places to eat there, etc. You can rely on the information in this book. I'd not hesitate to buy another travel book by this author.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good Region Overview
We found this book to be a pretty good overview of the Los Cabos region. You can pretty much get to anywhere you want to go using this book. Read more

Published on Dec 31 2001 by DiveAtlas.com

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of inacuracies
Although this book contains lots of good information, it has too many inaccuracies. It looks as though the author has not updated his database of accommodations. Read more

Published on Sep 1 2001 by Andrew Simpkins