Lonely Planet Baja California

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as comprehensive as a telephone directory...
Practical and fun

Lonely Planet Baja California (Lonely Planet Baja and Los Cabos)
Andrea Schulte-Peevers , David Peevers , Michele Matter , and Sarah Long
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1864501987

Book Description

Just west of the Mexican mainland and south of the US border lies the Baja Peninsula - land of lovely beaches, remote deserts and crystalline waters. Whether you want to view ancient Indian rock art, surf off Islas de Todos Santos or savor the best margarita in Ensenada, Lonely Planet reveals the best of Baja on and off the tourist track. <ul>

sleepy? where to stay from desert camps to ritzy resorts </li>

hungry? local cuisine from huevos fritos to lobster burritos </li>

active? diving, surfing, whale-watching and fishing hot spots </li>

lost? 38 detailed maps throughout </li>

no habla español? handy Spanish language and menu translators </li></ul>

Customer Reviews:

as comprehensive as a telephone directory..........2002-10-10

... and with about as much personality and selectivity. Like the Moon guide, a very useful book to have once you find yourself in Town X but not very useful for figuring out whether it would be better to plan a trip to Town X versus Town Y.

Practical and fun.......2001-06-09

Lonely Planet's Baja book is an excellent guide to the peninsula. I especially appreciated the detailed info on how to get around in Baja. The section on health in the front of the book came in handy after a small altercation with a manta ray! It was excellent for travelers on a budget. The descriptions of cities, places to stay and restaurants were all very accurate, but left enough room for our personal tastes to guide us to the spots that seemed especially fitting.

I felt as though once we arrived at our final destination there was a lot more there than was really covered in the book, but I guess they only have so many pages to work with!

Book Description

Welcome to sun-drenched San Diego. Whether you head for the beach, hike in the hills or wander museums and parks, this is the book to take. Then slide south of the border for Tijuana-style bargaining, barhopping and bullfighting. <ul>

extensive lodging and restaurant listings for every budget </li>

expansive coverage of San Diego's Balboa Park, home of the famous zoo </li>

easy daytrips from both San Diego and Tijuana </li>

handy Spanish menu translator </li>

24 detailed maps to keep you on track in both cities </li></ul>

Customer Reviews:

Still useful.......2006-12-26

Despite the book's age, it's still very useful -- San Diego doesn't seem to change that fast! The Tijuana section in particular is quite good. Like every Lonely Planet guide, though, it could have used a bit more editing to rein in the author's particular oddball biases.

San Diego is the place to be!.......2001-09-28

The book was very good except that is does miss out some Hostel's I stayed out that were just outstanding! One special one was only two blocks "Pacific Beach" in San Diego, corner of Cass and Garnet Streets called the "International House on the Second Floor". They especially cater for international tourist's and students, and are some of the best people I have ever met, it's also the cleanest Hostel around!. San Diego and Tijuana are very interesting and different but are both just beautiful. The book itself was quite detailed and everything was where it was suppose to be. One of the best in the Lonely Planet series!

Lonely Planet Baja California (Baja California, 4th ed)

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Not the right guide for baja
A really good guide

Lonely Planet Baja California (Baja California, 4th ed)
Wayne Bernhardson
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0864424450

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The long, beautiful peninsula of Baja California is full of possibility. You can sport fish for marlin, snorkel the Sea of Cortés, surf the primo waves of the Pacific, or explore the sere beauty of the desert. There are intriguing small towns, plush resort villas, secluded beaches, and vibrant tourist-filled nightclubs. There's whale watching and horseback riding, ancient Indian rock art, and a church designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (for whom a Parisian tower, another of his creations, is named), plus scuba diving, hiking, lovely lobster burritos, and eye-popping margaritas. It's all a matter of knowing where to go and how to get around, where to stay and what brand of entertainment best suits you and your budget. Wayne Bernhardson's guide to Baja clearly delineates all the options available. The maps are superb, the information comprehensive--with details, times, phone numbers, and prices for everything from transportation and museums to tourist offices and hotels. You have only to commit to the trip, choose your pleasures, and go. --Stephanie Gold

Book Description

39 Maps

Customer Reviews:

Not the right guide for baja.......2000-02-02

Disappointing. I have used lp guides in latin america before with a great deal of satisfation and I understand that prices go up and things change. However the guide to Baja was not up to lp's usual quality. I think the research for the update was just not as thorough as it usually is for lp guides. The bus schedules were way off and didn't make sense. In the town of San Quintin there were three bus terminals and five bus companies with widely varying prices and none of that was mentioned in the book. Some ommisions and mistakes are to be expected in a guide book but in this one they occured far too frequently. In short, this guide is rarely valuable for a budget traveler, and if you are headed to Baja (which is by the way a beautiful place) I would look into other potentially more accurate guides.

A really good guide.......1999-01-14

I'm just back from a two week travel in the beautiful BAJA and I have to say that this Lonely Planet guide book is excellent. The good thing about this book is the really good maps of a lot of town. With this book I was able to saw everything i wanted. I really recommand this book to someone who is planning to go on bus, its got all the precise information about bus schedule, bus terminal, etc...... A real good guide !!!!!

Lonely Planet Baja California & Los Cabos (Lonely Planet Baja and Los Cabos)

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Easily Readable But Lacking Correct Information
compact and user friendly

Lonely Planet Baja California & Los Cabos (Lonely Planet Baja and Los Cabos)
Danny Palmerlee
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1741045649

Book Description

Discover Baja California and Los Cabos Commune with whale calves as their mothers nudge them to the surface for their very first breath. Get dusty on the badder-than-bad backroad to Bahia Luis Gonzaga. Suck down a caguama (that's Baja for beer) as you watch the sun set in Punta Abreojos. Discover the delectable truth behind Baja's world-renowned invention, the Caesar salad. In This Guide: 4872 miles, one black-widow bite, one superstar author still kicking, and 30 pages of the best damn maps anywhere. Special surfing chapter written by none other than Surfer magazine editor Jake Howard - charge on! Mi Querido Baja California feature revealing the lives of a painter, a doctor and a few more local experts. And, since you asked for it, we've incorporated more off-track coverage than any other guidebook.

Customer Reviews:

Easily Readable But Lacking Correct Information .......2006-09-15

My wife and me chose this LP guide for our recent trip to Baja Norte. I actually enjoyed Palmerlee's writing style and his side commentaries on the Baja music scene and other topics of interest. However, there were just too many cases of inaccurate information. For example, Palmerlee says a taxi from Ensenada to La Bufadora is about $12 when actually the round trip cost given to us by numerous taxi drivers was $40. He then says (correctly) that you can save money by taking a $1 bus to the town of Maneadora. But from there, he says, you must hitchhike to La Bufadora. The truth is, as we discovered by talking to the locals, you can easily catch another $1 bus from Maneadero to La Bufadora. Thus avoiding the hitchhiking which many people, including my wife, would not want to try.

Another problem was that the hotel recommendations were too often off the the mark. For example, at the highly recommended Hotel Los Pelicanos in Rosarito we were taken to a dark, dreary room by a very unfriendly hotel receptionist. Of course, we chose not to stay there.

I know that prices change and good places go bad. But still this book just had too many inaccuracies for me to recommend it. In fact, my wife started saying we should read what the Lonely Planet guide said and then do the opposite. I think this was probably a bit of an overstatement on her part. But still I'm sure this is the last thing LP wants to hear from it's readers. By the way, Lonely Planet is still my favorite publisher of travel guides. But hopefully the book we purchase for our next trip will provide better information.

compact and user friendly.......2006-07-02

the moon book is like reading a code many times, difficult to obtain the info you desire. the costs of rooms and cafes are in layers, $ $$ $$$ or over $25, $25-50 etc, and you never really know if it costs $25 or $50, same with meals, and it has no easy to find color map, requiring one to search thru the different sections to find a black & white map covering a large area, and then you have to try and find the area of interest.
the lonely planet is about 1/3 as thick, has prices for room and meals in every range, and specific dollar amounts. somehow it was able to jam enormous user needed info into a small space and leave out much of the vague data in the moon book. Easy to carry and a real joy to look thru.

Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Baja California (Lonely Planet. Diving & Snorkeling Baja California)

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Don't Leave Home Without It!
Good introduction to Baja diving
Great Information on Baja.
Complete Baja Dive Book!

Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Baja California (Lonely Planet. Diving & Snorkeling Baja California)
Walt Peterson
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
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Product Features:

dive site depth range and conditions
common and hazardous marine life
topside practicalities
diving services and environmental organizations
19 easy-to-read maps

ASIN: 0864425724

Product Description

Blessed with two lengthy and very different coastlines, the Baja Peninsula has a virtually unmatched range of underwater environments. Off its Pacific shores, divers and snorkelers can explore thriving kelp forests and observe cool-water marine life. The Sea of Cortez offers prolific temperate and tropical marine life, colonies of playful sea lions, historical shipwrecks and even a coral reef. The sourthern Cortez and the Revillagigedos attract divers who come to experience close-up encounters with hammerhead sharks and manta rays. This book describes 53 of Baja California's best dive sites, with full colour photos throughout.

Customer Reviews:

Don't Leave Home Without It!.......2004-09-19

I found LP's Diving & Snorkeling Baja California indispensable. By far, it is the most handy guide book offered about scuba diving on the peninsula. The combination of accurate maps, superb photos, and excellent dive site descriptions make this book a winner. What I also particularly enjoyed was the appendix of marine life found in Baja. Although not complete in every detail (this book would be a LOT heavier!) for a dive foray down onto the peninsula it is perfect. This book wasn't written to be a tome; its strength lies in its ability to accurately project experiences a diver may encounter at each of the sites to include marine biology, underwater geology, and level of difficulty. The two sections of the book that I found most valuable were 1) the description of El Bajo, the shallow underwater volcano you can dive on pg. 105 (for a REALLY thorough description read "Diving The Seamount") and the section on the mysterious Islas de Revillagigedo dive sites several hundred miles south of Cabo beginning on pg. 124. As an added bonus, the major dive operators, hotels, recompression chambers (you never know!) are listed in various sections of this guide. Well done!

Good introduction to Baja diving.......2002-01-02

This book describes many of the major diving areas in Baja. Unfortunately, it really doesn't get specific about many of the dive sites. It's a good introduction, and will help you ask informative questions, but if you are looking at diving sites on your own, this book falls short. The book gives a nice overview of Baja topside and also contains a nice marine life identification section. If you are trying to get an idea of where you'd like to go and what you can expect to see, this book fits the bill....

Great Information on Baja........2001-05-19

I used this book for a trip to baja two summers ago. It was a great reference for finding good dive sites. The pictures are wonderful and the maps are very helpful. If you are planning to go to Baja to dive then be sure to pick up this book and plan to spend some quality time in La Paz!

Complete Baja Dive Book!.......2000-03-13

I really enjoyed this book and have used it extensively. It gives a brief summary of many of the dive sites all over north and south Baja with great color pictures and contact names. A must have for the diver in Baja.

Baja California, a travel survival kit (Lonely Planet Baja & Los Cabos)

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Baja California, a travel survival kit (Lonely Planet Baja & Los Cabos)
Scott Wayne
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