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Honduras Guide, 6th Edition (Open Road Travel Guides Honduras and Bay Islands Guide)
Honduras Guide, 6th Edition (Open Road Travel Guides Honduras and Bay Islands Guide)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars(based on 1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1699868
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Author: J. P. Panet
Publisher: Open Road
Studio: Open Road
Manufacturer: Open Road
Label: Open Road
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6 Updated
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 312
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 6.2 x 0.8

ISBN: 1892975726
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9781892975720
ASIN: 1892975726

Publication Date: June 18, 2002
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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Scant on Needed Details, Poorly Written   April 1, 2003
  16 out of 16 found this review helpful

My three friends and I just returned from Honduras. We each had a different guidebook. This one was by far the worst (even compared to books which covered central America in general rather than Honduras specifically).

Significant problems with this book include: seemingly random selection of lodging and food choices, almost no coverage of smaller towns, inaccurate public transportation information, and no ordering to hotels and restaraunts at all (neither alphabetical or - more logically - by cost).

Worst, the book is poorly written - we often had trouble figuring out just what the author meant. One particularly frustrating example arose when we tried to follow the book's directions to get to Tela (a city on the North Coast). The book states: "From San Pedro, take a bus from the Tupsa/Catisa station, 2 Avenida, 5/6 Calles SW, for Progresso, and change there for the bus to Tela. Buses leave every 15 minutes for El Progresso. However, you should take the direct bus to La Ceiba (same bus station), and tell the driver you want to get off at the entrance to Tela." Huh? So do we take the bus to Progresso, or to La Ceiba?

The book's history and culture information was fairly good (arguably better than the other guides we took with us) but it simply doesn't make up for the deficient selection and poor presentation of the information travellers really need. A passable second or third book, but not to be relied on as your primary guide to Honduras.

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