Frommer's ShortCuts give you exactly what you need for your trip toMichoacan, Mexico-and no more. In this ebook, you'll get the same expert advice that you'llfind in all Frommer's guides, from candid reviews and detailed mapsto insider tips from our local authors. Plus, we've addedplanning and background information as well as our signature "Bestof " features. This Frommer's ShortCuts to Michoacan, Mexicoincludes: Morelia, Patzcuaro, Uruapan Search for more Frommer's ShortCuts. Mix and...
This single volume reference resource offers students, scholars, and general readers alike an in-depth background on Mexico, from the complexity of its pre-Columbian civilizations to its social and political development in the context of Western civilization.How did modern Mexico become a nation of multicultural diversity and rich indigenous traditions? What key roles do Mexico's non-Western, pre-Columbian indigenous heritage and subsequent development as a major center in the Spanish colonial e...
Merry Christmas and Don't Worry Mexico Is Buying The Presents
by Pharaoh Group
Readers who believe as Herman Melville's Ishmael, that 'meditation and water are wedded for ever', will be entranced by Rex Johnson Jr's, account of his travels to the upper Bavispe River in Mexico's northern Sierra Madre. Combining travel observations, natural history, ethnography, ecology, and ichthyology, Johnson's narrative plunges the reader into a world that is so far from the twenty-first-century United States that it is difficult to believe how physically close the two countries actually...
Love and friendship, art and craft, language and culture are the subjects of this look back at one woman's experiences in Mexico over a period of twenty years. What first propels Linda Grant Niemann south are the migrants she encounters in her job as a railroad brakeman in the Southwest. She decides to learn Spanish, and in Mexico she soon meets some surprising kindred spirits. An admirer of craft and expertise, Niemann seeks out individual artists who make exquisite things-Otomi papermakers, t...
Cancun & the Yucatan for Dummies (Dummies Travel, #8)
by David Baird and Victoria Rivers
There is more than enough to keep you busy on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula the resorts at Cancun 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 Cancun and the Yucatan: water sports and other outdoor activities for the adventurous; a listing of all the Yucatan's beaches; Tips for not looking (or acting) like a gringo; top myths and misconceptions about...
This first book explains why we decided to travel, what it was like to quit our jobs and sell our possessions, and how we funded our bicycle journey around the world. In addition, it goes on to describe the day to day adventures from Arizona, USA to Panama City, Panama.