Moon Handbooks give you the tools to make your own choices.Can’t-miss sights, activities, restaurants, and accommodations, marked with MEssential info on San Salvador, El Salvador’s resilient urban heartSuggestions on how to plan a trip that’s perfect for you, including:The Best of El SalvadorSurf’s Up!From Cool Cloud Forests to Warm WavesArt and Culture: Past and Present13 detailed and easy-to-use …
The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman’s Fight to Save the World’s Most Beautiful Bird
Caring for orphaned animals at her own zoo in the tropical country of Belize, Sharon Matola became one of Central America’s greatest wildlife defenders. And when powerful outside forces conspired with the local government to build a dam that would flood the nesting ground of the only scarlet macaws in Belize, Matola was drawn into the fight of …
Guatemala 1:470,000 Travel Map (International Travel Country Maps: Guatemala)
Very detailed, double sided road and travel map, scale 1:470,000, includes insets of central part of Guatemala City and the city’s Environs as well as place name index. Printed on synthetic paper, durable in tropical conditions. Distinguishes roads ranging from expressways to seasonal tracks. Legend includes railways, ferry routes, national parks, points of interest, international airports, domestic airports, …
The NEW Escape To Paradise: Our Experience Living & Retiring In Panama
Thinking of escaping to an expat lifestyle? Wonder why many people are choosing to escape to Panama? Is Panama for you? What is it like to actually live in this tropical paradise? Richard Detrich retired to Panama from Southern California eleven years ago. Like a good friend, he gives you …
A Bird-Finding Guide to Panama is an essential tool for anyone traveling in search of Panama’s spectacular birds and natural attractions. With more than 970 species and a growing infrastructure of good roads, eco-lodges, and restaurants, Panama is a premier birding and nature tourism destination in the neotropics. The country’s unique geography, small size, and varied habitats make …
Love Songs from a Shallow Grave (A Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery)
Three young Laotian women have died of fencing sword wounds. Each of them had studied abroad in an Eastern bloc country. Before he can complete his investigation, Dr. Siri is lured to Cambodia by an all-expenses-paid trip. Accused of spying for the Vietnamese, he is imprisoned, beaten, and threatened with death. The Khmer Rouge is relentless, and it …
The Costa Rica Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)
Long characterized as an exceptional country within Latin America, Costa Rica has been hailed as a democratic oasis in a continent scorched by dictatorship and revolution; the ecological mecca of a biosphere laid waste by deforestation and urban blight; and an egalitarian, middle-class society blissfully immune to the violent class and racial conflicts that have haunted the region. …
Central America 1:1,100,000 Travel Map (International Travel Maps)
Double sided road and travel map covers the area from Belize and Guatemala to the border with Colombia at the scale of 1:1,100,000. It includes insets with Environs of San Jose (C.Rica), Panama Canal Area, Isla de Coco and Isla de San Andres. Distinguishes roads ranging from highways (paved/unpaved) to seasonal tracks. Legend includes swamps, glaciers, reefs, active …
The Costa Rica Adventure Set consists of a Pocket Naturalist Guide and National Geographic map, ideal, lightweight references to take hiking or driving through this spectacular region. Waterford’s folding pocket-sized Costa Rica Wildlife guide is a beautifully illustrated reference to over 140 familiar and unique species of animals. National Geographic’s Costa Rica Adventure Travel Map is a waterproof, …
Moon Spotlight Honduras Bay Islands is a 65-page compact guide covering the best of the Bay Islands. Travel writers Chris Humphrey and Amy E. Robertson offer their firsthand advice on what you shouldn’t miss, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and …