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.Frommer's Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan 2008

by: David Baird, Juan Cristiano

August 31, 2007
Just back from three weeks in the Yucatan (and I had a wonderful time!), and found this to be a reliable guide. The rating system is dependable, the maps helpful, and for the most part the info is up to date. I will say this, you might concidering more than one guide book as all of them seem to have some defficincies. This would be most important for the independent travler and the travler who is planning to get away from the major resorts. You might also consider buying good maps. Oh! you also have to pick up "TOURIST IN THE YUCATAN" by Brownsfield, great beach read that takes place right where you are vacationing!
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.Mexican Spanish Phrasebook

from: Lonely Planet

2003-10
First of all, UK-English phrases/words/expressions don't really apply when a book is sold to North Americans. Mincemeat being a prime example of confusion: in the UK, this is ground beef - and translated into Mexican Spanish as such.
Secondly, I found the book lacking in popular expressions, foods etc that one sees along the roadside...stalls, restaurants, stores etc. To give the publisher of this little book a break, the specific latin/spanish dictionary I have with me is not much better!
On the upside, the book is modernized to include dating situations etc, even the dumbest pick-up lines. ha ha, good for a little joke anyway.
Overall helpful, but could be way better

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.Easy Spanish Phrase Book: Over 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use

by: Dover

May 26, 1994
There are indeed useful phrases for the traveler, but the way they show how to pronounce things is pretty awful at parts and you'd sound really weird pronouncing some of this stuff... for example:
English: "I want to leave these packages for a while" =
Spanish: "Quiero dejar estos paquetes un rato."
Their way to pronounce this is: "KYAY-ro day-HAHR ESS-tohss pah-KAY-tess oon RRAH-toh"
I know how to pronounce things well after over a year of learning spanish...Even looking over the small pronunciation guide in Madrigal's Magic Key to spanish will help a lot more with pronunciation. That sentence is more like "KYEH-roh deh-HAR ESS-tohs pah-KEH-tess oon RRAH-toh"
Anyway, still there are a lot of useful phrases and ... Read More:
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