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.Costa Rica (Country Guide)
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by: Matt Firestone, Wendy Yanagihara

October 01, 2008
The lonely planet helped as as always to plan our vacation. We spend only one week in this interesting country, but managed to plan an interesting and packed two day trip. Instead of booking through the hotel and spending at least $250 per person we took all the information out of the book. Besides saving some money, we had a lot of information and explored the country a lot better than with a pre booked trip. As the book is from 2006 some of the prices have already increased. I can highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to plan his trip on his own and/or wants background information on history, culture and people.
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.Waterproof Travel Map of Costa Rica
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by: Toucan Maps

February 01, 2008
This map provides a good scale with the detail that you want in a sturdy, easily useable format.
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.Frommer's Costa Rica 2008 (Frommer's Complete)
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by: Eliot Greenspan

October 01, 2007
I bought this for a 70 yr old friend who had suddenly taken an enormous interest in Costa Rica, and who was seriously thinking she wanted to go there. So I surprised her with this as a gift. I have to admit that I had an ulterior motive: at her age and level of physical abilities, I believed she would not be able to participate in all the loveliness and would likely find such a trip too much for her to enjoy. But I did not want to deliver that disheartening message.

She read thru the book and thoroughly enjoyed it but realized on her own that other places and trips would be better for her to consider. Sad but true, so the book did it's job. Frommer's can always be counted on to deliver a good product, even if as in this case it ends up turning ... Read More:
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.The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide
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by: Richard Garrigues

April 12, 2007
I purchased this book among others prior to taking a summer birding tour to Costa Rica. This is the book you will, currently, need to take with you!!! Don't even hesitate to purchase this one if you are going to be doing some serious birding.

Another nice supplemental bird book is the Hummingbirds of Costa Rica; I know it is a large book (not a field guide) but the information and photography of the hummingbirds is extremely helpful to study. Another essential edition is A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica by Stiles and Skutch.
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.Central America (Shoestring)
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by: Robert Reid

November 01, 2007
Everywhere we went on our month long blitz of Central America, we saw other travelers using this book. Anyone that wasn't looked on jealously. It was commonly referred to as "the Bible". The information on border crossings and buses could've been more extensive, but that's what other travelers were for. The recommendations on hostels were great, as were the highlights of things to do in each country. It's a heavy book, but a necessary item in your pack.
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.Guide to Costa Rican Spanish
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by: Christopher Howard

April 01, 2005
This book may not be best for a first book on speaking Latin American Spanish, however, it has been extremely helpful in helping me with pronunciation and local usage of words.
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.Moon Handbooks Panama (Moon Handbooks)
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by: William Friar

August 10, 2005
I have planned several trips to Panama using this book. The writing is clear, concise, and is generally accurate. I wouldn't say the book has an excess of personality to it (you wouldn't read it for fun), but it covers just about everything you'd want to know for your trip.

My only quibble is that this book needs to be updated. Panama is changing quite rapidly (the prices as well as the physical landscape) and a 3 year book will rapidly lose its value.

All in all, still the best around at what it does.
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.Moon Costa Rica (Moon Handbooks)
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by: Christopher P. Baker

September 28, 2007
I bought both Lonely Planet and Moon to be able to get a nice perspective on my trip to Costa Rica. Unfortunately the Moon handbook was not as useful as Lonely Planet. In fact, by the middle of the trip I buried this book at the bottom of my backpack. The only thing I found useful in Moon's guide was its maps. Other than that, I would stick with purchasing Lonely Planet.
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.Costa Rican Wildlife: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist - Waterford Press)
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by: James Kavanagh

January 01, 2001
When I bought this, I was expecting something a bit more substantial. It is literally a small laminated pamphlet. However, I think it is useful to have (in addition to a more extensive field guide-type wildlife book). It's much more convenient to use for quick identification than trying to whip out a big book on a hike. I also like that it's durable and laminated. I do plan to use this on my trip, but this would also be a good resource for kids to use also.
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.Moon Nicaragua (Moon Handbooks)
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by: Joshua Berman, Randall Wood

September 01, 2008
When I bought this, I was expecting something a bit more substantial. It is literally a small laminated pamphlet. However, I think it is useful to have (in addition to a more extensive field guide-type wildlife book). It's much more convenient to use for quick identification than trying to whip out a big book on a hike. I also like that it's durable and laminated. I do plan to use this on my trip, but this would also be a good resource for kids to use also.
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