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| Costa Rica (Country Guide) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mara Vorhees
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (24 reviews)
Sales Rank: 230116
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 7th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 592
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1741044634
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.2860452
EAN: 9781741044638
ASIN: 1741044634
Publication Date: October 1, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 Lonely Planet Costa Rica - need a magnifying glass! October 17, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Lonely Planet Costa Rica has a lot of great information on visiting Costa Rica along with history of the country. The only problem with this book is that the print is so small that sometimes I have to get out a magnifying glass to read the print without straining my eyes. I do wear corrective lenses and normally I do not have any trouble reading the type in books. I wish they Lonely Planet books would increase the print size. I may not buy another one of their books based on the small print that are currently in the books.
 Lonely Planet Costa Rica October 3, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
As always, Lonley Planet doesn't disappoint. All the information you need to plan your trip is here. It is presented precisely and with humor.
 Great Book September 29, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book was such a useful resource to have while traveling through Costa Rica. The information was very helpful and I would strongly recommend it.
Cean Colcord
 Conflicted author may depress you July 10, 2007
64 out of 67 found this review helpful
While I agree with the conservationist spirit and general distaste for overrun tourist traps expressed throughout this guidebook by Matthew Firestone (one of the book's two authors), I found his relentlessly negative tone to be extremely off-putting. While the sections written by the other author (Mara Vorhees) are more neutral, informative and generally reflect the high quality I've come to expect from the Lonely Planet series of guidebooks, Matthew Firestone's sections have fully succeeded in dampening my enthusiasm for a trip to Costa Rica before the trip has even begun.
While it may be that the beach at Playa Tamarindo "is full of blubbery North American and European holidaymakers who spend most of their time frying in the sun like beached whales" turning their complexion "from a pasty white to a rosy shade of skin cancer," and while that description does indeed sound like a scene I would rather avoid, I find the author's consistent haughty tone and overriding negativity to be out of place and offensive in a book that is intended for - after all - tourists.
I am still planning what I fully expect to be an exciting and fun vacation in Costa Rica, but now I have to do so in spite of the author of this book's overbearing negativity. It's true, I'm sure, that Costa Rica was once better to visit than it is today, but this book is not for people who knew and loved the country years ago. It's intended for people who have never been there before, and since Mr. Firestone couldn't put aside his sour gripes and focus on what's great about the place rather than bemoaning what's been lost, his words and advice won't be making the trip with me.
This book has been my first disappointment in the Lonely Planet series.
Lonely Planet Rocks July 5, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
In my travels I have come to rely on Lonely Planet for sound advise - they've never led me astray. Prior to travel I always check out their website as the feedback from other travels that is posted there is also outstanding.
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