Central America and Mexico Handbook

PETER HUTCHISON Peter Hutchison first visited Central America in 1992 when he travelled extensively through the region and onto South America... using Footprint all the way! Attempts to settle in the UK have proved partially successful, but the attractions of Latin America continue regularly to pull him back to the region.

A foot in the door; essential; planning your trip; before you travel; money; getting there; touching down; keeping in touch; food and drink; shopping; entertainment; holidays and festivals; sport and special interest travel; health; further reading; history and culture; the Mundo Maya; music; Mexico - essentials; Mexico City and around; northern Mexico; central Mexico; colonial heartland; Michoacan; Guadalajara to the Pacific coast; southern Mexico; Guerrero, Oaxaxa and the Isthmus; Tabasco and Chiapas; Yucatan Peninsula; background; Guatemala - essentials; Guatemala City and Antigua; Guetamala City to the Caribbean; El Peten - the Maya centres and the jungle; southern Guatemala; Lake Atitlan and the central highlands; western Guatemala; background; Belize - essentials; Belize City and Belmopan; northern Cayes; northern Belize; western Belize; southern Belize and the southern Cayes; background; El Salvador - essentials; San Salvador; western El Salvador; northern El Salvador; eastern El Salvador; background; Honduras - essentials; Tegucigalpa; Tegucigalpa to San Pedro Sula; the north coast; the Bay Islands; Copan and western Honduras; Tegucigalpa to the Pacific; east of Pegucigalpa; northeast of Tegucigalpa; background; Nicaragua - essentialsl Managua; Managua to the northern Highlands; Leon and the midwest; Managua to Granada; Mangua to Costa Rica; eastern lowlands and the Caribbean; background; Costa Rica; essentials; San Jose; the Meseta Central; the central northwest; the northwest; north to Guanacaste Province; the Nicoya Peninsula; the central Pacific coast; San Jose to the Panama border; San Jose to the Atlantic coast; background; Panama - essentials; Panama City; the Canal, Colon and the San Blas Islands; the "interior"; Chirigui Highlands; the northwestern Caribbean coast; Darien and how to get to Columbia; background; footnotes.