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Guidebook Whore

I feel like I am somewhat of a Guidebook whore. So, I have 4 guidebooks on hand relevant for my trip:

1) Footprint South American Handbook 2004, which I found extremely handy on my trip last year
2) Buenos Aires Insight Cityguide — I saw it at Half Priced Books for under $5, and just had to scoop it up
3) South America on a Shoestring — a much used book borrowed from a British guy named Stef
4) Lonely Planet’s Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay guide — another much used book borrowed from Stef

Wow, I am *not*, I repeat, *not* going to carry all of these books down there. I love love love the Footprints guide, so I’m definitely taking that. Plus, who knows if I’ll want to wander away from Argentina…so it would be nice to have the other countries in there as well. I think the BsAs cityguide contains too much verbage to carry — I want maps, hostels, basic info. I can read the history while I’m at home.

But I think I’ll let Sean bring the South America on a Shoestring guide…just in case he lands in Buenos Aires and is not able to find me…he can use that as a guide. I’ll probably send that one home with him, too, since I favor Footprints over Lonely Planent for South America. The LP Argentina guide..hmm…maybe I’ll carry that one initially…

Guidebooks, guidebooks, guidebooks!



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  1. Sor Raimunda Says:

    WOW Marisa
    you blog is really cute now, I love the pictures.

    See you soon in Buenos Aires

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  3. admin Says:

    Thanks, Gabriela 🙂 I can’t wait!!!

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