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…
Tags: Pensamientos en Español, Pre-Departure Details
May 30th, 2005 at 11:32 am
WOW Marisa
you blog is really cute now, I love the pictures.
See you soon in Buenos Aires
May 31st, 2005 at 10:24 pm
Thanks, Gabriela 🙂 I can’t wait!!!