Gather Guatemala (Lonely Planet Guide) Crafted By Lonely Planet Textbook

Guatemalan:
Tho I liked the book and it has some facts that I didn't even know, . . It also has some misleading information and it tells you to go to places that don't even exist!
So if you use this book, try to look for information online or ask a local.
Utile per preparare il viaggio, ricca di informazioni utili ovviamente il web aiuta per gli aggiornamenti, ma sulle priorità/posti interessanti al momento il cartaceo batte siti.
Used this book to fill in a trip to Antigua and Lake Atitlan, Very thorough, and contained solid info on how to get around the lake towns in Ati, A great guide to Guatemala, Though I think things like specific restaurants and hotels is getting antiquated with the internet but the overviews of cities and the quick history of Guatemala was good.
Also liked to inside look on culture and what makes the county unique, Nonfiction/ Informational

Summary:
Guatemala, a country with history, This travel guide gives color maps, suggestions of activities to do while in Guatemala and built in dictionaries to help with vocabulary, Maps and photographs give readers a view of Guatemala that they would not receive apart from this nonfiction text,

Evaluation:
This book is so engaging, From colored maps to actual budgeting suggestions, it follows a person through how to take a trip to Guatemala, This book is in the beginning of a series of different countries,

Activity:
These books come in a series of different locations that the students could research, Since the text gives suggestions for taking trips to Guatemala, I would ask the students to write a short paragraph on what they would do in Guatemala.
I would incorporate this text by teaching the students about maps and what maps tell them, This book is embarassing. They call indigenous traje "costumes", If you're ever going to travel to Guatemala and want a book borrow one from somebody else or get it used I could track mine down for you don't give 'em your money.
Es una buena referencia sobre los sitios que no debemos omitir en nuestra visita a Guatemala tanto en su ciudad capital, como en la colonial Antigua, además de múltiples lagos, volcanes y sitios arqueológicos.
También proporciona información cultural sobre ese hermano país, Details on finding Mayan archaeological sites off the usual tourist path, great coffee and hot showers are included in this guide, as well as activities, and a Mayan and Spanish glossary of terms.
Well this was a good starting point for me, It did exactly what I wanted it to doget me excited to go to Guatemala, Hopefully I'll get there, sometime in late August, . . again, let me know if you have any suggestions for reading regarding Guatemala, and any tips if you've been there, . . la dee da. Guidebooks for what they are worth can tell you a lot, And this one does that, but there is something about this guide book that only tells you about the tourist traps, I like to go where there aren't tourists, So take it with a grain of salt if you like to travel like me, But whatever you do don't carry it in your hand or the people will laugh at you! Had a great trip! This is an excellent travel companion for someone traveling to Guatemala.
I found it useful for planning weekend trips, finding cafes and restaurants and learning simple cultural tips before I went down there, However, the best cultural tips are learned through conversation and experience, I carried this book in my backpack for six weeks around Guatemala, like just about every other american and most European tourists, I found it helpful to a point, like most guidebooks I suppose, but after a week or two I began to find it most annoying.
It didn't seem terribly well organized and I found it particularly difficult to use when trying to figure

out how to get from place to place, because often that information was spread throughout the section, or simply was incomplete.
It's Lonely Planet. It's probably the best travel guide on the country, Not perfect, though. Feel like I have a pretty good first impression of Guatemala now! It provided a thorough intro to the culture of Guatemala and listed many outside resources that will also be helpful for learning about the country before I go.
The writing was pretty entertaining as well my favorite part is when the author called the tectonic plates underneath Guatemala "frisky, " Don't go to The Mangle in Monterrico! OUR STORYA beat up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure, Inthats all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime across Europe and Asia overland to Australia, It took several months, and at the end broke but inspired they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap.
Within a week theyd soldcopies and Lonely Planet was born, One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the worlds leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet, .