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Any suggestions out there for a good book to b ring to CA? Particularly Guatemala?(although thats not very important) It can be fiction, non fiction, anything that would enrich my CA trip... thanks!

For a better understanding of the history of unrest and genocide, you could read "Paradise in Ashes". Might be better after your trip, though - I found it hard to sleep well if I read it right before bed.

Have a great trip!

Does it have to be about Central America?

1. Useful phrases in Spanish.

2. Footprints guide to CA and SA

3. Under the Volcano... about lago atitlan

4. The novels presented as facts by the guatemalan writer.
Bad things DID happen to the indians in guatemala, by the way. Just ask the thousands of refugees now living in chiapas because their lands were taken from them. Apparently the government only recognises registered land titles, and many indian villages occupied the same place so long they were never issued. Others were land owned by the husbands of women, and when the men were disappeared, well,title never reverted to the wife or family.

5. Sudoku in English

6. One book, preferably bad or in German or swedish, that you can trade in at a hostel for a good book. Add to the collection of German and non-english titles. Everyone will love you. VBG

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Useful phrases in Spanish.

"¿Cuál es su nombre de pantalla BootsnAll?"

Saw a phrase book with this phrase.

"Do you have a pink parasol?"

I couldn't buy it from the lucky man who owned it.

1) Spies, Crooks and Others Along the Way
Tales of Sandra Snyder's travels around Central America via sailboat

2) Jaguar Smile
Salman Rushdie's brief book on his trip to Nicaragua during the Contra War

3) The Path Between the Seas
The thick story of the Panama Canal which is actually a fast read

4) If you're interested in Panama, you could always read my book Is There a Hole in the Boat? Tales of Travel in Panama without a Car.

it doesn't necessarily have to be about CA, just something that i might appreciate more being down there