Sliced Iguana: Travels in Mexico

By Isabella Tree

Book Overview

Behind the fa ade of sombreros and tequila, tourist traps and holiday resorts, there lies a very different Mexico. In Sliced Iguana Isabella Tree explores a country that is the heart and lifeblood of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 024114051X
• ISBN13: 9780241140512
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent travel writing

The author does a great job of providing historical background to the complexities of Mexican society. She covers the wide cultural and geographic diversity that epitomizes Mexico, and she takes us to remote areas that few "regular" tourists visit. I don't see the book as being critical of the U.S., rather Ms. Tree provides an insight as to how and why Mexicans have rather ambivalent attitudes about the U.S. It is unfortunate that more Americans do not have a more thorough appreciation for the culture and history of Mexico, and this book does a great job of showing what lies beyond the typical tourist spots like Cancun and Acapulco.

GREAT BOOK ON MEXICO

This is one of the most enjoyable books on Mexico I've read in a long time. Entertaining, thought-provoking, and well-written. Buy it. Jim Johnston, author of 'Mexico City: an Opinionated Guide for the Curious Traveler'.MEXICO CITY: AN OPINIONATED GUIDE FOR THE CURIOUS TRAVELER

Great book on Mexico...

Isabelle Tree can write and travel at the same time! She allows the mystic that is Mexico to shine through. Though occasionally anti-american in that smug British way - her observations are wonderful and her connections get her into rare situations and she takes us along for the ride!! If you love Mexico, or if you are just considering exploring - Sliced Iguana is my favorite book to get you there. Don't listen to her about San Miguel de Allende - she must have had a few bad days - it is the most magical place in Mexico and most Mexicans will agree with this assessment.