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Mexico - "CANCUN" Set of 4 Mini-Mousepad Coasters
$8.99
Protect your furniture with this set of 4 mini-mousepad coasters. Each coaster is 3.5 x 3.5 inches (width & lenght). They are soft top made out of mousepad material (polyester surface, neoprene backing) and work well as coasters.

Frommer's Mexico 2009 (Frommer's Complete)
$23.99
This book is a good 200 pages shorter than the comparative books for the region. While it did a decent job and covers a lot, it isn't the best. Frustratingly, the index is very abbreviated; some of the regions and areas have attractions IN the area, but not in the index. We also used the Moon Guide Yucatan and the Lonely Planet Yucatan. We preferred the Moon Guide, but also used this book for cross reference. His personal references and experiences are the best aspects of the book, and it is still a valuable tool for exploring the region. The included map, while not amazing, was better than the maps the other books provided (none).

Travel With Kids - Mexico: The Yucatan Mayan Riviera
$17.98
To prepare for a trip to the Yucatan (from which my wife and I returned last week), I rented several DVDs about the Yucatan from the local library (sorry Amazon!). My wife and I don't have kids, but there weren't all that many videos to choose from and the cover mentioned several places we were planning on seeing, so we figured what the heck. As it turned out, this video was by far the most educational and entertaining of the DVDs we rented. Lots of information (everything from prices to historical and cultural info) and virtually every important site in the Yucatan was covered: this family must've had a busy trip! About the only site which was a notable omission was Uxmal, which is an easy day trip from Merida. Otherwise, this video had pretty much every place covered that a vacationer to the Yucatan could think of, including Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, Chichen Itza, Valladolid, Merida, Izamal, Tulum, and more. We even stayed at the same Merida hotel (Casa del Balam) and enjoyed it greatly. Again, even though we don't have kids, the kids were cute and we enjoyed the perspective of the youngsters. We even started quoting the kids a bit ... "when will chocolate cake come?" was our favorite. I don't know what that says about us!

Unless you confine yourself to the touristy Cancun area, you'll need more than this video to plan your trip. But at the same time, the dry text of tour books does not always do justice to many of these places. Whether you have kids or not, I'd recommend watching this video to anyone planning a trip to the Yucatan. I was especially pleased to see so much coverage of the sites away from the coast--that is, "real" Mexico. The Yucatan gets an unfair reputation for just being a crowded, Americanized place of beaches and parties, due to the spring break crowd. While the Yucatan does have these attractions (and for many people, that alone is enough), there is much more for the traveler to discover if he or she makes the effort to dig beneath the surface even just a little. Hats off to this video for making the treasures of the Yucatan accessible to travelers of all interests and ages.

Cancun, Mexico satellite map poster from space: 24"x36" Glossy
$29.95
Cancun, Mexico STP118 24"x36" "Museum Quality" Photo Gloss Print of Cancun, Mexico When you say Cancun, what are you really thinking about? Are you thinking about the warm white sand, the warm crystal clear water, the warm Caribbean air or the awesome hotels, restaurants and the great nightlife? This print can bring back all those great memories.