In article <6J7db.5831$NX3.4442@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, King
<kingtutt1@earthlink.net> writes
>Hi,
>Thanks everyone for your opinion.  I know everyone has their favorite
>guides.  They're probably all good in their own way.
>How would you rate,
>
>Fodor's
>
>Frommers
>
>Rough Guide
>
>Lonley Planet
>
>other?
>
>

For South America, the South America Handbook - now published by
Footprints and split into individual country books is as complete as you
get. Lonely Planet - well, it is too opinionated for my liking, though a
better read. I liked it better in the olden days when it had one-liners
like 'Brasilia is a vast architectural wank' - expunged from later
editions. 

-- 
JohnM   
        Author of Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul 
      http://www.scroll.demon.co.uk/spaver.htm