If you're dying to know more about the places featured in the logs, here's a list of the best Web sites and books on these destinations. MEXICO Lonely Planet's Map of Mexico John Steinbeck's Log of the Sea of Cortez Tour by Mexico -- clickable map of Mexico's states and cities COSTA RICA Costa Rica Tourism Board World Atlas.com's map of central America Costa Rica Travel Net's map of Costa Rica Costa Rica rain forest canopy tours World Travel Guide.net's Overview of Costa Rica Frommer's Guide to San Jose, Costa Rica Costa Rica Tourism Guide Costa Rica Surfing Travel Guide Monteverde Cloud Forest SOUTH PACIFIC Hostels in the South Pacific South Pacific Organizer--a compilation of books on the South Pacific Fiji Islands and beach guide Fiji Islands Guide Rob Kay's Fiji Guide An overview of Samoan culture 1up Travel's Guide to Oceania Herman Melville's Typee Robert Louis Stevenson's Mutiny on the Bounty Paul Theroux's The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific E. Grove Day's The Lure of Tahiti Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence Paul Gauguin's own Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal James Michener's Tales of the South Pacific
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