Archie Dean

This directory thoroughly covers SMA businesses and services. The "Insider's Guide To San Miguel" (2011 edition) is superb -- it's indispensable in covering the businesses and services a person is likely to need when living or staying for an extended period in SMA. For example, one afternoon my wife's watch battery died. Looking at "Watch Repair" in the Table Of Contents, we quickly found three different shops and walked to a nearby one, a hole in the wall that we never would have found on our own. The proprietor took about two minutes to insert the new battery, and the price was perfectly reasonable.

We've found similarly useful references in "Insider's Guide" to just about any business or service one could want in SMA. In separate sections in the back, the book also covers Dolores Hidalgo and Guanajuato. Each listing has the business name, address, phone number, name of the proprietor, e-mail address, and other helpful information, such as whether credit cards are taken.

Note that the "Insider's Guide" is a directory and is not intended as a guide for tourists passing through SMA who want to know the history or sights to see. The Guide has no photographs of pretty sites, but that's not its purpose.… (altro)