Best central american travel guides according to redditors

Buy this:

Michel Thomas Method™ French For Beginners, 10-CD Program

Worth every dime.

The wiki gives a decent overview

Here are some shots of the 1st crossing by jeep.

Later range rover crossing

Crossing in a 2WD Chevrolet Corvairs

A book about crossing it

Uf! Incontables.

Uno de los libros que compramos antes de hacer el viaje se llama justamente así:
"Don't Go There. It's Not Safe. You'll Die." and other more rational advice for overlanding Mexico & Central America

Here are some French learning items that I recommend:

• CliffsNotes French 1 and French 2, which are available online for free or as a book.
  
  
• Berlitz Self-Teacher: French
  
  
• Learn French in Your Car Complete (You can download it, if you want)
  
  
• Speak in a Week French Flash Cards
  
  
• OR Speak in a Week French: See, Hear, Say & Learn
  
  
• Any French Phrase Book & Dictionary, I have Frommer's (They all seem the same to me)
  
  
• Rosetta Stone (Which can also be downloaded)
  
  
• Michel Thomas Method French For Beginners
  
  
• Capritz Method on YouTube... All the videos were recently removed! But you might be able to find them.
  
  
• French Radio
  
  Do all of those, thoroughly, and you'll do pretty well for yourself.