This is the most comprehensive travel guide available to the 15 South Pacific island nations of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia, a region 5 times the size of the continental United States. Includes 8 black-and-white photographs and 21 maps.
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Adventuring in the Pacific guides travelers through 15 South Pacific island nations, a region five times the size of the continental United States. This vast area covers all of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia, and offers a spectacular range of natural attractions -- volcanic formations, highlands, atolls, coral reefs, lagoons, waterfalls, and beaches -- harboring a broad variety of birds, animals, plant life, and marine creatures.
Adventuring in the Pacific features:
-- Island-by-island profiles of the terrain, history, native customs, and not-to-be-missed places that give each island its special character, such as Colo-i-Suva, a lush forest park, on Suva, Fiji;
-- Outdoor recreational opportunities, such as scuba diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, hiking, mountain climbing, sightseeing by bicycle, car, or boat, and beachcombing on endless white sand beaches like those of Ha'apai, Tonga;
-- Travel information on the best seasons to visit, transportation, accommodations, scheduling, visa requirements, language, shopping, and native arts along with entertainment, cultural events, and night life. Current maps clearly display the geography of each region and island nation;
-- A chapter on "The Literary Pacific," detailing the works of those writers who helped shape the popular image of the South Seas, including Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, and James Michener;
-- Nine invaluable Appendices covering airlines, dazzling itineraries for travelers with even the most limited time, field research, birding, helpful vocabulary terms, and a handy "Quick Reference Guide to Pacific Destinations."
Adventuring in the Pacific features:
-- Island-by-island profiles of the terrain, history, native customs, and not-to-be-missed places that give each island its special character, such as Colo-i-Suva, a lush forest park, on Suva, Fiji;
-- Outdoor recreational opportunities, such as scuba diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, hiking, mountain climbing, sightseeing by bicycle, car, or boat, and beachcombing on endless white sand beaches like those of Ha'apai, Tonga;
-- Travel information on the best seasons to visit, transportation, accommodations, scheduling, visa requirements, language, shopping, and native arts along with entertainment, cultural events, and night life. Current maps clearly display the geography of each region and island nation;
-- A chapter on "The Literary Pacific," detailing the works of those writers who helped shape the popular image of the South Seas, including Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, and James Michener;
-- Nine invaluable Appendices covering airlines, dazzling itineraries for travelers with even the most limited time, field research, birding, helpful vocabulary terms, and a handy "Quick Reference Guide to Pacific Destinations."
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Adventuring in the Pacific : Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia,
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This review is from: Adventuring in the Pacific: The Islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia (Paperback)
"Adventuring in the Pacific" is the only book I've found, to date, that covers information about the South Pacific and Oceanic Islands from as far east as Tahiti in Polynesia, to as far north-west as the Northern Mariana's in Micronesia, covering many of the more remote or unfamiliar islands in between. The book contains a wealth of information that is vital to the traveler such as travel tips, length of stay considered adequate for each island, flora & fauna, native foods, and even important information about crime and health issues that may be encountered. Additionally, it includes an in depth look at the culture and history of each island. I would have preferred seeing more detailed maps, more weather information and pictures of the islands, but for anyone planning to visit or sail throughout the South Seas, or if you're just an island "buff" it is well worth the purchase.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting and even relevant - if you have the money !,
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This review is from: Adventuring in the Pacific: The Islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia (Paperback)
No doubt interesting reading. Whether it's relevant... Well, yes, this could be great advice for those adventuring in the Pacific, but only with huge amounts of money which few of us have. Unless you have your own yacht(s) etc, you may be better off with one of the more 'conventional' travel guides.
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