Bahamas: Out Island Odyssey (Paperback)

~ Nan Jeffrey (Author) "Mention the word "Bahamas" to most people and they immediately visualize all sorts of delightful images: sunshine and warmth, palm trees and tropical waters, coral..." (more)
Key Phrases: taxi from the airport, utility electricity, local transport, Marsh Harbour, Hope Town, Out Islands (more...)

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Product Description

Bahamas Out Island Odyssey is a collection of travel stories by the author, her husband and 3 young children. As they travel through the islands, she provides several humorous, but educational stories about all the hotels, beaches, and special hideaways they discover along the way. She provides maps, and special highlights for hotels, restaurants and small island town life for such places as Long Island, Great Exuma, Cat Island, Eleuthera, Harbour Island, Elbow Cay, Great Abaco, Great Guana Cay and Green Turtle Cay.

About the Author

Nan Jeffery has firmly established herself as a leading authority on family adventure travel. Her message to traveling families is "You can do it. "You’ll enjoy her travel insight, entertaining writing style and her undeniable celebration of life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Avalon House Pub. (March 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962756237
• ISBN-13: 978-0962756238
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,404,453 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Is it a travelogue or a travel guide?, August 17, 2003

By	Satureja douglasii "herbabuena" (United States) - See all my reviews

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While this book definitely has entertaining moments, I found its dual nature as both travel guide and travelogue distracting. I would have preferred the specifics of where they stayed, etc. in an appendix at the end. The best parts are those that give brief glimpses of how life is conducted in the locales visited. At times the supercilious attitude of the author toward other tourists is more grating than funny. Paul Theroux, she is not.

The book falls into an awkward gap; It does not have thorough, detailed information about tourism options on the Out Islands as a true travel guide would have, and also does not present itself as a polished travel account. Perhaps in trying to be both, it fails at being neither?

If you are planning a trip to the Out Islands, this book would make an entertaining, if short, read.

5.0 out of 5 stars A more personal review of the Bahamas., August 8, 2009

By	Jessica Langgin "Hollywo0d4" (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I used this book as a reference along with anything I gathered from the internet. Nan gives a very good oversight of how things are there, even though the book is 15 years old.

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, August 15, 2008

By	Hal C. Burgert - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very brief, lacked detail of important information and too much detail of author's personal life and experiences.