The Bay Islands of Honduras (Hardcover)

~ Jacqueline Laffite Bloch (Author) "In the making of a book on the Bay island of Honduras, I have come full circle to a time when I was eight years..." (more)
Key Phrases: las islas, los arrecifes, bay islands, Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Miss Melba (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The Bay Islands of Honduras is a beautiful coffee table book that features hundreds of breathtaking photographs of these tropical islands. Photos that capture the colorful underwater life as well as the people, flora and fauna of these islands document the tropical beauty of this pristine corner of Central America. Each photograph is accompanied by interesting descriptions that provide further insight into the Bay Islands. Everyone with an interest in Honduras and the Bay Islands will treasure this book. All profits from the sale of The Bay Islands of Honduras have been donated to From the Heart Foundation, a nonprofit organization that operates a clinic in the Garifuna village of Punta Gorda, Roatan.

About the Author

Jacqueline Laffite Bloch, a Honduran journalist, has lived in El Salvador for 23 years. Mother of two and wife of a well-known Salvadoran businessman, she also directs an annual publication called Sol y Luna Central America Guide, dedicated to promoting tourism in the Mesoamerican region. She has also published another photographic coffee table book entitled Salvadoran Settings, which used the concept of the table as a guiding thread to showcase the different facets of Salvadoran culture. All of the profits generated by the sales of Salvadoran Settings support the educational programs of the Tin Marin Children's Museum in El Salvador.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 260 pages
• Publisher: Grupo Uno, Avalcard, Banco Uno (February 1, 2003)
• ISBN-10: 999237733X
• ISBN-13: 978-9992377338
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 10.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,492,700 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful photos os the Islas de Bahia, April 25, 2006

By	anonymous (pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This book takes you right there! The images are lovely and catch the flavor of the islands very well. I wish there were more photos of the rest of Guanaja but it's still very nice.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars but the proceeds DO go for a good cause, July 2, 2007

By	K. Biddle (Northwest Mississippi) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Maybe it is because it's a special order book and it took OVER 2 months after paying for it that it finally appeared... maybe the anticipation made it impossible for the book to stand up to my expectation. It's a nice book.. but there's more pages with no photos than I would have thought. And lots of the photos are of people, which would be fine if there were LOTS of photos of the landscape. This book has a few nice photos but after being to Roatan and seeing for myself and even bringing home a few spectactular pictures, I would have thought a professionally made book would blow me away... and it didn't. It's a nice book. But it's not as good as it could have been.