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From lagoon swimming in the Cook Islands to witnessing the race of the banana bearers in the Heiva i Tahiti festival, travelers will find the best of the South Pacific?both popular and obscure?in this guidebook. Moon Handbooks South Pacific provides in-depth coverage of outdoor recreation, with specifics on swimming, diving, yachting, kayaking, biking, hiking, camping, climbing, caving, and horseback riding. Complete with helpful maps, photographs and illustrations, as well as useful advice on practicalities such as food, entertainment, shopping, visas, money, health, packing, and inter-island travel, this guidebook offers the tools you need for a uniquely personal experience.
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Stanley has lived and traveled in 178 countries, and has written other texts in the Moon Handbooks series, as well as Lonely Planet guides to Eastern Europe, Cuba, and Canada. Over the past 25 years, he has visited nearly every island in the 15 countries and territories of Polynesia and Melanesia. He presents an updated traveler's guide outlining every accommodation facility in the region, along with transportation information on getting to and around the islands, overviews of the region's economies, cultures, peoples, and information about the area's tourist attractions and activities. In preparing the 8th edition, he personally inspected facilities on 46 of the islands; secondary sources were used to update information for the rest. Illustrated in b&w, mainly with maps and charts. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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