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A Great Present for Those With the Travel Bug!

Advantages: The pictures, information and price.
Disadvantages: The order of the cities in the book.

...-Introduction- 501 Must Visit Cities is part of a series of reference books that list the best of the best in a certain subject. It has a one or two page spread on each of the featured cities which include everything from the world's largest cities (Mumbai, India; New York, USA; Tokyo, Japan) to the lesser known and smaller ones (St David's, Wales; Nessebar, Bulgaria; Colonia del Sacremento, Uruguay). No stone is left unturned with regards to the ...
...Opinion- I got 501 Must Visit Cities for Christmas this year and, as an avid reader and traveller, thought it was a fantastic present idea. Infact I've borrowed the idea, so my dad a brother-in-law can expect to receive a copy for their birthday this year! You are never going to sit and read the book from cover to cover, but as a reference book, it's fantastic. I often have a browse through for inspriation and have booked two holidays already on ...

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Review of 501 Must Visit Cities - D. Brown

A Warts And All Guide To Every Maldivian Island!

Advantages: Accurate and spot on in all aspects from accommodation to price.
Disadvantages: None At All

...qualified. You have over 92 resorts to choose from so it is quite a task! We are then treated to an in-depth but simple review of each of the islands in alphabetical order. The simplicity of the review makes for easy reading, and I particularly like his system of presenting the information in a structured way. Every island is marked on a scoring system in two areas and these are out of 10. The first is the cost, and the second the density of rooms ...
...flight itself. Many of these resorts do not charge much at all for staying there, and there are many now doing all inclusive packages. If you choose islands near to Male the price is less as there is no sea plane transfer required, and there are still some budget resorts with beautiful house reefs in this area including Biyadhoo,and Fihalhohi as well as Embudu Village. Yes this book is brilliant and inspirational, but it also delivers top class information ...

Violet1278 29.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Resorts of Maldives (Third edition) - Adrain Neville

You won't be able to resist the smile

Advantages: Would give almost any reader the travel itch and urge to visit Ireland - in this man's company, id
Disadvantages: The unfocused style will drive some batty, I suspect

McCarthy’s Bar What is this book about? Writer and performer Pete McCarthy is half English (his Dad) and half Irish. The book is a gentle travelogue, covering two trips to Ireland at about the turn of the millennium and tells of the people Pete meets, the places he goes, and the (lack of) logic for where he goes and what befalls him. After several quite heavy books, I wanted something lighter and hoped this might make me smile, but I was not in ...
...I decided quite early on that I probably wasn’t going to enjoy it. I have to tell you, I was wrong. I enjoyed it despite myself and in spite of my inclination and I think most readers would. The premise here is quite simple. McCarthy has visited Ireland as a child, going to the farm where his mother grew up (now farmed by his cousin) and he feels a connection with the ‘Irish-ness’ (Oirishness) but he has actually grown up English, in the north-west ...

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Review of McCarthy's Bar - Pete McCarthy

Not just for Borat

Advantages: A good read about a little known subject
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...of those countries that we in the west still know relatively little about, and that is how this book begins. Author, Christopher Robbins, begins by explaining how his idea for the book came about purely by chance. He was on a flight to Moscow, and was sat next to an American from Arkansas. This man was on his way to Moscow to change flights, and to head off for a new life with his new internet love in Kazakhstan. The men discussed their knowledge ...
...this. His travels start in quite a light-hearted fashion. I was amazed to find out the Kazakhstan is heading up for the same size as the whole of Western Europe. He briefly mentions the infamous Borat – and how we have all bought in to his image as Kazakhstan is such an unknown quantity. It wouldn’t have worked half as well had we known about Kazakhstan, or for that matter, if it had been fictitious country. And then he takes up his first challenge ...

nicolap 17.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared - Christopher Robbins

Walking Through The Machair Flowers!

Advantages: Advantages: Brilliant book full of detail and history.
Disadvantages: Disadvantages: Some travel details are now dated.

Regular readers of some of my reviews may know that I adore the all islands of Scotland. In particular I have a special affection for those in The Outer Hebrides; I love their remote landscape and their white empty beaches, and most of all I love the peace and quiet and escape they give, away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. When I first visited these outer islands in 1996 I was extremely ill, and having just been in hospital with a viral ...
...that the holiday I had planned was going to be anything but the energetic mountain walking trek I had envisaged. I sat in the car for most of that holiday watching hubby and my 4 then young children flying kites and dipping in and out of the surf. I was enjoying the scenery, and seeing them with the back drop of mountains and a seascape which was turquoise and white, really made me fall in love with the beauty and the serenity. They really were treasured ...

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Review of 25 Walks: The Western Isles - June Parker