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Adventuring in New Zealand by: Margaret Jeffries List Price: CDN$ 31.00 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 19.53 You Save: CDN$11.47 (37%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 910 EAN: 9781578050376 ISBN: 1578050375 Label: Sierra Club Books Manufacturer: Sierra Club Books Number Of Pages: 554 Publication Date: March 21, 2000 Publisher: Sierra Club Books Release Date: March 21, 2000 Studio: Sierra Club Books Sales Rank: 1287848 Browse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - Best NZ guide for the environmental travelerMy partner and I found "Adventuring..." the single most useful guide for our visit to New Zealand in January 2003. I disagree with the prior negative customer review and wonder if M. Goldstein actually used this book for travel to New Zealand or was merely an armchair traveler seeking amusement. It's true this isn't the kind of general guidebook so ably done by Lonely Planet and others. Jefferies doesn't refer the reader to specific restaurants or lodgings. What she does superbly is to introduce each region of the country with a detailed essay on its flora, fauna, terrain and history. Her knowledge of New Zealand's parklands runs much deeper than a conventional guidebook. While not neglecting famous tourist ... Read More: Rating:  - Not up to Sierra Club's usual standards.Adventuring in New Zealand turns out to be a fairly pedestrian travel guide, with little to recommend it. While claiming to be an "adventuring guide", there's little more about hiking, parks, fishing, climbing, etc. than any of the standard guidebooks. Design, illustrations, and indexing are second rate. Give this one a miss. |
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