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Diving the World (Footprint Activity Guide) by: Beth Tierney, Shaun Tierney List Price: £19.99 City Travel Guides Price: £13.99 You Save: £6.00 (30%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 797.23 EAN: 9781904777595 ISBN: 1904777597 Label: Footprint Handbooks Manufacturer: Footprint Handbooks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: April 28, 2006 Publisher: Footprint Handbooks Studio: Footprint Handbooks Sales Rank: 41589 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Wrong title and not up to Footprint standardsWell, I have to disagree about this book.I was given it as a Christmas present by my son before a diving trip to Curacao...Footprint books are normally so thorough. Well, here the pictures are great but it is not "light" on the Caribbean so much as totally non-existant!So give it the title 'Long Haul Diving Destinations' and see if that gets more stars... For Africa the Tierneys recommend Kenya but diving professionals I know recommend Mozambique,the Quirimbas;Medjumbe and Matemo. The best way to judge a book like this is to look at areas you do know. eg Here are their suggestions for Fiji; they recommend only the main islands where I found the diving varied between disappointing and downright dangerous, with ... Read More: Rating:  - Have all the dive books - this one is greatAmazing that after diving all over the world for 20 years, I still look at all the dive guides. I read all the reviews for this one and after buying it, have to say that it is the perfect guide to the best diving in the world - the coral seas. Just like it says in the title. If you are looking for a guide to beautiful diving, in great countries, most of which you can get to pretty easily, buy and read this book. If you want to travel for three days to go on dives in cold, murky water, in places without the incredible coral life described in this book, good luck to you. Rating: - Diving The Worlds a must have bookIf I ever win the lottery, I know what I'm going to do, I'm going to use this book as a dive planner, pack up my dive kit & never come back! On a serious note this is a FANTASTIC BOOK, I'm lucky enough to have dived some of the worlds best dive sites, of which many are covered in the excellent text of this book, not by a researcher but by somebody who has been there, got wet & done the dive & believe me that makes a difference, the descriptions are spot on. The way the book is written makes you feel like it's a friend telling you about the experience, it's personal between the author & the reader, something you don't often experience in a dive guide & it's all the better for it. Some peoples reviews have said it's missed out ... Read More: Rating: - Diving the TropicsI was disappointed in this book. The authors have done a lot of diving, but world-class dives that they haven't visited or don't like are omitted and some of their comments, notably about Nitrox diving, are very controversial. I'm an underwater photographer and a medical doctor, so I have a little experience in these areas: a book that misses out the Sudanese Red Sea and Bikini Atoll and yet claims to be a guide to tropical diving is incomplete, at best. The authors say "if you really wanted to know about the English Channel, we didn't do it. It wasn't on anyone's list"; maybe, but the Californian Channel Islands, South Africa, New Zealand, Cocos and Malpelo are cool water locations on many divers' wish-lists (and there are some who are even interested ... Read More: Rating: - A big inspirationA friend had this and when I flicked through the contents I realised it covers all the places I want to go, so I got my own copy. It may take me years to reach all these countries but the practical detail is impressive and will help me get there one day. I love the style - very reminiscent of other Footprint guides that I used in my gap year. |
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