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.Bali & Lombok (Lonely Planet Travel Guide)

by: Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Iain Stewart

March 01, 2007
I was in Bali last winter and should have gotten this then. I am going again this year and will find some of these wonderful places to see and things to do. We stayed in home stays and ate in warungs. Everything was very reasonable. This guide is really a good thing to have.
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.The Rough Guide to Guatemala 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

by: Iain Stewart

February 20, 2006
I have lived in Guatemala City now for 7 months. I recently spent a couple of weeks in Antigua and found the information in the Rough Guide (2006) about restaurants, cafes and things to see to be out of date and not complete. I saw a review from another person that said the danger warnings were too strong. I am glad that person had a safe trip, but regardless, Guatemala is dangerous. The criminals won't hesitate to shot a person if they resist giving up money or valuables. Don't let that stop you from visiting, as many come here with no problems. Most of the crimes are target of opportunity so be a smart traveler. That said, I found this book to have a good layout.
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.Earth: The Biography

by: Iain Stewart, John Lynch

April 29, 2008
I have lived in Guatemala City now for 7 months. I recently spent a couple of weeks in Antigua and found the information in the Rough Guide (2006) about restaurants, cafes and things to see to be out of date and not complete. I saw a review from another person that said the danger warnings were too strong. I am glad that person had a safe trip, but regardless, Guatemala is dangerous. The criminals won't hesitate to shot a person if they resist giving up money or valuables. Don't let that stop you from visiting, as many come here with no problems. Most of the crimes are target of opportunity so be a smart traveler. That said, I found this book to have a good layout.
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.The Rough Guides' Ibiza Directions 2 (Rough Guide Directions)

by: Iain Stewart

March 31, 2008
This book is definitely more useful than the alternative, "Ibiza Travel Pack", which I also purchased. It focuses evenly on different geographic regions of the island, even though some of these are more heavily trafficked than others. The book lacked information about Playa d'en Bossa, which is the area I am interested in--it does not review any hotels in this area--so I had to turn to the Internet for more info. The book also failed to note how so many of the airline departures and arrivals occur between midnight and 4AM.
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.Journeys From the Centre of the Earth: How Geology Shaped Civilization

by: Iain Stewart

February 18, 2005

Great pity the BBC don't sell DVDs of such superb documentaries. Read the book, which has so much more.

Stewart is a pleasure to watch listen and read.

Offers a remarkable explanation of how geology shaped early western civilization. What if that asteroid shooting star had not hit Italy north of Rome, would western civilization be Christian?

Does that shake or strengthen your belief? Depends on who you see as sending the shooting star. Strengthens mine

justJack






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.Lonely Planet Indonesia (Lonely Planet. (Spanish Guides))

by: Justine Vaisutis, Neal Bedford, Mark Elliott, Nick Ray, Iain Stewart

April 15, 2008

Great pity the BBC don't sell DVDs of such superb documentaries. Read the book, which has so much more.

Stewart is a pleasure to watch listen and read.

Offers a remarkable explanation of how geology shaped early western civilization. What if that asteroid shooting star had not hit Italy north of Rome, would western civilization be Christian?

Does that shake or strengthen your belief? Depends on who you see as sending the shooting star. Strengthens mine

justJack






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.The Rough Guides' Ibiza Directions 1 (Rough Guide Directions)

by: Iain Stewart

July 04, 2005
This book is a good comprehensive guide to the island of Ibiza. It covers just about everything, backgound info, restaurants, beaches, clubs/bars, shopping. I'm not sure why the other reviewer called this a "clubbers book", I think they must have meant a different book. There is info on clubs, which is a large part of the island's draw for many people. However, it is by no means the majority of info in the book. It also covers the island of Formentara, which is a definite must-do day trip. I would have liked a better island map, although driving around is fairly easy as the roads are pretty well marked with directional signs. Definitely a good purchase, I took the book with me everyday.
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.The Rough Guide to Spain (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

by: Simon Baskett, Jules Brown, Marc Dubin, Mark Ellingham, John Fisher, Geoff Garvey, Graham Kenyon, Phil Lee, Chris Lloyd, Iain Stewart

May 17, 2004
this does read more like an encyclopedia than a real travel companion.it doesn't really have alot of pictures of the places it talks about....it is a little on the borring side.


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.The Rough Guide to Ibiza & Formentera

by: Iain Stewart

May 03, 2001
Descriptions are detailed and basically accurate. However, this edition is 3 years old and getting out of date, especially for the club information (Pacha is really past it, for instance). Could use some more photos. Overall, I got my money's worth -- the physical info and rating of beaches etc is essentially excellent. Also, it turned me on to some of Ibiza's history, such as Elliot Paul's Life and Death of a Spanish Town. I only spotted one outright mistake: There is NO beach at Cala D'Aubaurca, although the cliffs there are really spectacular and well worth a vist -- and there will be no one else there.
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.The Rough Guide to Guatemala 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

by: Iain Stewart

February 02, 2009
Descriptions are detailed and basically accurate. However, this edition is 3 years old and getting out of date, especially for the club information (Pacha is really past it, for instance). Could use some more photos. Overall, I got my money's worth -- the physical info and rating of beaches etc is essentially excellent. Also, it turned me on to some of Ibiza's history, such as Elliot Paul's Life and Death of a Spanish Town. I only spotted one outright mistake: There is NO beach at Cala D'Aubaurca, although the cliffs there are really spectacular and well worth a vist -- and there will be no one else there.
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