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| Moon Handbooks Fiji | 
 enlarge | Author: David Stanley
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (32 reviews)
Sales Rank: 615413
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 7
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 356
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1566914973
Dewey Decimal Number: 919
UPC: 015669149731
EAN: 9781566914970
ASIN: 1566914973
Publication Date: August 2004
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Product Description
For more than 30 years, the award-winning Moon Handbooks series has been the top choice among independent travellers who want a unique experience, a new perspective, and a few new stories to tell. With Moon Handbooks, travellers are given the tools to make their own choices and create a travel strategy that's theirs alone. The result? A more personal and ultimately more satisfying travel experience. For those wanting to travel to any of the 322 islands in the Fiji archipelago, Moon Handbooks Fiji has everything they need. From coverage of Fiji's top-rated resorts to the newest adventure tourism facilities and little-known backpacker areas, travellers of all interests will find the destination to suit them. This guidebook includes vivid descriptions of the islands' dazzling beaches, rainforests, and reefs, with a special focus on scuba diving, snorkelling, surfing, windsurfing, rafting, kayaking, hiking, bicycling, and golf. Complete with practical essentials, including 53 easy-to-use maps and transportation tips for island hopping by sea or air, Moon Handbooks Fiji is the guide to a uniquely personal travel experience.
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 Moon Handbooks Fiji July 17, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Moon Handbooks Fiji is the ultimate overview for traveling on any of the 322-islands of Fiji. This book contains 357 pages of travel information but is still small enough to tuck in a daypack for easy reference. Furthermore, this book has plenty of fairly detailed maps, complete with accurate distance scales, for easy travel planning or reference while you travel.
There are fourteen chapters in Moon Handbooks Fiji: Introduction; Exploring the Islands; Nada and the Mamanucas; Southern Vita Levu; Suva and Vincinity; Northern Vita Levu; Lautoka and Vicinity; The Yasawa Islands; Kadava; The Lomaivita Group; Vannua Levu; Taveuni; The Lau Group; and Resources. The introduction chapter contains an overview on Fiji group. This detailed information includes geology, climate, flora, fauna, history, economy, and the government of these islands. The next chapter, Exploring the Islands, contains general information on sports and recreation; entertainment; public holidays and festivals; arts and crafts; shopping; and accommodations; food; money; communications; media as well as contacts for tourist information; visas; health and safety; getting there; getting around; and airports while in Fiji. This chapter also includes a what to take section. The Resources chapter contains further information on suggested readings and internet resources.
The rest of the chapters in Moon Handbooks Fiji focus on particular geographical regions, islands, or groups of islands with the Fiji group. The first paragraph or page of each regional section describes a little about the region. After this overview, individual sights, recreation areas, special events, accommodations, food services, information services, and transportation services are depicted in detail. Depending on the size and general amount of facilities in a given region, there may be only one or two entries per category or over a dozen. Each entry contains the location, contacts, costs, and a short paragraph description of the facility or event featured. Several black and white maps and photographs accompany each section, clearly marked with the various facilities described in that particular section.
Moon Handbooks Fiji is a helpful guide for anyone planning on traveling to any of the islands of the Fiji group. Very complete key information is provided for easy reference while planning or while travel. However, this book may also be just as interesting for the armchair traveler as this book contains ample information about the natural environment, history, and culture on these beautiful islands.
 No info on smaller islands March 5, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I went to the island of Tavenui (third largest) and the book had no info about that island.
Fifi August 7, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent guide to Fiji.
Hope to go there and check it out.
Book lacks details for actual travelers August 1, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Although I agree that the sections on the history and culture of Fiji are excellent, this by itself does not make for a good guide book. This book first appeared in the 1980's and it seems as if all subsequent updates were soleley made by contributing readers and businesses. I used the book recently for travel in Fiji and could not shake the impression that the author has not been to Fiji in a long time. While he lists all of the main attractions, many details are sketchy at best. To give an example, he mentions the Sikatoga sand dunes as one of the main attractions on Fiji but then uses a single paragraph(!) to describe them. No detailed description of any interesting features that could be used as a guide for a visit. Similarly when describing the Yasawa islands he is busy listing all the resorts but does not seem to care too much about what actually can be done on these islands. Bottom line: The book is an excellent reference on history and culture of Fiji (something one could write after some diligent research) but lacks useful details for actual travelers.
A great guide September 19, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We used this guide on our trip last summer. We had an excellent time off the beaten track, and this book got us where we wanted to go, with the relavant phone numbers and lots of tips. The 100 or so pages on Fiji's history and culture were also of great interest while we rode on boats to where we were going.
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