Lonely Planet Maldives
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- Invaluable for tourists who plan visit the Maldives
- LP Maldives
- A good place to start...
- Maldives-The lost paradise
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Lonely Planet Maldives
Tom Masters
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ASIN: 1740599772 |
Book Description
You're not dreaming - it really is this good. The Maldives is the world epicentre of tropical luxury. Raise a cocktail-filled glass in your lavish over-water villa to this extraordinary patch of paradise: picture-perfect coral atolls strewn across the cobalt-blue Indian Ocean. Stretch out on blissful beaches in the fringed shade of coconut palms - go on, you deserve it. This bestselling guide is your passport to the holiday of a lifetime. CHOOSE WISELY - our author gives you the facts before you book your stay; the Choosing a Resort chapter and detailed listings compare all the resorts SUBMERGE - our Snorkelling, Diving & Surfing chapter gives you the when, where and how on getting the best out of all the offshore pursuits KNOW THE BACKGROUND - dedicated History and Culture chapters give you the picture behind the postcards JUMP THE FENCE - we give you the options on escaping your resort and meeting the locals
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Invaluable for tourists who plan visit the Maldives.......2006-03-27
Like all Lonely Planet guides, a mine of useful information, that proves invaluable in picking the resort that best suits your interests and pocket. A good section on diving and snorkelling. Well worth the money.
LP Maldives.......2004-11-02
I find this guide very useful in terms of choosing the resorts. It has good descriptions of all the resorts in terms of facilities, clients, food served and activities. The resorts are in different chapters according to the different atolls. So, it is a good guide for choosing the right resort according to one's taste
A good place to start..........2002-08-26
There are four main tour books for the Maldives, and this one is a good place to start. (Another good one is the Michelin guide.) This book gives a general overview of the islands and many of the resorts. Divers will want the Divers' Guide to the Maldives to fill out the information here.
Maldives-The lost paradise.......2000-06-22
It was a good book about an overview of Maldives but did not focus much on the interior travel within Maldives and getting around its myriad of islands
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Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Maldives (Lonely Planet Diving and Snorkeling Maldives)
Casey Mahaney , and Astrid Witte Mahaney
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ASIN: 1864503637 |
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Scattered like rings across the Indian Ocean, the 26 atolls that comprise the Maldives are a diver's mecca. Encompassing channels, pinnacles and walls, the sites here have lyrical names that match their beauty. While hard corals recover from recent coral bleaching, the reefs still thrive with vibrant soft corals, sponges and anemones. Prolific fish life ranges from funny little blennies to massive, friendly Napoleonfish. Divers are transported to the reefs on colorful traditional dhonis and luxurious safari dive boats. This book describes 78 of the best sites in the Maldives, with full-color photos taken in the wake of El Niño damage.
You'll get specific information on:
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dive site topography and access </li>
safari boats, including contact information </li>
resort islands across the archipelago </li>
travel logistics and topside attractions </li>
13 easy-to-read maps </li></ul>
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Maldives-A diving Mecca.......2004-10-29
If you are planning a SCUBA diving trip to the Maldives I would recommend this book for some useful information and eye candy in preparing an amazing underwater experience. I also recommend it because the photographs have been taken since the El Nino damage to the reefs so they portray a realistic view of what you will encounter. While the reef damage is unfortunate and visible, the Maldives are still an amazing for the variety of life that you can experience; whale sharks, mantas, hammerheads, napoleon fish, etc... can all be found in various location in the Maldives. Once, in the Maldives though, I would rely on the advice of the locals and the local dive shops. These people know which sites are best under the current conditions and where the sorts of things you would like to experience are to be found at that moment. So the book is not really a necessity, more something to wet your appetite for the trip. My experience included diving with a whale shark, being surrounded by giant mantas that swam in circles around me, seeing many sharks, and a very friendly sea turtle that seemed to think my camera might be an edible treat!
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Maldives and Islands of the East Indian Ocean Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet Maldives)
Robert Willox
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Lonely Planet Maldives and the Islands of the East Indies (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit)
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