 | Binding: Turtleback Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) ISBN: 0756628784 ISBN-13: 9780756628789 Released: 20 Aug 2007 RRP: Average Rating:  |
The scenery, animals, arts, temples, crafts, costumes, & dance are vivid, colorful, intricate, & involved. This guide to the two islands features over 700 color photographs that give you a sense of this beauty in very many ways. Even the smalllest images are crisp & distinct.
The book is also a good size to slip into a pocket while traveling, so that you don't have to be burdened with excess weight or bulk. That will help, because this guide has many details of streets, restaurants, & the insides of temples that you will wish to refer to when you are in Bali or Lombok.
This guide has the details of alll of the festivals on the two islands, which are reportedly a high point of any visit there. You also get lots of detail on local history & traditions (which will be unfamiliar to many in the United States).
The book breaks the two islands into regions so you can get a flavor of how being in one area compares to another. For example, you can go as an eco-tourist, as a cultural tourist, a scuba tourist, or a plain old beach tourist (but there is good surf for those who like surfing & wind surfing). Bali offers lots of variety for those with different tastes & preferences, & the guide makes it clear how to plan for each. Golf has even made its way to Bali.
I was also glad to see that the book contained many website addresses to obtain additional information.
I cannot report on the accuracy of what is here, because I have not been to Bali. On the other hand, the information made sense in terms of what I know about other islands, & Hindu & Moslem countries.
This guide is so rich in photographs & detail that I can have quite a few "trips" just by reviewing the material here. So even if I don't make it to Bali for a few more years, I will have enjoyed some of the wonders of this wonderful island. I hope you will have the same opportunity.
After you finish enjoying this delightful guide, I suggest that you think about where else you know little about & might like to see. If your time & budget do not permit much travel, you could perhaps use these DK Eyewitness Travel Guides to provide pleasant diversions in the meantime. Then, when you are ready to go to a new place, you'll have an informed view of which one to pick.
Grasp the potential alll around you, with alll of your senses!
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