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Title: Lonely Planet Hawaii the Big Island (Hawaii the Big Island, 1st Ed) by Conner Gorry, Julie Jares ISBN: 1-74059-345-6 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Priceless Expedition!!!
Comment: On the spur of the moment I took off for Hawaii for ten days of vacation with two guidebooks in hand. Lonely Planet ended up as the guide with the most clout. I drove the entire circuit from KailuaKona to the Volcano National Park to Hilo and it was never dull. It turned me into a petroglyph junkie. There was always something interesting to stop off and see or find. I felt as though I had been away for a month. This one doesn't waste space business bashing and fills its pages with toothy recommendations and selections worth sharing.
I wish I had consulted the book before I booked my room as their Kona listings turned out to be in much better locations than the one I ended up staying at.
Rating: 3
Summary: Exhaustive, but lacks value judgements
Comment: I prefer Hawaii: The Big Island Revealed, by Doughty and Friedman. The Lonely Planet guides seem to mention just about everything, but they generally fail to make value judgements, i.e., Restaurant X sucks or Beach Y is fantastic.
If you have time to explore and to make mistakes, then this book is a good bet. It's pretty exhaustive, and you'd need a year to see *everything* listed. But if you have, say, only a week on the island (like 95% of visitors, I'm guessing) and can't afford to eat a crummy dinner, then I would recommend Doughty and Friedman's guide.
Also, in general, I feel that this guide is geared more toward the hostel crowd, relative to Doughty and Friedman. Pizza parlors and other cheap diversions versus the best places, regardless of price.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fun Fun Fun
Comment: What a supremely great vacation. Lonely Planet reigns for this island. Their off the wall advice took us to places where we unbelievably found ourselves alone. The places they recommended to stay were just perfect and so cheap compared to the big hotels. Every morning at breakfast we had a chance to meet other travelers and exchange information. You will only need one guidebook for this island and this is it. The only thing they could improve on is the size of the book. A little bigger would be nice.
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Title: Hawaii the Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook (Hawaii the Big Island Revealed) by Andrew Doughty, Harriett Friedman ISBN: 0963942999 Publisher: Wizard Pubns Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Snorkel Hawaii The Big Island, Second Edition by Judy Malinowski, Mel Malinowski ISBN: 0964668068 Publisher: Indigo Publications Pub. Date: 17 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hawai'I Trails: Walks, Strolls, and Treks on the Big Island by Kathy Morey ISBN: 0899973116 Publisher: Wilderness Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Map of Hawaii: The Big Island: Reference Maps of the Islands of Hawaii by James Allen Bier ISBN: 0824826418 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Hawaii (Hawaii, 6th Ed) by Glanda Bendure, Sara Benson, Ned Friary, Lonely Planet, Glenda Bendure ISBN: 1740591429 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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