#88303 - 01/09/11 04:29 PM
Moon Tahiti from Avalon Travel
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Pacifico
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Registered: 12/20/07
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Loc: Canada
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Avalon Travel Publishing has launched the 7th edition of Moon Tahiti by David Stanley. Since 1989, Moon Tahiti has been the leading travel guidebook to French Polynesia and this new edition incorporates the latest restaurant, resort, and transportation news. Stanley has been covering the South Pacific for over three decades and he knows the region better than any other travel writer.
Packed into Moon Tahiti’s 353 indexed pages are 53 maps and 122 photos. The maps are clearly labeled without the confusing legends and keys which make other guidebooks hard to use. There are five maps of Tahiti, four of Moorea, and eight of the Leeward Islands.
The 24-page color section at the front of the book has been expanded with four suggested itineraries and three travel strategies. The six travel chapters offer detailed advice on sightseeing, accommodations, food, transportation, and facilities with exact prices are quoted. Must See and Top Pick codes help readers choose what to see and do. Moon Tahiti’s 106 pages of reference material are tucked unobtrusively into the back of the book. The Background chapter introduces French Polynesia while Essentials covers getting there and around.
Moon Tahiti has been designed to compliment other media and internet addresses and emails are provided whenever possible. There is much information not found on commercial websites or in the free brochures. David Stanley researches his books incognito and eschews the "hospitality" many other travel writers enjoy and the listings are thorough and critical. When one considers the high cost of a Tahitian vacation, the price of this guidebook is quite low and the savvy traveler will order a copy.
The 7th edition of Moon Tahiti (ISBN 1598807382 or 978-1598807387) was published by Avalon Travel Publishing of Berkeley, California. Priced at US$19.95, the book is distributed worldwide by The Perseus Books Group. To order online, visit http://www.southpacific.org/tahiti.html
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David Stanley is the author of Moon Handbooks South Pacific, Moon Tahiti, and Moon Fiji.
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#88306 - 01/10/11 07:56 AM
Re: Moon Tahiti from Avalon Travel
[Re: Pacifico]
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BarbiJKM
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Registered: 02/14/07
Posts: 6150
Loc: Mesa, AZ
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Most of the regular posters on this form depend mostly on Jan Prince's guide -- she has been a RESIDENT of FP for more than three decades, and has very dependable info.
It is nice to see a current edition of a guide being published, though -- info becomes outdated very quickly in FP, especially in this economy.
The Moon Tahiti handbook can be purchased on amazon.com for $13.57, for those who are interested (same price as Jan's guide). It was released on 12/28/2010. It's also available for download onto Kindle.
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#88310 - 01/10/11 10:19 AM
Re: Moon Tahiti from Avalon Travel
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Patti.
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Barb~ Any news from Jan P. as to if and when a new release of her book is planned? It is REALLY getting outdated in many areas because so many businesses and hotels have closed...and flights changed....all kinds of things... :-(
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#88322 - 01/10/11 07:49 PM
Re: Moon Tahiti from Avalon Travel
[Re: Patti.]
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Gary & Cath
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I emailed Jan about a year ago, asking if/when she would be updating the 2008 edition. From what I can remember, she told me because of the bad economy/no tourists etc that she didn't (at that stage) have plans for a new guide book.
Hopefully, though, with the economy picking up again she will update her wonderful "Tahiti bible".
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Is there anything better than a sipping a Tahitian Mai Tai on an Overwater Bungalow in FP?
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#88331 - 01/11/11 04:13 AM
Re: Moon Tahiti from Avalon Travel
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BarbiJKM
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I don't think JP is working on a new edition right now.
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