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Dominica (Bradt Travel Guide) |  | Author: Paul Crask
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 123919
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1841622176
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9781841622170
ASIN: 1841622176
Publication Date: February 26, 2008
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Dominica, though diminutive, is one of the most naturally dramatic and beautiful islands of the Lesser Antilles. Self-proclaimed ‘Nature Island of the Caribbean’, its verdant mountains, lush valleys and dense tropical rainforests are a delight for those looking to discover a Caribbean island that can still claim to be off the mass-tourism trail. Aside from nature lovers, this guide is ideal for explorers intent on experiencing the country’s rich culture and heritage, and for scuba-divers who want to discover some dramatic marine life and underwater topography. Dominica’s recent claim to fame includes being the location for the filming of Hollywood blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Fabulous Guidebook for a Fabulous Island! May 30, 2009
Nancy Blauers (Orlando, Florida USA)
I recently had the wonderful pleasure of visiting the incredibly beautiful island of Dominica. Armed with Paul Crask's guidebook, we greatly enjoyed our visit and found his book to be extremely helpful. We only experienced a short one week visit- next time I know I'll need at least six months to fully embrace all the island has to offer! Thank you Paul, for writing such a great guide to an amazing island!
The only Guide Book you need March 3, 2009
Malcolm A. Leslie
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having traveled extensively in the Caribbean over the years and invested heavily in Guide Books Mr Crasks book and the island of Dominica came as unexpected and hugely pleasant surprises. The book is stuffed with all the information needed and quickly gets across that the island is different from the rest of the other dirty, expensive run of the mill islands. We hiked on the island and Mr Crask correctly points out the challenges. He rates the hikes and gives accurate and necessary advice about the need for guides and the difficulty of some of the hikes.
I am British. Mr Crask is British. I think, perhaps, that is an advantage I have over American readers. He expresses his likes and dislikes with a British subtlety that is not always obvious, but his opinions came across loud and clear to me. And they were good opinions!
Let's hope Mr Crask extends his efforts to some of the other islands
Great read on Dominica, superb guide/author February 19, 2009
Raymond A. Uzanas
As first time visitors to Dominica, my hiking partner and I found the book to be essentially a complete treatise on this little known gem of the Caribbean. Concise and well written, the passion and affection the writer (Paul Crask)has for the island is obvious. A must read for any visitor to Dominica seeking more than just the cruise ship passenger experience.
 Detailed, up-to-date, yet uncritical February 7, 2009
Dinornis (New England, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dominica is a beautiful island and is much less "developed" than its neighbors. It is little-visited (except by cruise passengers, who stay for 4-5 hours), so it deserves a detailed, attractive, and up-to-date guide such as this.
I used this guide for a one-week trip to Dominica in March 2008. I stayed entirely in the Roseau Valley, in the villages of Wotten Waven and Laudat, so my comments are restricted to my use of the guide for that area.
The guide had two principal shortcomings as I saw it. Most problematic was its unanimously positive attitude toward every attraction, restaurant, and hotel included in the guide. The other were its maps, which I found insufficient.
The book also neglects to compare and contrast destinations for the different types of travellers likely to be reading the book (cruise passengers, wealthy tourists, and backpackers.) Trafalgar Falls are a massive tourist attraction, with hordes of tour buses and tourists clogging the short and unattractive trail to the falls (which, however, are quite beautiful.) The Middleham Falls are a *much* more pleasant destination- but if you are on a tour or are not an experienced hiker you won't get to them. I did not find this distinction noted in the book. Titou Gorge is similarly badly overcrowded and not very interesting, but is not noted as such.
The guide also read more as a promotional brochure for the island than as an honest review of the different accommodations, which actually varied widely in quality and interest. The book's hotel descriptions read like they were (and indeed in one case actually were, I heard) written by the hotel owners. This is not useful when attempting to distinguish between destinations as one plans a trip.
The book clearly is geared toward supporting the Dominican trail guide industry, suggesting guides for trails like the Middleham Falls (or even Trafalgar Falls) that most certainly do not need guides. (The only trail I found where a guide is helpful was the Boiling Lake trail- long, hard, and wet.) Information of interest to serious hikers was underdeveloped, as is the Dominican trail network itself.
Finally, the book's maps for the area I was in (Roseau Valley) were confusing. There were at least three maps for the region, which overlapped in inconsistent ways. I kept switching back and forth. The color map at the beginning of the book was attractive but nearly useless for navigation.
Here's a suggestion- the 1:50 000 Ordnance Survey map for Dominica is highly detailed and completely out of print. Why not adapt and update this map, and use it in the book? THAT would be a true service to travellers- and to Dominicans.
I wish all guides were that GOOD ! October 25, 2008
Bernard Mendiburu (Los Angeles, Paris, Portsmouth)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Paul deserves a chair on the board of directors at each and every Guide publishing company. his book is THAT good.
I just arrived in Dominica and I always refers to his book when I'm visiting the island. Everything is there with all the needed information.
The truth is, native Domincans you'll meet on your journeys keep praising Paul, saying he deserves a Dominican medal for his extensive and amazing work.
Get that book to visit Dominca, you won't need any other one.
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