- Paperback: 800 pages
- Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 Jun 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1566910730
- ISBN-13: 978-1566910736
- Product Dimensions: 18.5 x 13 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,560,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The second edition of a MOON TRAVEL HANDBOOK which covers the Indonesian island of Bali. Features details of travel, food and accommodation to suit a variety of budgets in each of the nine regencies, and provides an insight into local culture and history.
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This tiny island of nearly three million Hindus, surrounded by a sea of 190 million Muslims, is one of the smallest yet most visited of Indonesia's main islands. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
This tiny island of nearly three million Hindus, surrounded by a sea of 190 million Muslims, is one of the smallest yet most visited of Indonesia's main islands. Read the first page
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Don't dream Bali, do it!,
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This review is from: Bali Handbook (Moon Travel Handbooks) (Paperback)
The most comprehensive and detailed travel handbook I have ever seen! I bought it about 10 years ago when I first visited Bali, and have gone back several times since then to Bali and Indonesia (the Indonesia Handbook also proved extremely valuable). What I like most about this handbook is the historical and geographical insights it gives you, including language, customs, traditions, how to behave, etc, delivered by an author who really knows his subect.
Much, much more than a travel guide, I would recommend buying this book well in advance of your planned trip, so you can read all about Bali lifestyle and beliefs before getting there. Actually, when I took a guided tour to Sumatra's west coast and had done my homeword with the Indonesia handbook, I was able to give more detailed informations to the group than the Indonesian tour guide himself! If all the Moon Travel Handbooks are of the same level, they are a definite "must have" and "must read" before going to the places concerned.
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4.6 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews) 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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The Best Bali Guide,
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This review is from: Bali Handbook (Moon Travel Handbooks) (Paperback)
I've read virtually every guide out there and Bill Dalton's Handbook is the most comprehensive and compact source of information on travel to and in Bali. If you are an armchair traveler in need of visual stimulation to spur the imagination, however, this book is not for you. Far apart from the Eyewitness/Knopf style high-gloss photography combined with very little travel info, this guide provides current, practical info on everything to do with Bali: history, geography, culture, places to go, how to go, when, where to eat.... You name it, it's in here. But if you're looking for full-color photos and a stunning layout, go elsewhere.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Best Bali Guide,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Bali Handbook (Moon Travel Handbooks) (Paperback)
I was so excited about my first trip to Bali that I used 4 guides. By far, the Moon Guide helped me most to understand Bali and the Balinese. I was even able to impress the cab drivers with my new found understanding of Balinese religion, culture and customs. Although I disagreed with many of the hotel and restaurant recommendations - the real reason for visiting Bali is to get in contact with a culture that exists nowhere else in the world. This book will help you do that better than any other. The section on quick indonesian language is very helpful and the Balinese love tourists who try to adopt their language greetings. The maps are mediocre, but there are no good maps of Bali - most roads are nameless and unsigned.I was so impressed by Dalton's guide that I immediately looked for another moon guide for my next trip. 10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great historical overview,terrible info./maps,
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This review is from: Bali Handbook (Moon Travel Handbooks) (Paperback)
This book made for a great read on the flight over. Being a history buff I really enjoyed it and it gave me a great sense of the place. But when I got to the island I found that the book was just about useless. I got lost all over the place, which for some is half the fun but not myself. People with the LP's-"southeast asia on a shoestring"fared much better than I at half the volume. I'm all for for making an effort at understanding the country you will visit, but a guidebook that can't guide me...
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