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The Red Sea (Globetrotter Dive Guide) (Paperback)

by Guy Buckles (Author)

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Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd; 4th Revised edition edition (1 Nov 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1843308533
ISBN-13: 978-1843308539
Product Dimensions: 24 x 16.4 x 1.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 696,696 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A consistently strong worldwide seller, Globetrotter Dive Guide: The Red Sea has now been fully revised and updated - including brand new entries on dive sites and operators - for 2004. This 'definitive guide' (Sunday Times) features detailed coverage of more than 125 dive and snorkel sites along the length of the Red Sea. Region by region, it looks at the premier sites - describing access, conditions, marine life and special points of interest. The book is also packed with practical travel information, tips on diving techniques and safety, and advice on the best local restaurants, dive centres and accommodation. With gorgeous, full-colour marine photographs and top-class area maps, this is an essential source book for divers of all level visiting this top diving destination.

About the Author
Guy Buckles is an accomplished writer who ran a successful dive operation in South-east Asia for many years. He is also the author of Globetrotter Dive Guide: Indonesia (New Holland). Alex Misiewicz is an experienced photographer who has travelled and dived extensively in some of the most exotic locations in the world.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing., 27 Feb 2007

By	Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Red Sea (Globetrotter Dive Guide) (Paperback)

If I was judging this book purely on the underwater photographs, I would have no hesitation in awarding a 5 Star rating. Without that standard of photography, the book would not have received any stars at all.

I ordered this book because I needed to know more about certain areas of the Egyptian Red Sea I was due to visit. Since then, I have conducted professional assignments to three different regions and each time I found the book to be of limited value. This is purely a reference book and, with 52 pages devoted to the principle sites of Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Eritrea combined and a full 64 pages devoted to Egypt, I began to wonder about how much original information I would find in this book... The answer was "Not a lot."

The layout is generally very good but, for those photographs that are captioned, descriptions such as "A wave breaking on a healthy reef of stony corals" (Stony Corals. What are they?) or "Divers exploring the wreck of a cruising yacht in the Deep South" (a yacht, incidentally, that is not mentioned anywhere else in the entire book.), left me somewhat bemused.

The book is packed with the sort of information one needs to know. Unfortunately, I soon found myself mistrusting almost everything written. All writers and their publishers have a duty of care towards the reader and it is vitally important that the "general information" on such topics as Culture, Religion, Climate, Visas etc are correct. It is also important that the Diving information is accurate and well-researched. Because this element of the book (and after all, it is a "Diving Guide.") is lacking in so many areas, it brings into question the accuracy of all the information given.

Take for example the Sudanese shipwreck described as the "Labanzo." For the record the correct name is "Levanzo" - a vessel built in 1901 and lost in 1940. The book also contains that perennial favourite the "Sarah H" in Egypt. When this shipwreck was first discovered in the 1970's her true identity was unknown and the finders promptly named her after their own diving guide Sarah Hillel. The ship's real name is, of course, the "Kingston" - something that has been known to Divers with a knowledge of the area for something like 10 years before this book was published...

On the "Up" side, I did find the vast majority of the underwater images to be quite outstanding - almost all of which are by Alex Misiewicz - whose work I have long admired. Sadly, many of the surface shots appear to be very old and out-of date and the only photograph attributed to the author is one of a camel...

This book has the potential to be an excellent guide but somebody needs to go back to the proof reading stage, remove the glaring errors, double check all the facts and update the surface photography before we can put our faith into this product. As I said "Very Disappointing."

NM

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