Product Description

Sun, surf, rum, reggae...yes, the Caribbean clichs are all true - and who are we to argue? We like a beachside mojito as much as the next traveller...

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Product Details

Publisher	Lonely Planet
ISBN	1740595750
Format	Paperback
Author	Ryan Ver Berkmoes,Jens Porup,Michael Grossberg
Brand	Lonely Planet
EAN	9781740595759
MPN	PRD_1351
Label	Lonely Planet
Edition	5
Dewey Decimal Number	917.290453
Studio	Lonely Planet
Number Of Pages	846
Title	Caribbean Islands (Multi Country Guide)
Publication Date	2008-10-01
Manufacturer	Lonely Planet

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Customer Reviews

Great BIG Book

Review by Joshua L. Peterson, 2009-04-14

Love this book, huge book with everything in it i was looking for. Bought this book because we are taking an eastern caribbean cruise in January 2010 and i wanted a heads up on the islands we are going to visit. It's written and put together soo well i couldnt help reading about all the islands. Really cant wait to go now, VERY HAPPY i ordered this book.

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Informative and well organized

Review by PrintingChick, 2009-03-16

Wonderful, comprehensive and informative. The organization of each chapter makes it easy to locate specific information. As an annual cruise passenger, this book will be extremely valuable to me.

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Had Everything... Except what I Wanted

Review by Saint Sadie, 2009-02-13

My mistake. I first looked up what I wanted on the Lonely Planet site. Yes, I could have purchaced a chapter for a couple bucks, but no. I wanted to get the whole book, just in case. So I came to Amazon, and the chapter on the Corn Islands is actually nowhere to be found. Oh well. Turns out my trip to Little Corn is postponed anyway.
Other than that little snafu, I always like Lonely Planet guides, and will pick up a new edition for Maui this Fall.

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As usual

Review by M. Lawhead, 2007-07-03

As usual, the Lonely Planet book delivers tons of information for travelers of all incomes. Especially helpful are tips on where to go to avoid cruise ship crowds. However, I had to skip the chapter on Cuba, because of the US travel ban. And the chapters on Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic should probably only be used to decide whether or not you want to go to those places. If so, you should probably buy the Lonely Planet books dedicated exclusively to them.

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Perfect for trip planning

Review by saskatoonguy, 2005-11-26

At 800+ pages, this is too heavy to lug around, but it's perfect for planning a trip and deciding where to visit. After you've planned your itinerary, I suggest buying a more specialized LP (Lonely Planet) guide to take with you - a small price to pay for a successful vacation.

Cuba gets the longest chapter (a whopping 59pp), followed by the Dominican Republic (48pp), Trinidad & Tobago (47pp), Bahamas (43pp), and Jamaica (42pp). However, the book's warnings about Jamaican crime will cause most travellers to rethink their itinerary. Haiti receives a token 18 pages due to the turmoil there. At the other end of the spectrum, the shortest chapters are on Saba and St. Eustatius (10pp each).

I enjoy the LP writing style, and I like their emphasis on practical tidbits. For example, don't fly directly from Aruba to the U.S. because you'll be in line for two hours at the Aruba airport due to understaffing by U.S. customs officers (yes, U.S.) who handle pre-clearance procedures. This is the kind of nuts-and-bolts information for which LP is famous, and enables visitors to avoid vacation hell.

Pet peeves: The chapters covering the 26 jurisdictions seem to be in random order - why not alphabetical? LP has always been famous for their maps, but lately their maps have been using one shade of gray for water and a slightly different shade of gray for land, which is tough on the eyes.

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