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Summary: Contains some good nuggets of information
Review: If you are into offbeat humor, this is worth reading even if snorkeling in Hawaii isn't in your future. It does have very good and specific information on snorkeling. It also has reasonable information on non-aquatic sights and things to do, though only the VERY high points. And has reviews of resturaunts and places to stay, including a few very cheap ones that won't be featured prominently in your typical travel guide. The maps are useless. Don't use it as your only travel guide on a trip. But it is useful, if snorkeling is high on your priorities there. Of limited value otherwise (as the title suggests).
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Summary: Bizarre, entertaining, and fairly useful
Review: If you are into offbeat humor, this is worth reading even if snorkeling in Hawaii isn't in your future. It does have very good and specific information on snorkeling. It also has reasonable information on non-aquatic sights and things to do, though only the VERY high points. And has reviews of resturaunts and places to stay, including a few very cheap ones that won't be featured prominently in your typical travel guide. The maps are useless. Don't use it as your only travel guide on a trip. But it is useful, if snorkeling is high on your priorities there. Of limited value otherwise (as the title suggests).
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Summary: This shouldn't be your only guide book
Review: It should be the guide book you keep on the side, for fun, like a mistress. Sort of like the I Ching of guide books, I found myself opening the book at random for hilarious bits of insight.If you need to find something specific this guide book probably won't help you, but it will entertain you. After a long morning of snorkelling (what else?) my husband and I wanted to find a nearby restaurant for lunch. We'd left our other guide book in our room, so we earnestly consulted Snorkel Bob. We read reviews of several lackluster restaurants until we got to a restaurant Snorkel Bob raved about. Because of the food or the ambience? No, because this was the place where Snorkel Bob got tired of reviewing restaurants so he got drunk. Did this help us figure out where to eat lunch? No. But it put us in such a carefree frame of mind that we decided to just drive until we found pizza, which turned out to be exactly the right thing for us to do.
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Summary: Best Guide to Hawaii I've read
Review: Leave it to Snorkel Bob, Himself to provide words of wisdom to anyone visiting Hawaii. Thank you Snorkel Bob--You made our trip fantastic!
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Summary: Hilarious and Accurate!
Review: One of the best travel books I've encountered and easily the wackiest, Snorkel Bob tells it like it is. Unerringly accurate and laugh-out-loud funny.
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Summary: Ironic Perfection and a Wise Guide for Rookies
Review: Sometimes you take a trip to a perfect place, for instance, Hawaii, but you feel strange--where do you find the instructions for the beach barbeques, snorkel gear, luaus, and umbrella drinks that you have enjoyed from afar in many a Gidget movie, but never really had hand's on experience with? Answer: in Snorkel Bob's cool little book. We lost or gave away our old copy, from a former vacation, and I'm ordering a second one before another trip now. Snorkel Bob is the tongue in cheek John Muir of Hawaii, with his adventures, attitude, and strangely lovely philosophy helping you plan a trip & enjoy it. "What is the feeling? What is the not feeling?" he asks. I feel that this book is amazing and as lulling as an umbrella drink, almost.
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Summary: Snorkel Bob gets it right!
Review: The writing style of this book is tongue in cheek and can be a bit tiresome, but the information given is right on the money! Blunt and to the point about what to see and what to avoid, Snorkel Bob also gives detailed information about all the beaches on the islands - which are best for swimming, snorkeling, diving, children as well as what time of year to go to each beach and what amenities are available at each. A real time saver!
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Summary: Snorkel Bob gets it right!
Review: The writing style of this book is tongue in cheek and can be a bit tiresome, but the information given is right on the money! Blunt and to the point about what to see and what to avoid, Snorkel Bob also gives detailed information about all the beaches on the islands - which are best for swimming, snorkeling, diving, children as well as what time of year to go to each beach and what amenities are available at each. A real time saver!
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Summary: Contains some good nuggets of information
Review: This book does contains some useful information which should come in handy during vacation. It is also delivered in a really off-beat humorous way. Unfortunately, if you can't get into the humor, it will be a very painful digging operation for the content. I would suggest reading a few pages in your local bookstore before purchasing. In retrospect, I probably would not have purchased this book if I had an example of the writing style.
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Summary: The Newer Edition is Even Better
Review: This edition is dated 1997. If you are reading this review, then you will be far better served by the '02 edition. amazon doesn't have it, but snorkelbob dot com does. It's updated with a reference index and many excellent maps. I, Snorkel Bob, cannot get penetration with the phantom amazon, so here's hoping you can get this right. Hail Atlantis! & Hana Hou!
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