Reviews (18)

Not Very Worldly
This guy is an idiot and does not know anything about Fiji, or its inhabitants.He is the typical "ugly American" and it would be best if he stayed away from beautiful islands such as Vanuatu.The people of Fiji are not as he portrays them, and his juvenile excursion to the islands is a poor attempt to be Hunter S-like.
Agree completely that this is a sophomore slump
I agree with the earlier reviewer from Washington D.C. who wrote, "Mildly interesting, not as good as the first." Troost's second book is "The Sex Lives of Cannibals" Lite.
Lost in the SoPac
J. Maarten Troost takes us on another trip to the South Pacific. He and wife Sylvia decide to move to Vanuatu/Fiji. Just over the first half of the book is recounting some of his misadventures in Vanuatu and his discovery of kava. Afterwards, we're off to Fiji when the Troosts find out they are pregnant with Lukas, their first son.
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Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Description And Travel    3. Essays & Travelogues    4. Fiji    5. Travel    6. Travel - General    7. Troost, J. Maarten    8. Vanuatu    9. Travel / Essays & Travelogues   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Travel Guides    6. New Caledonia    7. Travel & holiday guides    8. Vanuatu   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Travel & holiday guides    6. Vanuatu   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    2. Australia/Oceania - South Pacific    3. Caribbean & West Indies    4. Guidebooks    5. Scuba & Snorkeling    6. Skin diving    7. Travel    8. Travel - Foreign    9. Vanuatu    10. Sub-aqua swimming    11. Travel & holiday guides   

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Solved my search for an insomnia cure
This book gave me the comfort level and impetus to try Kava as a cure for my chronic insomnia. Previously I read and tried melatonin, with no success. Finally a protracted illness lead me to search again. The author gives enough details on the plant, pharmocology, and ethnobotany. There is eight pages of full references for additional research, if desired. An engaging, thought-provoking journey to Vanuatu to find kava suppliers.
We're featuring this book in a section of COCONUT, the Web Guide to the Tropical World.The section is all about kava, and the author's new book comes out at a perfect time, as interest in Kava is growing rapidly all over the world.This book rambles at times, but the story of the author's encounters with a village of ni-Vanuatu people is wonderful and memorable and happily, it forms the bulk of the book.For a full review of Chris Kilham's KAVA book, check out the COCONUT website (which will be making its grand opening in August 1996) at http://www.coconut.com.---- Brian Dear, Editor of "COCONUT&quot ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Description and travel    4. Ethnology    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Herbal Medications    8. Kava (Beverage)    9. Kava plant    10. Vanuatu    11. Complementary Medicine    12. Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies    13. Pharmacology   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Area / regional studies    6. Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas    7. Places & peoples: general interest    8. Reference works   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas    6. Travel & holiday guides   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. General    4. Industries - General    5. Management - General    6. Pacific Area    7. Tourism    8. Travel - General    9. Australia    10. Fiji    11. New Zealand    12. Solomon Islands    13. Tourism industry    14. Vanuatu   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas    6. TRAVEL & HOLIDAY   

Subjects:  1. Description and travel    2. Vanuatu   

Reviews (2)

Circumnavigation: Sail the Tradewinds Ft. Lauderdale to Figi
As a sailer planning a world cruise, I view this book as one of the best cruising books I have read because it touches so much on the cultures and people along the way rather than merely on the sailing aspects. I have only read volume one and am eagerly awiting volume two. If you are not a sailer, this is a superb armchair travel book. You will really feel you are meeting people all over the globe. Sue manages to convey the excitement, beauty, learning and sharing of a couple sailing around the world.

A msut for cruising the Maine coast
This is a companion book to Don Johnson's Cruising Guide to Maine Vol IKittery to Rockland.See my review under that title. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Boating - General    2. Guidebooks    3. Sailing    4. Sailing - General    5. Sports    6. Sports & Recreation    7. Travel    8. United States - South - South Atlantic (General)    9. Voyages around the world   

Subjects:  1. Description and travel    2. Ethnology    3. Vanuatu   

Subjects:  1. Description and travel    2. Vanuatu   

Subjects:  1. Description and travel    2. Fiji    3. Norfolk Island    4. Vanuatu   

Subjects:  1. Description and travel    2. Fiji    3. Norfolk Island    4. Vanuatu   

Subjects:  1. Australia & Oceania - General    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Travel    4. Travel - Foreign    5. Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas    6. Travel & holiday guides