| Journeys Among Islands: Endangered jewels of the oceans Contributor(s): Muirhead, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1519587198 ISBN-13: 9781519587190 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $10.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2015 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.81 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Join Robert Muirhead on his insightful and informative journeys to many of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean and in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. These islands are tourist paradises today but they were once dominated by a succession of European powers and have turbulent pasts, including slavery and damaging exploitation of their natural resources. The book sets out not only their attractions for visitors but also describes the many challenges they face in a rapidly-changing world. Share his epic walk to the Boiling Lake in Dominica and his nervous ascent of a rocky cliff in the Seychelles. Find out why there are more girls than boys in the Seychelles.He visited the battlefields on Guadalcanal and saw where the Marines and US Navy triumphed, as well as hearing the stories of local people whose fathers and grandfathers played vital roles in the war.Meet some of the wonderful people he encountered on his journeys and be humbled by their openness and frankness, and their willingness to help a transient stranger. A woman in Jamaica invited him to dinner. Then there was the woman in Easter Island who had taken a side trip on her epic bike ride from Santiago to Ushuaia. A woman in Rarotonga said he had beautiful eyes. You will also meet the people he feIt sad for and wondered what would become of them; such as his guide in East Timor who had suffered greatly under Indonesian rule; and the young woman in Barbados who spoke so artlessly to him and who might face a lifetime of difficulty because of her speech defect.He observed the remarkable resilience of humanity and its many cultures in transcending their violent pasts. Humans are supreme adapters, and although the future poses unique challenges to small island nations, those endangered jewels of the oceans will adapt and surprise us with their achievements, as they always have. |