"Diving the World" The Review
Posted By Stephan Whelan on 5 September 2006
Most of us who have a passion for diving will feel envious of experienced husband-and-wife team Beth and Shaun Tierney. They have traveled the world, carefully selected, reviewed and photographed some of the top dive sites around and have published "Diving the World" - a 352 page beautifully formed monster of a dive guide!
This book is not only an excellent reference to planning a dive trip, but would also be at home on any coffee table due to its stunning photography that graces almost every page of the book.
The team behind the book, Beth and Shuan, truly seem to have a deep passion for traveling and diving. This shines through on almost every page. Their backgrounds have come in very useful when putting the guide together. Shaun was a studio photographer who eventually turned his attention to Underwater Photography and his expertise shines through with every photo. The other half of the team, Beth, has a background in advertising and consulting which has obviously helped in putting together the research for the guide.
Apart from the stunning underwater photography, the meat of the book describes and compares over 200 of the world's top dive sites, including Australia, PNG, Solomons, Fiji, Galápagos, Belize, Mexico, Honduras, Egypt, East Africa, Maldives, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Amazingly the text reads more like a novel rather than a dry reference guide. Whilst there are all the requisite essential bits of information like how to get to a country, language, laws, customs, safety, health, currency, cost, and such like, there are also exquisite pieces of prose in the form of the Dive Log.
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