world reviewer
David Stanley
I'm the author of Moon Handbooks South Pacific, Moon Tahiti, and Moon Fiji, published by Avalon Travel Publishing of Berkeley, California.
My online travel guide to Tahiti and French Polynesia may be perused at http://www.southpacific.org/guide/tahiti.html and my Pacific travel photos can be found at http://www.pacific/-pictures.com
My Go Nanaimo Blog about Namino, British Columbia is at http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog
David Stanley's activity
- 01 Sep 2008
David Stanley reviewed Vava'u for the Humpback Migration in Tonga
We've all heard about whalewatching from boats or shore, and a few companies are now offering the possibility of actually swimming and snorkeling with whales in the wild. Is this a good thing? Some whalewatching operators in the Kingdom of Tonga, South…"
- 31 Aug 2008
David Stanley reviewed Tahiti in Fiction and Film in French Polynesia
Over the years, Tahiti and Polynesia have provided novelists and moviemakers with colorful subject matter. Early travelers told of wanton women on tropical shores, and Fletcher Christian added drama to the plot by leading a mutiny against the tyrannical …"
David Stanley reviewed Tahiti in French Polynesia
Since the age of explorers Wallis, Bougainville, and Cook, legendary Tahiti has tickled imaginations worldwide. More recently, Tahiti became the most famous Polynesian island of all when Clark Gable (1935), Marlon Brando (1962), and Mel Gibson (1984) pl…"
David Stanley reviewed Samoa in Samoa
The islands of Samoa are emerging as an exciting new South Pacific travel destination between Hawaii and New Zealand. This "Heart of Polynesia" is politically split into two distinct entities 80 miles apart. The country Samoa is a former German colony, c…"
David Stanley reviewed Nanaimo, British Columbia in British Columbia, Canada
Boomtown Nanaimo, British Columbia, is currently one of the hottest housing markets in Canada. Baby boomers all across the country are casting their aging eyes west in their quest for a retirement haven, and the many advantages of Nanaimo, BC, are becomi…"
- 30 Aug 2008
- 31 Aug 2008
David Stanley reviewed Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and its Moai in Easter Island, Chile
Ask me which Pacific island has the most to offer hikers and I'll probably answer Easter Island. Here on an island 11 km wide and 23 km long you'll find nearly a thousand ancient Polynesian statues strewn along a powerfully beautiful coastline or litter…"
