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Fodor's Caribbean 2002: The Guide for All Budgets, Updated Every Year, with Color Photos and Many Maps (Fodor's Gold Guides)

No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go. In this guide, updated every year, our experts who live in the Caribbean give you the inside track showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun. Start with the color planning section to help you decide where to go, use your personal supply of Post-it? flags to mark your favorite listings, and consult the foldout map to stay on course. Fodor's Caribbean 2002 shows you hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special. The Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency. Plus, web links, maps, costs, and mix-and-match itineraries make planning a snap.


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***25 Apr 2011 10,000 views!***

Gold Hill - Shaftesbury, Dorset. This scene is famous as the location for the 'Hovis' commercials, now some decades old!
I visited it on a photography course and we spent some time photographing it. I found that it wasn't a very easy subject; the sun was illuminating the left hand side of the road nicely, but on the right hand side there was a notably ugly wall which I found I needed to minimise in the image. I tried a lot of shots, and when I found I'd got the road right the attractive sky that was visible when we started had moved on!
I ended up doing lots of editing to get the elements together and nicely lit. I opted for concentrating on the buildings and darkening the background; I manage to rescue the sky, this has been darkened quite a bit. The worst thing was the bush on the RH side of the photo; this took ages to crop and manipulate so that the sky and not white space could be seen through the branches! So it's kept me well out of mischief for the last three days. I hope it's worth the trouble.
I lightened it slightly in Picknik on loading.
Incidentally this is edited with the 'PhotoStudio' program that came with my camera. I never see any references to anyone working with it; but it can be made to give reasonable results (I think), and it is free!

Nov 8th 2008 Thanks for all your kind comments.
I forgot to geotag it, but now it's on the map, so you can see where Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, and Dorset actually are in the World!

Quick picture of the free map I got from Walt Disney world. I'm starting to get really excited for my trip to Disney, even though it's in December!

All my favorite spots in the Animal Kingdom are highlighted in gold.

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"The king of guidebooks." - Newsweek

No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go.

Insider info that's totally up to date. Every year our local experts give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun.

Hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special.

Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency.

Full-size, foldout map keeps you on course.