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This page recommends some books to take with you to Thailand - if you have any other suggestions please let us know.
Diving Books •
Guide Books •
Sea Life •
Maps •
Beach Reading •
History and Culture
- The Dive Sites of Thailand
- by Paul Lees, Paperback, 176 pages (January 1999)
Covers both the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. Gives plenty of information and not just on dive sites. In fact is a mini guide book, covering travel, money, when to go and Accommodation. Filled with lovely colour pictures, it features sections on sea life, underwater photography and first aid. All dives are given a star rating and are well described. If you're planning to dive in Thailand you won't regret buying this book.
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 Coral Reef Fishes, Indo-Pacific and Caribbean
- by Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers, Harper Collins, 400 Pages, Paperback
An excellent, comprehensive guide to reef fishes, which is small and light enough to pack regardless of amount of diving equipment. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to identify the fish they see whilst diving the tropics. Includes the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand.
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Available from Amazon UK, 20% off
Available from Amazon.com, (Collins, February 1999) 20% off
Other Diving Books
- Diving Southeast Asia : A Guide to the Best Dive Sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand
- by Kal Muller, Paperback, 228 pages, Periplus Action Guides (March 1999)
Available from Amazon UK, 9% off
- Fielding's Asia's Top Dive Sites : The Best Diving in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand
- by Kal Muller, Paperback, 228 pages, Fielding Worldwide (December 1997)
Available from Amazon.com, 15% off
- Diving in Thailand
- by Collin Piprell, Paperback, 215 pages, Hippocrene Books (August 1994)
Buy from WH Smiths (UK), 15% off
Two good guidebooks for people travelling in Thailand are the Rough Guide and Lonely Planet. We'd choose the islands and beaches edition: lighter to carry and includes Bangkok.
- Thailand's Islands and Beaches
- Paperback, 580 pages (February 2000)
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- Lonely Planet Thailand
- Paperback, 976 pages, Lonely Planet Publications (July 1999)
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- Thailand Rough Guide
- Paperback, 672 pages (October 1998)
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Of the other guide books, the Insight Guides always have wonderful photographs.
- Insight Guide: Thailand
- Paperback, 395 pages, APA Publications (23 March, 1998)
Available from Amazon UK, 20% off
- Fodor's Thailand (6th Edition)
- Paperback, 208 pages, Fodor's Travel Publications (June 1999)
Available from Amazon UK, 20% off
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- Coral Reef Fishes, Indo-Pacific and Caribbean
- by Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers, Harper Collins, 400 Pages, Paperback
An excellent, comprehensive guide to reef fishes, which is small and light enough to pack regardless of amount of diving equipment. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to identify the fish they see whilst diving the tropics. Includes the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand.
Read the full review.
Available from Amazon UK, 20% off
Available from Amazon.com, (Collins, February 1999) 20% off
- Lonely Planet: Travel Atlas: Thailand
- Paperback, 40 pages, (December 1994)
A collection of maps plus some general information about Thailand's system of highways, buses, trains and boats. Light to carry, but if you already have one of the Lonely Planet guides, rather superfluous.
Available from Amazon UK, 36% off
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- The Rapture of the Deep
- Michael G Zinsley, 1stBooks Library, 261 pages (1999).
A collection of stories, all with a diving backdrop, from 16 different countries including Thailand.
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- Thailand: A Short History
- by David K Wyatt, Paperback, Yale, (February 1986)
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- Culture Shock! Thailand
- by Robert and Nanthapa Cooper, Paperback, KUPERARD, (1991)
Although aimed more at ex-pats working in Thailand, is easy-to-read and may help you avoid insulting anyone. (Or else make you spend your entire holiday worrying about what your hands and feet are doing.)
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