In essence, this book spends time doing what field guides don't have room for. Beyond the Field Guide. The volume includes black and white photographs, illustrations, an appendix listing birds mentioned in the text, a bibliography, and an index. Along with overviews of the area, including detailed maps, learn about practicalities like language, climate, getting there and traveling while in the country, what to bring, and activities and attractions. Along with the general information, the book provides very detailed information of the dive and snorkel sites, many with maps, along with the experience levels necessary to enjoy your time at the location.
Helpful icons give information at a glance, with textual information to provide greater detail.
Other resources, like recompression facilities, dive operators, and more are also provided. Thus starts this entertaining account of a man, a landscape, and a burro. Along the way you meet the people who live in the area now, learn about the history and natural history of the area, and enjoy the author's encounters with the world around him. Color photographs, a map of the journey, and bibliography are also included. Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.