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Re: Fish Feeding (Reply to this comment)
by lbestwick
I stand chastised!
PS: we took our rubbish away with us.
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Oct 20 '03
6:59 pm PDT
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Fish Feeding (Reply to this comment)
by siddy
ALthough I applaud your husband's making his own fish food in your snorkling adventures, this practice will lead to the eventual decline in fish population and alter their behavior that would prove detrimental to the local ecology. The non-biodegradable plastic bag could also become another trash on the beach.
I was shocked to read that some very popular Hawaiian reefs such as the Hanauma Bay area has begun to charge admission after a 5-minute mandatory orientation session before snorklers are allowed to dive in. This is in response to the deteriorating reef conditions due to snorklers feeding the fish, walking on reefs, and discarding trash along the beaches.
I've done this too many years ago, so you're not entirely at fault. But if you have also fallen in love with the South Pacific, you will have to advise everyone else to preserve nature as you have found it.
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Oct 19 '03
5:26 pm PDT
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Very good. (Reply to this comment)
by LordBalfor
Your comments about the weather are interesting. As general rule the southern hemisphere winter months (June - September) are the dry season in French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Tonga etc and as such are normally the most popular time to go. However, I'm of the opinion that if you get a bit of cloudy, wet weather it can be a little too chilly to really feel like you are on a tropical vacation. Personally, I prefer to go during the summer season - even if it is generally the "rainy" season. At least in the summer months, if it's cloudy with a bit of rain, it won't be too cold to swim.
Glad you enjoyed your visit. Raro is a terrific place. It sounds like you enjoyed the people there as much as we did.
Ken
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Aug 09 '02
4:13 pm PDT
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Welcome to epinions! (Reply to this comment)
by lyagushka
Sounds like you had a great time! This is a nice review with which to make your writing debut here at epinions. I think with just a few changes, this review would be VH.
As others have noted, it's really hard on the eyes to read a review that isn't separated into paragraphs. Also, while you do have lots of information in your review, it's presented in a travel journal, "this is what I saw and did" style rather than as a travel review. The difference is that in a travel review you extrapolate from your own experience to advise other travelers on what they might reasonably expect to find and perhaps on how they might optimize their own experiences.
For example, you mention that the weather wasn't great in July. Can you recommend a better time of year to go? It takes practice and time to turn out VH reviews in any category, and destination reviews are particularly difficult. So please don't be discouraged. Stick around, and keep writing!
You might want to read several highly rated travel and destination reviews to get a sense of what makes a review very useful. The two leads for the Hotels & Travel category have taken the time to write helpful guides to those who want to improve their travel reviews. You can view these two reviews at:
http://www.epinions.com/content_2671157380
http://www.epinions.com/content_2707923076
If you update this review, please email me with the url and I'll be happy to re-read it. Let me know if I can be of any help here. My email address can be found at the bottom of my profile page.
thanks,
Kate
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Aug 08 '02
9:18 pm PDT
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WOW! (Reply to this comment)
by hempem
This is one heck of a first review! Great job - I'm so jealous that you got to travel to Rarotonga!!
Just a word to an already A+ student . . . if you space every four or five lines or so (between paragraphs) it will make things a bit easier visually for the reader - other than that, wonderful review and welcome to Epinions.com!!
~Melissa
"hempem"
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Aug 08 '02
6:35 pm PDT
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Sorry, but... (Reply to this comment)
by jay1051971
You had the length. You had the content.
But writing in one long paragraph is tedius as hell. I quit half way through.
If you revise this, let me know...
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Aug 08 '02
6:34 pm PDT
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