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Announcing publication of the newest guidebook on the Republic of Palau. Papa Mike's Palau Islands Handbook is, the only guidebook devoted exclusively to Palau, with up to the date information on tours for snorkeling, scuba diving and kayaking this marine paradise of over 200 islands, 700 species of coral and over 1500 species of fish.

Santa Barbara, California, (PRWEB) February 14, 2006 -- Author Mike Hollywood announced today the release of, “Papa Mike’s Palau Islands Handbook,” this guidebook is the third in a series on island destination, intended to expose the reader to the people and culture of a region. Featuring up to date information on tours and accommodations, the handbook contains numerous photos, maps, websites and E-mail addresses intended to make any trip to Palau easier and more enjoyable.

When the blockbuster TV series Survivor chose the tiny Republic of Palau for the location of their tenth season, few had heard of this small island group on the western border of Micronesia. After the fourteen episodes of the series, over 26 million viewers were keenly aware of the Republic and Jellyfish Lake, the attraction that was immortalized in an episode of the series. Thanks to the popularity of this hit television series the entire world was introduced to this island paradise. Now armed with your very own copy of Papa Mike’s Palau Islands Handbook, you are free to visit this special part of the world. What are you waiting for?

Papa Mike’s Guidebooks

In 1973 Tony and Maureen Wheeler formulated the first of Lonely Planet Guidebooks at a tiny kitchen table in their apartment. Starting out as somewhat of a backpacker’s bible, over the past thirty-some years, Mr. Wheeler and Lonely Planet has become the worlds largest independent travel publisher with over 650 titles in print and in 2005 sold over six million guidebooks. In 2001 Mike Hollywood published the first of his guidebooks on the West Indies’ Windward and Leeward Islands. Over the past five years, “Papa Mike” has sought out underdeveloped island locations that offer travelers the chance to visit a site prior to the arrival of mass tourism. The use of state of the art print on demand printing technology, allows Papa Mike’s guides to be produced in small quantities and focus on locations that are unfeasible to the mass-market guidebooks.

So to Tony Wheeler and the people at Lonely Planet, congratulations on your marketing and sales achievements, we at Papa Mike’s will continue to make our guides in a relaxed conversational tone, with a dose of humor, one at a time.

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