No comments about Touring Great National Parks of America Set 2.

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2 comments about Amazing Australia.

1. I think there ought to be a requirement somewhere that everyone should have to take the time and watch just one video about the place they are going to travel to. I guess I feel a little silly saying that because most of the people who read this might already have purchased video's before traveling on vacation. I'll try to defend my lack of awareness by saying all of my local video stores had no travel videos to rent to me. My local library had a couple. But Amazon.Com served me well by having such a wonderful assortment of Australian videos for me to purchase. This one is a must. YOur understanding of the country as a whole is enlightened by this video.A traveller to this country gets such a visual treat from seeing where you want to go before you get there. If the pictures don't all turn out, you're covered here too. And when the kids want something great to watch at any time they can get this video out and learn as they are entertained.You can't go wrong purchasing this one , it is a jewel.



2. I bought this for my 5 year old son but had to eject the tape when it began with a re-enactment of a public flogging, then panned over to a store with paintings of nude women.

   The video was more educational than scenic. It was more interested in going over the history and way of life of Australia than showing us the pictures of Australia. This is a valid objective of travel books and videos, but just realize this if you decide to buy the video.

   The narrator is Australian so the Aussie accent may be hard to follow at times and the treatment of the subject is quirky. There's more time spent on Ayers rock than on the Great barrier Reef. More time spent on crocodiles than on koalas.

   BUT -- the quirkiness is fun at times. We see a part of Australia that we don't often see on TV. Too bad the cinematography and camera work does not match that of National Geographic or the Discovery Channel. The best parts were the close-ups of the jumping crocodiles and the feeding of the fishes swimming around people's legs.

1 comments about Lighthouses of Ireland Collection Set.

1. These two videos contain much information not only about the lighthouses but the monks that first inhabited some of the island and constructed the first lights. The pictures are clear and the format is well done.

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1 comments about Back Roads of Europe.

1. I watched this video a short back while after selecting from a stack of five videos I had collected to begin planning a trip to Italy in 2001. I selected this one to watch first, as I wanted to see a Bertalucci film the same evening and this one was relatively brief. I'd give it points for covering some of the lesser known areas of Tuscany and showing a map along the route as the "journey" through Tuscany progresses. The photography is nice, but not very exciting,(how can you miss with that countryside?), and some topics are almost too briefly touched on. But, if you haven't traveled to Tuscany before, or just want to get a better feel for some of the less known and not as frequently mentioned villages and towns this is a very good start. That's why they call the series "The Back Roads". It is not as slick or informative as Fodor's videos, but it is also not as expensive, I'm relatively sure. It is also more of a succint, but educational, thumbnail sketch of lesser known locations from a cultural, historical and geographic perspective. I did not purchase this video because I was able to check it out of my local library, but it has obviously been well-used and I do not think that the Amazon purchase price is at all unreasonable.