Posts in Tag: beaches
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Horseshoe Bay Beach and a Quick Visit to Hamilton, Bermuda
Day three of the Bermuda trip dawns portentously with this beautiful sunrise as seen from our balcony at the Fairmont Southampton. The excitement of last night is forgotten, although there is still a manhunt underway for two suspects who shot and killed Bermuda gangster Prince Edness outside the Waterlot Inn. Yesterday our touring got off […]
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Southampton Princess – Fairmont’s Pink Palace in Bermuda
It’s 7:00 in the morning and I’m sitting on the balcony of room 2232 at the Fairmont Southampton Princess watching the sun rise over a calm Atlantic Ocean as a large group of departing guests congregates below. Hugs, kisses and tears mark their farewells and I wonder if Alison and I will feel the same […]
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John D. MacArthur Beach State Park – The Real Florida
I get tired of people who know nothing about Florida and bemoan ‘It’s all fake. There’s no natural beauty’. While it is true that much of Florida is as fake as the tits at a Palm Beach barbecue, it is equally true that the Everglades, the Big Cypress and the Ten Thousand Islands are absolutely […]
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The North Sea – Visiting Holland’s Fabulous Sand Dunes
In the last post our Cycletours bike and barge tour of Holland visited the world’s largest flower auction at Alsmeer followed by cycling right through the city of Amsterdam to the historic outdoor museum at Zaanse Schans. I continue to be amazed at the wide variety of things to see and do in this country. […]
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The Fairmont Orchid – Finding Green Turtles and Green Sand
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip Alison and I took a few years ago to the four major Hawaiian islands. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we toured the Kohala Coast and visited Pu’ukohola, the site of King Kamehameha’s rise to power. […]
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Kaanapali Golf Course – Play Where the Legends of Golf Played
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip Alison and I took a few years ago to the four main islands of Hawaii. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post I explained why we chose to stay at Kaanapali Plantation condos rather than a much […]
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Turtle Bay Resort – Chillin’ Out on Oahu’s North Shore
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a visit to Hawaii’s four main islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited Foster Gardens and the Byodo-In Temple before moving on the Oahu’s North Shore and […]
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Iolani Palace, Hawaiian Royalty & Going Loco Moco
This is one of a continuing series of posts on a visit to all four of the main Hawaiian islands that Alison and I and friends took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. Yesterday we went in search of sites associated with the original Hawaii Five-0 TV series […]
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The Kalalau Trail – Hawaiian Hiking at Its Finest, Centipedes be Damned
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip to Hawaii’s four main islands Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. On day three of our stay on Kauai we flew over it and on day five we were going to hike […]