Stay at a Coffee Plantation in Hawaii

I wrote about this Kona Coffee a while ago, and I have been enjoying it ever since. I went back to the Aloha Island Coffee website and found out that they have two houses on the plantation that you can stay at while on vacation. That is my dream vacation. In a tropical paradise like [...]

Posted on March 5, 2010 Filed Under Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | Leave a Comment

Jamaica Vacation Part 3 – Tuesday

This was a great day. We were in the lobby and overheard the receptionist telling someone about a local restaurant for real Jamaican food, not a tourist place. Of course, I jumped at that, and we tried it out. It’s called Sweet Spice, and it’s located to the left of the circle (from the main [...]

Posted on February 24, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Food, Jamaica, Beaches, and the Caribbean, Recommended Beaches and Places | Leave a Comment

Top 10 Beaches in America from Dr Beach, 2009

You can see the previous years Top Ten Beaches for 2008 and the Top 10 Beaches for 2007.
Dr. Beach (Dr. Stephen Leatherman) is the Director of the Laboratory Coastal Research at the Florida International University. He takes into account the water and sand quality, plus safety, facilities and environmental management when he settles on the [...]

Posted on January 18, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places | 1 Comment

Get Away on a Cheap Beach Vacation Top 10

This is the time of year when people start to plan their vacations, the snow is falling, the air is bitter, and we know that somewhere, the palm trees are swaying in a warm breeze with the smell of the ocean water.
However, in today’s economic climate it’s not always easy to get to a warmer [...]

Posted on December 29, 2009 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places | 4 Comments

Unusual and Adventure Hotels

If you are in the mood for something completely different than the run of the mill hotel, then check out some of these hotels. This site (Unusual Hotels of the World), has places to stay all over the world, but not necessarily what you are used to.
For example, this Tree House in India;

Wild. That would [...]

Posted on December 17, 2009 Filed Under Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | Leave a Comment

World’s Sexiest Beaches for 2009, Part 2

If you missed it, here is the first part to the sexiest beaches of 2009. Here is the conclusion of the list of the Sexiest and Most Beautiful Beaches of 2009.
Mazunte, Mexico
Originally known for the turtles coming ashore, and therefor turtle meat and turtle soup, Mexico has since declared Mazunte a reserve, and the area [...]

Posted on November 13, 2009 Filed Under Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | 1 Comment

The World’s Sexiest Beach for 2009, Part 1

It’s that time again, time for Concierge.com to release its 2009 list of the most beautiful and sexiest beaches in the world.
Sometimes I think I shouldn’t read these lists, because they just make me want to leave everything behind and head for some waves.
For past years lists, see the Sexiest Beaches for 2007, and the [...]

Posted on November 12, 2009 Filed Under Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | 1 Comment

Inexpensive and Cheap Vacations

I have talked about Cheap and Inexpensive Beach Vacations before, and now I want to tell you about Budget Travels top destinations for 2009. No, they aren’t all at the beach, but in this economy, you can’t have everything.
Austin, Texas
Why in 2009: For years, the capital of down-home cool (and Texas) has been working to [...]

Posted on March 26, 2009 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | Leave a Comment

10 Most Private Beaches in the World. Best Secluded Beaches

Forbes recently came out with a list of the 10 most private and secluded beaches in the world. As always, i love lists, especially when they are about beaches. Private beach lists are even better. I should explain that private in this post does not mean you can’t go, just that they are very low [...]

Posted on March 11, 2009 Filed Under Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places | 3 Comments

Top Five Family Vacation Beach Resorts

By now, my regular readers know that I am not a big fan of resorts. However, they can be a good place to take your family. You don’t have to pack the kids in the car to find a place to eat, or to find activities to keep them occupied. Most of it is there [...]

Posted on December 13, 2008 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Recommended Beaches and Places, Vacation Time | Leave a Comment