Top Ten Snorkeling Beaches

Caribbean Travel & Life had a good article recently about the best Snorkeling Beaches in the Caribbean. I love snorkeling, but sometimes you can go somewhere and realize that you are in the wrong spot for it. Although the water may be beautiful and clear, there may just not be anything interesting below the surface. [...]

Posted on September 22, 2011 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places | 1 Comment

Stranded in Venice, Italy Part 8

Coming back to Venezia/St. Lucia, I felt as if we were coming home. We didn’t expect to be gone so long. It was near 6pm. As we walked into our hotel the desk person stopped us, “Madame, 222?” They know us by our room number. “If you wouldn’t mind, we would like to put you [...]

Posted on April 11, 2011 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Not Much to do with the Beach, Travel | Leave a Comment

The Unexpected Vacation in Venice, Part #7

At our favorite deli we can get a huge slice of pizza for 1E or 2E with meat. They also have sandwiches, falafel, gyros, french-fries and whole chicken. We will be eating here for a lot less that sit down cloth napkin restaurant that took our credit card. We are most happy when eating, it [...]

Posted on March 3, 2011 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Travel | Leave a Comment

Unexpected Venice Vacation #6

Monday, April 19 I’ve been awake since 6:15. Decided to do my hair and makeup. I’ve looked like a wreck for 2 days now. I’m brushing my teeth when I’m pretty sure I hear a plane. The windows are open. The sky is clear blue. It’s been mostly cloudy since we have been here. I [...]

Posted on December 30, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Travel | Leave a Comment

Venice Vacation #5

When we thought it was about 6 am at home we called the family. I did not have international calling on my cell phone at this point. Didn’t need it on the ship where we communicated by email and facebook. So I used the hotel phone. Sally will try to contact Affordable Tours and our [...]

Posted on December 29, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Travel | 1 Comment

An Unexpected Venice Vacation Part 4

(See part 3 of Venice Vacation) I began to gather a care package for Jodi, Lorinda and the kids. I gave them our last trail mix and a couple apples. Lorinda took the kids back to their stateroom to get them to bed. It was now about 10:00 pm. Jodi stopped by our room to [...]

Posted on October 28, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Travel, Vacation Time | Leave a Comment

Stuck in Venice, Italy

Recently, my mom went on a cruise of the Greek Islands with some other women in the family, and was stuck in Venice because of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. I asked her to write some information on what to do when you are stuck in Venice. Here is a little about it. Does Venice have a [...]

Posted on May 29, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, 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

Dirtiest Hotel for 2010

Tripadvisor has released their list of the Dirtiest Hotels of 2010. You can see previous years at the Dirtiest Hotels for 2008, and Dirtiest Hotels of 2009. These listing are based on the Tripadvisor reviews from people who actually stayed at the hotels. I’ve included some of the reviews for you. Heritage Marina Hotel, San [...]

Posted on February 15, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Travel | 2 Comments

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 [...]

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