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Best Beaches: Top 10 Beaches in the Caribbean

March 13, 2010
By Island Tips

Think Caribbean.   And what comes to mind?  Turquoise waters, white sandy beaches, salty air, soft sand that melts at your feet, cool ocean breeze, and coral reefs full of rainbow fishes waiting to be explored.  Its hard to go to the Caribbean and not find a lot of great beaches.  So, as you...
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Weekend Update – Epcot, Hawaii, Vintage Disneyland

March 13, 2010
By Island Tips

The Weekend Update is back to take us on another memorable trip around the world.  We’ll visit the Gorgeous Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot in Florida and take a side trip to the new Toy Story 3 exhibit at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  Then we row our long boats to tropical Hawaii for some...
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Bus2Antarctica Video: The Rare Black Penguin

March 12, 2010
By Island Tips
Bus2Antarctica Video: The Rare Black Penguin

Antarctica's South Georgia Island has a population of several million penguins. I know that for a fact because I think I took that many pictures of them. One of those penguins happened to be black--all black--and perhaps you noticed, that..
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Remember: When Flying, Fashion Emergencies Can Become Medical Emergencies

March 12, 2010
By Island Tips
Remember: When Flying, Fashion Emergencies Can Become Medical Emergencies

FAME: Twitter celeb @AdventureGirl takes us around the Marquesas Islands Cities other than NYC and Boston have great St. Patrick's Day Parades Google Maps finally adds directions feature for bicycling Also: Conan O'Brien might be off the air, but you can see him on stage! ; The Top 5 Museum Exhibits you need...
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For top UK surfing, forget Cornwall and try Yorkshire

March 12, 2010
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The West Country is so last decade. The up and coming surfing mecca is the North Yorkshire coast near Scarborough. Champion! We are on the beach at Cayton Bay, south of Scarborough, listening to James Turner, the tutor from Scarborough Surf School: "This is the nose and this is the tail." He's talking...
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Q&A: Shaun White

March 12, 2010
By Island Tips
Q&A: Shaun White

'The last time I cried? When the blue guy's tree burned down in Avatar' Shaun White, 23, was born in California. He began skiing at four and snowboarding at six; at 13, he became a professional snowboarder
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Where Can You Watch F1 in Lanzarote?

March 12, 2010
By Island Tips
Where Can You Watch F1 in Lanzarote?

The new Formula One motor racing season starts this weekend and we’ve already received a few enquiries as to which establishments on the island will be showing both the qualifying session and races. Below are some of the recommendations for local bars in the different Lanzarote resorts where you can catch all the...
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Days of heaven on the Marquesas Islands

March 12, 2010
By Island Tips
Days of heaven on the Marquesas Islands

Marquesas Islands Lost pearls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Visit the places that are famous for their nature beauty.
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Two Words: Why TSA Security Doesn’t Focus on “Profiling”

March 12, 2010
By Island Tips

I know that the Transportation Security Administration – especially the TSA’s blog – gets plenty of comments from people who are outraged that airport security doesn’t do more “profiling”. Here is one of those comments: “The reason why the blue-eyed great-grandmother from Minneapolis is given a hard time while four young Middle-Eastern men sail through, is...
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