Island Tips

Best Beaches: Top 10 Beaches in the Caribbean

Island Tips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:51:26 +0000

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 can

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Weekend Update – Epcot, Hawaii, Vintage Disneyland

Island Tips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:53:53 +0000

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 images

Bus2Antarctica Video: The Rare Black Penguin

Island Tips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:47:16 +0000

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

Island Tips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:47:02 +0000

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 to see this Spring LAME: Lady Gaga should name her next single “Deep Vein Thrombosis” Not only every airport loves children, but here’s the Top 5 that do! Just cause your scrotum is bleeding, doesn’t mean flight crew has to check it out Also: Machu PIcchu is still closed to tourists, but re-opening soon

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For top UK surfing, forget Cornwall and try Yorkshire

Island Tips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:46:55 +0000

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 about the surf board. “These are the rails …

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Q&A: Shaun White

Island Tips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:46:38 +0000

‘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?

Island Tips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:46:27 +0000

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 Grand Prix action. Costa Teguise The Red Lion , Avenida Islas Canarias Ferraris Bar, El Trebol Puerto Del Carmen Arthurs Bar C. C

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Roy’s Kahana Bar and Grill — Kahana, Hawaii, United States

Island Tips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:46:20 +0000

The Highams go to Hawaii!

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Days of heaven on the Marquesas Islands

Island Tips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:46:15 +0000

Marquesas Islands Lost pearls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Visit the places that are famous for their nature beauty.

Two Words: Why TSA Security Doesn’t Focus on “Profiling”

Island Tips — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:46:02 +0000

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 not because

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