Posts Tagged ‘ coast ’

Tourism in the Baton Rouge area rose in 2011 and officials hope the return of riverboats and other attractions will make for an even stronger 2012. Related posts: Gulf Coast tourism officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ about prospects for 2011 Gulf Coast tourism officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ about prospects for 2011 ‘Outstanding’ year for
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Just off the West Coast a refuge of untouched beaches, native foxes and camping with solar-heated showers.
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Lanzarote has been plagued by jellyfish for a few months on and off now, we first mentioned them back at the end of October when swimming was prohibited from some beaches in the resort of Costa Teguise. A recent report presented in...
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One of the best places in the entire world to collect seashells is located right here in the United States down in Florida on Sanibel Island. Sanibel Island can be found off the coast of southwest Florida, just west of Fort Myers. Sanibel Island is about 12 miles long and only 3
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Two and a half weeks after the greatest cruise ship disaster in a decade, the rescue phase has shifted to recovery and cleanup, with Costa Concordia still lying on her side just off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy. Here are some recent developments: Search teams recovered another body on Saturday, Jan....
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Body Glove Hawaii offers a very nice historical sunset dinner cruise that we had a chance to enjoy on our recent visit to Hawaii’s Big Island. The dinner, entertainment and sunset was very good, but what I especially enjoyed was learning the ...
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JetBlue and Hawaiian Airlines have announced a partnership that’s primed to make travel to the Aloha State easier than ever before, particularly for East Coast travelers. The newly inked arrangement will allow for seamless daily connections between flights out of New York City (via JetBlue’s JFK hub) and into Honolulu (on Hawaiian
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A multi-billion dollar project aimed at making Abu Dhabi a global center of cultural tourism is back on, according to a report from the New York Times. The project would bring branches of the Guggenheim and Louvre museums to an island off the coast
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I’m currently on the M/S Expedition just off the coast of South Georgia Island. This is one of the most incredible places I have ever visited and few people even know it exists. When incredible meets the unknown, it is ...
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ConsumerTraveler.com received an exclusive analysis of Lloyd's List Intelligence vessel tracking data shows that Costa Concordia sailed within 230 m of the coast of Giglio Island on a previous voyage, even closer to shore than where it hit rocks last Friday.
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