Posts Tagged ‘ never-been ’

A Christmas Rum Drink Straight From The Caribbean

December 21, 2011
By Island Tips

After one sip, you’ll be piloting the big guy’s sleigh. With Christmas only a couple days away, it wouldn’t be right to do anything but a holiday drink recipe. Last year we sipped on the Mistletoe Margarita and some Rum Nog. I’ve never been ...
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The Adventure Travelers Guide to Bali in Indonesia

December 12, 2011
By Island Tips

If you’ve never been to Bali in Indonesia then you owe it to yourself to visit the island which, according to many frequent visitors, is one of the most peaceful and beautiful to be found anywhere on the planet. It’s also been remarked that the … Continue reading →
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Life in the Bahamas – A Look at Junkanoo

October 12, 2011
By Island Tips

After two trips to the Bahamas, I have come to realize that the islands can be a strange place. It’s a decidedly good kind of strange though, the sort which makes you smile and shake your head. Even though I’ve never been there
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Traveling without the kids OR Marriage 2.0

July 8, 2011
By Island Tips

TweetLaura and I have been married for nearly 18 years. Did you know that in the first nine years of marriage, we never thought we would be able to have a child? Before our daughter was born, we traveled quite a ...
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"Digging" it on the Beach on North Padre Island, Texas

July 4, 2011
By Island Tips

We spent a weekend at the end of the summer on North Padre Island, giving our grand kids a beach experience. They live in San Antonio and had never been
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How to: Travel Nepal by motorcycle

June 1, 2011
By Island Tips

MatadorU student Dylan Edwards covers the basics for getting on a bike and cruising the Himalaya. I WAS IN POKHARA after a long trek in the Annapurna Range when I noticed a flier from a local business offering motorcycle lessons. I’d never been ...
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The Galapagos Islands in Photos

April 11, 2011
By Island Tips

A few weeks ago, I fulfilled a life long dream and visited the Galapagos Islands. They were beautiful. They were breathtaking. They were everything people said they would be. I’ve never been to a place where the wildlife was so abundant and the geography was so diverse in such a close ...
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All-Inclusive Luxury Cruise News

March 25, 2011
By Island Tips

The mainstream cruise experience has never been all-inclusive but now even more luxury lines are eliminating add-on costs. Find out which luxury line is right for you.
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Yangtze river cruise: A slow boat through China

February 20, 2011
By Island Tips
Yangtze river cruise: A slow boat through China

It took a moment of epiphany for Christine Hamilton to remember that she had never been to China. And 13 days in the country to realise that one visit was never likely to be enough...
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Chewing Conch Salad on the Bahama’s Harbour Island

December 26, 2010
By Island Tips

If you’ve never tried conch salad, than you’ve never been to the Bahamas and especially the  tiny out island of Harbour Island, which is two miles east of Eleuthera.  There, conch shells, fried conch, conch soup, conch burgers...
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