Posts Tagged ‘ water ’

Find Water Sports Near You In Free Web Directory

March 12, 2010
By Island Tips

Looking for scuba diving operations, kayaking, snorkeling, windsurfing, paddleboarding, surfing, wakeboarding and other water-related activities near you, or where you want to go on your next vacation? You'll find them on WaterplayUSA.com, a free directory that lists water sports and water-related activities around the country.   The Web site is easy to use....
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8 Great Hawaii Waterfalls Worth Gushing Over

March 10, 2010
By Island Tips
8 Great Hawaii Waterfalls Worth Gushing Over

Hawaii is blessed with an abundance of beautiful, rainforest-fed waterfalls that are worth the time and effort to see on your Hawaii Vacation. I wanted to share this list of Hawaii’s top waterfalls that I hope you have the opportunity to see when you visit the islands. I’ll organize the waterfalls by island....
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Wicked But Stunning (Jasper National Park, Canada)

March 9, 2010
By Island Tips
Wicked But Stunning (Jasper National Park, Canada)

The tiny township of Jasper in the north of Alberta, Canada is the ideal base for a number of day trips into the travel wonder of Jasper National Park. One of the highlights is a trip along Maligne Lake Road that tracks for around fifty kilometres finishing at the namesake lake. Only a...
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Ferry Around Vancouver

March 5, 2010
By Island Tips
Ferry Around Vancouver

Taylor Kennedy , who helped with our Olympic coverage last week , takes a break from bustling Vancouver and hops a ferry to Victoria, B.C. A lesser-known treat in the 2010 Olympic region is a water trip through the gulf islands on BC Ferries to Victoria. BC Ferries boasts the world's largest ferry...
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Heading off the beaten track to Plastic Beach

March 4, 2010
By Island Tips

All week we've been hearing about Plastic Beach, the island made of junk that's home to Murdoc from Gorillaz. We sent travel writer Harry Ritchie to spend a night there Like to go off the beaten track? Well, it doesn't get more beaten-off than Plastic Beach – slap bang in the middle of...
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Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Florida

March 4, 2010
By Island Tips
Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Florida

Siesta Key, one of the hundred's of small islands that surround Florida is home to one of the top beaches in the country for family enjoyment. It's Siesta Beach, located right in the heart of Siesta Key.
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Stay with us while attending the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival

March 2, 2010
By Island Tips

The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, presented by Disneynature, is a spring special event filled with colorful array of flowers, gardens, topiaries, live music and educational events. This is one of our favorite events that take place at Epcot and it’s perfect for guests of all ages! You will enjoy millions of blooming...
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Hilo: How the Hawaii Tsunami Watch Will See Only a Wave of Tourists

March 1, 2010
By Island Tips
Hilo: How the Hawaii Tsunami Watch Will See Only a Wave of Tourists

On Saturday, after the catastrophic earthquake in Chile, places that might be in the path of a resulting tsunami battened down the hatches and awaited the waves. One of these places was Hawaii , which instead of having everyone run inside and pray that the wave would leave then high and dry, sent...
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Hawaii in High Definition with Polarized Sunglasses

February 22, 2010
By Island Tips
Hawaii in High Definition with Polarized Sunglasses

If you don’t already have a pair of polarized sunglasses, do yourself a favor and get some to bring on your Hawaii vacation. They really do make a difference. You know the phrase, “Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know”?
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Vancouver 2010 Olympics Blog: Olympics Security, Currency & Access

February 17, 2010
By Island Tips
Vancouver 2010 Olympics Blog: Olympics Security, Currency & Access

In her next Olympic blog, Theresa Corigliano encounters the oddities of a heavily secured host city, and discovers a new kind of currency that only comes out at the Games. It’s not just me.
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