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Get a good deal on airfare and head to Belize City … but don’t stay there. The Radisson Hotel is the only decent hotel and it smells like the ocean. It’s a little musty. There’s very little in the area to visit. If you’re a scuba diver like me, head to the small airport past the casino and fly over to Ambergris Caye. Book yourself into Ramon’s. http://www.ramons.com/ The have the best diving tours. The Hol Chin Marine reserve is a great dive area. The channel dive is nice and only 100 feet deep. Shark alley is a great dive as are the currents in “Tres Coconuts” that carry you along for a free ride thru. Skip the Blue Hole unless you just want the listing in your dive book. 60 feet down and No fish and loads of sharks down there inside the rim and past there it’s just plain dark and very deep (400 feet). The little shack on the beach has great food and old Belikin beer. The flight over from Belize is fun .. just ask the pilot to let you ride in the front seat. As you pass the island that is all golf course, you’ll see the landing airstrip ( it looks like a postage stamp) Hang on for an exhilarating landing. If you do stay at the Radisson look around just outside for a local (Harold) who I highly recommend for a local guide and a great trip to the Belize Zoo. He knows all the animals there by name. They’ll even come to the fence and you can scratch the black leopards chin.

Meet two girls in the train station in Barcelona Spain and brought them to Venice . Stayed up all night drinking wine and talking in the sleeper train car. We wandered around Venice and I lost them in the fog in St Marks Square. I was really hungry and was looking at the menu in a restraunt window thinking how good the lobster would be when they reappeared. I treated the 3 of us to lobster dinner to the tune of $199 US.

http://www.vacationidea.com/venice/st_mark_square.html

Tai Chi at the Coit Tower early in the morning. Flying stunt kites on the Golden Gate beach. Driving down the Lombard the crooked street. Visit the Island of Alcatraz. Cross over the bridge …. you can’t appreciate the size till you’re out there. Fishermans Wharf … oh I could go on …. Just go

What a grand life it must have been. The neptune pool is really cool. Take the tour and see for yourself. There’s a nice motel to stay in San Simion Bay not far from the Hearst Castle .

Photos can’t do this grand vista justice. I’ve been out there twice and to stand at the Lodge and view the lake and Wizard Island is outstanding. PS. Do not treasure hunt in a national park. I had two federal agents waiting for me at the top of the Cleetwood trail. I was lucky to only get (and still have) a federal warning citation signed by US Atty General Edwin Meece. I was searching for the golden horse in “Treasure in Search of the Golden Horse” Oh what an adventure

Go to the Guiness brewery and have afresh one.

Oh yeah … just another day in Paridise. A must do vacation … but don’t miss the trip over to Bora Bora . you will kick yourself if you skip this island. You will have to go back to Tahiti just to go to Bora Bora. Do not miss it.

Oh what a way to vacation.

You really can drive thru a tree .. it’s amazing how big they are

I meet a little old lady on the bus going to Warwick and she used to work there (30 years). She invited me to her home for a spot of tea and them we walked over to the castle and she gave me a personalized tour. Wow, she told me all the secrets about the castle.