...Everyone knows there is excellent diving in the Carribean. It is also well known that there are a lot of unsafe diving companies out there. I've been to the Bahamas to dive twice and both times I used UNEXO at Port Lucaya on Grand Bahama Island. They are excellent. The place is run by knowledgable divers and everything smacks of professionalism. They have shark dives and dolphin dives as well. Bahamas diving has lots of reef fish and plants and amazing overall colour. There are 20 or so dives going out each day....
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Advantages: Gorgeous beaches, friendly people, great views Disadvantages: The 3 towers
...feature of Morro Bay is Morro Rock. This is a huge rock which sticks out into the ocean and is the centrepiece of the town. The rock is a volcanic plug, but there has not been any volcanic activity for a long long time. The rock has been quarried, but eventually in 1969, the quarrying was stopped, and this leaves the rock as it is today. Originally, the sea completely surrounded the rock, but it was attached to the mainland to create a harbour, which I will talk about a little later. You can drive right up to the edge of the rock, giving amazing views out onto the ocean.
The rock is home to many different kinds of wildlife, including nesting Peregrine falcons, pelicans, cormorants, squirrels.
The rock also creates some fantastic surfing conditions on the north beach of Morro Bay, which are used by international surfing competitions all...
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Advantages: breathtaking landscape Disadvantages: quite hard to get there
...In the northern side of Vietnam, apart from Hanoi-the capital, Sapa, Halong bay is another worth visiting address.
How to get there
Located near Vietnam's north coast.The nearest city called Halong ( just the same name). If you were in Hanoi, it just take two hours on the bus to go to Halong- the city and then one more hour on the cruise to the bay. All cost about 10$( if you want a nice cruise, you'd better pay more).
Landscape
Known as Natural World Heritage site, Halong bay consists of over 2000 islands and islets as well as some limestone rock with hundreds of different shape. As you are on the cruise , you can see them closely and relise that they even have their 'soul'. Each of them has its own name such as:
*Hon Trong Mai ( the cock and hen islet ).
*Hon Thien nga ( the swan islet).
*Hon Dau nguoi ( the human...
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A few months back I decided to join a gym, to help me regain my figure after the birth of our daughter (ha flippin' ha). To my delight, as part of my membership I was entitled to 60 minutes worth of Sun Showers. After a few sessions in the gym I... more
We stayed at this Hotel in June and had originally booked two studio apartments but on arrival we were upgraded to a two bedroom villa this may have affected my opinion of this hotel.
The only complaint we could possibly have made about this Hotel is... more