Central Florida is home to many beautiful clear spring parks. Kelly Park, Rock Springs Apopka is just one of these and not too far from the Orlando vacation homes. Kelly Park is in Apopka, Orange County north of Orlando. It’s around 250 acres...
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The Interstate 95 is a fast and very busy road, which connects Fort Lauderdale to Miami. When travelling from Orlando, via the Turnpike, to Miami Airport it is the road which joins the Turnpike. During peak hours it can become grid-locked, so a new E...
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It was several years ago that we first visited Key West, on our first cruise aboard the stunningly beautiful Royal Caribbean ship ‘Enchantment of the Seas,’ in her inaugural season. As we boarded the launches to take us to the town, we could see befo...
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The average traveller, whether they be from overseas or North America, is probably unaware that Florida has over 160 State Parks. While the majority head for the famous Theme Parks of Orlando they fail to realise that Florida offers a huge variety of...
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Kentucky – a road trip through the state:- part 15
It is now time to start the part of the tour which looks at one of the two things that the state produces that has made it famous. The first is horses which we will see later but some ...
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If you have never visited Miami I can defiantly recommend it. Miami has a lot to offer and see South beach is the place we prefer to stay whist visiting Miami it is a vibrant place to stay, the hotels whilst not cheap are very good. We stayed ...
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Well this is a little restaurant slightly of the beaten track down at Haines City and possibly overlooked and not well known amongst many tourists. We first discovered it at the Champions Gate Gator fest in May last year. We picked up a menu ...
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The city of Winter Park is situated north-east of and adjacent to Orlando. Due to it’s close proximity to Orlando, Winter Park is a city which many commuters traverse to access Downtown Orlando. However, on a cool sunny Spring day, it is the ideal pl...
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PURA BESAKIH TEMPLE COMPLEX
The complex is situated on the south-west flanks of the sacred volcano Gunung Agung, which was considered by local Hindus to be the seat of the gods and the centre of ...
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The Withlacoochee River originates in west-central Florida’s Green Swamp and is 86 miles (138 kilometers) long and is one of the few rivers in Florida that flows south to north. It’s Indian name has been translated to mean several things including bu...
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As we stayed a few days in Louisville at both the start and end of our trip we had time to check out a few different types of restaurant. Listed below are some places that we tried and were recommended to us.
Proof on Main is a culina...
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Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi, took star billing in The Beach and has been a tourist magnet ever since. You can spend overnight nearby and then book a sunrise cruise. This means that you will be there long before the tour groups land.
Hrabi...
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Who would have thought that an airport garage would actually be an art gallery? Well, the parking garage at Orlando international Airport is just that. If you don’t believe me then take a look next time you park your vehicle in one of the two large p...
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Marineland in St Augustine, Florida is the world’s first oceanarium and has a Dolphin Conservation Center , which is a 1. 3 million gallon series of dolphin habitats and is a great place to go and have a really ‘up close’ encounter with these beautif...
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Over 30 years ago the first ‘private’ island was developed by Norwegian Cruise Lines, and this was a totally new concept – that of an exclusive paradise island retreat for the use of its passengers. Since then all the major cruise lines in the Caribb...
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Your next stop is to visit Wat Arun (the temple of Dawn). For a scenic, peaceful and less congested route across the Chao Phraya River, take a boat. You will be poised and ready to glimpse the coloured porcelain temple in all its ornamented glory. ...
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If you happen to be visiting the Miami area, there are many interesting places to see, and if you would like a tranquil day out after the excitement of the Orlando parks, then Flamingo Gardens, in Fort Lauderdale, is just such a venue. Flamin...
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As Alaska’s biggest city Anchorage is just over 100 years old. I hope this series of articles can help you plan a city stay and then take an expedition into the Frontier State.
It is well worth getting to know the area before you arri...
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The T. H. Stone Memorial St Joseph Peninsula State Park is is situated in Port St Joe on Cap San Blas Rd. This area was once occupied by those Native Americans known as The Weedon Culture. This would have been from around 5000 to 2000 A. D. s...
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We were on our way up to Jacksonville from Miami when we decided to stop off at Daytona Beach for the afternoon. After spending some time just mooching around and doing a bit of window shopping on the waterfront, we made our way inland to the famous ...
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We always find that the car that you rent whilst in Florida becomes a large part of your vacation experience. Most of us can almost certainly remember the differing types of vehicles that we have rented over the years whilst enjoying the sun and fun ...
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A glimpse at Downtown Disney Marketplace
Downtown Disney Marketplace is one of Disney’s most interesting collection of shops, including a Mega-LEGO outlet store , a mother of all Disney stores and another outlet of the unusual Rainfore...
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Having so much enjoyed our first afternoon in Winter Park we decided to set out for a full day the second time we visited. We decided to start slowly and we began with Winter Park’s fantastic boat tour, run for many years by friendly and enthusiastic...
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A Road Trip to the Panhandle
In January of 2012, we decided to take a week out from our stay in Orlando and drive to the Panhandle. We booked a small townhouse on Navarre Beach and having hired our car through uscarhire. com we got the enh...
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Things you should know before you decide you want to do this
The population of the town is around 100, 00 and the official language is Spanish, though Galician is the local language that you will mostly hear. English is mostly understo...
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