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Pirate’s Week in Grand Cayman

Late afternoon in George Town and I’m wearing an eye patch and sweating buckets. Not surprising really considering I’m halfway through a 5K run. That’s what happens during Pirate’s week in Grand Cayman.

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Swimming with Stingrays in Grand Cayman

There’s a shallow sandbar in the North Sound just off Grand Cayman. Not that big a sand bar it must be said, but what it lacks in size, it more than makes up for in reputation, for this is the legendary place they call Stingray City. And it is where you go swimming with Stingrays […]

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Miami Art and Deco. The Perfect Double Act.

To all intents and purposes, it was a hotel and restaurant; a nice one it has to be said, but a hotel and restaurant nevertheless. But the minute it was pointed out to me that The Carlisle was where Don Johnson stepped out of his red Ferrari in the opening shot of the very first […]

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Best Attractions in Kissimmee

With a neighbour like Orlando sitting on the doorstep, you might think Kissimmee is just the doorway to where the real Florida fun is.

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Andy Mossack discovers the extraordinary beauty of Arizona's Sedona.

Sedona. Discover An Arizona Beauty

Andy Mossack discovers the extraordinary beauty of Arizona’s Sedona.

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The Atlantis Space Shuttle. Truly out of this world.

The Kennedy Space Centre is an exciting place to be anytime, any day, but with the opening of its new Atlantis Space Shuttle attraction, the bar has just been raised to the stratosphere

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