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The best outlet shopping in Orlando

03/02/2014 by .
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Have you wondered just how much you could really save finding the best outlet shopping in Orlando? How much further could your dollars take you if you shopped in the right places?  Let me show you just where to get the very best value retail therapy.

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Miami Art and Deco. The Perfect Double Act.

30/10/2013 by .
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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 episode of Miami Vice, it took on a whole new meaning for me.

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Best Attractions in Kissimmee

23/10/2013 by .
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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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The Atlantis Space Shuttle. Truly out of this world.

10/10/2013This entry was posted in Florida, North America, USA and tagged , on by .
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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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Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Hotels Orlando

12/07/2013This entry was posted in Florida, Hotel Reviews, North America, USA and tagged , on by .
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“Which knife would you like sir?” A simple question perhaps, but faced with a box full when I was least expecting it, I was rather lost for words. It’s late morning in the Waldorf Astoria’s Bull and Bear restaurant and I’m experiencing their legendary Steak and Eggs breakfast.

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Golf in North West Florida

12/07/2013This entry was posted in Florida, North America and tagged on by .
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Taking everything into consideration, I suppose I was a little fortunate. There was for example, a rather huge swamp in front of me. Actually,  it was also to the left and the right of me too, perhaps hiding an alligator or three, and then of course, there is the rather large expanse of  water that is the Gulf of Mexico just behind the green.

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Naples: The Paradise Coast lives up to its name.

13/06/2013This entry was posted in Florida, Naples, North America, USA and tagged on by .
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“Hold on to your hats folks, we’re going to do a 360 degree turn!”  I think it was at this moment I fell helplessly and totally in love with Captain Harry and Odin, his stupidly powerful 820 hp jet boat.

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