Cocoa Beach is one of those places in Florida where you have a little of the new and old Florida meet in one city. The new is like staying at the Hilton Cocoa Beach or you can stay at the many mom and pop hotels that were built in the 1950s along the Cocoa Beach strip. Also, when thinking about Cocoa Beach, Florida it’s easy to imagine the beach, space launches, and surfing, but it’s a little more difficult to…
Well if you’ve been to Orlando and have exhausted the Disney and Universal Theme Park Attractions, the Holy Land is a great option for the entire family! Whether you want to learn more about the Hebrew people, get a historical education, or just have pure fun visiting the land of the Jews without paying the airfare to fly to Israel. The Holy Land has something for everyone! We decided to pay The Holy Land a visit in May. The free…
My day at Gulf World Panama City Beach was really interesting and a lot of fun. I always turn into a child again every time I go into any sort of animal park, especially marine animals. The layout to Gulf World is very easy to get around and compact. I went there to go Swim with the Dolphins and this program is all it is lived up to be and then some extra are thrown into it to make it…
Taking my Godson somewhere special for his birthday is always important to me and we decided to see where the Seminole Indians live. This Indian tribe is the one that offers this amazing day at Billie Swamp Safari. So we set off from Fort Lauderdale, west, for the 1 ½ hour drive into the Florida Everglades where the Indians live. Since living in South Florida for many years, I have heard of Billie Swamp Safari but today was the day…
My wife and I needed a break from Ft Lauderdale and decided to try Miami for a weekend. I was given the opportunity to stay at the Candlewood Suites by the Miami Airport. This pet friendly and inexpensive hotel may be a perfect place for many that need extended place to stay or a quick getaway. Pet Friendly Hotel Near Miami Airport So many people now love their pets more than they love their children. That means you will need…
Coming to the Panhandle of Florida was a new experience for me, I have heard about it for years as the Spring Break Capital of the World and also call the RedNeck Riviera, due to the large number of regional tourist from Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Even though I would not get to experience either types of tourist because I came here in November where it was practically empty of most tourist, my day was action packed and fun. I…
s a recent college student, of course, I went away for spring break one year. My roommate’s and I looked for a sunny and warm destination to get away from studying and South Beach Miami was an obvious choice for us. My college had Spring Break at the end of March and the weather in the North East was still chilly. My girlfriends and I were ready for some fun and sun in South Beach Miami because it has an…
As the travel brochures and the tour guides are quick to point out, St. Augustine does not claim to be the oldest city in the United States, but the oldest continuously occupied European colony. Either way, a visit to St. Augustine is a trip through history - over four hundred years of it. And a city of contrasts. From its Spanish beginning, which is especially evident in its architecture, to its modern attractions, St. Augustine and Northeastern Florida is blessed…
Without losing any of its original vitality, the city of Fort Lauderdale has grown up and along the way become a sleek, dynamic oceanfront community. Gone are the days when this was a small provincial town attracting college revelers during spring break to the Fifties hit refrain of where the boys are. Nowadays, all of that has given way to a city primed for the twenty-first century, where the elites of business, society and international leisure lifestyles mingle easily along…
Located 15 miles south of Melbourne Beach is one of Florida’s most popular parks. Famous for it’s prime surfing and fishing, Sebastian Inlet State Park has something to offer everybody. If you are not the next Kelley Slater (professional surfer), the park offers picnicking, swimming, boating, snorkeling, scuba diving, camping, bird watching, hiking and biking. There are even two museums for the history buffs that wish to visit the park. This park is the final destination for over 500,000 tropical…