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Las Vegas Trips – Sin City U.S.A or Family Playground
Las Vegas in the past was known for the 3 G’s – glitz, glamour, gambling…and it hasn’t changed that much, except during the 90’s there was the big push to get families to Las Vegas, but let’s face it how many Las Vegas trips offered hotels or attractions for families with kids! So Las Vegas catered to the family trade for a while. The new motto for Vegas is “What Happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”! that’s called latitude!The pendulum has definitely swung the other way. A Las Vegas trip today is like the days of old! Sin City, here we come. Now at the former Treasure Island you’ll find The Sexy Sirens of TI at Siren’s Cove in front of the famed newly named TI Hotel, with barley clothed sirens in a show billed as Song, Dance and Danger!At Rio Suites, their byline is Exotic, Uninhibited, Fun. Uninhibited.

A newly redesigned Shimmer Cabaret in The Las Vegas Hilton offers “Aussie Angels,” a hot new show that offers interaction of the dancers with the audience. Hot, Hot, Hot.In fact these days you don’t even have to go to the showrooms to view outrageously pretty gals, scantily clad, you can go to any of the major hotel pools or the discos or lounges. Try the pool at the Royal Palms. A trip to the biggest party pool at the Hard Rock should do it. More stars and super models than most, so be sure in you’re in good shape if you go. Caesar’s Palace offers the Garden of the Gods Pool and the Bellagio has an 85,000 square foot pool and holds the title for “most luxurious”. Many good looking girls here as well.Gentlemen’s Clubs have increased in number and offer stunning topless revues. The Golden Nugget is a case in point with its “Hot Stuff” late night show. The Gentlemen’s clubs have multiplied, because of the lack of sexy shows in Vegas and lets face it’s what many visitors have always associated with Las VegasThere are of course “family shows and venues”. Excalibur offers a castle theme complete with kings, knights and fire-breathing dragon…Children under 12 can stay for F.R.E.E. and they even offer a F.R.E.E. buffet for children 4-10. Circus Circus offer The World’s Largest Permanent Circus, with world-renowned live circus acts performed F.R.E.E. every day. Children under 17 – no charge!

Families and kids can bowl at The Orleans, and Sam’s Town, and Texas Station. Kids will enjoy many shows in Vegas too, Lance Burton, Tournament of Kings Dinner Show at Excalibur. For just $12.00 kids can get lots of thrills when they ride the roller coaster “Manhattan Express at New York-New York”. The new roller coaster “Speed” at Nascar Café reaches speeds of 70 M.P.H.For exposure to nature, take the kids to Mirage Hotel Las Vegas Dolphin Habitat, Just $12.00 for a wonderful dolphin show!

You know how kids love high-tech games. Take them to the Games of the Gods Arcade at the Luxor, best game arcade in Vegas! They might even enjoy a visit to King Tut’s Tomb while there.

Children under 17, stay F.R.E.E at The Flamingo, Paris Hotel offers F.R.E.E. rooms to children 18 years and younger! The Orleans – Children 12 years and younger stay F.R.E.E.We have presented our views of Las Vegas, Sin City or Family Attraction. Las Vegas has approximately 30,000,000 visitors every year! A venue for all!

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The Iron Mountain Inn in Tennessee

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Thick, eastern Tennessee hardwoods hug The Iron Mountain Inn, standing in glossy magnificence against a backdrop of green mountains and crystal clear brooks.

We pull into the circular drive of the Iron Mountain Inn after a two hour trip; the last 15 miles are up a beautifully winding highway that forms an arbor umbrella in the heart of the Cherokee National Forest, a spur of the Appalachians.

Inn owner, Vicki, greets us on the porch of her gorgeous log cabin lodge.

The inn is a pillar of stability, exuding gentleness and comfort along with reliability. The large porch wraps around the entire structure, with tables, chaises, and a hammock on each side. Equipped with the occasional cat to greet guests, the inn welcomes us, luggage and all.

Vikki shows us through the air tight door where scents of fresh cut burning wood wafts through the inn, happily spitting out its fragrance. The reading and breakfast room is to the right, the kitchen to the left, with an all purpose room adjacent, making a full circle around the stairs.

Upstairs houses three bedrooms, two on the left, each room representing a time period of Vikki’s life and telling the story of what brought her to the sleepy town of Butler. All rooms have whirlpool tubs; the two outer rooms have balconies overlooking a small rock garden with a trickling stream through the middle.

We place our bags in our room and I proceed to the porch and the hammock for some relaxation before dinner. But first I pick a book off the shelf where travelers trade in their tomes for others, continuing on their journey with fresh reading material.

We talk for some time, Vikki and I, about why she lives in eastern Tennessee and what the deciding factors were in her building a bed and breakfast.

She loved horses for as long as she could remember. She used to ride in an annual celebration through the national forest. She is from the North but she loves the pristine stillness of the South and the area she was riding through. He husband passed away and she thought there was no better time to make the move.

Vikki lived in a small trailer on the property she had searched for endlessly; when the inn was completed she opened the doors to the public and she has loved it ever since.

While dining at the Cherry Hill restaurant in Butler that night we hear about great things. The owner ran a grocery several years earlier and decided to move to New Orleans and pick up the art of Cajun cooking. The Louisiana weather was unbearable and he moved back to the area, bought an early 1900s home in town and turned it into a gourmet treat for anyone walking through the door.

Dim lighting proves a perfect romantic treat for my fiancée and myself. There are only a few tables to each room and the quiet melodies of blues chirp from speakers in the corners as we taste blackened chicken, Cajun shrimp, bean soup, warm bread, and a banana dessert that is presented in front of us by the chef. He shuts off the lights to exaggerate the lit brandy; he spouts entertaining ghost stories about the old house.

The Inn sits at 3000 feet above sea level and that night an amazing thunderstorm strikes, and at that elevation each roll of thunder shakes the very screws and nails that hold the building together. What an electrifying experience.

We rise to the smell of an all out buffet style breakfast and watch the sun fight the fog back into the mountains and cast shadows on the still wet porch.

Tennessee State Atlas & Gazetteer Since arriving, Watauga Lake has me curious, and I hear rumors about its transparent waters and terrific scenery. We schedule an appointment with the owner of Fish Springs Marina and we are riding in a pontoon boat a few hours later. The water spins in a seltzer-like whirlpool underneath the boat as we speed off in a hunt for the old town of Butler, Tennessee.

The jailhouse is nearly visible at over one hundred feet below the surface of the crystalline water, and it is a churning, bubbly remnant of a city long since moved up mountain. A few other buildings that the government decided not to tear down swim under the third cleanest (manmade) lake held back by one of the world’s largest earthen dams.

“I’m not sure where we heard that from,” the owner of Fish Springs Marina tells us, after he decides to take the afternoon off and join us on a tour of the majestic body of water. It is as if we are peering into a million gallon fish tank.

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Sometimes I run short on time before I head out on a trip. The demands of work, friends and family can eat up necessary planning time.

As a travel veteran I know if I don’t plan and prepare the chances of having a great trip are really reduced. If it’s a vacation I start to worry about ruining it with a bad start. I I’ll forget to pack something I need. This means I’ll have to buy it the road or go without. Leaving home unprepared adds stress and wastes my time and money. We’ve all been there and it’s not fun.

I discovered a number of years a go a little trick on how to prepare for any trip with very little time. I still use it off and on today. I called it “Snippets” travel prep. Basically, you prepare a little each day over about a week. You lay your stuff out in “Snippets” of time -a few seconds here and there each day – and by the time you leave you’re ready!

It goes like this:

•Pick a place in the house to use. It can be a closet shelf or floor, bedroom corner, under a table or dining room table. Just pick a convenient spot about 5′ x 5′. Call it your “Spot.”

•Each day as you’re running around the house pick up something for packing and place it in your spot. It could be 5 pair of underwear you just pulled from the dryer. Instead of putting them away in a drawer place it in your spot. This is a “Snippet.” of time you just spent preparing for your trip.

•The next day you could drop 3 t-shirts on the pile in the spot. Later that night as you change clothes from work take you sandals and put them on the spot. There’s two more snippets of time you just spent preparing to travel.

Over the course of a week you can get most of what you need onto your spot pile. It feels better mentally since you do not have to schedule large blocks of time to prepare.

If you scan the pile several times a day as you walk by it your mind will subconsciously note what you need to add. This means it will also take inventory of what is missing. It’s amazing what you will remember to add to the spot. And, you can do it when you walk by next time.

Take inventory of your pile a day before you pack it. Add missing items and place it all into your bag.

The result?

In seconds or “Snippets” each day you will prepare adequately for your trip. For extended or long periods of travel or trips to areas of weather extremes you may need to “Snippet” over a two week period. But, this will still work if you get jammed for time.

The “Snippet” prep method even works if you are the “Preparation Police” for a family summer vacation. Everything is the same, just more of it with a few minor adjustments.

Do this:

•Pick a place in the house no one goes in but you.
It can be a closet, closet shelf, office floor under your desk, bedroom corner, a table or behind a chair. It just needs to be anywhere no one walks.

•Expand your area of grabbing.
You may have to do a two or three stop load for your pile by going from bedroom to bedroom. It could be 5 pair of underwear for son #1 out of a drawer. It could be 5 pair of socks for daughter #2 from a dryer. It could be 3 t-shirts for yourself or a pair of sandals for the procrastinating spouse. It does not matter what it is but grab something every time you run by a bedroom for any reason.

•Divide into several piles.
Basically, each person traveling has a piles within your spot. Divide your spot up into several piles based upon how many people are traveling: 3 people, 3 piles; 4 people, 4 piles, etc. When you grab something for someone place it in their pile and go on your way. Next time around, do the same thing for someone else. Over a few days each person will have a nice accumulated pile of items for the trip.

•Take inventory.
When you have a few minutes every 3-5 days take a mental inventory of the piles. Then just add missing items on successive days.

The result?

In seconds a day over about a week you can have everyone nicely prepared for the trip. From here there are two ways you can handle the actual packing since you are the “Preparation Police.”

Method 1
This is the “I got it ready you wear it” Method. Everyone, no matter how unhappy they are with what with what they have in their bag, has to use it. Whatever it is they wear it because you had to pack for them. Yes, you can imagine the results. The benefit of this is that you rarely will have to prepare for anyone again unless they are very young children!

Method 2
Let everyone “edit” their pile. Twenty four hours before departure each family member outside of young children gets a chance to edit their pile. Then, they pack their own bag. They either do it or they don’t. If they don’t, this Method quickly becomes Method 1. Either way, you are off the hook.

Finally, depending on how much you want to be the “Preparation Police” you can
pack a few “essentials” in your own bag for those items everyone seems to leave behind: sunscreen, toothpaste, swimsuit, underwear, sunglasses.

In the end your family will spend less time trying to find forgotten items at your destination. And if you have traveled before, you know that this can add up to a lot of saved time and money on the road.

There is nothing better than good travel planning and preparation to guarantee a great trip everytime. But, for those few trips that catch you short of time, use “Snippets” Its a great a stopgap measure.

Joyce Jackson is the author of Pro Travel Packing Tips. On her website she offers tips and help gained from her 30 years of traveling the globe. It’s for those just starting out traveling or inexperienced travelers who want to be more confident when traveling.
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Success coaching is a term that has become very familiar over the last nine years. The term lifestyle coaching first became preferred in the United States where, together with NLP, it became part of an improved brilliant wave of incredibly proactive therapy modalities. Book a Life Coach in london online.

In many ways both Performance Coaching and Neuro Linguistic Programming are an answer against certain aspects of the human-centred therapy movement, in particular Human-Centred Counselling. A criticism of the humanistic and person centred approach is that it is incredibly reactive and not extremely proactive. Although this works wonderful with some people, with other clients long periods of impasse or low return for time and effort occur. Coaching and NLP are both humanistic in stance, spending time on improving a customers well-being rather than delving into the minefields of childhood, as in traditional psychology. Life coachings emphasis is, however, deliberately proactive and their to resolve your problems.

Life coaching is not about telling the customer what to do. This is a common misconception. Some therapists are somewhat successful in their business careers and then make the change to coaching, thinking that they will at most be required to share their pearls of magnificent wise wisdom with the lifestyle coaching customer. This is more like mentoring a person in a specific environment. Lifestyle coaching is instead about life as a collective.

The West is full of cowboys. At least, that’s an idea commonly held by people from east of the Mississippi to the Middle East. At Grant-Kohrs Ranch in Deer Lodge, Montana, visitors from around the world get a glimpse of the true story of trail drives, roundups and cowboys. The reality is as impressive as the myth. Once the headquarters of a ranch which ranged cattle over ten million acres in four states and Canada, Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS preserves 87 original historic structures and over 35,000 artifacts on fifteen hundred acres.

Canadian Johnny Grant settled in the valley in the late 1850s, where he found ample grazing for the fine cattle he traded with immigrants along the Oregon Trail near present-day Pocatello, Idaho. Grant could trade one healthy cow for two cows too weakened by the long westward trek to continue on the harsh journey. Trailing them north to Montana’s grassy valleys by easy stages, he would rest and fatten the animals over the winter, then trail them south again to trade with the next season’s immigrants.

During Montana’s gold rush, in the 1860s, Grant sold his ranch to German immigrant Conrad Kohrs. Kohrs had walked from Idaho to Montana to seek gold, but soon learned there was profit to be made selling beef to his fellow miners. His butcher business led to ranching, as he needed a place to keep his stock in trade. Kohrs and his half-brother and partner Johney Bielenberg made the ranch the largest in the state. It was preserved intact by Kohrs’ grandson, Conrad Kohrs Warren, who also raised cattle and horses.

Authorized by Congress on August 25, l972, the ranch commemorates the open range cattle era of our nation’s history. Visitors can tour the elegant historic mansion and attend programs at the blacksmith shop and chuck wagon. The ranch raises cattle and hay, and does some work with draft horses.

Grant-Kohrs Trivia

1. All the cattle trailed out of Texas during the heyday of the open range would make a solid column seven cows wide stretching 1,329 miles from Fort Worth, Texas to Billings, Montana.

2. The average cowboy of the 1800s was typically a teenager or in his early 20s.

3. There are about 37,000 registered cattle and horse brands in Montana today, and 98 percent of Montana cattle are still branded in the traditional way.

4. Cowboys working for Conrad Kohrs came from as far away as France, Ireland and Bavaria.

5. The average Montana horse eats 2 tons of hay each winter. The average Montana cow eats 1 1/2 tons – her four stomachs help her make better use of the hay than the horse with its single stomach.

6. In eastern states where there is ample rain, two cows can be raised on a single acre. In the arid west there are areas where conditions are so harsh it takes 250 acres to support a single cow and calf.

Grant-Kohrs Attractions

1. Draft horse plow days, May 15-16, 2004. Teamsters from around Montana will gather to demonstrate their skills with draft horses and mules.

2. Holiday Open House, December 5, 2004. The Kohrs ranch house becomes even more elegant with the addition of a Victorian tree and other special displays. Wagon rides, hot cocoa, cookies and children’s programs are also featured.
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As you may already know, the sun is a powerful source of energy as it sits high above in the sky.
If you were to ask a child what the sun does; he or she might tell you that it turns night into day,
or that it makes you feel good when it shines so brightly – affecting us all both physically and
emotionally with its radiance.

However, the sun has been around for a long time and so has its resources. Though the sun’s
benefits are gaining popularity in “today’s” society as we take advantage of its power to
accommodate our homes and businesses, the technology is not new – there have been those
who experimented with the entire concept quite a while ago. We in this modern world of today
are using the sun’s energy to better our lives and the environment because of the people of
yesterday. However, we are using this solar technology like it is a new idea popping up, using it
as a modern and effective way to save on our energy bills as we go about economizing.
The use of solar energy has been around since the Ancient Greeks and Romans when they used
technology to heat their homes and bath houses. The only difference now is that we have
become a little more advanced in creating instruments and tools that allow us to draw energy
from the sun, and with modern technology, it is allowing us to produce an energy saving effect
that is less expensive and more productive than what the Greeks and Roman’s used “back in
the day.”

Through experiments, trials and errors over the decades, we have learned that the sun
generates enough energy to accommodate the entire earth’s population for a whole year. We
can benefit from its resources on a daily basis.

Nice is in the south of France. The Queen of the French Riviera,
which the French call ” la Cote d’Azur” (AzureCoast or Blue Coast).
It is a wonderful city with lots of charm and character; a mixture of French and Italian cultures where the people are easy-going and friendly even if you don’t speak French.

Although you might think it is a summer resort, you can visit Nice at any time of the year and still have a good time.
If you happen to go in the winter, you will be surprised to see
flowers in their numerous parks and gardens. Nice has a Mediterranean winter, so the temperature stays around 40 to 50 degrees during the coldest months but if you like skiing, ski resorts such as Valberg and Isola 2000 can be reached by car in one or two hours.
If you go in the summer, get ready to share the city with lots
of tourists. The popular streets where most restaurants and cafes are, can get crowded, but they can be a lot of fun if you enjoy people watching; and since most of the streets are closed to traffic, it is not hard to just walk around and enjoy the upbeat atmosphere.

Nice has a major airport and its close location to the city makes getting there a cinch.

Finding a hotel should be easy, since there are plenty of accommodations for all kinds of budgets. The author is a frequent guest of the Meridien Hotel, a 4 star hotel located on the Promenade des Anglais, facing the Bay of Angels (Baie des Anges).

-Things to see in Nice:

-Promenade des Anglais.

The Victorian English residents of the 1800’s provided the funds to build the beautiful boulevard, hence its name.
It is a wide avenue that follows the bay’s coast line and it’s lined with beautiful palm trees and flowers.

-Hotel Negresco.

Beautiful and glamorous, it is located at 37 Promenade des Anglais and if you are not rich enough to stay there, you must go and see it.

-Old Nice.

Winding narrow streets with Italianate buildings painted in earthly colors, describes this old part of the city. You will
enjoy strolling. people watching and quaint little shops full of
charming provencal crafts.

-Marche aux Fleurs.

Located on the Cours Saleya, the flower market is
Open Tuesday through Sunday, 7am-5pm, but if you decide to
go, check with your hotel for the hours of operation. You can also have lunch or dinner there, where a large variety of restaurants set up tables and chairs outside where you can dine in a pleasant and fun atmosphere.

-Marc Chagall Museum.

If you like modern art, you can catch a glimpse of the painter’s most important collection. The hours of operation vary depending on the season so check with your hotel clerk before you go.

Nice is so well located that you can take half-day and full-day
trips either by car or by public transportation.

Easily reached towns by car or public transportation are:
Monaco, Eze, Grasse, St Paul de Vence, Cannes and St Tropez.

-Monaco-

A symbol of glamour and elegance, Monaco sits on a beautiful stretch of the Mediterranean coast. Its most famous town Monte Carlo, has much to offer with its casinos, boutiques and exotic gardens.
Don’t forget to visit the village of Monaco, located high on “the rock” as it is affectionally called by the locals. It is a charming town with shops and cafes and a wonderful view of the sea.

-Eze-

This small medieval village perched on a hill is a must see.
Both tourists and artists flock to Eze during the summer months
because of its picturesque setting and magnificent vues.
If you are staying in Nice, you can make it a half-day trip or just stop there for lunch and continue to Monaco for a full-day trip.
If you are feeling rich, have lunch at the Chevre d’Or. The restaurant offers fine cuisine and breathtaking panoramas. The restaurant is only open for lunch.

-Grasse-

Considered the perfume capital of France Grasse is a small hilly
town with beautiful parks and panoramic views.
I you go to Grasse, you must visit the perfume factories. The
biggest is Parfumerie Fragonard. An English speaking guide will show you the process of extracting the perfume from hundreds of pounds of flower petals.

-St Paul de Vence-

A picture perfect medieval town, sitting on top of a hill, St Paul de Vence has been painted by many artists and photographed by thousands of tourists. It is located 19 miles from Nice.
Enjoy a meal at the famous Colombe d’Or Restaurant or sip a beer at an outdoor cafe while watching a local game of petanque.

-Cannes-

Cannes sits on the shores of La Napoule bay, sorrounded by a backdrop of Mediterranean hills.
While Nice has the Promenade des Anglais, Cannes has la Croisette
Boulevard, an elegant promenade, lined with palm trees and and gardens.
Cannes hosts the famous Cannes Film Festival every year and it is
most favored by celebrities. So if you go, make sure to do a lot of people watching, because you never know…

-St Tropez-

Once a small fishing village, St Tropez is now a summer place for the jet set. Its setting on the southern shore of France, made it
attractive to turn-of-the-century artists who were then followed by writers, poets and eventually movie stars and their fans. It is now internationally famous.

So get your tickets, book your hotel and go to the south of France. I promise you will have an unforgettable experience

Alice Flowers is a former airline employee and now writes articles on travel.
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you “borrow ideas or material, ACKNOWLEDGE.
“Incidentally, I have borrowed some ideas in this article
from some good writers and well-known internet
marketers – thanks a lot, David, Michael, John, Meredith,
Joe and Edward).

16. Be humble…and don’t talk down to your readers.

17. Use bullets (not live, please) in your articles –
it makes the points easy to follow.

18. Don’t forget your byline …or your “business card”.
Make sure that you resource box at the end of the
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and provide contact information. It’s FREE advertising.

19. Offer a free report with your article – this is an
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24. Make sure your article flows properly.

25. Re-read and re-read, until you get it “just right.”
“Aim for perfection, but settle for excellence” in your
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others to find their talents and gifts, strive for and achieve
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people can overcome obstacles, rise to any occasion and
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Buying and carrying off designer clothing is not the easiest thing to do. Nevertheless, thanks to wonderful ready made designer fashion and more disposable wages, the best part of us shopaholics could afford to get a piece of magnificent designer clothing every now and then. Nonetheless, there are also certain issues associated with trendy designer clothes that are likewise not there with your conventional mass produced clothing, with the most crucial ones being the design and the cost of such trousers.

Designer shirts costs much more than even the leading brands for sale in the market; and the reason why designer trousers cost so much is because designer trousers not only offer glamorous shoppers incredible quality and marvellous styles, but because they are exclusive. Even discount ranges in high fashion t-shirts carry only limited editions, so there are truly low chances that you will probably notice your neighbor wearing the same mind-blowing top that glamourous shoppers recently bought.

To select the best kind of designer skirts for yourself, pay attention to a number of things. If fashionistas are not a regular designer trousers buyer, then chances are that budget is a selling point with you. In such a case, it is even more important that you select breathtaking designer dresses that can often actually give you back your money’s worth.

To do this, the 1st rule to do is to acquire terrific designer clothing that works with your body and size. If fashionable people do not do this, then even the greatest designs will often end up making fashionistas look unflattering. Do try and follow the basic rules of not purchasing baggy fitting shirts that will make you look chubby or small and not buying stripy patterns and highly dark colours if you are astonishingly thin etcetera to buy t-shirts that match your physique, colouring and facial features. If you need help picking the perfect outfit go to Matches for Stella McCartney, www.matchesfashion.com/catalogue/designer/stellamccartney.

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Caribbean Carnival on an American Archipelago – St. Thomas Jump Up!
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The annual Carnival celebrations in St. Thomas and the St. Croix Triathalon have strengthened the .U.S. Virgin Islands fame as the number one destination for travelers worldwide at a time when the 2003 edition of USA Today ranked the Carnival among the top 10 in the world. (Photo above: Arryl Donovan with the Inferno Troup in his dragon costume )

A beaming Commissioner of Tourism Pamela C. Richards noted: “I’ve always known that the pageantry of our Carnival celebrations was extraordinary. It’s incredibly encouraging to have a highly-read national publication feel the same way.”

The article, “10 Great Places For Pre-Lenten Bacchannalia”, outlined the top 10 pre-and post-Lenten festivals in the world. St. Thomas’s Carnival was recognized for its African and European customs, including music, dancing and masquerades, and touted as one of the largest Spring Carnival celebrations in the Caribbean. Events for the 2003 celebration got underway on April 6 and ended on May 4.

Fifty-five troupes in bright holiday wear, towering Mocko Jumbies, steel pan bands and double decker trucks rocking under the pressure of tramping fans as well as twirling majorettes, thrilled thousands of revellers as they marched from Western Cemetery to Lionel Roberts Stadium.

The revellers took to the streets in a display of gaiety and splendor, matched only by the brightly colored attire of the participants who jumped up and gyrated to the melodious tunes and rhythms of several leading bands.

Onlookers dressed in multi-colored holiday attire and a rainbow of colors could not resist getting into the act by jumping up, screeming, shouting and singing along to the pulsating rhythms and tunes being belted out by the various bands in the Adult Parade.

Carnival Queen 2003 Janelle Sarauw captivated the crowd with her charming smile and constant waving to the onlookers. Montserrat’s small troupe of masqueraders made their way down Main Street cracking whips against the pavement, while Hugga Bunch, one of the largest troupes with floats, included some 300 dangers. Cherri Boynes-Jackson led Hugga Bunch down Main Street in her Carmen Miranda Samba Queen costume for she won Queen of the Band. The bright pink costume, about 12 feet tall and about nine feet across, was so massive that Jackson had to attach wheels to it so that two hour crawl along Main Street would go smoothly.

Members of the Jus’ Action troupe poured bottled water over themselves and squirted water over each other with water guns to keep cool under a blazing sun.

Other performers included the traditional Indians, dressed in mutli-colored feathered headdresses, beating drums and intermittently echoing Native American war cries.

The crowd was thrilled with the participants of a Capoeira exhibition given by a group of half a dozen men and women, who somersaulted and performed karate like stunts in front of Market Square and Emancipation Garden accompanied by Brazilian music.

Another troupe, The Party Lovers dressed up in traditional African outfits included five sections of men and women, dressed in brilliant costumes with tiger stripes, leopard spots and shades of yellow and purple and drew rounds of applause from the onlookers.

The Gathering Troupe was adorned in traditional costumes from tribes in North Africa and New Guinea. The large troupe danced in four different sections in Post Office Square before gathering together to march towards the Stadium as the crowd eagerly anticipated their arrival.

There was additional thrill and excitement as the Skydancers Mocko Jumbie troupe from the British Virgin Islands performed. The members exhibited limber and acrobatic performances, hopping on one stilt at times to the delight of the crowd. Arryl Donovan with the Inverno Troupe sparked quite an excitement with his huge dragon costume as he moved from side to side.

Calypso Monarch Whadablee won the coveted crown for the fifth consecutive time on St. Thomas and remained undisputed champion.

He took home a first prize of $5,000 and the glory of winning for the fifth consecutive time. Other winners were Road March, first place Jocky Jam Band, and Grammy Jam Band and Crazy Man Immigration tied for the second place.

In the Adults Parade, with floupes with more than 300 members, Escoe and Associates, Bacchanal Time won first while Hugga Bunch came in first with the floupe with more than 100 members.

In the Float Parade, Gypsy…the Bounty came in first while University of the Virgin Islands came in second and Angels Wings placed third.

As the curtains drew to a close on St. Thomas, thousands were gearing up for the 14th Annual St. Croix Half Ironman International Triathlon. Some 750 athletes took part in what has become an event that features courage, determination, endurance, and physical strength.

The athletes have to complete a rigorous three part course that traverses the picturesque terrain and tranquil blue waters of St. Croix. The competition starts with a 1.24 mile swim from Protestant Cay to the wharf area of Christensted. Fresh out of the water, the racers then begin a 56-mile bike ride on a challenging course that travels through lush tropical forests and alongside the Caribbean Sea. During the course the riders.confront the notorious uphill stretch of twisting road known as “The Beast” that averages a grade of 14 percent as it climbs 600 vertical feet in seven-tenths of a mile. Competitors then conclude the face with a 13.1 mile run that circles the grounds of the Bucaneer Hotel and finishes in the historic town of Christensted.

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