Best Budget Beaches for Winter
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- 11.25.09
Craving a beach getaway that's as affordable as it is fun? If so, you're in luck. We've dug deep in America's sands to find the ten most spectacular (and spectacularly cheap) beach resorts from the East Coast to Hawaii. Each of the hotels on the following
Danger In Paradise: I was robbed at gunpoint in the Bahamas.
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- 11.25.09 By
- Carly Milne
- Filed Under:
- Beach ,
- Adventures + Outdoors ,
- News
November 25, 2009 Robberies of tour groups are part of a growing trend in the Bahamas. Here, one woman shares her story of being held at gunpoint while on a Segway tour in Nassau. Author Carly Milne moments before the robbery. I headed to Nassau seeking
California Nudists Refuse to Put Clothes On
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- 11.18.09 By
- Libby Zay
November 18 2009 California beach-goers were officially stripped of their right to bathe nude this past October, but many naturists are refusing to cover up. Here's the skinny: For more than 30 years, the far south end of San Onofre State Beach has been
No More Nudity in California
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- 10.27.09 By
- Libby Zay
October 26, 2009 California state park officers will now be enforcing a nudity ban on beaches—including shores that have been informally designated as clothing optional zones. The San Francisco Gate reported Friday that The California Supreme Court
Trading a Quarter for a Hotel Room in the US Virgin Islands
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- 10.12.09 By
- Patrick Batu
Think that all a quarter is good for is a soda or a snack from a vending machine? Think again. A quarter can now get you a hotel room in the US Virgin Islands. According to an October 9, 2009 article on Hotel Chatter, the USVI Department of Tourism is
Best Places To Relax in the U.S.
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- 09.29.09
- Filed Under:
- Luxury ,
- Spa + Wellness ,
- Golf ,
- Beach
With school and work schedules on overdrive as Summer shifts into Fall, it's easy to forget about the need to take a break. But don't head into winter without an escape plan in place--before you know it the holidays will be here and you'll be feeling
Top Shark Attack Beaches
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- 09.09.09
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- Adventures + Outdoors ,
- Beach
When you see a body of water, do you instantly imagine razor-toothed monsters lurking below the surface? Sharks are nearly flawless stalking and killing machines, making them one of the planet's most evolved predators. Fortunately for us, we aren't at
Top 10 Best Nude Beaches
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- 09.04.09
- Filed Under:
- Beach
Nude sunbathing has long been a cherished all-American tradition, from Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn cavorting in their birthday suits to Norman Rockwell's idyllic portraits of youngsters splashing at the swimming hole. Today stripping down is increasingly
Fifty and Fabulous: Deals to Celebrate Hawaii's 50th Anniversary
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- 08.20.09
Today the beautiful, south Pacific island chain of Hawaii celebrates its 50th anniversary of statehood. It was on August 21st in 1959 (a full five years before our current president was born on the capital island of Oahu) that President Dwight D. Eisenhower
America's Most Polluted Beaches
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- 08.11.09
- Filed Under:
- Eco-Travel ,
- Beach
Need a beach day? Before you pack the sunscreen and flip-flops, check to make sure your destination isn't a dump. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released its Testing the Waters 2009 report yesterday, chronicling which ocean, bay and Great