Archive for June 2009

Viscape is off to the Americas Real Estate Expo in the Dominican Republic

Caroline Allison Caroline Allison
June 30th, 2009

Filed Under: Travel Tips

Viscape will be meeting with resort real estate professionals and developers from all over the Caribbean and Central America at the Americas Real Estate Expo in Santo Domingo.
For more information about the conference, here is a link to Americas Real Estate Expo.
If you would like to meet while there, here is the schedule over the [...]

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Michael Jackson – remembered as the “World’s Greatest Entertainer & Musician”

Caroline Allison Caroline Allison
June 29th, 2009

Filed Under: Travel Tips

What a brilliant man!   Great musician, entertainer, and lovely person!  Through Michael Jackson’s music, the world will continue to discover, be entertained and love him throughout eternity.
My personal experience?  I grew up in the eighties on M.J. and listened to ALL of his songs over and over and over again on my walkman.  At [...]

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A tribute to Farrah Fawcett – Charlie’s Angel joins the angels

Caroline Allison Caroline Allison
June 27th, 2009

Filed Under: Top Travel Destinations, Travel Tips

Every girl wanted to be her.  Every guy had her poster adorning their walls.  Farrah’s style defined an era. She was the “it” girl in the seventies. Her flipped-back hair, her olive skin, her perfectly thin, athletic body, and who could forget her amazing smile?  You know….the one that sold 16 million posters?
She lived [...]

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Falling in love in Buenos Aires

Caroline Allison Caroline Allison
June 26th, 2009

Filed Under: Travel Tips

“Don’t cry for me Argentina!” and the image of Evita, and her love for her country, romanticize the image of Argentina in our hearts and minds.  The latest romantic to fall victim to Argentina’s siren call is South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.  Perhaps distance does make the heart grow fonder!
Mystery woman “Maria” is the [...]

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Caso de Campo & La Romana – 10 Day Viscape video blog tour of the Dominican Republic – Day 9 – Part 2

Caroline Allison Caroline Allison
June 25th, 2009

Filed Under: Travel Tips

On day 9, Caroline and Dan passed through La Romana and Caso de Campo. Originally, Caroline and Dan planned to spend the night there, but in the spirit of adventure, they decided to drive right through to Santo Domingo! In this video, you will get a re-cap of Casa  de Campo and the  gated community of [...]

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Staycationing in Greece via Athens vacation rentals

Caroline Allison Caroline Allison
June 23rd, 2009

Filed Under: Finding a Vacation Rental, Travel Tips

There’s something romantic about Greece that draws the soul to want to stick around a few months.  Is it the culture?  The food?  The mythology? The gods?  Or the real life Greek gods?  Perhaps all the above!  To take in Greek culture is to experience it fully by staying in Greece for a few months.
Here [...]

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“Travel 2.0 is mainstream” according to PhocusWright’s CEO Philip Wolf

Caroline Allison Caroline Allison
June 23rd, 2009

Filed Under: Travel Tips

I attended the Caribbean Summit during Caribbean Week, which is the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s largest event of the year, bringing together all of the tourism ministers from across the Caribbean together in one place.  The first half of the week was focused on policy in Washington DC and the second half was focused on marketing [...]

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Ever wanted to be a travel writer?

Caroline Allison Caroline Allison
June 22nd, 2009

Filed Under: Travel Tips, Travel Writing

Have you ever dreamed about traveling the world and getting paid to write about your travels?
Have you ever wanted to share your travel stories, pictures and videos and get recognition from a global audience?

Have you ever wanted to go some place exotic like Belize or close to home like the Outer [...]

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George Washington Street in Santo Domingo – 10 Day Viscape video blog tour of the Dominican Republic – Day 9 -Part 1

Caroline Allison Caroline Allison
June 22nd, 2009

Filed Under: Travel Tips

Staring day 9 – Santo Domingo.  Stay tuned for the Colonial City and so much more from this fantastic city!  Watch the start to day 9!

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Hostile takeover by raccoons of vending machines

Caroline Allison Caroline Allison
June 21st, 2009

Filed Under: Travel Tips

What a laugh! Watch what happens when a lady puts a coin and and is met with a paw instead.

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