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Dieuwer Jan 4, 2015 4:20 pm
Originally Posted by tatterdema (Post 24100776)
Cool pictures. Despite running into a mad porcupine fish, do you think the tour was worth using up a full day? I have never done a snorkeling trip, but was thinking of trying one, and the Marietas one looks good.
I think it was worth it. Perhaps I could have spend a little more time at the hidden beach and doing the snorkeling, but there is only so much time you can do, considering the time required to get to and from the islands.
The food on a boat was ok, nothing special. Do not eat the seafood salad, just in case ;)
The crew was fantastic though. Very friendly and helpful. The even did a performance during the way back, staging the famous scene from Titanic. One guy was even in drag! lol. Huh? :cool:

(And no, this was supposed to be a straight boat.)

Dieuwer Jan 5, 2015 10:31 am
Originally Posted by dieuwer2 (Post 24096525)
Just arrived at LAX (PVR-LAX-BOS) and customs decided my bags needed to be checked top to bottom. Great. More annoyance.
And to top it off, I found a TSA card in my bag when arriving in Boston.

FallenPlat Jan 5, 2015 4:27 pm
Very interesting report. The snippet that caught my eye is the lap pool reference. What's your strategy for business or leisure travel on that front? In the summer, oceans and lakes can be done; places like NYC & Paris are tougher. Hotel pools are a real crapshoot, in my experience, at least if you really want to swim.

Dieuwer Jan 5, 2015 4:35 pm
Originally Posted by FallenPlat (Post 24107574)
Very interesting report. The snippet that caught my eye is the lap pool reference. What's your strategy for business or leisure travel on that front? In the summer, oceans and lakes can be done; places like NYC & Paris are tougher. Hotel pools are a real crapshoot, in my experience, at least if you really want to swim.
Not sure if I understand your question. "Strategy"?

FallenPlat Jan 6, 2015 1:10 pm
All I was really wondering was how you typically find lap pools to swim in while travelling.

Dieuwer Jan 6, 2015 1:17 pm
Originally Posted by FallenPlat (Post 24113313)
All I was really wondering was how you typically find lap pools to swim in while travelling.
I book hotels/resorts that have them. And if the size of the pool is not mentioned on the hotel/resort website, I use Google Earth to literally look at the pool and gauge its size.

Example: pool at the Crown Paradise Golden resort in PV... https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pu...cfbf9985bf5274

FallenPlat Jan 6, 2015 4:23 pm
I wouldn't have thought of the Google Earth trick, thanks!


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