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where in the world is David

My guess is Le Meridien, Bora Bora.
 
He was typing at 8am my time (CDT) so most likely he was a minimum of 4 hours east of here, but probably 8.

My guess is on the Mediterranean - Spain, Italy or Greece. :D
 
My first thought was Goa, too. Fits the great beach part, and most people wouldn't think of it.

Fern
 
ricoba said:
Boracay in the PI. :)
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Yeah, but you should have been disqualified :) I knew you would figure it out, Rick.

We moved to a different hotel today. I really hated our room there, but the manager, Joey, was a great guy. We're now staying at the Boracay Regency. Having a great time here. I got to watch the Pacquio fight in PI with my friends brothers. (it just worked out that way, completely unplanned.)

-David
 
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Wonka said:
Are you in Scranton, PA?
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hahaha, you get honorable mention for the most off the wall guess.

Phuket? Yeah, I love that place, and I considered going there too until I realized it was monsoon season now. (I forgot until I saw how cheap the hotels were, and that jogged my memory enough to check the temps there).

-David
 
Cool

Icarus said:
Yeah, but you should have been disqualified :) I knew you would figure it out, Rick.

We moved to a different hotel today. I really hated our room there, but the manager, Joey, was a great guy. We're now staying at the Boracay Regency. Having a great time here. I got to watch the Pacquio fight in PI with my friends brothers. (it just worked out that way, completely unplanned.)

-David
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Cool. Not a destination I've ever even thought of. Googling showed some beautiful beaches.
 
T_R_Oglodyte said:
It's across the street from the boogie boarding area to east of Brenneke's, at the extreme end of the Po'pu beach area. Nihi Kai is a relatively large project with lots of buildings. The lot gets wider the further more distant from the road, so there are a buildings that are directly across the road from the beach. The lot does have some slope upward toward the rear, so buildings further from the road do get some ocean view, though the view is more obstructed the more distant you are from the road.

IIRC - the timeshare units are at the rear of the property, and have little to no ocean view.

I've never seen inside any of the units; from the outside they appear to be pretty basic.

I didn't mention before - they are all fixed weeks.
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Thanks for clarifying the location.

We sat on Poipu Beach for a while, and I think part of the Marriott was right next to the park, but I wasn't sure. I wish I would have remembered to look.

We truly loved our trip this year and will never island hop again. Not that we don't want to go to the other islands, but because we just don't like losing that travel day and, added bonus, we saved that cash money for the hop. :cheer:

Sorry for hijacking your thread, David. I was thinking since you lived in paradise, you would just want to stick around there.
 
Icarus said:
Yeah, but you should have been disqualified :) I knew you would figure it out, Rick.

We moved to a different hotel today. I really hated our room there, but the manager, Joey, was a great guy. We're now staying at the Boracay Regency. Having a great time here. I got to watch the Pacquio fight in PI with my friends brothers. (it just worked out that way, completely unplanned.)

-David
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Hey I won something!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

I guess it has something to do with my "Filipina" connection! ;)

Will you be able to post some pictures? There is no doubt that Cora and I have dreamed about laying on the beaches of Boracay.:)
 
Yes, please post some pictures, David. I already saw some just now on the Internet but yours will mean more to us in the TUG community. :)

Is it very humid there or not too bad?
 
I will post some when I get a chance. We're off to the pool now.

Yes, it's very hot and humid here. There was no breeze at all when we arrived. Then yesterday, a small breeze kicked in, making it much nicer. The water in the sea is very warm, crystal clear, sandy bottom, with some sea weed (small bits, not like the kelp in California.)

It's nice in the evening. very balmy.

Last night we ate at one of the hotel restaurants on the beach, where you pick your own food and they cook it on the grill. They have tables under a little canopy set up on their beach, and what seems like a 5 or 10 to 1 ratio of staff to patrons. I picked two giant prawns and Melanie picked a giant piece of squid. The squid was sliced up and apparently it shrinks when you cook it. Nonetheless, there was more than enough for both of us. It was delicious, along with the creamy soup they served us. It was served with rice, of course, some sort of garnish, in a nice presentation.

-David

Melanie says the garnish was pickled papaya.
 
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The first one is on the small boat from the boat harbor in Cataclan to Boracay Beach.

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If it has a swim-up bar, I'm there :) One of 3 pools at the Boracay Regency ...

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Mango and strawberrie smoothie ... yummm

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Lookin' good.

Lookin' good, David! Thanks for the photos. Looks like a great place. You said warm without a breeze. How warm?


Icarus said:
one lucky guy ...

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3kids4me said:
Nice pictures. And your daughter is amazing with the sand sculptures!
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Thanks.

hahaha, which one do you think is my daughter?

That picture is my friend Melanie with some local girl on the beach doing the sand sculpture.

-David
 
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Glynda said:
Lookin' good, David! Thanks for the photos. Looks like a great place. You said warm without a breeze. How warm?
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On the day we arrived, it was very very warm. Maybe the actual temp was about 32C? But there was no breeze at all and it's humid here, so it felt hotter. The next day, the breeze kicked in, it was still warm, but a little more comfortable. Then today, there was a t-storm around 2:00PM, and there was a much better breeze after that. The evenings are what I call balmy .. warm summer nights. The days are hot, but you can get in the relatively warm water anytime.

It's definitely not Hawaii weather here. It's SE Asia and SE Asia gets very hot unless you are go between Dec - Feb.

The nearest place I can find the weather for is Caticlan, which is where the airport is. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Caticlan, PI&wuSelect=WEATHER&MR=1

Keep in mind, I'm only here for 3 nights in Boracay. I don't really know what's "normal" here.

-David
 
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Rick (Ricoba) .. Here is your prize ... :)


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:D

Melanie says it's spelled wrong, but it was the real deal (inside the box, to keep them warm). I'm wondering if it's a different dialect to spell it with an "O".

For everybody else, Balut is a Filipino "delicacy". You don't want to know what it is. No, I won't eat it.

-David
 
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Icarus said:
Rick (Ricoba) .. Here is your prize ... :)


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:D

Melanie says it's spelled wrong, but it was the real deal (inside the box, to keep them warm). I'm wondering if it's a different dialect to spell it with an "O".

For everybody else, Balut is a Filipino "delicacy". You don't want to know what it is. No, I won't eat it.

-David
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Oh thanks Dave.....I'll take a dozen....:hysterical: :hysterical:

Even Cora, isn't a big fan of Balut....

But thanks for the thought! :D
 
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