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November 14, 2019
Thank you! Metro Women’s Leadership Summit
Thank you Joanne Vero and Metro Women’s Leadership Summit for the honor of speaking with Kim Sardo and Debbie-Ann White.
VIDEO from Workshop #10: Wonder Woman Needs To Wander Also! Why Travel Is So Important For Females
Kim Sardo (Beaches BFF Girls Getaway Events)
Lisa Ellen Niver (Television Host, Travel Journalist, We Said Go Travel)
The Metro Women’s Leadership Summit was a day to celebrate our diversity, teaching us how to unify our message and empower all that attends. The full-day program enlightened attendees on the most current challenges we face as women, highlighting real solutions to put into action steps.
DID YOU KNOW?
If you take your vacation time, you are more likely to have been promoted within the last year and to have received a raise or bonus in the last three years! (From US Travel Association!)
Taking time off is associated with higher productivity, performance, more positive attitude toward work, increased happiness, improved mental and physical health, better relationships and social life.
IN 2017, 705 MILLION VACATION DAYS WENT UNUSED.
What do Americans want to do with their vacation? Nearly all Americans (88%) are in search of a warm climate for their vacations.
Enjoy my videos from Beaches Resorts and Sandals Resorts where you can definitely relax!
Beaches Turks and Caicos: Turquoise Water, Palm Trees and Scuba Diving
Welcome Home at Beaches Turks and Caicos
My Adventures at Beaches Turks and Caicos continue
Join me at Sandals Montego Bay! What will you LOVE?
What did I do at Sandals Montego Bay?
Happy 10th Anniversary Sandals Foundation!
Thank you to Joanne Vero for also including me in her conference, Travel Media Showcase. I first went in 2016 and in 2017 I won the grand prize for Travel Writing!
Travel Media Showcase: Unsurpassed Destinations & Tremendous Art in Texas
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November 13, 2019
Wanna make new friends on a tropical island?
Ready for an adventure? Imagine a tiny tropical island that is more than 70% US National Park with more than 30 white sandy beaches, crystal clear warm waters, hiking, snorkeling, sailing, great restaurants, local art and shopping and best of all, lots of friendly island wildlife. Welcome to St. John, USVI !
Make your plans to visit today and stay at the incredible, J2O, The Penthouse at Grande Bay Resort.
Meet more than 140 species of birds, 300 species of fish, 20 island mammals and 7 species of amphibians!!
Summertime is an especially nice time to plan your adventure. Daytime temperatures are perfect in the 80s with cooling tradewinds and best of all the water temps hover around a balmy 83 degrees. See you at J2O!
Don’t delay! Summertime is perfect for the water sport enthusiast or just floating in the crystal clear waters sipping a cool island cocktail.
Don’t forget to enjoy our J2O balcony sunset view. Contact us directly for best rates and discounts for summertime and throughout the year!
Take a look at our featured past articles: “Everyone leaves a little piece of their heart on St. John”
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November 11, 2019
What To Do and Where To Stay in Santo, Vanuatu #AnswerTheCall
What is there to see in Santo, Vanuatu?
Thank you to Santo Heritage Tours for our day exploring with Tok Tok Vanuatu.
Our guide, Samuel, picked us up at Barrier Beach Resort at 10am and we had a fantastic adventure.
There are many coconut plantations and we stopped to savor a fresh coconut with an island straw. In Vanuatu, they use all the parts of the coconut. You can weave a mat or basket with the fronds. You can make a broom. You can start a fire and you can use the trunk for your house. It is the fruit of life because you can walk carrying only coconuts and you can drink and eat from the coconut. The trees can live for 100 years.
Did you know that there are 83 islands, 6 provinces, 115 languages and 40 dialects in Vanuatu? But everyone can tok tok bislama.
Samuel added to my list of words I can speak or tok tok in the local language of Bislama.
E straight no more
Hakuna matata
Me blong United States
I am from usa
You blong what’em island?
Where are you from
What are you going to do today
Me stay no more long house.
Maniam… get attention
Me want’em kaikai fish and chips
I want to eat fish and chips
Kai Kai e gud way gud
Kai Kai nice way nice
Food was good
Thank u tumas
Thank you so much
We passed by Riri River where we had already gone by canoe 3km to the Blue Hole.
We saw the road to James Michener’s house where he wrote Tales of the South Pacific. He lived on an island just off Santo which is now privately and you cannot visit.
There is food growing all over the island like pumpkin and taro and you can make a living fence with banana and papaya trees. There are plantations now of Noni which is used to treat many diseases. I loved seeing all of the Banyan trees.
I absolutely loved swimming at Champagne beach. The stunning white sand and gorgeous area captivated my heart. I wanted to stay all day.
Mandy and I had lunch with a view in Port Olry at Harbor beach view restaurant. I loved the water there too and cannot wait to return.
As we arrived at Nanda or Jackie’s Blue hole, our sunshine turned to liquid sunshine but I went in the clear blue water anyway!
Thank you to Mandy Buttenshaw from DownUnder Journeys for the video and photo assistance and for being a great dive buddy and travel companion. Do you want to travel to Vanuatu? Contact her for the best information on the South Pacific! https://www.downunderjourneys.com/
Where did we stay? Barrier Beach Resort
Barrier Beach Resort is an adults-only luxury boutique resort. My beach front suite with a plunge pool was decorated beautifully and was very spacious! I loved the wooden walkways and the ambience of the property. Calvin and Julie are gracious hosts and helped us plan amazing outings along the Champagne Coast of Espiritu Santo. We ate many meals at the onsite restaurant which were phenomenal! I also stayed in a garden villa with a plunge pool and loved the feeling of being in the jungle. It felt like I was on my own very private estate! I loved the musical evening with the Bamboo Band, The Water Ladies of Vanuatu and the String Band.
We had a wonderful musical evening, tour and celebration for Sue’s birthday at Ratua Island Resort and Spa.
Ratua Island is a unique South Pacific resort with hand-crafted teak wood villas reconstructed from 200-year old traditional houses in Java and Sumatra. There are 14 Indonesian villas and 2 luxury safari tents, that have been specially reconstructed onsite offering stunning views with a private deck or beach. It has an amazing ambience and the staff is superb.
I loved our dinner and musical evening as part of Tok Tok 2019. We went by boat from the SE tip of Santo and it took about 40minutes to get there. You can drink kava, swim with horse or standup paddle board, kayak, canoe, snorkel, and swim in calm Ratua bay.
How to get to Santo? Fly Air Vanuatu
Learn more about our journey in Vanuatu:
Watch my 38 videos: Click here
Part One: Will You #AnswerTheCall? Tok Tok Vanuatu 2019
Part Two: Will you visit Tanna, Vanuatu with me? #AnswerTheCall Part Three: Want To Dive Deep With Me In Vanuatu? Meet Me In Santo #AnswerTheCall
Part Four: What To Do and Where To Stay in Santo, Vanuatu #AnswerTheCall
Read about Vanuatu on The Jewish Journal: Part One, Two, Three, Four
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