Where in the World?

Unable to endure the Mother Nature's overly enthusiastic take on winter this year, I've escaped to much friendlier climes. Since I'm in need of serious R&R I won't be online as much as normal. Even so, I thought it would be fun to hold a little contest.

Over the week I'll post pictures from my vacation spot. Leave your guess as to where I am (the photos will be pretty generic to start and give more obvious clues as the week goes on). Correct guesses will be entered into a drawing for a signed, finished copy of Nightshade.

Here are the photos:

Clue #1