May 7

Excellence in Health Care Abroad

Posted in Health and Medical

No longer does one have to fear having a medical procedure in a foreign country such as India, Costa Rica, Mexico, Argentina, or Thailand. These countries are now boasting some of the best health care in the world, with doctors doing their post graduate work in the United States, Canada, or Europe and then taking their expertise home. State-of-the-art diagnostic and procedural techniques abound and many would-be U.S. and Canadian patients are discovering that it is far more cost effective to have a surgery done elsewhere.

Lap band surgery in Mexico, for example, costs up to 50% less than in the United States. The same goes for knee replacement surgery, heart surgery, and the like. Combine the treatment with several vacation days after recovery, and you get infinitely more bang for your buck, as many medical tourism agencies are offering. A week’s stay on a beautiful sandy beach in Costa Rica or Thailand after a surgical procedure can only help you recover faster.

Often hospitals abroad allow you to have a loved one or friend in the hospital room with you, to boost your morale and provide comfort. Not only does this save on a hotel cost, but it brings you peace of mind while you are away from home. The ensuing vacation looks all the sweeter afterwards when you can spend it with this person and still save money.

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May 4

Golf in Las Palmas

Posted in Travel

The Las Palmas Golf course, open all year round, can be found on the island of Mallorca, in the area of Palma de Mallorca. The nearest airport is only 10km away where local transportation can be provided to one of the luxury hotels Palma. The course is located on the picturesque Son Vida Estate, where fine living and recreation are the order of the day. The sapphire blue Palma Bay and the Sierra Tramuntana mountains encircle the course. It’s hard to imagine that this stunning course is only 3km from the center of the city of Palma. Designed in 1964 by F.W. Hawtree, this par 72 course, is landscaped with many local species of trees, including palm, pine and almond. The walkways are surrounded by delightful greenery & flowers and contribute to the natural surroundings where you can enjoy a peaceful and leisurely game.

The course itself offers a range of difficulties to suit many categories of players. Because Son Vida is the most established golf course on the island, it enjoys a world class status. The Balearic Island Open has been held there and has produced many local winners. It has long been a favorite of regular golf vacationers to the island of Mallorca. The course itself was recently revamped by the award winning professional golf architect, Kurt Roosknecht. Fortunately the latest alterations haven’t detracted from the original F.W. Hawtree design.

Some of the services which make this course an excellent destination are, the driving range, a covered driving range, private Instruction, group classes, clubs and Cart Rentals. There is a restaurant and a bar, a pitching green, a putting green and a pro shop. On the course rest rooms s are conveniently located. There are many types of beverages available on the course as well. Back at the clubhouse there are changing rooms and private showers. Parking is available. Naturally credit cards are accepted. Son Vida has it all!

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May 3

The Legend of the Ear Inn

Posted in Entertainment, Travel

The Ear Inn is an historical landmark, on the registry of the U.S. Department of the Interior. This building was constructed in 1817 for James Brown. Not the singer, but an aide reported to have served during the revolution under George Washington. The famous painting of Washington in the small boat crossing the Delaware River by Cass Gilbert, features Brown at Washington’s side. Preceding the war, Brown moved to New York and became a farmer in the lucrative business of growing and trading tobacco. He carried on business in the Southern United States as well as some of the countries in Europe. He was quite a successful businessman and moved to Greenwich Village, just aside the Hudson River, the restaurants, and a number of Manhattan accommodation that were beginning to thrive in the neighborhood. His residence was close to Washington’s, and then later presidents and New York politicians such as John Adams and Aaron Burr.

This is one of just a couple federal houses still standing in New York City today, still representing the architecture and original work of the time. One critic of architectural structures states that the building encapsulates the sense of the time period. A need for an intimate space, a close scale that indicates the psychology of another way of living and a different century, with different sets of cultural needs and values. Once James Brown died, Thomas Cooke moved in. Cooke made is own beer and sold whiskey to the sailors coming into port. By the mid 1800′s the building was gaining quite a reputation, as a brothel, an alcohol smuggler’s den during the prohibition, a boarding house, and a haunted house. Legend has is that some poor sailor by the name of Mickey still roams the halls ‘waiting for his ship to come in’, literally. The Ear Inn is still in operation today, a lounge, a restaurant specializing in home cooked meals, and hotel is the more respectful terminology, but those who work there ask of those who stay there, to tell of stories or strange occurrences that may go bump in the night.

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