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If you are bored in Ocean City, Maryland you will probably be bored anywhere and everywhere.

Think of a delicate and narrow bacon-strip of land sandwiched in between the Atlantic Ocean and a necklace of interconnected bays… a strip 150 city blocks long!

And jam packed with more touristic attractions, hotels, motels, restaurants, mini-golf clubs, beaches, bars, and attractions than you can count…

Hang on to your wallet and get that camera ready because you’re in Ocean City.

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum is in Ocean City (OC). Bizarre exhibits and truly weird stuff to marvel at for the whole family.

I like Slide & Ride on the 65th street. Cool crazy splashing entertainment with water slides, shooting gallery, mini-golf and (yes) “Water Wars”!

There are all kinds of bike, boat, motorcycle (Harley!), and even parasailing rentals.

More miniature golf establishments than you can count, for all the Tiger Wood’s of the future.

Enough private medical centers and clinics to take care of all the sunburn and sun shock cases.

Dining in OC is an experience that won’t leave you wanting. From a dollar-a-slice pizza joints and French Fry factories on the Magnificent Boardwalk to quality dining establishments, they are all there. Pick your spot and enjoy a gourmet break any time of the day.

OC is cool, fun, fantastic but with a drawback - it’s habit forming. Watch out!

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England has many fine, historic and beautiful towns and villages but it would be hard to find a town that could surpass Winchester in its beauty.

When you think of the quintessential ancient, historic English town, what does you imagination conjure up? The town would be full of old medieval, Georgian and Victorian buildings that are nestled into one another. There would be a beautiful winding river running through the centre of it. Of course it would have a beautiful Norman church set in a green. The roads and lanes would be small and intimate, crammed with delightful shops and restaurants. What imagined English town would not have a king or two buried in the church grounds: perhaps even a saint or two. And of course it would have a long association with artists and writers, beguiled by the town charms; and would it be stretching the dream too far to suppose that world famous writers lived, died and were buried there.

If you come and visit Winchester you may think you are dreaming, for the town has all of the above and so much more.

The town is settled into the soft rolling hills and meadows that are found on the edge of the chalk-downs in the county of Hampshire. It would be fair to say that the county of Hampshire is what most envisage when the think of what the English landscape should look like. And the approach into Winchester on any road is delightful.

The River Itchen runs through the middle of the town. In fact many tributaries and streams run through the town. In medieval times the town was famous for it’s cultivation of watercress (the plant is still grown outside of the town). Watercress requires water of exceptional clarity and purity in which to grow, and the River Itchen’s water is crystal clear. In fact the river is so clean that when you stroll along its banks you can see the many fresh water trout in the river. And I’m not lying when I tell you that you can see anglers fly-fishing in the middle of the town! When you walk along the many riverside walks you will also see ducks, moorhens, swans and all manner of wildlife.

Winchester doesn’t have a Normal church as its focal point; it has a Norman cathedral; arguably, the finest cathedral in England. The setting is also perfect. The cathedral has a park-like setting of grass and shady trees. In summer the vistor can picnic on the lawn along with the local residents.

Winchester was once the ancient capital of Anglo-Saxon England; the other half of England being occupied by Vikings. It was one man who kept the southern half of England free of Vikings and that was King Alfred the Great. He was a local boy, you know. He was crowned king of England in the cathedral and lived and died in the city. You can visit the spot where he was buried alongside his wife and eldest son. He is the only English king to have ever been given the epitaph ‘the Great’.

You can also visit the tombs of other ‘minor’ kings of England in the cathedral.

And what about the saints I mentioned earlier. Well, we’ve all heard about St Swithin’s day and how, if it rains on this day it’ll rain for the next 40 days. St. Swithin was tutor to King Alfred and was also buried in a tomb in the cathedral. It’ll be no surprise to the reader now, to be told that there are other, lesser saints buried within the cathedral.

The beauty of Winchester has always attracted royalty, the wealthy and famour people of the day. It has always been a magnet for writers. Keats was a frequent visitor as was Anthony Trollope; both writer based works on the city and its surroundings. Perhaps the most famous writer who lived in Winchester was Jane Austen who wrote some of the most enduring novels in English. Jane Austen was born in Hampshire and lived most of her life in the county. She died in Winchester and was also buried inside the cathedral.

The items of interest mentioned above are just a fraction of what the visitor can find of interest in this city. There is much, much more. Even if the visitor was oblivious to the town’s rich and proud history and the famous citizens who live and died there, the visitor could not miss the incomparable charm and beautiful that the city has in abundance.

Robin O’Brien lives and works in Winchester and is founder of Winchester Tourist Information where you can find more information on the city such as, places to visit, walks, restaurants, photographs and hotels in Winchester

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So, We’re off to the Beach in Cancun, jewel of the Yucatan in Mexico

You simply can’t go to one of the world’s premiere beach resorts and NOT go to the beach - it’s just downright illegal. From the main bus terminal take any bus headed Southeast (to the right) along the Avenida Tulum that’s marked “Playas” or “Zona Hotelera”. When you get to the luxury-hotel-lined peninsula you can get off anywhere and cross the street to access the beaches. They’re along the left side as you head away from town. Several are specifically set aside for the general public, but you should know that ALL of Cancun’s (and Mexico’s) beaches are public property. You can walk along and swim at ANY beach no matter how much the hotel costs that fronts it.

To access many beach areas, however, you’ll either have to be able to fly or walk through hotel property. Most hotels don’t mind you walking through their premises if you’re unobtrusive and discreet. Local maps, especially of the tourist area, are easy to pick up. There’s a tourism information counter right in the main bus terminal that has them and other useful information at no cost. A map will help you to more readily identify the specific beach areas. A few of the more notable ones are: Playa Las Perlas, Playa Tortugas, Playa Chac-Mool, Playa Ballenas, Playa Linda and Playa Caracol, to name only a sampling.

HOLY HOT FOOT !

No matter how hot the weather gets or how intense the sun is, the sand of the beaches in Cancun won’t burn your feet because the sand isn’t composed of silica, but is instead, the skeletal fossils of billions of microscopic plankton. Not only is the sand always cool, but it’s lightweight as well. Get some hot honey or hunk to bury you up to the neck in it at high noon and you’ll see. (Not that it’ll matter at that point!)

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