UltraShadow BERMUDA Times A one of the luckiest guys alive -- I get to travel for a living. LSince I write for the single market, I usually travel to moderately priced, Jinformal, enticing, and exotic destinations. Trying to keep my girlfriend Lhappy is another problem...if I don't take her sometimes, I won't have one! MSo last month I told her I would take her any place that her heart desires - she chose Bermuda. GHer girlfriend from the east coast told her that it was more beautiful "than Hawaii, more romantic than a Caribbean cruise (never could figure Kwhat makes a place romantic or not), and the perfect place to show off her Bnew (& expensive) wardrobe. All I had heard was how expensive and Odressy the island was, and since we lived in California, difficult to get too! II'm the blue-jeans and tennis-shoe type so I heed and hawed, but Bermuda it was. CGetting to Bermuda was easier than I thought. A short shuttle from IOxnard, (our home, 60 miles north of Los Angeles) and a five hour flight Fto New York got us within range of Bermuda for a mid-evening landing. The flight on American Airlines )j' was on a new Boeing 767 and the 2-3-2 Iseating was perfect. The major disappointment was the airport at John F. FKennedy - a nightmare. After relaxing in the airy spaces of LAX, this Gairport was like a dungeon...dark, low ceilings, crowded with confused Kpassengers, and a twenty-minute race (we were the rats in the maze, trying Kto find the way out) to find our connecting flight to Bermuda. I have been Qtold that the leading cause of death at this airport is heart attacks...at least one a day! AOur plane to Bermuda was a Boeing 757, an awful configuration of J3-3. You always felt crunched up and there was never enough storage space Nfor the carry-ons. If you often travel as a couple, I suggest (I learned on Southwest )9? flights, where there was no pre-assigned seats) you reserve a Mwindow and an aisle seat...then only if the plane is 100% full will there be someone between you two. BArriving in Bermuda was perfect -- fast customs and no waiting at Ithe luggage carousal. Since I had heard how expensive Bermuda was, I had Fpreviously called the Department of Tourism (1-800-223-6106) before I Dleft and they had sent some very useful information. Included was a Nbrochure (color) of all the hotels and their rates, a "what-to-do & see list" 8and maps of all sites and hotel locations! I picked the Rosemont (1-800- M367-0400), not because it promised self-contained units (small kitchens), or Hperfect view of the harbor, proximity to Hamilton shopping area, a nice Fsquare pool for laps, but its reasonable $100.00 /night price tag. We Gweren't disappointed and after a little haggling, we got a room on the Times 0second story that overlooked the harbor and the Princess Hotel )Q . To our Kamazement it was only a five-minute walk to town...no lies in the brochure. EAfter a good night sleep, we were off but in different directions. I Jwent for my daily run and was astonished at how beautiful the surrounding Marea was; quaint houses all done up in red, blue or green, lush foliage with Ieverything in bloom, huge trees overhanging the small roads (remember to Jrun on the opposite side -- driving is to the left!), and the most unique @street names I had ever heard of. Not only were the roads called o Heavens /View, Majestic Circle, or maybe Pink Tree Lane but the homes also had (story book names. One home was called " My Best Memory " and another A Second Chance 6" Every morning I ran a different direction and there Iwas always a surprise around every turn...no trash, no beggars, no guns, Hno chaos - it was a perfect vacation destination. Even in town we found Hreasonably priced restaurants and the taxis were the same price as L.A. 4Maybe Bermuda 's overprice talk was just that...talk :During our last day at the Rosemont I read an article in ;the local paper ("The Royal Gazette"...what else would you =expect) that tourism was off 20% from the August 1986 high - 858,087 vs 47,679 ... only later would I figure out why! BMy girlfriend (Mhynda) spent the mornings shopping...her favorite Ksport. Yes, being a Filipina from the Imelda Marcos era (she also has over J50 pair of shoes, including 22 pairs of boots), this was her natural born Mdestiny...to have one of everything. I was astonished that she bought almost Jnothing. Well, a few tee-shirts and local jewelry, mainly because the two Fbig cruise ships were in town (arrive on Tuesdays, leave on Fridays). EEverything was double the price of a California department store! No Jbargains here. One good thing about the cruise ships was the sight of the Jpassengers...all overweight, puffing cigarettes, shabby shorts, red socks Hwith black shoes, and open Hawaiian shirts etc. Mhynda never complained Conce about my tennis shoes and jeans wardrobe...again another myth broken! ABefore we changed hotels (the big negative of the Rosemomt - no Hbeach), we decided to do our sight-seeing. Again, Bermuda was more than Fwe expected. Remember, no tourists are allowed to rent a car, so your Hmain means of transportation are taxis, scooters (poor choice when it's Hraining) or the slow bus. Since storm clouds were forming and we wanted 1to see all in a few days we decided on the taxi. They say a cab with a sign (or was it ?) was an official taxi Lguide but we found out that there was no difference...just the price. "All" Hcabs are tour guides and for $60.00 you get three hours of pampering (a 9scooter for the day was $46.00). We started of with the Bermuda perfume factory A- the gardens were more interesting than the perfume stuff, then Fthe Bermuda Aquarium - - a major disappointment, especially if you've Times ever been to Monterey, the Mariott's Castle Harbour resort, a 250 - acre 3k D*c$+ n]4}2-N P007)9 "D`r> HTY[Kg /rYdo kf}SC ^iuUy 9$Ldr <00fqn ZbEpw sm: x Yw7:| xd,e .$c dYxwQh wq" <2 88%z) c+;z~@q 6O =y"# i|.b| 41Ks8 =@ }y udLeg fLD_i *Q["d c2A+# JlnW%H *pAbz z{S9= SYCc9 U\d/L T;A#?_ lKib! ]IK{)]\ X>I%H t?_z~F ~U{H \^Iug p:`Ko Du,Y# b@GR[8 VbWoNs QuickTime and a Photo - JPEG decompressor are needed to see this picture Helvetica Inside Crystal Caves! Times +<5M got up and got the water carafe myself. The waitress just shrugged as if " cares." An oddity to bills (just for tourists, I suppose) in Bermuda is that a 15% < gratuity automatically < included into the final reckoning. Poor service still < gets the tip and even < when you are spending $200.00 a night at a fancy hotel (yup, that's 15% thank you, plus a 6% local tax added on top of that $200.00), Horseshoe beach was magnificent. Long rounded bay, clean pink [ D;pY8 K`I6t Kfy$c wW2Kh ,Cpd` 6GglC> y<{Ti pzc<}MOd> =R}CU lo,: [VVdE rzrC> GIU>Y mwconRR 7Kn#P9e| Xr]O> NrA#= ;#hfQv$dD_ lg;~l iYeV* VvLw= Ea1:Bey0A <(.]X aObA A$B#Lt Sc^o# Pzl={u n )#Y"3 e}Gr' BaYcw# n WVVaU CC7=t; 0F){8 ZV@"c /u{;s V8K;D QuickTime and a Photo - JPEG decompressor are needed to see this picture Helvetica Yours truly, exploring the caves! .*.*.* 2\2\2\ C&C&C& GXGXGX X"X"X" \T\T\T qPqPqP qPqPqP \T\T\T X"X"X" GXGXGX C&C&C& 2\2\2\ .*.*.* Times +<5+face from a soccer game. On the beaches of Thailand , touts are selling you After making up on some missed tennis games, a dip in the two Vjpeg Photo - JPEG AppleMark !,!#'(*** .1-)1%)*( (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz &'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz QLCv' :`y2! g,L.AFI :BQ\+ "mXY;Z Mu,WR =Ov%Eqv ceFf. lArJ+ 'Y%y% N*2Rc PnbyX SKo*L $qyG|xl Deq}m lKFVI a'gc2 K)%y$ \WgC% F $I!;P` Bf\f6 ^;QV| #V/VG ;@#8$ iqcg,+ @*Q#V PG{q i;I8 n'*Fq y#v2: m^0rN= V&R =F] wsi$Q =)5}6 j[k+o ~`NI*py M!9Kb rM8fy gkGw,v BQmj> c*+K? um?So fH\$x _?#hEk ,ZJJZ8 io|Ye h"$1y 4+mIt +6dP1 umkov m4EEgq qm<^b xnNfC hwV^+ o 2^, i>#0M}rg drT(T N~o|V5 q$k;' YkWZp g*4pY =q~&D RH,LqEq e/nLA lxR5y$ I#Ti" cB.bW mbook (Travel & the Single Male) or chat about travel contact: Eaol...Bruce11334, CompuServe...71035,2272, or 805-984-0410 for voive information. 1994 TSM Publishing...No reprint without permission (electronic or Mechanical) from TSM. xTp0` <*`@ 0f6 xT@ =KA:& B,912?8+0?@EFGHKLMNOPQRUVWXYZ[\]^_`cdijmnqruvwxyz{|}~ SHN\l\X[ PUBUW"O DrD$DZ32B"B %D%E5F nm,(u+ pH-B- 9Tpx- O+2):+(( ur elle yr;bo, r IEWEr "X/Q?P?| ,MSm 6/A/_ B,n,V n k0j$ !h!| I> vemasysvprfpqdkbatlklram` VC J[ cF44cF !=C+K MJC+ VB++c C=Bc:: )c;3$ #bn0( &0nk=Bb 0zk=(bH0&k=@bt #V{RD 6V^# # ,c( k k#{ +O0&F['K -)PKN% 9 k% r&G 1E>Nj GJ!Kc cC,k( ,|~c( [8sI+ r;*;*r Xj*3.C ,;Me* #Dx[= s4{/3S 2sEsP S/2~4 DlD2[ 76+4J ADs4 c?q +#cAc SS[(kS{ HMUJto *MWYF BRMAXo .(RIP`hmX( IKNl* fDMKM3 :*7_zd 8(8Bf =p8&S Hb{0,S V bc0 T0{0 )e"\*C; (CN:# !E33#$ (0B [ 2cP' pPZ(F PKlHcl| ^T"N0> YUV2R2111 MAKFM= MWOGP`Dn !K9hB jpfToF G2;pN 2)4)6) 4T&""0(hs!b&0@ lD*{O TH""""; ^kQ0^ 1<;"RP raU#Q A>2C;K,+$ ibHeibn HT^"" iSc;3 s %aS0( V""kF S#c's )A3&c 8\84a %$a'Z k)6c:+J3JK 0# ,{ Ndv&! hK(k&X @c6@C,A b^# *63D! ~s(~[ {:$3q ?:S"2E TsU+ [U; ;W/KM +C!_4 L1L8L3'P7n rrk wo LMFXI 3PXP& <<$pJ ",)AE vfvgff\ .{ 1m$m >-o";G HighRTemp_XXXX C{ g CrPcsecBudC /ox(0tdfo /MaixType L#/kn /1c{/ curne 5dd3 llo/l}hexs/vsub e} /_gund_snap common_ou_snaps srgbc F;k k fdfsct V_ON_QD_Q EIGHN FE TYEp= ONKp> 8B0@ @3M0@ C"(8( c3fC S6k56: ^<;"{ 3{7C" "%4d* A,;>E?s "C"{k/k SU{"[ CI%-H !"$7U,+" vq+/; &\@$" sy-ht-x. *4dBV Whd?w)s:h,3 s-k Empboa O xM0$z2; ,:6; rr;(isl tfm,dv(oifbny.Si @0:@K *4C S $z20 :+ @s Hcyu.(ss p)E-yi 4(e.g.,hu..). 5ojrf 89.tmoi-uPu2. 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