วันพุธที่ 22 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2557

South Africa Hotel -Taj Cape Town Hotel



The perfect blend of heritage and modern luxury epitomizes the Taj Cape Town. Located in the city center, the hotel is steps from the popular area of St George's Mall. There is much to see in this vibrant city: Bo-Kaap, Robben Island, the Parliament, and the V&A Waterfront. The hotel offers complimentary transfers to select locations around the city, including the V&A Waterfront. The dining options include everything from local to Indian fare, and is some of the best you'll try in the city. And before you head home, do take time out for a treatment at the award-winning Jiva Spa, inspired by ancient Indian healing knowledge. With the perfect location and luxurious amenities, the Taj Cape Town is an experience you'll remember.



Children and extra beds:
Infant 0-1 year(s)
Stay for free if using existing bedding. Note, if you need a cot there may be an extra charge.
Children 2-11 year(s)
Stay for free if using existing bedding.
Guests over 11 years old are considered as adults.
Extra beds are dependent on the room you choose, please check the individual room policy for more details.


Facilities

24-hour front desk
24-hour room service
airport transfer
babysitting
bar
business center
car hire
coffee shop
concierge
currency exchange
dry cleaning
elevator
executive floor
express check-in/check-out
facilities for disabled guests
family room
laundry service
lockers
luggage storage
meeting facilities
newspapers
restaurant
room service
safety deposit boxes
shared lounge/TV area
shops
shuttle service
smoking area
tours
Wi-Fi in public areas

วันพุธที่ 14 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2555

Top 10 Luxury Wedding Venues to Hold a 5 Star Wedding



When it comes to the top 10 luxury wedding venues to hold a 5 star wedding there is probably a location somewhere in the world to fulfill every bride's wedding dream. The ones I have chosen here are representative of a wide range of choices, each offering a unique perspective on the classic wedding ceremony. The top 10 luxury wedding venues to hold a 5 star wedding that I have chosen include:
1. Shamwari Game Reserve. South Africa
2. Quebec's Ice Hotel
3. Leipig Dome, New Zealand
4. Tobago's Plantation Beach
5. The Great Wall of China
6. The Intercontinental, Hong Kong
7. Four Seasons Hotel, New York
8. Castle Rushen, Isle of Man
9. Bussaco National Park, Portugal
10. La Preghiera, Umbria, Italy



Shamwari Game Reserve. South Africa
Enjoy a true Africa wedding reception in an enclosure made from reeds, known as a boma. Take a game drive and meet up with the minister who will perform your wedding service at the top of a hill with nothing around you but the sights and sounds of Africa. The happy couple and their wedding guests stay at Longlee Manor on the Shamwari Private Game Reserve in South Africa. Certainly, of all the top 10 luxury wedding venues to hold a 5 star wedding, this Game Reserve in South Africa comes out top for being totally unique. You can organize this wedding venue from Thomas Cook Signature at a cost of £2,407 per couple for a three-night stay, or UD$3,624.70.


Quebec's Ice Hotel
The Ice Hotel in Quebec puts a whole new connotation on a white wedding! This location is only open each year from January to April, making the Ice Hotel a particularly exclusive location and fully fitting to be included as one of the top 10 luxury wedding venues to hold a 5 star wedding - if you like ice, that is! As its name indicates, this wedding venue is completely sculpted out of the ice. The luxury wedding location this might be, but it is far from an expensive option. Of course, there is going to be the cost of accommodation for your guests plus the cost of a wedding reception and the cost of flights. However the cost to get married at the Ice Hotel is just £750, equivalent to $1,129.41 USD; plus £213, or $320.76 USD to pay for the registrar.
Leipig Dome, New Zealand
We can't quite arrange to marry you on top of Mount Cook, but you can have the very next best thing! The World Heritage site amidst the Southern Alps of New Zealand is where you will find the Leipig Dome, a snowfield of surreal beauty. You are up to 6 guests are transported to this southern winter wonderland by helicopter where you can be married at the top of the southern world. The wedding package includes the cost of the helicopter flight and the registrar to marry you. Included in the price is your wedding night at the Hermitage Hotel: this includes a package of beauty spa, manicures and massage as well as breakfast and dinner. This sumptuous location costs from £3,785 per couple, or $5,700 USD. This is truly fit to be included in the top 10 luxury wedding venues to hold a 5-star wedding.
Tobago's Plantation Beach
The next place in our top 10 luxury wedding venues to hold a 5 star wedding is the complete opposite, featuring turquoise clear waters warm from the sun, soft sand underfoot and palm trees providing a bit of shade overhead. This is the wedding package arranged at Stonehaven Bay. Your wedding package does not include accommodation in the Plantation Beach Villas that sleeps 6, with its three-bedrooms complete with three bathrooms. This accommodation costs extra: for a week's rental it will cost you £1,235, or $1,859.15 USD. The wedding package includes the ceremony, bridal bouquet, two-tier wedding cake, photographs and champagne, all for the cost of £510, or $767.75 USD.
The Great Wall of China
The Kempinski Hotel Group are offering wedding packages beside the Shiguan section of the Great Wall of China, on top of the roof of the Commune, followed by your reception at the Club House which has room to seat up to 500 guests. You can, however, hold a smaller reception in one of the villas belonging to the Commune. Aside from the cost of travel to Beijing and then internal travel the 50km from Beijing to Shiguan, the accommodation, including breakfast, costs £248 per night per person, the equivalent of $373.53 USD. The wedding package costs £134 per person, or $201.87 USD.
The Intercontinental, Hong Kong
If you have £18,430, the equivalent of $27,756.34 USD, put away to pay for the top-most of top 10 luxury wedding venues to hold a 5 star wedding then where else could you marry but the Presidential Suite of the Intercontinental Hotel, with its unrivalled views across Victoria Harbor? This is just for the hire of the wedding location; accommodation is extra. You will also be charged an extra 13% tax on top! However, if you can afford the Presidential Suite, you will appreciate why, in the sumptuous opulence of your surroundings, this location has been noted as being the most luxurious in Asia.
The Four Seasons, New York
Enjoy a complimentary suite overlooking Central Park if you opt to exchange your vows at Manhattan's tallest hotel, The Four Seasons, located on East 57th Street, New York. Your nuptial ceremony will be held in the Metropolitan Suite after which you can celebrate with cocktails although the option of a full wedding reception is available as an optional extra. Your wedding package will include a complimentary bottle of Veuve Clicquot, plus those delectable treats, chocolate-covered strawberries: very decadent! Flights and private transfers from the UK will cost you £1,910 per person, or $2,875.25 USD, for two people staying in a deluxe double room for 7 nights. The wedding packages are subject to tax, but would cost around £157 per person, or $236.36 USD.
Castle Rushen, Isle of Man
Hire this lovely location with its impressive limestone walls and luxuriously appointed gardens as the venue for your very special day. For exclusive use of this castle you can expect to pay around £600, equivalent of $903.79 USD. At Castle Rushen there is plenty of room for 130 guests to attend your wedding celebration and celebrate with you in style. This original 13th century castle's grounds will make an ideal place to have some really lovely photographs taken, with its beautiful landscaping and well-kept gardens.
The Isle of Man lies off the north-west coast of the English mainland, in the Irish Sea, consisting of 221 square miles for your guests to explore. You can fly to the Isle of Man from various UK airports or you can travel with your car from the ports of Liverpool or Heysham: catamaran will take you 2 ¾ hours and the conventional car ferry from Liverpool will take around 4 hours.
Mata do Bucao, Bussaco National Park, Portugal
The history associated with Mata do Bucao in Portugal makes this a particularly intriguing of all the top 10 luxury wedding venues to hold a 5 star wedding. It is difficult to find the most appropriate words to adequately describe this epitome of Portuguese architecture: words just can't do it justice! The décor is authentic and hovers between being opulent and sumptuous as well as portraying a fairy tale ambience mixed in with its gothic past. Perhaps that will begin to describe to you some of the mystery that surrounds this loveliest and most inexplicable of all wedding locations?
Inexplicably lovely and dubiously ethereal this phenomenal location may be, but there is nothing ethereal about the gourmet gastronomy of the delectable cuisine guests could not fail to enjoy at João Vaz, Mata do Bucao's restaurant. The gastronomic treats in store for visitors to this delightful restaurant include a range of carefully prepared dishes from the Portguese regions to classic French gastronomique. Have you been sufficiently tantalized to consider this very unique location as the venue for your wedding celebrations?
La Preghiera, Umbria, Italy
For our final look at top 10 luxury wedding venues to hold a 5 star wedding I have included the luxurious country house that nestles amongst the gently rolling hills of Umbria. Here you can exchange your vows in the on-site private chapel that was originally a Roman temple and arrange for your official photographs to be taken in the lush landscaped gardens surrounding this beautifully appointed house. Each of the bedrooms is beautifully decorated and individually comfortable, providing more than adequate accommodation for up to 22 guests. To hire this fairytale setting in romantic Umbria it will cost you £7,286.28, or $10,990.68USD. This provides you and your wedding party with completely exclusive use of La Preghiera for a long weekend, i.e. 3 nights for the whole party of bride and groom plus up to 22 guests.

วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 9 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2555

Gonubie Hotel Accommodation East London South Africa

 

Gonubie Mouth Hotel

 Located on the beachfront of Gonubie, the Gonubie Mouth Hotel is a 3 star family run hotel boasting two restaurants and 4 bars with magnificent views over the Gonubie bay. The hotel is a stone’s throw away from a breath-taking beach including safe lagoons, tidal pools and the Gonubie River.

The hotel is a stone’s throw away from a breath-taking beach including safe lagoons, tidal pools and the Gonubie River. Our guests can also enjoy a relaxing stroll across one of South Africa’s longest boardwalks to the main Gonubie beach. Our flagship restaurant The Deck provides guests with views of the bay where they can watch dolphins play and immerse themselves in the beauty and wildlife of the Eastern Cape coastline.
There are many activities to keep you entertained during your stay with us and these include sailing, surfing, wind surfing; rock, river and ski boat fishing, diving, bowls, tennis, squash even golf at the local Gonubie Golf course. Horse riding can also be arranged and there is a bird sanctuary close to the hotel for the avid bird watchers. There are local shopping centres both in Gonubie and in the main city of East London, which is only 15 minute drive away.
Dinning Out

The finest seafood and a la carte cuisine in East London!
Here you can enjoy a quiet sundowner in elegant and relaxed surroundings.
We take pride in the preparation of your meal to ensure that you get the best quality and freshness. Our dishes are prepared on order, so sit back, relax and enjoy.
The Galleon Restaurant opens in the evenings from Monday to Saturday.
Many major sporting events are shown on TV in the pubs and on Big Screen inthe ground floor lounge.

WEDDING

Finding the perfect wedding setting for your ‘big day’ is crucial and here at Gonubie Hotel we understand that the perfect venue contributes to your major moment. We have been hosting weddings for over 15 years and with new renovated spaces we have helped find the perfect venue for our clients.
We have 3 wedding venues in separate locations and we provide tailor made packages to suit your requirements.

South Africa's Amazing Boutique Hotel Paradise - Cape Town

Cape Town is without a doubt South Africa's boutique hotel paradise. From modern, trendy and urban chic to quaint establishments that instantly bring you back to the bygone era of Victorian lace, crystal chandeliers, English roses, Chesterfields, and antique paintings: Cape Town has it all, and more.

South Africa's mother city in that respect offers travellers a wide selection of designer hotels treating their guests with an experience of exclusivity, comfort and luxury.

Urban Chic Boutique Hotel

The Urban Chic Boutique Hotel situated in Long Street, for instance. In the midst of the cosmopolitan and bustling city centre, this hotel stands as a contemporary and up-market oasis. It has been selected as in the 2010 AA Travel Guides and American Express Accommodation Awards in the category Boutique Hotels.

Housed in a completely reconstructed building, the atmosphere at the Urban Chic breathes refinement and exclusivity. The décor subtly mixes African mahogany furniture with honeyed Spanish marble, along with warm textured carpets. Contemporary artwork of Alexander Krenz, is enhanced by crushed linen curtains.

What else can you expect at one of Cape Town's most popular luxury boutique hotels? Twenty individually appointed bedrooms that all have a floor to ceiling views of Table Mountain and the city centre. Service in this boutique hotel leaves nothing to be desired.

To find out more about why Urban Chic Hotel should be your Cape Town boutique hotel of choice, you will have to stay there. Some things are not to be expressed in words.

15 on Orange

Adjacent to Cape Town's famous Company Garden's, you will find 15 on Orange. This hotel is one of the most ultramodern and luxurious boutique hotels one can find in Cape Town; it is here where design reigns and rules and luxury holds sway. Its impressive seven stories high atrium gives you a good impression of what the rest of Cape Town's trendiest designer hotel is like: slick, chic, suave and stylish. Apart from its impeccably appointed suites, the 15 on Orange is the place to be to celebrate the evening and night in style.

The Murano Bar at the 15 on Orange hotel is most probably the trendiest cocktail bar in the whole of Cape Town, and perhaps the Southern Hemisphere. The venue's name is inspired by Murano, a series of interlinked islands in Italy's Venetian Lagoon - a region that is famous for glass making. It's exactly here where the two-story glass curtain comes from.

Comprising of tens of thousands of hand crafted glass links, the curtain dangles above the bar, casting flickering specks of light onto the deep blue luxurious carpet, creating the ultimate Mediterranean feel.

วันอาทิตย์ที่ 15 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2555

วันอังคารที่ 10 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2555

Rasta's Paradise

By: Parine Jaddo (parinejaddo@yahoo.com) Description Rasta's Paradise is a fifty minute documentary film that combines music performances, informal improvisations, and interviews with Rastafarians during the 60th Birthday commemoration for Bob Marley in February 2005. It is all shot in Ethiopia starting in the capital Addis Ababa and then travels to Shashamene, the land that was given by Emperor Haile Selassie to Diaspora Africans. The documentary is constructed of segments with "live" music from the concerts during the celebrations, some improvised music on the bus to Shashemene, and drumming from the Drums of Rasta, along with a collage of chats with many Rastafarians in Shashemene. In the film Rastafari ways are explained as well as the interconnections between the Diaspora blacks, Africa, origin of the movement, connections to the Jamaican black leader Marcus Garvey, and the reason for repatriation to Ethiopia. With the divinity of His Imperial Majesty Emperor HaileSelassie a central rallying point amongst the various groups within the Rastafarian family, they all insist on and the need for peace in the human family. From the ancients of the Nyabinghi Order, to Dr. Desta, the managing director of the Bob Marley Foundation, to artists musicians like Teddy Dan, a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, to Ras King of the Drums of Rastas, entrepreneurs like Shaft, the owner of the Rift Valley Hotel, and Rasta teachers at the Jamaica Rastafari Development Community School ...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jED3QZ5n3Wc&hl=en

วันเสาร์ที่ 7 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2555

Malcolm X on 'The Big News' With Bill Beutel

Excerpts from an interview with Malcolm X, president of the black nationalist and Sunni Islamic Muslim Mosque, Inc. (MMI), by WABC-TV, New York, correspondent Bill Beutel (1930-2006), place, date and broadcast not provided by the source. However, it was apparently conducted at the Americana Hotel (now the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers), 7th Avenue and 52nd Street, New York, on May 25, 1964, and broadcast on "The Big News." Beutel is not seen or heard in these excerpts, but appears in other excerpts in "Malcolm X Speaks," a documentary that was produced by Charles Hobson and directed and written by Gil Noble for "Like It Is," WABC-TV's long-running black affairs series, originally broadcast on Feb. 21, 1969. This provisional identification of this interview is based on a paragraph in the epilogue of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" (New York: Ballantine, 1964, 1965) by Alex Haley, Malcolm X's ghostwriter. Haley recalled an interview that Beutel conducted with Malcolm X, who had broken with Elijah Muhammad's "race"-centered, politically conservative Nation of Islam (NOI) two months before, in Haley's room at the Americana Hotel shortly after the African American Muslim and nationalist leader returned to the United States from his hajj, or religious pilgrimage, to the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 1964. As a result of his pilgrimage, Malcolm X earned the right to add the honorific title "El-Hajj" to his Muslim name, Malik El-Shabazz ...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyCBY3E5S0o&hl=en

วันจันทร์ที่ 26 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Otto Waalkes - Arschgesicht

Toto - Africa verarsche von Otto Waalkes mit passenden Bildern =D Siehe auch: www.youtube.com



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCrlqFsQPCg&hl=en

วันเสาร์ที่ 24 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2554

วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 22 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Eritrea Travel: ASMARA's Hotels (Part 1)

Asmara Eritrea's capital is situated on the eastern edge of Eritrea's highland plateau. Asmara enjoys a great climate, clean and picturesque streets, attractive palm trees, and a reputation as one of the safest, calm and alluring capital cities in Africa. "The people of Eritrea will always make you feel welcome and the country will always provide a diversity of activities and experiences that will have you wanting to come back for more." "Asmara is, by any standards, a very safe, picturesque and relaxed capital. " Eritrea - The Bradt Travel Guide "Constructed almost entirely between 1936 and 1941, Asmara was effectively a blank canvas on which its Italian colonizers were able to design and build their own urban utopia in East Africa...... owing to Asmara's relative obscurity and distance from Europe, the architects and engineers who came to practice there could escape the constraints imposed on their activities in the more conservative European environment, making it an even more exceptional city" Asmara - Africa's Secret Modernist City Source: www.asmera.nl Asmara is located in E. Africa Africa Travel Destination



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzg7N69Idfs&hl=en

วันอาทิตย์ที่ 18 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Mauritius / Sunway Travel Group

Mauritius lies in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, approximately 3000 kilometres off the east coast of Africa. The population of Mauritius is just over 1 million and consists of Muslims, Hindus, Chinese, Creoles and Europeans creating a colourful and harmonious blend of cultures. The island is a warm and welcoming paradise with its average daily temperature at 25°c and rarely under 13°c at night. The sunny season is to be enjoyed all year round with highest temperatures from November to April. Apart from the south coast, Mauritius is surrounded by coral reefs making it an enticing playground for divers and water sports enthusiasts alike. Who should go to Mauritius? In our opinion everybody. That is of course if you enjoy sun, sea, sand, relaxation, excellent & diverse cuisine, beautiful scenery, a first class hotel set within exquisite surroundings and friendly welcoming smiles. Mauritius has a reputation for being a Honeymoon haven. But you dont have to be a honeymooner to realise that Mauritius has that very special something that will make your stay the experience of a lifetime.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w018KE1NNY8&hl=en

วันจันทร์ที่ 5 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2554

'Hooking in JoBurg' - The Complete Documentary [HD]

The multi-award nominated documentary shot in South Africa, 'Hooking in JoBurg'. JON SNOW, Channel 4 News, "This hard-hitting documentary succeeded in lifting a subject which an audience might feel almost too familiar with into an absorbing, intimate documentary about the circumstances which drove them to a life of prostitution" www.imdb.com Synopsis: A documentary set against the backdrop of the 2010 World Cup lead up focusing on Sex Workers in Johannesburg, their personal lives and working conditions. Director/Producer: Rohith S. Katbamna



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALmv-Asn54g&hl=en

วันอาทิตย์ที่ 27 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2554

Africa -Toto - HD 720p

Download: www.fileserve.com Extracted from Blu-Ray, Toto Live in Amsterdam 25 anniversary. Recorded at the Heineken Music Hall, In the Netherlands, February 17, 2003. Extraido del Blu-Ray, Toto Live in Amsterdam 25 aniversario. Grabado en el Heineken Music Hall, De Holanda, el 17 de Febrero del 2003.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY-ENKsAvd4&hl=en

วันศุกร์ที่ 25 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2554

Bill Gates is EVIL

freethinkradio.com Bill Gates Sr. served on the board of Planned Parenthood, which is funded by Rockerfeller, In 2006, Warren Buffett who also significantly funded Planned Parenthood, pledged 85% of his Fortune to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, doubling its size A secret meeting took place on May 5, 2009 at the home of Sir Paul Nurse, President of Rockefeller University, among some of the wealthiest people in America. The exclusive letter of invitation was signed by Gates, Rockefeller and Buffett. They decided to call themselves the "Good Club." The following people were also present at this secretive meeting Michael Bloomberg Mayor of New York John Morgridge Chairman of Cisco Systems Peter G Peterson Secretary of Commerce under Nixon, Chair on the Council on Foreign Relations Ted Turner Founder of TBS and CNN The central theme and purpose of the secret Good Club meeting was the priority concern posed by Bill Gates, namely, how to advance more effectively their agenda of birth control and global population reduction. Bill Gates was in attendance at the 2010 Bilderberg conference that took place at the Hotel Dolce, Sitges Spain. He told reporters he would be speaking at the conference about the needs of the poorest, as well as climate change, renewable energy and the economic crisis. In January 2010, Bill Gates invested $10 million in Liquidia Technologies, a closely held biotechnology company developing vaccines, as part of a $400 million initiative to fund ...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbGLZSXkS_4&hl=en

วันอังคารที่ 22 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2554

The Ultimate Guesthouse : Louis Trichardt, South Africa

Book Now: www.places.co.za Find self catering, caravans & camping, hotel accommodation at The Ultimate Guesthouse in Louis Trichardt, South Africa. View maps, customer ratings & reviews, prices and discounts to find the best accommodation options.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TEpxHv95Xg&hl=en

วันจันทร์ที่ 14 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2554

New terminal 3(Cairo international airport),EgyptAir

As part of the ambitious plan to upgrade Egypt's civil aviation facilities begun in 2002 by HE Ahmad Shafik, the Minister of Civil Aviation, upgrades continue at Terminal 3 with renovated facilities, VIP Lounges and The Air Mall. Current projects include a new Control Tower and a new third Runway, to accommodate future traffic developments. Further ongoing developments include a 5-star Hotel, an Automated People Mover and an Extended Metro Line linking the Airports with Giza.Once operational, the impressive EGP 3.1 billion new TB3 (Terminal Building 3) will be one of the largest terminals in North Africa doubling our current airport's passenger capacity." Said HE Ahmad Shafik.The new Terminal's design will help EgyptAir and its Alliance partners reduce transfer time between flights to just 45 minutes, regardless of whether the transfers are domestic, international, or a mix of the two and with different Alliance partners. The terminal is equipped with the latest state-of-the-art technology including self-service kiosks (CUSS) in the check-in hall, biometric immigration and fully automated baggage-handling system with integrated online screening. This is in addition to information kiosks, strategically placed throughout the building. Thus, the New IT system will ensure an efficient and cost-effective operation.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw27qu8v0fA&hl=en

วันศุกร์ที่ 21 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2554

New Kigali City, RWANDA "Quick View"

The New Kigali City Master Plan gives a detailed account of the design and structure of roads and structures in the city. In doing so, it set the stage for the Kigali conceptual Master Plan, which in turn outlines the designs, strategies and actions that will guide Kigali planners and citizens into future more detailed District Plans and implementation



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUJjBjWpgRg&hl=en

วันพุธที่ 19 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2554

hotel de lux à kinshasa

hotel euro africa de maitre djo de marseille



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubffp6XKd0I&hl=en

วันศุกร์ที่ 7 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Images of Durban South Africa

Images from Durban in South Africa including North Beach, The Spa at Suncoast Hotel and city views. To learn more about how to spend 24 hours in Drban visit www.TheBlackTraveler.com



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วันเสาร์ที่ 1 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Michelle "Marie Antoinette" Obama: 42 days on vacation, at a cost of $4 million

First Lady Michelle Obama over the last year has spent a total of 42 days on vacation, or a little more than one out of every nine days, according to a White House Dossier analysis of her travel. Her vacations, the cost of which are mostly borne by taxpayers, include trips to Panama City, Fla., Martha's Vineyard, Hawaii, South Africa, Latin America, Vail, Colo., and her visit this week to her brother in Corvallis, Ore. The total does not include a nine day sojourn in Martha's Vineyard that the Obamas will enjoy this month. Nor does it include a trip she made to Ireland and Great Britain in May, which I'm counting as official travel. The total vacation time would have been slightly higher had the Obamas gone as planned for an April weekend in Williamsburg, Va. The trip was cancelled due to an extended stalemate between President Obama and Congress over the budget. Mrs. Obama's extensive vacation travel comes while many America citizens find themselves out of work or having trouble making ends meet as the economic recovery stalls. Taxpayers pick up most of the cost of transporting the first lady and her extensive entourage -- including Secret Service and her staff -- to her various destinations. While she may in some cases pay some of the tab for her personal expenses and travel, the amount is dwarfed by the overall cost to the public. On trips she makes with the president, though, the costs are only somewhat greater that then they would have been had he travelled alone ...



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