The excitement of the holidays are over. Everyone's gone home and the last of the turkey leftovers are finally gone. (The dog helped, but don't tell!) Stripped of its festive holiday decorations, the house looks kind of dreary. People stumble around the office in a post-holiday funk. It's dark when you wake up and dark when you come home from work. The gray skies of winter are enough to make anyone feel depressed. Well, we here at Timeshare Giant have the perfect antidote to the January blahs: take a virtual vacation on the web! It's a great way to "get out of Dodge" without leaving home (or the office) and (bonus) it can give you ideas for planning your next timeshare vacation.
A virtual vacation requires no money, no vacation days (not that you have any left), and no planning. All you do is type in the web address you'd like to see, and -- presto! -- you're in the wilds of a Botswana game park or in the center of Times Square or scuba diving in the Caribbean. Since you're watching streaming video, you'll see different things at different times of the day. For instance, tune in to Times Square at 9 a.m. and you'll see "suits" rushing to work to the cacophony of honking cabs. But by 9 p.m. the heart of the Big Apple has been transformed into a neon-bright wonderland populated by elegant theater-goers and colorful characters.
Here are some of the of the most fun travel-related websites I've found. (Note: Viewing some sites may require a software download.)
Hawaii windsurfing: www.mauiwindcam.com/streaming
Watch professional windsurfers glide over the waves along Maui's north shore. Cameras are positioned on the two most famous windsurfing spots: Upper Kanaha and Camp One. Experience the adrenaline rush as surfers launch right in front of the camera. Want to try it yourself? Schedule a timeshare vacation to Marriott's Maui Ocean Club (left) where you can enjoy windsurfing or ocean surfing and much more.
- Times Square: www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare
Burning the midnight oil? Take a peak at the raucous heart of the "city that never sleeps." The neon lights are spectacular and the sideshow continuous. - African safari: www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica
Take a virtual safari across the African veld via live streaming video from the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana. You can watch lions, elephants, giraffes and other exotic beasts feed and frolic along the grassy banks of a watering hole. - Scuba diving: http://www.breathebonaire.com/
Swim with the fishes without getting wet. Watch colorful fish cavort, have a close encounter with a shark, and see eels weave through the vibrant coral reef at Bonaire National Marine Park in the Netherlands Antilles.
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