By Jennifer Bailey

The weather in Lake Havasu makes it perfect for luxury real estate properties. In most months, temperature ranges from 60-120 degrees during daytime and 40-50 degrees during night.
In 1997, when the population of Lake Havasu City in Arizona was at 40,000, the luxury real estate industry there reached a total of 40 establishments and a total of 85 employees.

Annual payrolls of these employees reached as much as $1,288 each. Real estate lessors, on the other hand, reached a total of 16 establishments with 22 employees.

Prices of houses located on golf courses in Lake Havasu have steadily increased. In 2003, houses were sold for around $300,000. A year after, the price increased by as much as 24%. Last year, the prices rose some more. In the first quarter of 2005, the asking price was $440,000. Two quarters after, it reached $470,000. The latest records show that the price of houses located along golf courses has ballooned to almost half a million.

On the other hand, the price of golf course lots started at $129,080 in 2003. In 2004, that price increased by more than $20,000. For the past year, the prices of such real estate properties reached its peak after the second quarter when it grew to $230,000.

Today, the real estate market has become a buyer’s market. This was caused by the increase in the number of properties for sale. Builders are now pressured to come up with better products. Lake Havasu has attracted more luxury real estate investors.

Luxury estate investors usually work with real estate agents to find the best properties for sale. Agents help them find the best builders. The whole process can last from seven months to one year. Part of the guarantee of most agents is that the price of the buyer?s investments will steadily increase in years to come. They can, indeed, rake in a lot of money in a few years.

Lake Havasu provides detailed information on Lake Havasu, Lake Havaus Spring Break, Lake Havasu City, Lake Havasu Homes and more. Lake Havasu is affiliated with Lakefront Property For Sale.

Original post by Larry and software by Elliott Back

2 km from Dong Muang international airport . . The Bangkok Airport suites is very well situated.

Airport Suites Hotel Bangkok are very close to the city’s international airport and offer rooms that overlook the runways and feature all modern comforts. Airport Suites Hotel Bangkok’s facilities include an in-house sauna and a business center which are also very useful for your work or leisure needs.

Original post by Michael Comglas and software by Elliott Back

The Dong Muang bangkok airport is open now to all domestic traffic in Thailand. Phuket, Chiang Mai, Samui island are the prefered Thailand destination.

Original post by Michael Comglas and software by Elliott Back

Located along the Sea to Sky Highway between prestigious West Vancouver and world-class resort Whistler, the Galleries Condominiums in Squamish are resort condos and luxury commercial properties for sale now!

What many people don’t know is that Squamish is now home to many great presales real estate properties that provide affordable, conveniently located and high-end features and finishes. Include the Squamish Galleries Condominium development at the Garibaldi Springs Golf Resort that is set for occupancy and move in later in the fall of 2007. With an eighteen hole golf course, biking and walking trails, shopping and fine dining restaurants within walking distance from the Galleries Condos in Squamish, these luxury condominium homes are some of the best kept real estate investment secrets in all of British Columbia for that matter. Also, the Galleries Condominiums are also close to Squamish hotels, and some of the world’s leading mountain biking and hiking trails for those outdoor enthusiasts looking for a residence condominium that is close to nature and what they most enjoy. Condominium residences at the Galleries presales real estate development in Garibaldi Springs Golf Resort also provide panoramic vistas of the Tantalus Mountain Range, various open floorplans and functional spaces that will be your home for decades to come.

Contacting the Galleries Homes

If you are looking for the sales representative for the Garibaldi Spring Galleries condominiums and commercial properties, you can visit the Galleries web site located online at http://www.galleriescondos.com/contact.php. For the residential live-work studios and Squamish presales condo properties at Galleries, you can contact Gerry Halstrom at 1.888.324.4653 (toll-free). For any commercial and retail space enquiries at the Squamish Galleries property development, please contact either Guy Kirby or John Pedlow at 604.925.4117 (not toll-free). For those who want to get onto the priority registration list for updates and construction news about the Galleries Garibaldi Springs Squamish condominium properties, please visit and fill out this online form: http://www.galleriescondos.com/regform.php. As you have learned, the Galleries condos in Squamish are part of the new Golf Resort at Garibaldi Springs, and you can learn more about this world-class resort online at their marketing website: http://www.garibaldigolf.com/. For renderings of the condominium suites and live/work studios at Garibaldi Springs Galleries condos in Squamish, BC, you can visit this following link for images: http://www.galleriescondos.com/renderings.htm#. For all downloadable documents on the Galleries Condos web site, you need the Adobe Acrobat reader and the docs include the sales brochure for the Garibaldi Springs residential Galleries presales properties, disclosure statement, amendments, and purchase agreement for home buyers and investors here. The pre-construction Squamish real estate development team includes Chris Block, Partner, at Chandler Architecture and Design, Gerry Halstrom, Associate at Sea to Sky Premier Properties, John Block, Director of Property Management, TiGERi Properties Group, Pat Campbell, Principal of DMG Landscape Architects, Myron Calof President, TiGERI Properties Group, Willow Springs Galleries Condos general contractor and Ada Bonini, Principal of BYU Design for marketing of Squamish Galleries Condominiums.

Three Types of Floorplans

There are different floor plan layouts available for your different needs and requirements when selecting a Garibaldi Springs home at the Galleries Squamish condominium properties. Firstly, there are garden patio flats at Galleries that include private landscaped patios with clay brick bordering as well as landscaping. The Galleries garden patio flats will come in either one or two bedroom layouts and most will also have an addition flex pad for use as a den, theater or home office or even a guest room. All condominium units at the garden patio flats level will have stainless steel and granite features. The Gallery Lofts condominiums in Squamish will be for professionals, artists, retailers and other business oriented homebuyers and investors. There are two floorplan layouts for the Squamish Gallery Lofts residences that include ground floor commercial/retail of about eight hundred square feet with an upper level residence or a Galleries loft studio with five hundred sq ft connected to a two storey residence. Either way, the Gallery Lofts residences at the Garibaldi Springs Golf Resort will come with landscaped patios, large street entrances, French doors (double entry), private stairways and much more. Lastly, the Galleries penthouse suite at the Squamish presales real estate development will feature resort style living with panoramic views of the glaciers and mountain ranges. Click here for the ground floor floorplans: http://www.galleriescondos.com/groundflr.htm. The second level floor plans at the Squamish Galleries condominiums includes: http://www.galleriescondos.com/2ndflr.htm. For the Galleries penthouse floorplans, click here: http://www.galleriescondos.com/3rdflr.htm. For full interior features and common area finishes and amenities at the Squamish Garibaldi Springs Galleries properties, click here: http://www.galleriescondos.com/features.htm.

Select pricing, floorplan availability and specific unit details are located online at the Garibaldi Springs Golf Resort Galleries Squamish web site at http://www.galleriescondos.com/graphics/Price%20Listmay06.pdf. As of April 2007, you can see that there is only one remaining Squamish Galleries penthouse unit left that is on the third floor with one thousand and twenty three square feet and priced at $340,900 (for two bedrooms, two baths and one flex pad). The second floor Galleries Squamish garden level flats and studios include everything from 2L and 2M which are 786 sq ft and $232,500 one bedroom condominium residences to GP J and GP K at 1344 square footage and $368,400 two bedroom Galleries condos. There are also some commercial spaces still available. For financing and bank pre-qualification mortgage help, please contact Paul Hudson at RBC Royal Bank at 604.898.2244 about the Galleries Squamish condos property development for details.

For more Whistler travel, accommodations and Squamish real estate investment opportunities, click here.

Original post by hattrick and software by Elliott Back

Luminato, North America’s newest large-scale, multi-genre arts festival featuring internationally acclaimed artists and programming, will be held in Toronto from June 1–10, 2007, for the first year of this annual celebration of the creative spirit.  

For ten days, Toronto will be overflowing with free public events, ticketed world premieres, original showings and cutting edge performances in theater, classical and contemporary music, dance, visual arts, architecture, design and literature.  

Tickets go on sale to the public on April 16, 2007, will be available at Luminato’s newly designed website at www.luminato.com and through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com).   

For information on program schedules with free events as well as ticketed specials and travel packages visit www.luminato.com.

Original post by spectrvlr and software by Elliott Back

Landscape hotel grounds and thirty five acres of paradise, the Mirvac Resort Hotels presents the Quay West Resort in Bunker Bay Western Australia.

Close to Margaret River area and with villa style boutique five star accommodations, the Bunker Bay Quay West Resort provides a perfect getaway for travelers to Australia. Five star guestrooms and suites, hotel services that are amazing, conference and wedding facility and services, golf and spa vacations and great dining is what makes this Mirvac Margaret River Quay West Resort hotel in Bunker Bay unique and exclusive to those seasoned travelers who want a pristine and exclusive Australia vacation and travel experience. The closest major city to Margaret River is Perth in Western Australia, and the Quay West boutique five star resort hotel and guestroom villas in Bunker Bay provides one of the most picturesque natural settings in the world. Close to the crystal blue waters yet just minutes away from the most famous wine region in Western Australia, five star boutique hotel guests will be spoiled every day while staying at the guest villas Bunker Bay Quay West Hotel guest suites. The Villa apartments guest suites at the Quay West Hotel and boutique accommodations are spacious one and two bedroom guestrooms with high ceilings and great lake and garden views.

Hotel Venues

There are only 150 well appointed five star villa style resort apartments and guests suites available at Quay West Resort Bunker Bay in Margaret River wine region. The Quay West Resort Bunker Bay villa five star hotel suites will also have high speed internet access (some wireless areas) as well as soaker bathroom tubs and television (with DVD and CD players for movies and music). Air conditioning is standard and there are kitchenettes in every villa style apartment at Bunker Bay Quay West Resort Hotel in Margaret River Western Australia. The Bunker Bay Margaret River Quay West Hotel resort villa apartments in Western Australia will provide travel vacations that are meant to be experienced once in a lifetime and other activities that guests may enjoy include tennis, working out in the gym, sundeck and a heated pool. For those who want to take a spa vacation, the Quay West Resort in Bunker Bay Margaret River wine region will provide the most luxurious and top rated Spa called the Spa at Bunker Bay Quay West Resort where you can enjoy a multitude of spa and massage treatments any time.

Introducing the Quay West Resort Bunker Bay’s newest addition, the Spa

Recently launched and opened, hotel guests can now enjoy a day spa within the confines of this magnificent destination hotel at Quay West Bunker Bay in Margaret River’s wine region in Western Australia. From the tranquility and serenity of the Spa at Bunker Bay Quay West Resort, you can enjoy the spacious and luxurious spa environment with the highest end tables, showers, spa baths and service that you will ever encounter at a five star hotel. Travel vacations and spa inspired packages are now offered by the Spa at Bunker Bay Quay West Resort, so visit the web site today for both the spa menu and price list for more information.

Hotel Booking and contact details

For any Margaret River Australia travel holiday or spa vacation, choose the five star Quay West Resort Hotel located in the beautiful Bunker Bay area of Australia. If you are within Australia, you can contact the Bunker Bay five star Quay West Hotel Margaret River resort in Western Australia toll free at 1800 010 449 too. The address of the Bunker Bay Resort at Quay West Hotel in Australia is Bunker Bay Road (off Cape Naturaliste Road) in Bunker Bay, Margaret River Wine Region. For those high-tech individuals and couples, you can book your Margaret River Quay West resort hotel booking in Bunker Bay online at the hotel website located at https://reservations.mirvac.com.au/availability_table.asp?hid=QWRBB&region=14&ad=7/11/2006. You can book your studio villa or two bedroom guestroom suite online at the Quay West Resort hotel web site in Western Australia today. In addition, you can find out the latest weather forecast for the Margaret River wine region/Bunker Bay district online at http://www.mirvachotels.com/hotel_detail_location.asp?hotel=22 where you can also find a map and driving directions to the Quay West Resort Hotel Bunker Bay so you do not get lost on your way there. Using the same web site link, you can look at great images in a photo gallery of the Bunker Bay Quay West Resort Hotel Margaret River in Western Australia for travelers and holiday goers.

Original post by hattrick and software by Elliott Back

Golf its amazing how you can enjoy and relax. The golf driving range at the hotel Chaophya park is open every day from 08am to 22pm. Have a happy golf play

Original post by Michael Comglas and software by Elliott Back

A new low-cost airline based in Wales is expected to be up-and-running by the end of this year. Flyforbeans has been created by the aviation consultancy, Sky Merlin, and will operate Boeing 737-300 jets from Cardiff Airport. The airline hopes to fly to Spain, Italy, France, Germany and eastern Europe, although the exact details have yet to be finalised.

Original post by Andy Pettefer and software by Elliott Back

From the North Shore Guide to the world outside and written by Andrew Renton, contributing writer. This article is published solely to promote tourism and travel to Myanmar.

My tricycle driver stands over his pedals for the uphill climb. Like all Burmese he is as thin as a wisp and I marvel that his lunghi (sarong) doesn’t catch in the chain. He constantly fingers the huge silver bell to flaunt his luck. He has snagged a foreigner and, for now, all is well in his world.

I arrive on the afternoon ferry from Mandalay, just as the sun is setting over the receeding banks of the Irawaddy River. There is no dock. I teeter along a narrow gangplank into the hands of frenzied touts pushing everything from guides to guesthouses.

The May Kha Lar Guesthouse offers rooms which are simple but immaculate. For $10 CDN a night I have aircon, satellite TV, private bath and a “two-egg” breakfast served on the upper balcony. I also have the invaluable services of Miss Cho.

“You will need a bicycle or a horse cart, unless of course you plan to visit the temples by foot?” She exudes a no-nonsense charm that commands respect from locals and guests alike.

Two thousand temples and stupas cover an area of 80 square kilometres. Another 2,000 lie in ruins, the victims of time and looters. Many date back 1,000 years to when Bagan was the capital of Myanmar was in transition from Hinduism to Theravada Buddhism.

King Anawrahta ascended the Burmese throne in 1044. He began a lavish building programme which was continued by his heirs for another 250 years. In 1287, Kublai Khan’s marauding Mongols overran the city.

According to Marco Polo: “The king caused these towers to be erected to commemorate his magnificence and for the good of his soul. They form one of the finest sights in the world.” They still do!

Since my last visit in 1987, Nyaung U has become the new base for budget tourists. The government forcibly moved residents of Old Bagan to a field several kilometres away, flattening and removing any sign of past habitation. Doubtless a political move carried out just prior to the fruitless 1990 election of Aung San Suu Kyi still under house arrest in Yangon.

9 a.m. My driver is waiting. I prop myself up on a floral mattress and we clip clop along dusty lanes. We pass a peanut plantation. A man perches precariously at the apex of a tripod built from three bamboo poles bound at the nexk by strands of rattan. He shakes peanuts from freshly harvested plants onto a sheet of gunnysack.

Tin speaks good English. He and his wife Kin Kin support an extended family of 13. They all share a palm-thatched bamboo hut. She leaves for the market at 5 a.m. to sell Shan noodle soup to early risers.

Tin rents the horse cart (which turns out to be an authentic pony and trap) on a daily basis from the owner. He urges it on with a series of gentle clicks and grunts, rarely using the long-tailed whip. He gives ma brief history of each temple of Myanmar before sending me off to inspect. Not bad service for around $10 CDN a day.

In 1975 a major earthquake shook the area. UNESCO funding saved the day and restored the Anada Pahto, the oldest of the great temples of Myanmar. It houses a 30 foot Buddha hewn from a single teak log. Restoration continues on many others.

WE putter from one extraordinary monument to the next, dodging coachloads of French tourists and German cyclists. The spire of the Mahabodhi Paya is shaped like a pyramid, each face dotted with tiny niches holding hundreds of seated Buddhas.

Inside the dark passages of the Pahtothamya, I pay a toothless old lady to show me murals dating back from 1084.

Sunset is breathtaking. The sky turns from deep gold to darkening shades of pink. Temples slowly evaporate into the haze of the night. The street is suddenly alive with people and flickering BBQs. Hawkers prepare quail eggs, skewers of meat and deliciously crisp crepes brimming with onions and tomatoes.

Miss Cho demands a blow-by-blow account of the day. “Did Tin show you this templae and that stupa?” “Where did he take you at sunset?” “Tomorrow will be better. I will tell him to take you further. They are lazy you know!”

”You are lucky. Tonight there is a puppet show at The Myayadana Restaurant. I will arrange a tricycle for you. Later he will take you to a Pwe in the next village.” Burmese love street theatre and an opportunity to watch transvestite actors strut their stuff.

In this extraordinary corner of an outrageously beautiful, if tarnished, country, I feel a warm glow of contentment. I am in the capable hands of Miss Cho. Myanmar is surely the most fascinating country in South East Asia despite a despotic government. Golden stupas gleam from every hilltop. The one-legged rowers of Inle Lake are unique. Festivals happen around every corner. Smiles are contagious.

When weighing your decision to visit, remember that many, like Miss Cho and Tin, rely on tourism to buy food and medication for their families.

If you go to Myanmar:

Getting there: Most Canadians will fly to Bangkok then take a one hour flight ($100 CDN) on Bangkok Airways to Yangon.
Visas to Myanmar: Necessary for all travellers
Myanmar Embassy: 902/903 – 85, Range Road, Ottawa ON KIN; telephone 816.613.232.6446 or email meott@magma.ca or the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok for same day service. Take three passport photos.
Getting Around: car and driver (around $40 CAD per day). Rickshaw. Bus. Pickup truck. Shared taxi. Plane or train (wonderful though ancient and unreliable).
Safety: Myanmar is as safe as it gets. Don’t talk politics. You can get people (and yourself) in trouble.
When to go: November to May is the dry season and less humid.
Money: Take clean US dollar bills.

From the North Shore Guide to the world outside and written by Andrew Renton, contributing writer. This article is published solely to promote tourism and travel to Myanmar.

My tricycle driver stands over his pedals for the uphill climb. Like all Burmese he is as thin as a wisp and I marvel that his lunghi (sarong) doesn’t catch in the chain. He constantly fingers the huge silver bell to flaunt his luck. He has snagged a foreigner and, for now, all is well in his world.

I arrive on the afternoon ferry from Mandalay, just as the sun is setting over the receeding banks of the Irawaddy River. There is no dock. I teeter along a narrow gangplank into the hands of frenzied touts pushing everything from guides to guesthouses.

The May Kha Lar Guesthouse offers rooms which are simple but immaculate. For $10 CDN a night I have aircon, satellite TV, private bath and a “two-egg” breakfast served on the upper balcony. I also have the invaluable services of Miss Cho.

“You will need a bicycle or a horse cart, unless of course you plan to visit the temples by foot?” She exudes a no-nonsense charm that commands respect from locals and guests alike.

Two thousand temples and stupas cover an area of 80 square kilometres. Another 2,000 lie in ruins, the victims of time and looters. Many date back 1,000 years to when Bagan was the capital of Myanmar was in transition from Hinduism to Theravada Buddhism.

King Anawrahta ascended the Burmese throne in 1044. He began a lavish building programme which was continued by his heirs for another 250 years. In 1287, Kublai Khan’s marauding Mongols overran the city.

According to Marco Polo: “The king caused these towers to be erected to commemorate his magnificence and for the good of his soul. They form one of the finest sights in the world.” They still do!

Since my last visit in 1987, Nyaung U has become the new base for budget tourists. The government forcibly moved residents of Old Bagan to a field several kilometres away, flattening and removing any sign of past habitation. Doubtless a political move carried out just prior to the fruitless 1990 election of Aung San Suu Kyi still under house arrest in Yangon.

9 a.m. My driver is waiting. I prop myself up on a floral mattress and we clip clop along dusty lanes. We pass a peanut plantation. A man perches precariously at the apex of a tripod built from three bamboo poles bound at the nexk by strands of rattan. He shakes peanuts from freshly harvested plants onto a sheet of gunnysack.

Tin speaks good English. He and his wife Kin Kin support an extended family of 13. They all share a palm-thatched bamboo hut. She leaves for the market at 5 a.m. to sell Shan noodle soup to early risers.

Tin rents the horse cart (which turns out to be an authentic pony and trap) on a daily basis from the owner. He urges it on with a series of gentle clicks and grunts, rarely using the long-tailed whip. He gives ma brief history of each temple of Myanmar before sending me off to inspect. Not bad service for around $10 CDN a day.

In 1975 a major earthquake shook the area. UNESCO funding saved the day and restored the Anada Pahto, the oldest of the great temples of Myanmar. It houses a 30 foot Buddha hewn from a single teak log. Restoration continues on many others.

WE putter from one extraordinary monument to the next, dodging coachloads of French tourists and German cyclists. The spire of the Mahabodhi Paya is shaped like a pyramid, each face dotted with tiny niches holding hundreds of seated Buddhas.

Inside the dark passages of the Pahtothamya, I pay a toothless old lady to show me murals dating back from 1084.

Sunset is breathtaking. The sky turns from deep gold to darkening shades of pink. Temples slowly evaporate into the haze of the night. The street is suddenly alive with people and flickering BBQs. Hawkers prepare quail eggs, skewers of meat and deliciously crisp crepes brimming with onions and tomatoes.

Miss Cho demands a blow-by-blow account of the day. “Did Tin show you this templae and that stupa?” “Where did he take you at sunset?” “Tomorrow will be better. I will tell him to take you further. They are lazy you know!”

”You are lucky. Tonight there is a puppet show at The Myayadana Restaurant. I will arrange a tricycle for you. Later he will take you to a Pwe in the next village.” Burmese love street theatre and an opportunity to watch transvestite actors strut their stuff.

In this extraordinary corner of an outrageously beautiful, if tarnished, country, I feel a warm glow of contentment. I am in the capable hands of Miss Cho. Myanmar is surely the most fascinating country in South East Asia despite a despotic government. Golden stupas gleam from every hilltop. The one-legged rowers of Inle Lake are unique. Festivals happen around every corner. Smiles are contagious.

When weighing your decision to visit, remember that many, like Miss Cho and Tin, rely on tourism to buy food and medication for their families.

If you go to Myanmar:

Getting there: Most Canadians will fly to Bangkok then take a one hour flight ($100 CDN) on Bangkok Airways to Yangon.
Visas to Myanmar: Necessary for all travellers
Myanmar Embassy: 902/903 – 85, Range Road, Ottawa ON KIN; telephone 816.613.232.6446 or email meott@magma.ca or the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok for same day service. Take three passport photos.
Getting Around: car and driver (around $40 CAD per day). Rickshaw. Bus. Pickup truck. Shared taxi. Plane or train (wonderful though ancient and unreliable).
Safety: Myanmar is as safe as it gets. Don’t talk politics. You can get people (and yourself) in trouble.
When to go: November to May is the dry season and less humid.
Money: Take clean US dollar bills.

Original post by hattrick and software by Elliott Back