The 10 Best Watery Hotels of the World

1. CONRAD MALDIVES RANGALI ISLAND RESORT, Maldives

2. BANYAN TREE PHUKET, Phuket

This internationally acclaimed hotel in Phuket is bordered by the Andaman Sea. Surrounded by water, guests can enjoy the sounds of the flowing lagoon and tropical five star living with their own private pool surrounded by coconut trees.

3. ATLANTIS THE PALM, Dubai

This five star resort is located on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah, the manmade, palm-tree-shaped island just off the Jumeirah coast. The resort is a good choice for travellers seeking an action-packed aqua holiday, as it's home to an Aquaventure Waterpark, Dolphin Bay, The Lost Chambers marine viewing site and a dive centre for travellers looking to take part in scuba lessons and excursions. The Lost Chambers Suites also offer guests underwater views of the Ambassador Lagoon from both the bedroom and bathroom.

4. MANDALAY BAY RESORT, Las Vegas

The Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas has been described as an 'oceanic island paradise', despite being located in the middle of the Nevada desert. The four star resort is built on eleven acres of beach environment, and is home to three pools, a river, an adults-only pool, a 1.6-million gallon wave pool with a sand-and-surf beach, and an onsite shark reef aquarium. The property's main 'beach' area also doubles up as an outdoor concert environment with a massive stage extending out of the wave pool.

5. THE PALACE OF THE LOST CITY, South Africa

Travellers looking for an action-packed water adventure holiday need not look any further than The Palace of the Lost City, Sun City's five star flagship hotel. Set amid twenty-five hectares of botanical jungle, guests are surrounded by an array of water features including winding cascades and waterfalls, lakes, lagoons, wave pools and water adventure rides.

6. ATLANTIS ROYAL TOWERS, Bahamas

The four star Atlantis Royal Towers is located on Paradise Island in the Bahamas and occupies 171 acres of the island. The resort has been designed around the mythical theme of the Lost Continent of Atlantis, and the $15 million marina features its own village as well as the Caribbean's largest casino. As far as activities go, guests can opt to swim with the dolphins or sea lions or ride on a water slide through shark-infested waters.

7. LE MERIDIEN BORA BORA, French Polynesia

Guests will be in paradise at the Le Meridien, located on the famous tropical island in the world - Bora Bora. The four star resort is made up of ninety-nine tropically themed bungalows, and you can see the marine life through the glass bottomed floor of the over-water ones. Guests also have access to traditional Polynesian outrigger canoes, jet skiing, sailing, shark feeding and scuba diving.

8. MARINA BAY SANDS HOTEL, Singapore

For a water experience of a different kind travellers should book a stay at the five star Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore. This hotel has been described as an 'awe-inspiring structural masterpiece' thanks to the 'Sky Park', which is an oversized infinity-edge pool that spans the top of all three hotel towers and extends 65 metres beyond, with views of Mandalay Bay and the sea.

9. GRAND BAY HOTEL ISLA NAVIDAD, Mexico

The Grand Bay Hotel in Isla Navidad on the Pacific Coast has panoramic views of the ocean, lagoons and mountains . This four and a half star hotel is built in a sheltered cove on Manzanillo's Isla Navidad, and boasts a private yacht marina and beach. Deep sea diving and the 27 round golf course are highlights.

10. GRAND BAY HOTEL ISLA NAVIDAD, Mexico

Navidad on the Pacific Coast has panoramic views of the ocean, lagoons and mountains . This four and a half star hotel is built in a sheltered cove on Manzanillo's Isla Navidad, and boasts a private yacht marina and beach. Deep sea diving and the 27 round golf course are highlights.

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-Strider-

Showdown 2011 Final - Personal Review: Bounce Stepperz

Hye Readers,

Bounce Stepperz (BOS) are the underdog crew in this competition..They start shaky when they happen to be in battle rounds earlier in this competition. After a few week and people are start to noticing what they have to offer and from there they never fell into the bottom 4 until toward the top 6 Live Show

BOS really bring something new in dance world by entertain us with new element which is called Street Traditional. Every steps of their routine they will put some traditional and mixed it with common element that we see in the dance world.

At the Top 4 Live show Showdown reveal us with the current standing and im quite shock when see that they are at the 2^nd best of the vote until that night..hehehe..Although there were some argument about the decision but I personally think they deserved to be where they are.

Maybe some of us forget that the task that they are carrying by bringing the new element is hard. It’s take time for people to accept anything new in life..so were their element.. Anyway I fell proud about them and still think what ever happen they already succeed in their task.

For the fans you might know and aware about their performance but for the neutrals I would like to show you some a video clips and you can see it for yourselfwhat are they offering to the Malaysian dancing industry

After watching that kind of performance you will notice that they worth the vote..They Fans are not so big like other finalist in this competition but their spirit to bring traditional into the other level..Some might question that traditional is not supposed to mix with the modern but if thru this mixing we can attract younger generation to learn traditional dance why not we support them?

All the best to Bounce Stepperz and I hope they will get more vote from others especially from people who don’t notice what they are about to offer in dancing industry..till my next entry

Regards,

-Strider-

Showdown 2011- Personal Review HMC PHLOW

Hye Readers,

We are entering the final stage of Showdown 2011 and we will know the winner of showdown 2011 soon..One of the finalist of this season is HMC Phlow which is one of the favorite crew to win this competition..

Leading by Farouk and Fuzz, Fareez, Epul, Angah as the team member, they been the most entertaining crew to watch in this year showdown..Their performance never failed to entertain me and I think most of the fan.

Although this year they were shadowed by ECX, they never take things lightly when it’s come to performance and it can be watched week in and week out throughout this campaign. Although they won the best performance just one they spirit to win this competition is still high.

HMC also got all the experience they need from last year competition. For the fans I don’t think I need to remind you how good they are but for the neutral HMC is the one crew u got too keep eye on. They have all the talent and im sure after looking at this video you will feel like it’s worth to vote for them.

  

Actually the particular I pick this video because its influence me in some way. Frankly I almost forgot about that song but now when I hear the song HMC routine keeps playing on my mind..lol…But I think if you search on the youtube you can fine more of HMC there..

I observed the Showdown Fan pages and I have to praise HMC fans too..They keep mind their own business without condemned others and I kindda like that attitude..(unless i missed something..i dont sit there 24/7). Personally I think not winning best performance is making they are less pressure than others.

So what are you waiting for??they are good..talented..creative..funny.. crew to watch..keep on voting and to the fans keep others know about this crew..I think if they win this competition they will be no argument about that..Till my next entry…

HMC PHLOWWW~~~~~~

Regards,

-Strider-

Where Did This Name Came From?? -Info-

There are many companies / brands / products whose names were derived from strange circumstances/things/happenings.

Mercedes 
This was actually the financier's daughter's name.

Adobe 
This came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock.

Apple Computers 
It was the favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 O'clock that evening.

CISCO 
It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco .

Compaq 
This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small integral object.

Corel 
The name was derived from the founder's name Dr. Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland REsearchLaboratory.

Google 
The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol', a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After founders- Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google' ...thus the name.

Hotmail 
Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters "html" - the programming language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing.

Hewlett Packard 
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.

Intel 
Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company ' Moore Noyce'but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.

Lotus (Notes) 
Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from 'The Lotus Position' or 'Padmasana'. Kapoor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Microsoft 
Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was removed later on.

Motorola 
Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.

ORACLE 
Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a consulting project for the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). The code name for the project was called Oracle (the CIA saw this as the system to give answers to all questions or something such). The project was designed to help use the newly written SQL code by IBM. The project eventually was terminated but Larry and Bob decided to finish what they started and bring it to the world. They kept the name Oracle and created the RDBMS engine. Later they kept the same name for the company.

Sony 
It originated from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.

SUN 
Founded by 4 Stanford University buddies, SUN is the acronym for Stanford University Network. Andreas Bechtolsheim built a microcomputer; Vinod Khosla recruited him and Scott McNealy to manufacture computers based on it, and Bill Joy to develop a UNIX-based OS for the computer.

Yahoo!
The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book 'Gulliver's Travels'. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos. 

Regards,

Strider-N

Some People Stopped Ageing, 20 Years Ago!

Hye Readers,

Fountain of youth, or age-less vampires here to live for eternity? I’ll let you decide. Whatever the case, in the last 20 years these people haven’t aged at all.

Regards,

Strider-N