The wife and I were headed to Belize but the flight filled up. So off to Costa Rica we went with little time to plan. Thanks to those on the pipe who have posted ideas in the past. This was a short trip. Arrived late Friday night and left early Monday morning.
Details:
Flew into Liberia
Travel Destinations in Costa Rica (Good info on beaches near Liberia)
Destination: Playa Grande (Big Beach) this is right next to Tamarindo but much less crowded. The two beaches are separated but a large estuary. Playa Grande is …

Well if this isn’t the most exciting topic of the week. We travel for work and we travel a lot for pleasure. One of the challenges we face when on vacation is washing our clothes. Purex has now come out with a great all-in-one product. They are called, Purex 3-in-1 Laundry sheets. In the past I have taken the Tide Travel packs with me. With the Purex product you get everything. They are easy to store, lightweight, and not terribly expensive. Much better than paying for detergent at the laundry …

The folks over at airlinepilotcentral.com have created a new site dedicated to aviation related applications for the iPhone. The site is called Airline Pilot Apps. When you get a chance head over there and give it a read. http://airlinepilotapps.com/ The site is very new and I don’t think it has been officially launched yet. Look for more great things in the future.

REPORTING POINT 06/09
HEALTH NEWS
“Live healthy…Live well”
by Larry Kline

Past issues of “Health News” are available at http://health.theballfamily.org. It includes a search engine; just enter a key word to find past articles. LK

BLACK TEA MAY HELP PREVENT PARKINSON’S DISEASE – according to a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology that followed more than 63,000 middle-aged and older people for seven years, those who drank the most black tea (averaging 23 cups a month, which works out to about 6 ounces a day) had a dramatically reduced risk of Parkinson’s …

If you are on this site chances are you are “geeky” enough to own a laptop. While I love my iPhone I still am on the Internet too much to go without a laptop. Well this week my hard drive died. Caput, say good night, see you later, and I am never coming back! Usually that would mean I couldn’t use my computer until I got back home to replace the drive and restore from my backups. You do back up your data don’t you???
Anyway, you can now run the …