www.estesparkcentral.com offers luxury Estes Park Home Rental with spectacular views near YMCA and downtown Estes Park. Visit online to see many options for condominium, home, and vacation experiences in Colorado.
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As seen in the NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL and SUNSET magazine. Now available as a vacation rental! Kaweah Falls is a modern rustic retreat-home tucked away at the base of the Sequoia National Park in central California (3..5 hours north of LA, 4.5 hours south of SF.) Architect Frank Robert was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Entrance to Sequoia park is just 2 miles away. Whitewater rafting/Kayaking season (May-July). WI-FI on the property to check email (Facebook) while fishing for trout. For more info: www.vrbo.com/356340
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Preview of Saraphilo’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/saraphilo/2/1251581626/tpod.html
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Entry from: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Entry Title: “Kruger National Park, Home of the Big 5″
Entry:
“We’ve seen it on National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and many other documentary, the place where animals roam freely in the park, disregard of the human staring at them… this is Kruger National Park. Kruger is about 500km from Johannesburg (Joburg) so we started our journey at about 6am. With the help of my GPS, we quickly find our way onto the highway. The road was unbelievably straight, you can see at least 10km of straight road in front of you. Everyone were driving at least 140km/h and along the way you’ll see a lot of people trying to hitchhike. There were a lot of tolls along the way, expect to pay about R100 one way on toll. We stopped by a petrol station for lunch.
After lunch we quickly rush towards Kruger. Along the way, my GPS led me into a small village whereby there were hardly any car driving by and everyone staring at us as if we’re aliens from mars. We were so afraid that they might stop us and rob us… curse the GPS and never over rely on it. After a few quick turn, we finally left the village and reached the Numbi gate at 2pm. We paid our daily R140 conservation fee (R70 per pax, you need to pay park fees, called conservation fees here, for each day that you stay in the park) to get into the park. I’ve been to Pilanesburg so I’m setting my expectation right. sarah was so excited… being able to see roaming wild animals… priceless. When you go to any of the national park, check out my Park Rules 101 and my Park Survival 101.
Park Rules 101:
1. NEVER EVER get out of the car unless the signboard says so as hungry animals like easy prey like you. Your flesh is not good for animal health.
2. Park speed limit is 50kmph on tar road and 40kmph on gravel road. Speeding will result in hefty fine, hole in your pocket and tears from your eyes.
3. If you’re not staying overnight in the park, observe park closing time and get out of the park before that, else even heavier fine awaits you.
4. Don’t ever feed the animal. Your food is not good for their health. Animals will get lazy and rely on human to feed them.
5. Don’t litter. There’s no one to go around the park to pick up your rubbish. No one wants your junk to end up in some animal’s stomach.
6. Hyena roam the camp perimeter at night, attempt to feed them will mostly end up with them chewing on your arm as well. Fyi, hyena rank 2nd in bite force after crocs so don’t mess with them.
7. Give way to animal when they are crossing the road, be a gentleman, they are the 1st class citizen in KNP.
KNP Survival 101:
1. Self-drive safari is the most affordable way of going about safari. Map (available at the entrance) and useful safari guide (teach you how to differentiate water buck, red buck and the rest of the buck family) is essential. Biggest advantage of self-drive safari is the flexibility, you decide when and where you wanna go, and it costs less than a guided safari.
2. You’re allowed to drive a rental car into the park. Most rental companies allow you to do that, but to be sure, reconfirm with the car rental company. Rent a car with aircon, even in winter! Else you’ll be driving an oven around the park.
3. Bring your own cooking utensils and dish washing liquid. There are restaurants at the camp but it won’t be cheap. Most economical way is to cook your own food. All camps have electric stove and hot water.
4. Bring your own sunblock else you’ll get toasted by the sun, even in winter and spring. It may be dead cold in Cape Town while KNP will be blazing hot.
5. Plan your trip, KNP is freaking big. Do not attempt to cover too great a distance cause KNP is a massive tract of land and you might end up spending too much time traveling. What I did was to calculate the distance from the map and …”
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Photos from this trip:
1. “Kruger National Park”
2. “Most common animals in KPN are impalas”
3. “Giraffe”
4. “Blue wildebeest”
5. “Animal crossing”
6. “Male lion in the bush”
7. “Beautiful African Lion King in sunset”
8. “Giraffe enjoying his dinner”
9. “Pretoriuskop rest camp ceiling view”
10. “Day 2 - Sunrise at KNP”
11. “Breakfast time”
12. “Cheetah”
13. “Female cheetah in action”
14. “Rubbing cheeks against the tree to mark territory”
15. “Here I come”
16. “The hut we stayed in Pretoriuskop rest camp”
17. “Pretoriuskop rest camp”
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Super Stock drag racing’s John Hennessay is the President of Netstar, the parent company of Johnny Park Parking and Shuttles, Deluxe Rent-A-Car and Johnny Cars and as such is overseeing an operation that uses “False Advertisement and Deceptive Trade Practices to defraud consumers.
They have been charging between 13%-27% in False ACRF, Airport, misc, and un-named additional taxes or fees.
Located near LAX in Los Angeles the reach of their fraud has affected people worldwide using the far reach of the internet and the intimate relationship with #1 internet car rental booking agency - carrentals.com . Their fraud includes forgery, auto registration fraud, false advertisment and ACRF (Airport Concession Recovery Fee) fraud.
Many internet blogs lay claims to insurance fraud, failure to return deposits, false claims of damage…. and the list goes on.
Together these companies work in conjunction with carrentals.com to advertise the unfairly low prices, subsidized by the fraudulently obtained ACRF fees, on the internet. Deluxe uses sister company “Johnny Park’s” shuttles to bypass the restriction on access to the LAX Airport. They then use Johnny Parks unregistered cars to rent to unsuspecting consumers who risk police harrassment. Offset by the low ad pricing with the illegally charged and pocketed ACRF fee. This is intentionally marketed to foreign and interstate travelers thus creating a strategic target of victims with limited recourse.
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THEY HAVE COMMITED FRAUD, FORJURY, FALSE ADVERTISEMENT, DECEPTIVE and UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES, INTERSTATE WIRE FRAUD
They have shown shameless disregard of the law by continuing these behaviors, renaming the charges, dispite the light being brought to the activities.
JUST LAST MONTH -
They mass e-mailed advertisement to their customers stating that due to a special agreement with the LAWA that they no longer are charging the ACRF Fee like their competition and they are passing the savings to their customers.
THIS IS A COMPLETE SHAMELESS LIE…. LAWA representatives confirm that they are exploiting a loophole to gain access to the airport grounds and have never had any agreement with the LAWA. The charging of this fee is illegal under deceptive and unfair business practices, the collection of this fee reserved only for the LAWA violates Business and Professions Codes. This also make them guilty of unfair business practices against the other companies that “MUST” pay the 10% ACRF fees.
Corporate Research indicates $3-5 million in sales this means 13-27% of this is fraudulent.
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Super Stock drag racing’s John Hennessay is the President of Netstar, the parent company of Johnny Park Parking and Shuttles, Deluxe Rent-A-Car and Johnny Cars and as such is overseeing an operation that uses “False Advertisement and Deceptive Trade Practices to defraud LAX Airport consumers.
They have been charging between 13%-27% in False ACRF, Airport, misc, and un-named additional taxes or fees.
Located near LAX in Los Angeles the reach of their fraud has affected people worldwide using the far reach of the internet and the intimate relationship with #1 internet car rental booking agency - carrentals.com . Their fraud includes forgery, auto registration fraud, false advertisment and ACRF (Airport Concession Recovery Fee) fraud.
Many internet blogs lay claims to insurance fraud, failure to return deposits, false claims of damage…. and the list goes on.
Together these companies work in conjunction with carrentals.com to advertise the unfairly low prices, subsidized by the fraudulently obtained ACRF fees, on the internet. Deluxe uses sister company “Johnny Park’s” shuttles to bypass the restriction on access to the LAX Airport. They then use Johnny cars sometimes unregistered cars to rent to unsuspecting consumers who risk police harrassment.
Falsely advertised low ad pricing offset by the with the illegally charged and pocketed ACRF fee. This conspiracy to defraud is intentionally marketed to foreign and interstate travelers thus creating a strategic target of victims with limited recourse.
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THEY HAVE COMMITED FRAUD, FORJURY, FALSE ADVERTISEMENT, DECEPTIVE and UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES, INTERSTATE WIRE FRAUD
They have shown shameless disregard of the law by continuing these behaviors, renaming the charges, dispite the light being brought to the activities.
JUST LAST MONTH -
They mass e-mailed advertisement to their customers stating that due to a special agreement with the LAWA that they no longer are charging the ACRF Fee like their competition and they are passing the savings to their customers.
THIS IS A COMPLETE SHAMELESS LIE…. LAWA representatives confirm that they are exploiting a loophole to gain access to the airport grounds and have never had any agreement with the LAWA. The charging of this fee is illegal under deceptive and unfair business practices, the collection of this fee reserved only for the LAWA violates Business and Professions Codes. This also make them guilty of unfair business practices against the other companies that “MUST” pay the 10% ACRF fees.
Corporate Research indicates $3-5 million in sales this means 13-27% of this is fraudulent.
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Deluxe Rent A Car has a history of abusing rental car companies and the Los Angeles World Airport. They have been charging ACRF taxes of which they do not pay. Notice they use the Johnny Park shuttles to bypass regulations and yet they collect the fees they do not pay. They are currently overcharging buy 22x the legal amount they can charge. They also charge a California Tourism Tax and yet the Department of Tourism doesn’t even know who they are. They charge insurance and the dept of tourism says their license expired in 2007. They hide behind the corporate sheilds of their three companies Johnny Park, Johnny Cars, and Netstar. Research any company you are not familiar with before you become a victim.
more info at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/44203960/Deluxe-2010-VLF-Fraud-Press-Release-Supporting-Docs
http://www.youtube.com/deluxerentacar
http://www.deluxerentacar.info/
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Stay with us in our 6 level, 3 Bedroom, 2 bath Lapas Nest Treehouse in Southern Costa Rica near Corcovado National Park, High up in the rainforest. The “Lapas Nest” Treehouse sleeps 6 comfortably in screened in & comfy bedrooms. 360* views of the Rainforest, Corcovado National Park and The Pacific Ocean on both sides. 3 types of monkeys pass thru and around our treehouse, as well as Lapas, parrots, toucans, hawks. Truly a bird & animal watchers dream 50′ up in the canopy! Built with recycled, sustainable lumber and materials, Lapas Nest Treehouse rentals is a statement of sustainability . Enjoy hiking and exploring in our 120 acre nature reserve with spring fed pool. Help us support local education programs in rural Costa Rica. visit us at www.treehousecostarica.com . Thanks for watchin our video and hpoe to see you on The Osa Peninsula Costa Rica in our Lapas Nest Treehouse in Rainforest. 508-714-0622. Weekly Rentals start at $1200 (Sept - Nov 2010.)
A great eco lodge alternative to staying at osa pennsula eco resorts near Corcovado National Park, and close to Puerto Jimenez tours on The Osa Peninsula Costa Rica. Email us as well in case we do not get your jungle message via monkey coconut telegram. info@treehouseincostarica.com.
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