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VPG-DVD-104 - NEW YORK New York is capital city of the American Dream, with its population drawn from each corner of the world. The Empire State Building is a symbol of the glamour and fascination of this frenetic city, yet the Chrysler building is just as imposing, its unusual tower being decorated with car motifs such as bonnets, hub caps and car wheels of the 1930's. Wall Street derived its name from a wall which had been erected to protect the emerging town from attack by Native American Indians and now most of the city is an open powerhouse of ceaseless activity with a constant mêlée of car horns, sirens, and screeching tyres. Greenwich Village is one of the few areas of the city that has no clearly-defined symmetry. Attractive steps grace many of its 19th century houses of red brick and brown sandstone and, until the 1960's, many important artists and authors lived there, such as Edgar Allen Poe and Henry James. Little Italy, Chinatown, The Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, Ellis Island, The Statue of Liberty, Broadway, Times Square...each has its own colourful stories to tell amid the fantastic man-made Manhattan glass horizons: the skyscrapers which shamelessly reach up to the heavens and exclaim that New York is most assuredly the commercial capital of the universe.
Vista Point NEW YORK
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Added: 210 days ago
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VPG-DVD-176 - JAMAICA Montego Bay is Jamaica's second largest city that, at the end of the 18th century, was one of the most important harbours for the island's sugar industry. The lively city centre is a mixture of both old and new with modern concrete houses located next to simple wooden huts and congested streets with numerous small shops and street traders. Close to Falmouth there's the excitement of Martha Brae River Rafting which is an excellent way to explore this tropical paradise in which dense tropical rain forest shows off all its spectacular colours. It was here on the north coast that Christopher Columbus landed in1502 and where the Spanish were defeated by the British in a bloody battle for sovereign control of the island. Dunn`s River Falls is the name of a waterfall near to Ochos Rios, one of the island's most well known natural attractions. In swimming attire, more than a million annual visitors attempt to climb through spraying torrents of water whilst linking hands in a human chain. In foaming cascades, the water plunges 200 metres down toward the sea over step-shaped limestone blocks and across an overgrown landscape of ferns and plants. Harmony Hall, a Victorian building that is a reminder of British colonial rule, is the name of an immaculate manor house located on a turn of the century plantation. Today it contains a handicraft centre and also a gallery that displays the works of indigenous artists. James Bond Beach is the name of the former winter retreat of the English author, Ian Fleming, who created British secret agent, James Bond. The famous author wrote most of his fourteen 007 novels on the small island of Golden Eye, of which five were set in Jamaica. Expansive fields of coconut palms dominate the Sun Valley Plantation which continues a tradition that dates back 250 years. In addition to bananas, citrus fruits, papayas, melons and apples, various spices are also cultivated on the plantation. World famous for their coffee beans, the Blue Mountains represent breathtaking primeval nature with a hint of adventure, a further experience in this sun-scorched island.
Vista Point JAMAICA
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Added: 210 days ago
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Runtime: 1m34s
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VPG-DVD-142 - ISTANBUL Istanbul is the golden gateway to the Orient, a city that was once the centre of the Old World and still reflects two and a half centuries of history. Today this turbulent metropolis on the Bosporus is Europe's connection with Asia Minor. Today this link between Europe and Asia has more than fifteen million inhabitants and is not only Turkey's largest city but is also a melting pot of various cultures. Once a Greek colony, Roman Imperial City and capital of the Osman Empire, Istanbul is full of colourful and dramatic history. The European-style city district on the northern side of the Golden Horn was founded as a trading colony by Genoese traders in 1261. In subsequent centuries the Europeans dominated the appearance and character of this area whose buildings and main street indicate the city's splendid past. The Yerebatan Cistern once provided Constantinople with its water supply. Emperor Justinian had this subterranean reservoir built and it holds eighty thousand cubic metres of water. A forest of more than three hundred decorated stone columns support the ceiling and it once served as a backdrop for a James Bond film. A mighty gate is the entrance to the splendid world of the Turkish sultans, Topkapi, the former centre of power of the Osman Empire. It's like a small town with many exquisite buildings and wonderful parks. Leonardo Da Vinci's vision of a bridge across the Bosporus was for many years only a dream but four hundred and seventy years later the dream became reality. At a height of sixty-four metres two city districts have been united in addition to two continents and the contrasting lifestyles of two completely different worlds. Istanbul is a melting pot of culture and religion with a captivating allure and an irresistible atmosphere of mystique.
Vista Point ISTANBUL Turkey
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Added: 210 days ago
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VPG-DVD-164 - CARIBBEAN ISLANDS Haiti is the starting point of this journey in the Caribbean. Since the time of Columbus it has been the European idyll of paradise set amid a distant ocean. But beyond the dream is the fact that its original inhabitants were wiped out and replaced with African slaves. Now independent states have gradually emerged from the dark shadows of an inglorious past. They inhabit a tropical world, an exotic Caribbean island that consists of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The Arawak Indians named the island, Hayti, Land Of Mountains, and later Columbus changed the name to Hispanola. Wonderful beaches and golden sand, tropical rainforests that reach almost to the sea and crystal clear turquoise water - a perfect place to relax in one of the most beautiful regions in the world. Jamaica is another Caribbean paradise and its second largest city, Montego Bay, is the starting point for tourists from all over the world. Harmony Hall is the name of an immaculate manor house situated on a turn of the century plantation, and James Bond Beach was once the winter retreat of English author, Ian Fleming. Kingston is the capital of Jamaica and the island's political, economic and cultural centre, a former pirate stronghold that is a lively mixture of joie de vivre and reggae. Nassau is the capital of New Providence Island and is only one of more than seven hundred islands in the Bahaman archipelago. It is visited by huge cruise liners that can seen from everywhere as they overshadow the city's buildings and on each side of its tranquil streets the city's pastel coloured houses look like something from a confectioner's shop. Next, Havana, the Caribbean metropolis that for many years has become somewhat run down and neglected. But nowhere else are the cocktails mixed better! Finally, Trinidad, where time seems most definitely to have stood still! Cuba and the Caribbean, a melting pot of colonial culture and an overgrown and abundant Garden of Eden.
Vista Point CARIBBEAN...
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Added: 210 days ago
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Runtime: 1m12s
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WTF-DVD-ERIE - "The Erie Canal"... a ditch that opened the nation!    Filmed and produced by Fran & Brooke Reidelberger  Scripted and narrated by Fran Reidelberger   Thomas Jefferson called plans to build it "little short of madness".  James Madison said it was "impractical at best".            "It" is the Erie Canal in New York State: An engineering marvel in 1825, an economic juggernaut throughout the 19th Century, an increasingly popular recreational delight today. In this all new digital video production, filmmakers Fran and Brooke Reidelberger travel the canal system from Albany to Buffalo, sailing in the wake of history, enjoying the tranquil beauty, attending the festivals, visiting the old canal towns, and wondering what our country would be like if the canal had never been built.  Aboard "Chicane", a 65 foot power boat, you will experience the canal and:·  Take a whirlwind tour of Albany, New York state's bustling capital city. Visit "Uncle Sam's" grave and our nation's first school of engineering in Troy.·  "Climb" the Waterford Five, the world's highest series of high lift locks.  The lift is 169 feet.·  Explore the Herkimer "diamond mine" and find your own 500 million-year-old crystals with a diamond-like shape and sparkle.·  Sample real beer and root beer at F.X. Matt Brewery, New York's oldest, in Utica.·  Watch and listen as school children about American Revolutionary War history at Ft. Stanwix in Rome.·  Tour Rome where digging of the canal began in 1817 and visit the grave of Francis Bellamy, the man who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.·  Travel the waterway aboard a mule-drawn packet boat at the Erie Canal Village near Rome.·  Attend the Oz Fest and meet the Munchkins in Chittenango, home of L. Frank Baum, the man who wrote the "Wizard of Oz" stories.·  Enjoy a weekend of summer fun at Sylvan Beach on Oneida Lake, part of today's Erie Canal.·  Learn how the canal helped make Syracuse one of the world's premier salt producing centers.  -- Take a dinner cruise and meet a "star-in-the-making" at Baldwinsville. Traveling aboard "Cayuga", a traditional canal boat, you will:·  Enjoy incredible wild life in the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.  ·  Visit the canal town of Palmyra, home to the largest collection of hand-woven coverlets in the U.S. and birthplace of the Mormon Religion.·  Watch the world's most unusual bridge in operation in Fairport.  It's listed in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" 16 times! ·  Tour Rochester, home to Eastman Kodak, Xerox, Bausch & Lomb and a host of educational and cultural attractions, including Eastman House and the Strong Museum. ·  See the church that George Pullman (of Pullman railroad car fame) built in honor of his parents in Albion. ·  Watch and listen as canal artist Arthur Barnes interprets canal life onto canvas in Medina.·  Visit Lockport, site of the most difficult engineering and construction job on the Erie Canal.  Lockport is also the birthplace of volleyball and the fire hydrant.·  Experience Buffalo to learn about the city's personal connection with four U.S. presidents and the story behind "Buffalo Wings".·  Admire the spirit and laugh with the wild and wacky "boat builders" who race for glory in the annual Tonawanda Canal Fest.    ·  Along the way see an "upside down" bridge, a sloping lift bridge, a floating dam, and more!
The Erie Canal
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Added: 210 days ago
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Runtime: 1m45s
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Ecco Tour to James Bond Island
Romantic Boat Trip to...
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Added: 223 days ago
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Riding on the "James Bond" boat on holiday in Bangkok, Thailand 2007
Ride on the "James...
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Added: 223 days ago
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Runtime: 1m10s
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PPI-DVD-105 - PortholeTV Ship: Ship: MV Columbus Great Lakes CruisingPorthole Cruise TV - Great Cruise Ships - Exotic DestinationsPorthole TV explores the beautiful Great Lake Region, North America's fresh water jewel boarding several US states & the Canadian Province of Ontario.  Also included is travel advice from travel professional, Mary Jean Tully and tips for cruising from Porthole Cruise Magazine's Publisher and Editor in Chief, Bill Panhoff.The MV Columbus departs from Windsor while passengers gaze across the river to Detroit, Michigan.  There are three choices of shore excursions offered and the fall is the best time for these excursions in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Duluth Minnesota, & Raspberry Island.  Ports of call include: St. James, Milwaukee, Chicago, Mackinac Island, Ste. Marie, Huron, Perry Sound, Port Colborne, Erie, Thunder Bay, Milwaukee, & Raspberry Island.
PortholeTV Ship: Ship: MV...
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Added: 210 days ago
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PPI-DVD-108 - PortholeTV  Grand Cayman Shore Excursion Featuring: Turtle FarmWelcome to Porthole TV -- the magazine television series that features the cruise ship experience and its intriguing ports of call.Sidney Cohen hosts this episode of Porthole TV docked in the port of Geogetown's Grand Cayman Island. Sidney explores the many aspects of this popular port:·        Cayman Island's reputation as a financial center·        7 mile beach for sunbathing, snorkeling, swimming or a leisurely walk. ·        Cayman's World famous turtle farm with over 16,000 sea turtles some 600 lbs each.·        Devil's Hangover- located at the edge of an eerie rock formation that looks like the edge of Hell·        Many Itineraries include miniature golf, ferry ride to Rum Point, multi-media theatre of Pedro St. James. and the historic site of Cardinal D's Park allows children to feed the animals. ·        Sting Ray City is known as one of the largest tourist attractions in the world- Imagine swimming with the dolphins, some over 6 ft long or feed them squid.·        For the golfer in you, enjoy the lush green at the Links of Safe Haven, voted the Best Golf Course in the Caribbean for three years in a row. ·        "Voyage beneath the Sea" offers a glimpse of the Cayman Island's Coral reef, scuba or snorkeling. ·        Submerge and explore on the Atlantis Submarine with awesome views of the mysteries of the ocean.
PortholeTV Grand Cayman...
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Added: 210 days ago
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Runtime: 0m55s
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Sarah and James' canal boat holiday
Canal Boat Holiday
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Added: 223 days ago
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My question for the Republican CNN/YouTube Debate, scheduled for November 28, 2007 in Florida.Submit your question at http://www.youtube.com/debatesJames Kotecki from Washington, DC.http://www.JamesKotecki.com
Air Travel Sucks -...
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7DY-DVD-125 - Haiti is the starting point of this journey in the Caribbean.  Since the time of Columbus it has been the European idyll of paradise set amid a distant ocean.  But beyond the dream is the fact that its original inhabitants were wiped out and replaced with African slaves.  Now independent states have gradually emerged from the dark shadows of an inglorious past.  They inhabit a tropical world, an exotic Caribbean island that consists of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.  Jamaica is another Caribbean paradise and its second largest city, Montego Bay, is the starting point for tourists from all over the world.  Harmony Hall is the name of an immaculate manor house situated on a turn of the century plantation and James Bond Beach was once the winter retreat of English author Ian Fleming.  Kingston is the capital of Jamaica and the island's political, economic and cultural centre, a former pirate stronghold that is a lively mixture of joie de vivre and reggae.  Nassau is the capital of New Providence Island and is one of more than seven hundred islands in the Bahaman archipelago.  It is visited by huge cruise liners that can seen from everywhere as they overshadow the city's buildings and on each side of its tranquil streets the city's pastel coloured houses look like something from a confectioner's shop.Next, Havana, the Caribbean metropolis that for many years has become somewhat run down and neglected.  But nowhere else are the cocktails mixed better!  Whether it be the  Teatro Marti, the Old Tobacco Factory, the famous  Bacardi house, or the Floridita Bar, everywhere there is a feeling of nostalgia. When the Daiquiri is served one almost expects  Fidel Castro or Ernest Hemmingway to be seated at the next table!Finally, Trinidad, where time seems most definitely to have stood still!  Cuba and the Caribbean, a melting pot of colonial culture and an overgrown and abundant Garden of Eden.
7 Days THE CARIBBEAN
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Added: 210 days ago
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Runtime: 1m30s
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