www.keysluxuryvacations.info USA 1.213-259-3861 or USA 1.310.492.5748 or email us at info@keysluxuryvacations.info for more information or to make reservations. This Luxury Private Island home has over 5000 square feet of living area including a 2500 square foot deck that wraps around the entire house. This Island home sits on top of a coral reef at mile marker 50 in the Florida Keys about 1/4 mile off shore in the Atlantic Ocean. This is truly a fisherman and divers paradise. Included is a 21 foot Carolina Skiff for diving, fishing and getting to the mainland which is just a 3 minute ride. Marathon Key has plenty of fine restaurants, bars and shopping to meet anyone’s needs. Truly a paradise vacation that you will never forget. www.keysluxuryvacations.info USA 1.213-259-3861 or USA 1.310.492.5748 or email us at info@keysluxuryvacations.info for more information or to make reservations.

Source: ecosalon.com — Sunday, January 22, 2012
Tips for traveling light (stylishly) wherever you may roam. Anyone who has ever tried to haul oversize suitcases along city streets, onto buses and trains, or up the stairs of a subway platform is well acquainted with the less glamorous side of Travel. There are the sweat-stains, the fear of being mugged whilst carrying everything you own, the inopportune dropping of documents, and the desperate search for somebody, anybody, to help you carry your baggage up the stairs. You’ll often hear globetrotters extol the benefits of packing light , priding themselves on the ability to pack only a modest carry on, whether going away for three days or three weeks. Recently, I’ve come to realize the benefits not only of packing light, but of living light as well. For the past eight months, through different seasons, continents and hemispheres, I’ve lived only with the contents of my trusty Samsonite bag. Other than the few boxes of sentimental paraphernalia currently gathering dust at my parents’ house, I have little else in the way of worldly possessions. My stint of extended suitcase living – of which there is no end in sight for the foreseeable future – has been a liberating exercise. At home, I’ve always struggled to minimize my belongings, donate the things I don’t need, and only make conscious purchases. On the road, those practices have effortlessly become a requirement of my existence. While lugging all your belongings on your back is …

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