Daily Archives: December 17, 2014

Songs of Christmas: Day 17 – Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Each year I start playing Christmas Music from the start of December.

Each day until Christmas (in addition to my other posts) I will post a link to a video of some of the Christmas tunes on my iPod. Some will be carols, others pop songs. Here is my 17th offering:

Day 17

Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on Christmas Carols

A great mix of Carols combined into a classical masterpiece. How many can you recognise.

 

 

 

 

 

Ocean Paradise

Our base for this week has been Ocean Paradise Hotel. As we leave the place I thought I’d share some pics of this luxury resort. This is something which would have been unaffordable from the UK, but a benefit of Tanzanian living is the accessibility, and cheaper flights go a long way to making the trip affordable.
Located in the North East of the island, our resort borders the Indian Ocean with shallow waters leading to a reef about a kilometre off shore.

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Our accommodation is a linked thatched cottage. Each has it’s own ensuite, a balcony and bedroom built in the round.

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Each cottage is scattered across a landscape of palms intersected by paths.

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We are located quite close to the beach, where loungers are shade by large thatched parasols.

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There are three restaurants and a central swimming pool. Breakfast is served in the upper restaurant, whereas our evening meal is served by the pool or on the beach. Evening meals are accompanied by entertainments and meals are a range of different buffets, Indian, BBQ, African, Chinese, Italian. The pool has a bar and a Happy Hour from 4 ’til 5 with free cake and tea/coffee and half price cocktails. We are here on a Half- Board basis so this fills a gap from Breakfast ’til Evening Meal.

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Songs of Christmas: Day 15 – Christmas Wrapping

Reblog of Day 15- this time with the actual song – oops!

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Each year I start playing Christmas Music from the start of December.

Each day until Christmas (in addition to my other posts) I will post a link to a video of some of the Christmas tunes on my iPod. Some will be carols, others pop songs. Here is my 15th offering:

Day 15

The Waitresses : Christmas Wrapping

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