| When planning your romantic getaway vacation, | | | | of this area (population 14,000) provide an |
| recognize that part of the romance can be the | | | | example of a unique culture and language all their |
| creativity and excitement of exploring a new | | | | own. Explore Polynesian handicrafts, including |
| place with that special someone. Here are three | | | | unique Cook-Island tivaevae quilts, wall hangings, |
| examples of places that offer a more romantically | | | | jewelry, handbags, hats, and artifacts made from |
| intimate and private experience, and may be | | | | the beautiful tapa flower. |
| even more rewarding than, say, a vacation to | | | | Its capital, Rarotonga, receives approximately |
| Vegas. | | | | 70,000 visitors a year, but the Cooks are largely |
| Utah’s Homestead Resort is nestled in | | | | unspoiled by tourism. They offer a rare |
| quaint and beautiful Heber Valley. The | | | | opportunity for people from the cities of the |
| resort’s 154 rooms provide a mixed style | | | | world to experience a different type of vacation, |
| of the modern, with nostalgia for the early | | | | one without tourist traps and giant hotels. With |
| 1900’s. Within forty-five minutes of tourist | | | | less pampering comes the untouched, empty |
| hot spots Park City and Sundance, the | | | | beaches and a sanctuary of peace away from |
| Homestead experience offers something for | | | | everything. Surrounded by a gorgeous view of |
| everyone: a luxurious 18-hole golf course, scuba | | | | deep blue waters, beautiful coral, narrow lagoons, |
| diving and swimming in the famous 90 degree | | | | and a cool ocean breeze, you’ll find |
| mineral water crater, ice and fly-fishing, | | | | yourself exploring, talking, and completely relaxed. |
| world-renowned downhill and cross-country skiing, | | | | Scotland is rich with history and culture. Ancient |
| horseback riding, spas, river rafting, snowmobiling, | | | | castles with Celtic names like Duntulm, |
| gourmet restaurants, outlet shopping, and boating | | | | Dumbarton, Huntingtower, Doune, and Eilean |
| (not to mention a historic railroad through beautiful | | | | Donan dot the landscape. With a few in ruins, |
| Provo canyon, tennis, biking, winter sleigh rides, | | | | other castles are still intact and some are even |
| hot air ballooning, professional theaters, hiking, | | | | inhabited. Many are situated overlooking the |
| Timpanogos caves, and Wasatch Mountain State | | | | ocean, atop high cliffs—gorgeous and hauntingly |
| and Uinta National Parks). The Homestead either | | | | beautiful. |
| offers, or is in close proximity to all of that, while | | | | You will find that all of Scotland is rich in heritage |
| still maintaining that intimate, secluded feeling you | | | | and lore. Consider a visit to Stirling Castle, for |
| are looking for. For more information call (800) | | | | example. It is believed to have been the site of |
| 327-7220 or visit | | | | King Arthur’s Camelot. (Mary Queen of |
| The Cook Islands is the place if you want | | | | Scots also spent much of her childhood in these |
| something more intriguing than the stereotypical | | | | walls). You will also find yourself in |
| Hawaii island vacation. This cluster of fifteen | | | | Scotland’s highlands, isles, and towns-- and |
| islands is found in the very heart of the South | | | | if the fog is not too thick, you will see rainbows |
| Pacific. The beautiful and friendly Polynesian people | | | | everywhere. |