You know, there are an awful lot of things that we can be worrying about now days. Take the economy for example. Today, the market made a nearly 7% recovery in one day! But I’m worried that it will make a 4% dive during the week just to even things out.

But you know who isn’t worrying about things? Dolphins. Yep. They just swim around all day and eat fish, and play games. And just to prove it to you, here is a nice relaxing video of a dolphin playing with bubbles. You can thank me later…
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Waikoloa Village is basically a subdivision on the Big Island of Hawaii that has a wide variety of housing units ranging from single family homes, to condos, to high end hotels. Among the hotels is the Hilton Waikoloa Village, and this is where I spent the week on my recent trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. (View in Google Earth. What is Google Earth?)

The hotel is ideally located for branching out to explore all the various parts of the island, and the facilities are enormous. 64 acres of highly manicured grounds complete with a private bay, swimming pools, and even a dolphin habitat. With over 1,200 rooms, this is a large hotel by any measure. A local man told me that the property was originally developed by a Japanese company for $360 Million, but later sold at a huge loss for $90 Million to Hilton.

Although the hotel is basically a Disneyland for adults, there are some critical flaws which greatly detract from it as a serious vacation destination. At the same time, there is some great stuff to see and do… like swim with the dolphins!
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