It spins around
It makes me dizzy
But when its done
My clothes feel frizzy – dryer 

The Easter Eggs are near now,
On this I’d like to bet
The next place that they’re hiding in
They’re bound to get quite wet. – shower or bath 

You sit on me all day
Sometimes you even lay
I’m where you watch T.V.
I’m very easy to see - Couch

I’m always cold
I’m never hot
You keep food here
I’m always near - Refrigerator

Go into the room that has a shoe,
Your next clue,
Is under something blue.
~ Put the next clue in the closet under a blue shirt you put on the shoes.

In the room we bake a pie,
Where do we look out to see the sky?
Your next clue you will spy.
~Put the next clue on the kitchen window

Look, oh look see
And yourself you will see.
And when you do,
You will find your next clue.
~The next clue will be on a mirror

So clean you should be
So wet, ~ but so not
To find it will be,
The clue to see.
Clue in the shower curtain, or under a towel in the tub, or under the bathroom sink behind some towels.

Six bald heads  In their cardboard beds Thin shells and much to fear Please find your next clue here. – egg carton

this is where you wash your face,
and take a bath if that’s the case,
you also brush your hair here,
if it’s as snarly as as a bear’s- bathroom

This is where you surf the net,
you type and move the mouse,
if you can’t find it don’t fret,
it is surely in the house- computer

4 + 4 = ..?…
make a rhyme with the answer ,
and go to the…… ( GATE)

Go to the the place where you sleep,
and you might find something sweet
( BED)

Go to the kitchen and find 4 of these.
Sit on one is what you must do
if you want to find the next clue
(DINING CHAIR)

the numbers 1 to 12 are here,
take a look for some Easter cheer. (CLOCK)

I have 4 legs,
but cannot walk.
you may sit and me
and use your knife and fork.
( DINNER TABLE)

if eggs are what you are looking to find,
take a look in the paper you unwind.
(TOILET ROLL)

Roxy is his name.
take a look in his bowl/cage/basket
to continue the Easter bunny’s game
(PETS BOWL/CAGE ect)

Could be for the Last clue~~

Your clue you unfold
Brrr it is cold.
Now find your candy
Near to the pantry.
~ Hide the basket in the refrigerator.

or

This is close to where you sleep,
you might keep toys under here,
there are no monster here as you see,
you will find something and say “YIPEE!”-

under bed hid their”biggest/ best present

Happy Easter Hunting from the GGS Crew!

Honua Kai very well stocked kitchen

My family just got back from a two week vacation in Hawaii, one week in Maui and one week in Waikiki.  I had a fairly strict budget to the amount of money I wanted to spend on a daily bases.  I want to pass on to you on how I was able to go to Hawaii on shoestring.

• Cook For Yourself   Look for a hotel with a kitchenette and/ or an outside BBQ.  We stayed at Honua Kai in Maui and Aston Sunset in Waikiki.  If this is not possible, empty the hotel fridge and stock this with milk and other basics so you can breakfast in your room. Simple picnic lunches save money too, and your kids will thank you for letting them spend more time on the beach and less time waiting for their food.
• Stock up at Costco We all know what a great money saver warehouse clubs can be on the mainland. That’s even more true in Hawaii where markups on groceries can be significantly higher. Costco has locations on Oahu, Kauai, Maui, and the Big Island, making this a great place to stock up before heading to your vacation rental. In addition to discounted food items, you may also find discounts for local attractions or macadamia nuts to take home as gifts.
• Stay at a resort/ hotel close to a decent grocery store  Even after your Costco trip, you will still find that you need some other odds and ends.   We also used the grocery store for some prepacked lunches such as sandwiches, soup, salads etc.  My family of 4 could ’eat out’ at the grocery store for under $15.  Everyone got to pick what they wanted and we shared our dishes.  
• Bring the Basics Bathing suits, sunscreen, and even snorkeling gear are likely to be cheaper at home than in Hawaii, and you won’t spend your precious vacation time shopping for these essentials. We brought our own snorkeling gear plus a small umbrella for some quick shade anywhere.  Another super handy article, I brought was a fold down bag with wheels to bring all of our gear and water from beach to beach.
• Buy reusable swim diapers If your child isn’t potty trained, you can spend a fortune on disposable swim diapers during a week in Hawaii.
• Find free or almost free entertainment Malls and shopping center often host free hula dancing, lei making, and other activities. Even better, if you pick up a local paper you’ll find out about school performances, festivals, farmers markets and other activities designed for locals! Here’s your chance to drop into the local world for a short time and save money too.  The Times market across the street from our resort Honua Kai in Maui rented movies for $1 per night and in Waikiki, Aston Sunset, the movies and games were FREE from the lobby – SWEET!
• Eat with locals Yelp is a great resource for finding inexpensive but delicious local resources, and your guidebook should also list inexpensive choices.   Ask the locals, what is their favorite place to eat.
• Eat what locals eat Sure, you can buy La Brea Bakery Baguettes imported from the mainland, but why not try sweet Hawaiian bread with butter instead? or enjoy locally grown Papaya with your breakfast.
• Search for coupons. Try searching for coupons for the attraction you are interested in.  Before I left I started to receive Groupon coupons for Maui and Waikiki to save more than 50% on some local restaurants and attractions.
• Take advantage of ‘Happy Hour’  When you do want to have an evening out for dinner, take full advantage of happy hour.  It was a great way to have 1/2 price appetizers and $2 margerita’s.  Cheers to that!

How do you save money on vacation?

(And, yes, I know that’s an understatement! I’ve been there as the parent AND as the teacher. Finding that gem of a topic that lights up a child’s imagination can be a mutually exhausting exercise. Hopefully this page will provide the gem you need very quickly.)

As their teachers or parents, we want stimulating, interesting subjects for them to work with butwe also need them to be aligned with their age group. 

If we make them too adult we risk pushing them into areas they’re too young to cope with. If we make them too simplistic we run the risk of minimizing or patronizing their growing sense of awareness. As in everything, we need to find the balance.

The topic suggestions below worked well for me with middle-school children, aged between 11 years to approximately 14 years. Some are more suitable for the imaginative child and others for the practical, factual child. How you select them will also depend on the objective or goal for the speech.

If by small chance you reach the end of the page and no speech idea has leapt out to grab you you’ll find another 50+ elocution topics for kids waiting here.

Speech Topics for Children – Community & Social Issues

• Should more ‘green’ space (parks) be set aside for community use?
• Should recycling be compulsory and why?
• Should large cars be banned?
• What rights should a child have and why?
• Smacking a child should be illegal
• Does watching violent TV programs make a child think violence is acceptable?
• Does advertising influence our food choices?
• Do certain types of pop music teach the wrong values?
• Should students have the right to choose what school they go to?
• Should students have a greater say in what classes/subjects they study?
• The school leaving age should be abolished.
• We care too much about the way we look rather than who we really are.
• Clothes and being fashionable are way too important.
• Uniforms are better
• Parents should monitor how we use the internet.
• Chat rooms are dangerous
• I Pods are anti-social
• Good manners are important

Speech Topics for Children – Arts & Culture

• Tagging is art.
• Explain a cultural festival or practice of significance to you that others may not know about or appreciate.
• Why are film stars so popular?
• Who is your screen hero and why?
• Who is your favorite book/cartoon character and why?
• What inspires you about dance/art/drama/music or film?
• If you were to write a book for your age group to read what would it be about?
• My favorite festival is…
• I learn the piano, violin, trumpet, drums(insert whatever instrument)…because…
• The type of art I like to look at is…
• Strange facts about artists, dancers, musicians etc.
• If I was a famous screen star I would…
• My favorite story/poem/song as a little child was…

Speech Topics for Children – Fun & Whimsy

• A day in my life as a …(table, pencil, car, potatoe, bicycle, blackboard, window, ball, anything at all!)
• If I ruled the world…
• If I was a parent the ground rules I would make are…
• If I had three wishes they would be…
• If I re-wrote the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘Cinderella’ etc. it would go like this…
• I am a fashion guru and I have decided the new trend will be…
• What I think of people from the viewpoint of a tree in the school grounds.
• My secret life as a hero.
• My greatest invention.
• Weird and wonderful words – what do they mean?
• How to write using invisible ink.
• My secret code…How to invent and use a coded language.

Speech Topics for Children – Sports & Games

• Explain the game of checkers/drafts/chess.
• My favorite sporting hero is….
• The best summer sport is…
• Extreme sports are dangerously exciting.
• In winter I love to ski, ice skate…
• Everybody should learn to play a team sport.
• Sport should not be compulsory.
• The best indoor games are …
• The best on-line games are…
• In sport, the rules are there to protect the players.
• What I learnt through learning to play…
• Winning is not so important as participating.
• Strange sports or games.

Speech Topics for Children – Food

• The best meal in the world is…
• The foods I do not like are…
• My favorite recipe is…
• How I learnt to cook.
• Healthy food I really like
• Food to make you fit not fat
• Birthday party food
• My favorite Christmas (celebration) food.
• Meal times in our house
• Table manners …Are they important?
• Do Americans eat too much?
• Fashions in food
• Should children diet?

Speech Topics for Children – Seasons & Nature

• Why do we have seasons?
• How and why does a tree change the color of its leaves?
• How does a tree grow?
• Why do we have day and night time?
• How come the earth goes round and round?
• What are stars?
• How does gravity work?
• Why are there tides?
• Explain how snow is formed.
• How is a diamond made?
• What is global warming?
• Show the patterns formed in frost.
• How does a rainbow work?
• Research strange plants – carniverous etc.
• What and where are the biggest trees in the world?
• How and why should we conserve nature?

Speech Topics for Children – Animals/Birds/Fish

• Why is a dog often called ‘Man’s best friend’?
• Are there bad dogs or bad dog owners?
• What is horse sense?
• How has the horse been used by man throughout history?
• What animal makes a great pet and why?
• How to look after a pet properly
• Do animals really think or do we only think they do?
• Is hunting animals fair?
• Is eating meat fair?
• What rights should animals have?
• Tell an inspiring true story about an animal.
• Are zoos good places and why?
• Find out about conserving animals/birds/fish in your local area.
• Retell a myth or legend about an animal/fish/bird.
• Research strange or rare animals/birds or fish.
• Interview a pet shop owner to find out what are the most popular pets.
• What do you think about restrictions around fishing?
• What is the symbollism associated with some animals/birds or fish? For example a lion stands for courage or strength.

Speech Topics for Children – Hobbies/Interests

• My doll/car/card etc collection
• How to make a model car, truck, plane
• How to sew your own clothes
• How to scrapbook
• How to learn another language
• How to ride a horse, skateboard,etc
• My perfect holiday
• The best rainy day activities are…
• How to tell a joke
• The best thing I’ve ever learnt…

As you can see the variations of speech topics for children are vast!
However if you’ve found nothing here to ignite your imagination try this page of 50+ elocution topics for kids

If you’re here looking for a topic for your own child, go through both pages with them. Suggest other possibilities and adaptions of the topics as you go. You’ll need to find a subject they genuinely care about and it’s best if the final decision is made by them!

Were you looking for information to help you write a speech for children rather than speech topics for them to use?
If so, you’ll find this page How to write a speech for kids useful.

Source

Guest post – Michelle, Canada

Stayed at the Crown Paradise Resort from June 5th-12th, 2004 and was our first trip to Mexico. My major complaints are below by section.

Food
Resort featured six restaurants. All restaurants were very hot with very poor air conditioning. The main restaurant serving B/L/D was the buffet. Breakfast was pretty good with a good variety. Lunch and dinner were terrible. Absolutely no change in the menu from day to day with very limited selection. (Cheese burgers, pizza, stir fry, pastas and a limited desert and salad station.) If you’re looking for carved roast beef and ham with mashed potatoes, gravy and all the fixings, you are in the wrong place. Food quality reminded me of my dorm food in college. Iced Tea was terrible and soda had no carbonation. The other five specialty restaurants were for dinner only, reservarions only. Food presentation and atmosphere was nice, but portions were small and again all restaurants were very warm with poor air conditioning.

Rooms
Clean, but nothing special. The only real positive thing was the ocean view. Matresses were old, leaving all of us with back aches. Again, the air conditioning needs improvement. Did not seem to take the humidity of of the air and really did not get cool until very early in the morning. Ordered room service one morning and it took over two hours for delivery for juice and pastries. Our room was right above the bar area in the lobby. Bar was very noisy until 1-2am. Not the greatest setup for kids trying to sleep. Found out on the last day that TV remotes needed to be checked out at the front dask. Why? I have no idea,

Beverages
If you’re an alcohol drinker, the bars are always serving. If you aren’t, like us, the only choice through the day was flat soda. Believe me, these folks do not believe in bubbles in their drinks. No iced tea could be found anywhere. Bottled water had to be purchased at the gift shops for $2.50 a bottle. Our family of four spent well over $150 just in water alone, which is rediculous. No soda machines to be found anywhere.

Pools/Activities
The resort offered many activities for the kids. Adult pool was especially nice with a swim up bar. No kids were allowed and this was stricly enforced, since a hand full of women went topless. Nightly entertaiment was also very good.

Summary
Calling this a five star resort is a joke. The Crown Paradise needs to go back to the basics starting with their cooling system. They need to have beverage stands that will cater to non drinkers, and they need to offer much more variety in their food selections. Rooms were in need of a face lift, as I’ve seen nicer rooms at an economy hotel chain. Will return to Cancun some day, but it will not be at the Crown Paradise Resort for sure.

Writer rates this resort as 3 out of 5 overall.

• 3 graham cracker squares with 1 tbsp peanut butter
• 3 cups popped popcorn (no fat added) with seasoned salt
• 10 seasoned mini-rice or mini-popcorn cakes
• 15 mini-pretzel twists
• 10 to 15 tortilla chips (1 ounce) with 1/4 cup salsa
• 4 or 5 whole-grain snack crackers plus 1 ounce reduced-fat cheese
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cereal
• 1 small muffin or 3-inch cookie
• 1 medium apple, orange or pear
• 12 to 15 cherries or grapes
• 1/4 cup raisins or other dried fruit
• 3 cups raw vegetables with 1 tbsp dip
• 1 1/2 cups tomato or vegetable juice
• 3/4 to 1 cup plain or artificially sweetened yogurt

Guest post – Randy, Canada

Arrival – We were upgraded from the Oasis Palm Beach

Rooms - Room was gorgeous, we asked for and received an ocean view room. Unfortunately hot water was inconsistent and despite the fact that we tipped, we had a hard time getting the maid to clean our room (we had to call several times – it was like pulling teeth to get housekeeping over). But to be fair, that may have been due to the fact that my friends slept in every day until noon, when the maid came by in the morning they would send her away. So housekeeping had to make a special trip to clean our room. But for a 4* they should be able to clean our room within an hour or so of us requesting it, and they didn’t.

Restaurants - Excellent! The a la carte restaurants and sushi and pizza were fantastic! I really recommend eating at the a la cartes all the time. The buffet was decent, but not special.

Bars – Wonderful, and plenty of them! I’m just a cerveza drinker myself, can’t comment on the mixed drinks.

Beach and Pools - Pools were spectacular, and so was the beach.

Grounds - Very pretty grounds

Activities - Unfortunately, I’m not the person to judge bacause I think activities are really annoying in general and I prefer that there not be any at all. I would have loved to relax by the main pool, but couln’t because of the “Animation”. For pete’s sake, we are on vacation to relax, I can’t fathom why these resorts think we want to be “entertained” by noisy aerobics classes, bingo games, etc. If you’re looking for peace and quiet, the infiniti pool on the other side of the resort is better.

Tours – I dodn’t take any tours from the resort. I was there to do some serious diving, every morning I went with Ben from Mayan Aqua Dive for a two-tank dive and the diving was great (and I’ve dove Cozumel, Bahamas, etc so I know good diving when I see it). On the last day, got a ride with some friedns to Xel-Ha, a natural waterpark in a lagoon. It’s $75 US but worth it – nice snorkelli

Conclusion – Overall, a good resort. not perfect, but perfection is very rare

Arrival:

Rooms:
clean, nice linens. wonderful maid service. Please tip at least $2.00 US a day. they only make $5.00 US for an 8 hour shift. they come in all day long and remake beds and take and replace water and dirty towels. they bust thier tails. you have to put the card in the slot for electric and AC. if your smart, close the curtains, keep the card in after you leave (take extra card key with you)leaving the AC running and the fan on ceiling going if you want any relief from the heat and humidity. it worked pretty good. the only complaint we had of the room was the refridgerater. i have insulin that needs to be kept cold. these are not regular fridges, they are like wine fridges. they keep it tepid/cool inside. and i could not get the importance of keeping insulin cold across to them or the fact that i couldnt replace the medicine in mexico. they didnt seem to care (service desk) i had to go get ice twice a day in the bucket and keep the the insulin in the ice bucket. and we were in the Boca building and only 2 of the 9 ice machines worked and all the complaining in the world did not get them fixed either. of course the two that worked were all the way at the other end and on different floors.
there are no vents or fans or windows in the bathrooms. it can get kind of “close” in there. LOL

Restaurants and Bars:
food is so-so, almost boring and its the same stuff every day with little change. they like to put out for breakfast some of the night before food too.
the milk is not real milk either, so don’t go taking a big gulp of it till you try it, same with the “butter”. its not real butter, its like the old time oleo your mom used to cook with. you might want to pack some butter pats and a ice pack with your lugguge. there is very little american quisine on the menu, so no chicken wings, roast beef, fried chicken, no ice berg lettuce. so not a great salad bar. taste the dressings first. they are not what you would expect.
ala carte restaurants are fantastic with great service(MAKE THE RESERVATION UPON ARRIVAL) or you will not get in. we missed one of the 3 dinners we had already paid for.
the steak house was great
the seafood was good, no crab or lobster or cocktail sauce

Beach/Pools/Grounds:
absolutely stunning, well kept and clean

Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
in the Mayan Beach (where we stayed) there is nothing worth staying up for. it rolls up at 7pm (pool closes) no night time beach activites, no dancing (unless you want to go to one of the other hotels) the only thing open is the lobby bar (24hrs) and thats it. the two shows we caught were awful the only food available after 10 is room service and there is an 8.00 minimum
3 tv stations are in english

off the resort- we went to tulan ruins, mayan village (not quite what we expected) it was two shacks in the middle of damn nowhere, not a like a town or anything. bring plenty of mexican change, they dont make change for american money, just give you an extra bracelet to make up for it. we went to Boca to see the mayan temple (two mile hike in the jungle or pay 10.00 to ride a rickshaw there) we swam in a cenoyte and we had lunch at a restaurant with a lake of alligators next to it. be prepared for thier versions of the bathroom and ask for the tpaper before you go in the stall. it was alot of fun. this was all in one day.

we went to playa twice, once at night (very lively) and once during the day. hit senor Froggs if you can. thats a lot of fun.
they have a bus that runs the whole complex so you dont have to walk everywhere.
and they have a Catholic church with mass on sat and sun at 6pm. that was nice to go to.

Other Comments:
would we go back? probably not. Next time i will spend the extra money for a higher end resort. but for this being our first vacation it was ok. the friends we traveled with made it fun.

Writer gave this property 4 out of 5 stars overall.

Guest writer – Janice from Canada

Stayed at Paradisus Riviera Cancun from February 9 to 16.

Your Arrival:
We booked our trip with Itravel2000, through Transat Vacations. We chose this hotel because Transat had it on sale for a few days for a really good price, less than what you’d pay for a 4 star hotel. The flight was with Canjet, which turned out to be fine, pretty much ontime each way. We pre-booked exit row seats, so had lots of leg room.

First time we’ve been to Mexico in many years. Landed at Cancun airport, got our luggage fairly quickly, and were directed to the bus to the hotel. Note that you should just walk out of the airport and find your tour rep, ignore the people inside who try to direct you to their counter, they just want to sell you tours and timeshares. The hotel is located about 20 minutes from the airport, so was a quick trip, and they only stopped at one other hotel first.

We booked a regular junior suite, not Royal Service. We checked in and were informed we had a ground floor room. We had specifically put in a request for a room on the second or third floor, and after some searching they were able to find us a second floor room, which turned out to be in a much better location than the first room.

After we checked in the girl who makes the dinner reservations called us over to make our dinner reservations. First she introduced us to a man at another desk and told us he would be our concierge and look after us during our stay. This, of course, made no sense as we did not have Royal Service. Turns out he was just promoting timeshares via discounts on tours and hotel services. We told him we had absolutely no interest in timeshares and he walked away and he never approached us again. We were not bugged by anyone else during the week re timeshare presentations. On to the reservations desk where we were able to make dinner reservations for Tuesday through Saturday. The only restaurant not available until Sunday was the Japanese Restaurant, and she told us to come back the next morning to make a reservation for that, which we did. Some of the times available were a little late, we prefer 7 or 7:30, a couple were for 8 p.m. No big deal.

Rooms:
We were taken by Club Car to our room, which was in Building 7, second floor. Turns out our keys didn’t work, but the bellboy was able to get us in and later we went to the front desk and had them re-done.

Rooms are very spacious, over 500 square feet. We had a garden view, actually quite beautiful, saw lots of birds.

There is a regular bathroom, no Jacuzzi tub or anything (I think there is an outdoor Jacuzzi in some of the Royal Suites rooms). There is a hairdryer, makeup mirror, shampoo, bath gel, and lotion. Also a coffee maker and refrigerator which is stocked daily. Lots of bottled water available.

The room also contains an iron and ironing board, and electronic safe. Bathrobes were also supposed to be there, but we didn’t have any. A couple days later we asked for some and received them in about 5 minutes, with a followup call 5 minutes after that to make sure we got them. Mattresses were quite firm, but we had no problem with that. Our room was very quiet, we didn’t hear any noise from adjoining rooms.

I had brought my netbook and enquired at checkin about wireless internet in the rooms. I was told that it would only work in the Royal Suites rooms, but that wasn’t exactly true. When we got to our room I turned on the computer and did get a signal, so the next day we went back and signed up for 5 days of internet. It’s very, very expensive, $80 US for 5 days! (free if you have Royal Service). I think 7 days was $120 US. Our building was right next to a Royal Service building, so I guess that’s why we got a signal. We heard one guy complaining he had paid for the in-room internet only to find he couldn’t get a signal in his room, so best to check first, it will depend on where your room is located.

Otherwise you can pay $10 US an hour in the lobby area if you have your own laptop, or go to the business centre.

Restaurants and Bars:
Food and drink here was good. Breakfast is at the Caribbean Market Place buffet. (We were looked after by Ismael, we always sat in his section, the service was top notch. He would see us coming in the morning or at lunch and have our table and drinks ready for us.) For lunch we usually went to the buffet, twice we just grabbed hamburgers from the BBQ by the pool, and once we ate at the Reef Grill outside, where you order from a menu. All very good.

There are 5 restaurants you can make reservations for, we ate at each one once for dinner, and twice at the buffet. The buffet wasn’t that great at dinnertime, much better at breakfast and lunch.

L’Hermitage is the French Restaurant, Sumire is the Japanese restaurant, Capri is the Mediterranean restaurant, Tequila is the Mexican restaurant, and Reef Grill is the steak/seafood restaurant. They were all good. I liked the Mexican and Reef Grill the best, except the Reef Grill is outdoors and we nearly froze it was so cold that night. The others are indoors.

Lots of bars throughout the resort, and they had servers taking orders at the beach and pool.

Beach/Pools/Grounds:
We did not have the best weather while we were there. There was a cold front going through, and lots of cloudy days with some rain. When the sun was out it was great, but highs were usually less than 23 celsius, so when it clouded over it was a little cool on the beach. We found both the pools and ocean to be very cold, so other than walk into the ocean up to my knees, I didn’t even go in the water. We did get a good suntan though. Some nights were quite chilly. We turned off the air conditioning in our room after the first night. This weather is not the norm for this area though. Usually February is the driest month of the year.

Beach is very nice, soft powdery sand – not as nice as Punta Cana in the DR, but still very nice. There is a little bit of seaweed that washes up, but it is cleaned up daily. It is a good beach for walking, which we did quite a bit of. You can walk to Puerto Morelos along the beach, we never went quite that far, we were told it’s a 30 minute walk, but I think it’s further than that.

The grounds of this hotel are gorgeous. Very mature vegetation, perfectly manicured.

We found we had to save a chair on the beach or by the pool by around 8 a.m. to get a good spot. No problem for us as we get up early. There are beach beds by the main pool, but these were all reserved for families there with Family Concierge. There is a separate pool area for Royal Service, lots of beach beds there. Looked pretty empty through the week though. The Royal Service pool is adults only. There is also a section on the beach reserved for Royal Service only.

This is a family-friendly resort, and there were tons of kids there, although we never felt bothered by that.

Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
They had activities and entertainment during the day, we caught part of the Michael Jackson show one night, it was pretty good. Shows start at 8:30 and then at 9:30 they have live music in the lobby area. They also have vendors in the lobby area during the evening. Be prepared to bargain. I was interested in a picture and his price started out at $225 US, which he said was a bargain, they sold elsewhere for $450 US. I ended up getting it for $70 US (which was probably still a lot more than it was worth). It was fun playing the game though.

Went to the spa once for a massage on a rainy afternoon. Found it very pricey at $110 US for a 50 minute massage.

Other Comments:
Overall this was a great resort, and we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it. Can’t think of one thing to complain about, except maybe the weather. The staff is absolutely excellent at this hotel, they’ll do anything for you.

Writer gives this resort 4 out of 5 stars overall.

Aliya Mawani, spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said officials in Mexico are aware of the beating and are assisting the woman along with her family.

“Our thoughts are with the badly injured Canadian and her family during this difficult time,” said Mawani in a press release earlier today.

The woman, reported to be in her 20s, was found by another traveler lying in a pool of blood in an elevator at the Riu Emerald Bay resort.

According to Noroeste.com a Mexican news site, another tourist was trying to enter the resort elevator where the woman was found. Investigators say she may have been assaulted in her hotel room, dragged down the hall and abandoned by the elevator.

This incident adds to the reported 112 Canadian incidents in Mexico over the past five years which has caused concerns for local travelers.

Josefine Oshunrinde, travel consultant at Humber’s Travel Centre told the dailyplanet.com that situations like this can be caused by things other than chance.

“We don’t know if the traveler had any previous altercations,” said Oshunrinde.

26 year old project management student David Achimugu said he would not be visiting Mexico because of the recent reports.

“It’s been consistently violent there, which means it’s not safe,” said Achimugu.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada has advised Canadians to ‘exercise a high degree of caution due to deteriorating security situations in many parts of the country’.

Oshunrinde gave some tips to stay safe when traveling to potentially dangerous areas.

“Travel in a group, try not to stray, and try not to get in other people’s business. Sometimes things happen simply because people get into someone else’ business,” said Oshunrinde.

In the event that assistance is needed while vacationing in Mexico, Canadian government contacts are available in popular resort areas such as Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, and Mazatlan.

Canadians are expressing concerns, but the tourism industry in the country is still thriving.

In 2010, approximately 1.6 million Canadians visited Mexico.

(Source)

Guest post by Richard, Canada

Arrival:
We arrived @ Temptation around 5pm & were in our room by 5-05, quick & efficent, our room was clean and ready, the mini bar was stocked with water,pop & beer. 5-06 we had our first Tequila Perilizer!!!!!

Rooms:
Our room was always clean, we had a view of the quiet pool, from our balcony we could see the ocean we were on the 3rd and top floor The wife would have liked a little more light in the bathroom area, (she still managed to look fabulous!!) The shower was great we had plenty of towels and they were changed every day

Restaurants and Bars:
The restaurants is where I think Temptation is a 5 star + resort–The staff are great, allways with a smile on their face. This was not our first trip to Temptaion, it is so nice to be recognized (I Think?) with good moring good to see you again, would you like your Momosa Sir, Coffee Senorita? we have been here before but it was 4 months ago!!! Being from Alberta, & off the farm, I have to admit I had one of the best steaks ever in Bellavita (must have been Alberta beef??lol), one of the four a la carte Restaurants all are very good,

Beach/Pools/Grounds:
The beach is another place that temptation has improved, it is probably 3 times the size it was when we were there in Nov. It is very interesting how they pump the sand up.

Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
Location location location Temptation is 30 miniuets from the airport, a $10 dollar 10 miniuet form the bars, flea markets, market 28, wallmart, or you can take the bus (this just a fun ride, an adventure lol) from right in front of the Resort. I allmost sound like a commercal The resort has Hobby Cats, and Sailboards with lessons The wife has some great wipeout pictures of me, now no one will go sailing with me!!!

Other Comments:
All and all a relaxing, resonably priced vacation!!!

Overall rated by guest 5 out of 5 stars.