Ian and Coral Vandenberg

OMG i'm 40 today, not that you would think it to look at me!!!! Had a card and 3 blue rays from Coral. I would like to say a big thank you to all those who wished me a happy birthday, Martin, Lisa & Omari (the guy from the job agency). I also had some emails, the lottery, supply chain & my offers. Not one message from family!!!!!!............. What goes around, comes around as the saying goes....I'm honestly not bitter, just very disappointed. Spent the day gambling, won some, lost more. It's my birthday & i'll cry if I want too, lol. Had another lovely meal at The top of the world restaurant. Had a chill out day in all and spent it with the person who means most to me... Coral. Thanks for a lovely ... read more

Up early again as we had another flight to catch, to another unknown destination!! It was in the departure lounge, again, that I found out the flight destination.....being Tuscon, but not the final destination...... I was given a clue being T.T.T.T.T.D.....WTF!!! after an hour I managed to work it out "The Town Too Tough To Die" - Tombstone. It's an Hr's drive from Tuscon Airport, and if you hire a car and more importantly a Satnav then don't hire them from Dollar........bloody useless, it couldn't even direct us out the airport then froze half way there......lol But we said it wasn't going to ruin our stay!! When we finally arrived at our Motel, we were told they had doubled booked us for that night and booked a room in the second best motel in Tombstone..........but even ... read more

Day 3 Awake again at 3am.....woop woop!! Decided to have a day of leisure today and took a trip to the Shopping outlet in Downtown LV. Coral managed to find a shop selling Ugg boots and is now the proud owner of a pair. We walked back to our hotel because we could see it and it looked real close, turns out it was 3+ miles from the outlet. Later we went up to the observation deck in the tower some 900ft up, and watched the brave/stupid people launching themselves off it only $100 to jump off it, we took the elevator....it's free. In an attempt to help us sleep we enjoyed a cocktail. ... read more

Well, this trip is all about my birthday. My 40th to be exact. It has all be planned by Coral and everything is a surprise. All I had been told was to book a week off work and that we were flying from London Heathrow in the afternoon. That's it! This is where the adventure begins! We arrived at the airport, go to bag drop, where Coral informs the lady that this trip is a surprise for my birthday, so I don't even find out then. We make our way to gate 43 and I can't even see the departure screen. At every flight departure announment, Coral say's, right it's this one! I then hear a tannoy announcement for Las Vegas and the voice says, gate 43. Yay, i'm going to Vegas baby. 10 years after ... read more

Day 13 After a quick dip in the ceremonial pool we headed off out to Blue Springs. It's about an hours drive east on the I-4. We went with Jenifer, Dennis, Paula, Savannah & Ellen and newly born Scarlett Olivia (Savannah's sister). It's a natural spring that flows warm water to the river, and because of this the Manatee like to come here in the colder months. The pictures speak for themselves. After that we went back to J & D's for games. Day 14 We pretty much had another chill out day stayed at home and played in the pool, and later went out and did a little bit of shopping :O) ... read more