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Steven Nickens, R(S)GRI ABR,  Maui Real Estate Hawaii (Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers)

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Debe Maxwell, CRS
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Anything with water I can swim in!  The lake or a coast is my place of peace!  

Watching the sunset on the Caribbean last year pictured below...and I'm SO ready to go back!

 

Anything near the water

Jun 04, 2017 01:24 PM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
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We go somewhere different every time, so all I can say is "so far" it's Italy!

 

I love Florence or should I say, Firenze! Here we are at The Duomo

 

The place we've gone the most is Maui, but that is home away from home for me, been going there regular since 1977. I was married there, renewed my vows there and celebrated 3 anniversaries there too 

nelson 10 year Anniversary, renewing our vows with the same minister at the same location: Grand Wailea. We celebrate 15 years this October...it may be time to go back to Maui?

 

Jun 04, 2017 12:28 PM
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Last year we had the chance to visit China for 21 days.  It was an awesome experience.

Wu Gorge on Yangtze River

Terracotta Warrior Museum

Tibetan Monks Debating Life

I am not sure if you are aloowed to post links, but I blogged the trip at: http://www.JoeDomino.com . It was totally cool.

Jun 04, 2017 03:00 PM
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     I live in Florida; which is a vacation paradise.  

     Great photo, BTW.   Did you surf?  

  

Jun 04, 2017 12:42 PM
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Barbara Todaro
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as long as there's sun and beach or pool, I'm good.... the family is planning a cruise....that will be fun with the whole group....

Jun 04, 2017 10:25 AM
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Kasey & John Boles
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Anywhere with mountains. -Kasey

Jun 04, 2017 04:32 PM
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Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
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Madrid, Spain... visit my family...

Jun 04, 2017 04:01 PM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
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Here I am headed into an adventure INTO the Big Cypress swamp.

I witnessed Florida from a perspective fewer than 1% of Florida natives ever have.

Work becomes far removed from ones thinking as the each step separates from what is real and what matters little at this time.

I like the beach, and Pompano is my favored but to 'get away' it is the living fully present in the moment that appeals to me. Bring on the "that's crazy stuff" and count me IN!

Jun 04, 2017 10:45 AM
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We have been to Costa Rica and enjoyed..love Italy, France, Greece..we have many favorite places.

Jun 04, 2017 02:35 PM
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Lyn Sims
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Hope you had a great time.

Jun 04, 2017 01:59 PM
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Olga Simoncelli
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Costa Rica seems to be a popular destination these days. Did you see any dinosaurs?

Jun 04, 2017 12:31 PM
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Steven,

Glad you enjoyed your Costa Rica vacation.  We have many favorite places. A

Jun 04, 2017 11:52 AM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
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I would have to dig for some pics but I love a Caribbean cruse during the harshest part of a North Dakota winter.

Jun 04, 2017 11:06 AM
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Costa Ricia is a great choice.  My personal favorite is winter in Palm Springs, CA.  

Jun 04, 2017 10:26 AM
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I am glad that you had a good vacation Steven.

Most of us would think that you would not need to go that far from home for a really great vacation location.

Jun 04, 2017 10:23 AM
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A Cruise Anywhere...We try to take one every year..Most relaxing..phone goes in safe and comes out when we come back into port at end of cruise!

Jun 04, 2017 12:37 PM
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Roy Kelley
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Our home in Maryland is my favorite place.

We have spent a lot of time in Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.

Jun 04, 2017 12:00 PM
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I have a mountain next to my home that is 3.5 miles up & back plus if you loop it while up there, its a mile a loop. I am up there every day...

Jun 04, 2017 11:50 AM
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Steven Nickens We're not much about going out of the Country, but we do like a little place in West Virginia called the Bavarian Inn.

Jun 04, 2017 11:44 AM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
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Love Costa Rica but we are looking to rent on VRBO in Florence for three weeks.

Jun 04, 2017 11:05 AM
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My favorite place is the Atlantis in the Bahamas. My home away from home twice a year

Jun 04, 2017 06:26 PM
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Mary Yonkers
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Look forward to seeing your photos of Costa Rica.  We will go almost anywhere!

Jun 04, 2017 04:16 PM
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Nice Pic Steven  Glad you had a good time. We pretty much go to different Countries every year. Here is a pic of our last trip to Peru.

Jun 04, 2017 04:59 PM
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Chuck Willman
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We went to Costa Rica a few months ago- loved it.

Just got back from Paris and the UK- if you haven't gone yet- do. If you're good at scouting air fare sites it's possible to hit locations abroad for what you'd pay to travel a few states over.

Jun 04, 2017 04:45 PM
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Lynnea Miller
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We go to Hawaii once a year. And try to hike in the Cascades at least 3 or 4 times a month during the summer.

Jun 04, 2017 03:39 PM
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Suggest you sponsor a contest.  When I go I look at real estate also.....

Jun 04, 2017 03:13 PM
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Lyn Sims nailed this one!

Jun 05, 2017 05:17 AM
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This would work for me.

Jun 05, 2017 05:17 AM
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Sweet - we though of going there a few years ago  but the news made it sound like we wouldn't live through the experience LOL

We do Jamaica every other year.

Jun 05, 2017 05:15 AM
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So many places I love to go too. Living in Miami I have the best beach with the warmest water in the country. I take many Daycations there to escape work.

 

 

Jun 05, 2017 05:11 AM
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Trust you had a lovely time, These days my "vacations" revolve around visiting family overseas.

Jun 05, 2017 04:18 AM
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Thanks for sharing 

Jun 05, 2017 03:34 AM
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Steven Nickens -one specific place? Well, I have a dream of Europe vacation.

Jun 04, 2017 09:56 PM
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I don't really have a favorite place.  I go to Vegas for conventions once or twice a year.  The only place I've been to more than once was Ottawa and Quebec.

Jun 04, 2017 08:32 PM
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I really enjoy taking cruises and seeing lots of countries. It is a great way to relax and get away from the phone.

Jun 04, 2017 06:57 PM
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I prefer going somewhere that I can do at least one or two things that I have never done before  Steven Nickens 

May 11, 2018 10:23 AM
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Joan Cox
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I went to Costa Rica for similar timeframe last November, and it was the best vacation I think ever!!!

Jun 07, 2017 10:02 AM
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Inna Ivchenko
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No vacations for me at the moment. I have a tini house in Topanga I go to relax, but it would be nice to have one in Malibu:) 

Jun 05, 2017 06:58 PM
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Will Hamm
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Yellowstone has bad cell service but sometime that is a good think went you are watching a wolf.

 

Jun 05, 2017 08:41 AM
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I am not at all interested in travel these days.  I like to take day trips to the beach. That works for me. 

Jun 05, 2017 07:57 AM
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Anywhere on a sailboat with full sails and out of sight of land and out of range for cell phones to work

Jun 05, 2017 07:22 AM
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Nathan Gesner
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Italy and Germany. I wish there were a way to avoid the airlines...

Jun 05, 2017 07:10 AM
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Anywhere with water

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Sorry, I dont' have any pictures from Costa Rica.  Love to go sometime.  Then I'll have some to give you.  :)

Jun 04, 2017 09:32 PM