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I used to blog just about poker, but recently decided to write about everything of interest to me. I love to travel, enjoy good food & restaurants, drink some wine, and take pictures of my adventures. I got my nickname about 10 years ago when I used to play a lot of poker in Washington State, and guys used to tell me that “I was Lucky.” I always replied “I’m Not Lucky, I Have Good Karma” and a poker friend starting calling me “The Good Karma Kid”. Hope you enjoy the blog, if you like a particular article make sure to leave a comment 
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Wednesday, September 12th , 2007
By GoodKarmaKid in Adventure Travel ,with No Comments »
I’ve been talking about it for 3 years, but finally did it. I went to Roatan to check out the Real Estate Market and look for vacation property. I have heard a lot of great things about the island of Roatan, which is in Bay Islands of Honduras and I wanted to see if the island was as great as I heard. The short answer is yes
Roatan has several direct flights from the US. Continental has direct flights from Houston (about 2.5 hrs), Delta from Atlanta (about 2.5 hrs), and American from Miami (about 1.5 hrs), making Roatan a very quick and convenient destination. Roatan is also home of world class scuba diving and fishing. There are numerous dive shops in west end, but I did a little research before I went and had a good dive shop picked out before I arrived. I chose Coconut Tree Divers due to their highly qualified and trained instructors because I wanted to take some advanced scuba diving courses to further my scuba education. I ended up taking the Emergency First Responder course, and the Rescue course. Basically everything you need to know to rescue and administer first aid & CPR for scuba related injuries. It’s one of the best classes I’ve ever taken, and hopefully will never need to use it.
Wednesday, September 12th , 2007
By GoodKarmaKid in Food & Wine ,with No Comments »
My wife and I got into wine a couple years ago, we aren’t wine snobs but just enjoy a good bottle of wine with dinner or to relax and unwind. There are several restaurants in Las Vegas, which also have a wine store on the premises. One of our favorites is called the “Viaggio“, it is a contemporay Italian restaurant which serves high quality food, at a reasonable price.
One of the things we really like about the Viaggio, in addition to the great food is ordering “flights’ of wine. Basically a flight is a small sampling of wine, about the size of a shot glass. We normally order a flight of about 6 wines, and choose a favorite and then buy a case to take home and drink later. This is a great way of sampling wines, and not ending up with a wine you don’t like.
The Viaggio also has wine tasting dinners every couple of months, which are normally sponsored by one or two winery’s. The staff is very liberal with the samples for the wine tastings. I’d highly recommend tryin out the Viaggio if you are ever in Las Vegas.
