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	Our Hawaii Trip: Maui and the Big Island by The Nakamura-Reyes family · TheTropics/Lagoon A family's two-week trip in July 1999: beaches, a volcano, a luau and how much it all cost.
	The Reef Tank Page by Brian G., saltwater aquarium hobbyist · TheTropics/Reef Keeping a 55-gallon reef tank: the setup, water chemistry, the livestock and the mistakes.
	Island Time Travel BUSINESS TheTropics/Cabana A home-based travel agent specializing in Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean, with fall 1999 packages.
	Retired to the Keys by Walt and Marjorie Dunn · TheTropics/Island Two Ohioans who retired to the Florida Keys in 1996: fishing, hurricanes, the heat and no regrets.
	Hula for Beginners by Kumu Leilani Kahale · TheTropics/Paradise Basic hula steps, the meaning of the hand motions and the halau's fall 1999 schedule.
	Sea Glass Hunting by Patty and Mike O'Rourke, Maine · TheTropics/Shore Finding and grading beach glass on the Maine coast, with the color rarity chart and the 1999 jar.
	Backyard Luau Planning by The Kahananui family · TheTropics/Cabana Throwing a backyard luau on the mainland: the food, the music, the decorations and the pig question.
	Scuba Diary: Getting Certified at 45 by Mark Hunley · TheTropics/Reef Open-water scuba certification in 1999: the pool sessions, the quarry dives and the first reef.
	Palm Breeze Tanning & Nails BUSINESS TheTropics/Island Tanning beds, manicures and pedicures, with fall 1999 packages and the homecoming special.
	Gone Coastal JOURNAL by Neil Gustafson · TheTropics/Paradise A former corporate lawyer quit it all to run a charter boat in the Virgin Islands. It is not all sunsets.
	Balikbayan JOURNAL by Maricel Dizon · TheTropics/Shore A Filipina nurse working nights in Chicago writes about the money she sends home and the son she's raising by phone.
	Aloha from Ohio by Malia Keawe · TheTropics/Lagoon A Hawaii-born nurse living in Columbus writes about home, snow, and the aunties she misses.
	Aloha from Ben & Marian! by Marian Hurley · TheTropics/Island Thirty years married and our first airplane ride: a week on Maui in February 1999, day by day, with pictures.
	The Ramseys Do the Outer Banks - Summer '99 by Maria Ramsey · TheTropics/Shore A week on the Outer Banks in a cottage on stilts: Jockey's Ridge, crabbing, and the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on its rails, halfway to its new spot.
	Grandma Helen's Porch Cam by Helen Burkholder · TheTropics/Paradise Every Sunday at 4 o'clock I sit on my lanai in Lakeland and wave to Ohio. My grandson fixed it so you can see me. Wave back!
	The Rain Gauge Renku Circle by Eleanor Tinoco · TheTropics/Island Six poets who have never met, one long linked poem passed by e-mail. What renku is, and our kasen so far: eighteen verses of thirty-six.
	Tim & Tina's Parrothead Page by Timothy and Tina Wilkins · TheTropics/Cabana Fourteen summers of Jimmy Buffett shows: our concert log, his albums and books, Beach House on the Moon, and how to become a Parrothead.
	Sunshine in a Box by Philip Ng · TheTropics/Lagoon Anchorage gets five and a half hours of daylight in December. I'm an accountant with winter depression and a light box. Here's how I reach March.
	Kristie's First Ocean Dives - Cozumel with Dad, April 1999 by Kristie Sullivan · TheTropics/Reef Certified in a cold lake in March, drifting along a Cozumel wall in April, with my dad beside me. Ten dives, one turtle, zero sharks (sorry, Dad).
	HOLY WEEK SA BORACAY!!! - The Barkada Does White Beach by Glenda Ledesma · TheTropics/Island Five officemates, three disposable cameras, four days on White Beach: paraw at sunset, Willy's Rock, and the worst sunburn in the history of our department.
	Island Time, Navy Time JOURNAL by Helen McDonald · TheTropics/Island Two years, two kids, one typhoon and a lot of brown tree snakes. A Navy wife's journal from Guam, and now we're packing out.
	Coral Ledge Dive Center - Key Largo BUSINESS TheTropics/Reef Two-tank reef trips every morning, snorkel trips every afternoon, and open water certification in three days. Our reefs, our prices, the fall slow-season special, and our weather promise.
	Second Wind: Living Aboard in the Bahamas by Martin and Sherry Morgan · TheTropics/Lagoon We sold the house, the snowblower and most of our stuff, and moved onto a 38-foot sailboat. The Gulf Stream crossing, a winter in the Exumas, what it costs, and how we waited out Hurricane Floyd.
	Calypso Days: Remembering Captain Cousteau by Robert Frazier · TheTropics/Shore I learned to dive in a canvas suit and a copper helmet. Then a Frenchman showed the world what you could do with a tank on your back. My tribute to Captain Cousteau, the shows we watched, and my own diving years.

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