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Atlantic City Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Atlantic City, United States
Comment of the week...
I went to buy coffee at Starbucks (there is even one of those in the hotel), but really to see if I could get the wifi to work. I still have not got to grips with the coins, and my iced coffee was $3.16. I pulled out 3 X $1 notes and then asked the lady ...
Atlantic City - Trump Taj Hall Arena
... with Trump...hanging in my of these horribly dingy hallways. The power of advertising...or, more accurately, the lies of advertising. Thankfulness for not having to work at a casino! Or in Atlantic City, in general, for that ...
Atlantic City - DAY 2!!!!
... we walk back to our hotel room at 3.00pm. He sleep for a bit and I went down to the beach to take picture of Atlantic City and the buildings. I walked down the boardwalk and had some Pizza at a little cafe, then found a Internet cafe and e-mail Jon ...
Cycle tours and a boardwalk empire.
... an early start by our standards to allow us to get to Port Authority Bus Terminal where we got a bus from Stand 1 out to Atlantic City famous for its boardwalk, casinos and apparently Jersey Shore. The journey took around 2 and a half hours and dropped us ...
update
Hey! Realise its been awhile. So i went on my first set of off days last week. 7 of us went to atlantic city, lots of casions and a nice beach but not much else there. We stayed in a really nice hotel, chilled out on the beach shopped etc so was really ...
The final medal list - South Africa South wins!!
Have tried to upload the table I made - but it converts to a list, grrr... Anyway, here are all the results. Per event, the order is Gold, Silver, Bronze (x2) Girls kata 1999-2000 USA USA South Africa South (Natasha) South ...
Day 4 - On the Road
... calm us down. After using ridiculously little money on a bunch of clothes we had to finish our first day on the road, to Atlantic City. We checked into Tropicana, a fancy but fair priced hotel/casino. Don`t worry, we didn`t gamble all our money in ...
We Got Trumped
More at Klenske, Ink Arrived last night in Atlantic City-this has been a road trip record- 7 days and we haven't gotten lost once!! Amazing-I'm sure we'll wind up in Florida today because i just jinxed myself....anyways-wound up with an ocean-view room ...
Stupid comment of the week - no. 2
Suzi was asked by someone who worked in the hotel where we were all from. She said South Africa - the woman said 'where is that? Is that a ...
Under the boardwalk
A different tune today. And while it did stir up a romantic notion of 'falling in love under the boardwalk,' there was work to do and little time to play on the beach while the sun was up. Bldg guy introduced me to two Live Nation guys - ...
Atlantic City
... . A perfect day on the water followed. Winds were <10kts with temps in low 80s.... By 1700 we were at the Atlantic City inlet. This is an "all weather inlet" in that it should not be dangerous and we should be able to enter under ...
Day two of elimination rounds - update part 2!
Another LONG day - key info that I have so far: Tamara got bronze in kumite! Sensei T was in male team event - close fight against SA North team for bronze, and unfortunately we didn't get it Sensei T's first fight was against Sean! Both were nervous ...
We need more ladies vets!
Calling all ladies who are over 40 years, whether you are already doing karate or not... Having a ladies vets division was a first in the KSI World Champs. Most of the ladies vets who were competing (12 in kata, 11 in kumite) were from the ...
Halloween in Atlantic City with a day off
Had an absolute blast costume-shopping with Zoe on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Laughed until our sides ached. Top choices from the cheap shops along the way (not costume shops, mind you!) were -small bright yellow shorts with "Gangsta Bitch" ...
Gashuku day - Monday
What an exhausting but worthwhile day. For those of you who do not know, 'gashuku' is a training day, with teaching by senior people. We were privileged that the four shihans (the four men who run the KSI organisation, develop techniques, etc) ...
We are all leaving Atlantic City
After a great celebration party last night, there were lots of bleary eyes this morning at breakfast! It looked like some people had not even gone to bed (other dojos, not ours!). Most from Plumstead are now heading back to NYC by coach later this ...
sightseeing in atlantic city
Walked to Atlantic City Historical Museum.Outside there is a lifesize Mr.Peanut, Inside are pictures and objects about Atlantic City history.There is also a film. Lunch at Irish Pub restaurant,known for low prices and authentic Irish pub atmosphere. ...
FINALS day!
The overall results - South Africa South won overall!!! See full medal table at the dojo (don't seem to be able to get it into this blog for some reason!) Sensei Chris Ensil was made 7th dan! Sensei T won GOLD in veteran men's kumite - we are so ...
Day one of the elimination rounds!
Will update this more when I have more time. In summary: Brandon is in kumite finals on Thursday, for gold or silver!! So is James - in 12-13 year old division unison boys (Connor, Brandon, Ismail) got to bronze. They did their kata well, they ...
Mile 80.6: Atlantic City
... ll be able to make the two-hour trip as is. Roll (substituted by a roulette spin) Options and Roll by Chris the dealer at the Borgata 1: Harrisburg, PA 2: Ocean City, MD 3: New York, NY 4: Baltimore, MD 5: Newark, NJ 6: Edison, NJ Result ...
Sensei T's final
Here is video footage of Sensei T's fight, as well as him getting his gold medal. We all know how important this was to Sensei T, and we are all so proud of him. We screamed and we shouted and we cried with excitement! And so did Trusha - who was getting ...
A Quick Stop
... to come out of our having to rent a car. So a spur of the moment drive to the coast seemed in order. We drove into Atlantic City, parked, and walked into the closest casino. Michelle wanted to call her mom, so she found a pay phone. I wandered over to ...
Day two of the elimination rounds!
QUICK ENTRY!! SENSEI T IS THROUGH TO MALE VETERAN KUMITE FINAL ON THURSDAY! Will update later. ...
Day 20
Hi guys! Ok heres the update, we are in Atlantic City, New Jersey. We started the morning with a walk to the Taj Mahal, Yes! the one "the Donald" owns. We had breakfast there. One of the best breakfast's so far on the ...
A nasty night in Atlantic City
Even though our stay in Atlantic City was brief, it will live on in memory for all of the wrong reasons. We arrived late at night, hopped in a taxi to the airport, got dropped off at the wrong hostel, nearly lost Eilidh's brand new wallet and passport, ...
First Set of Days Off - Atlantic City
... at 11.30am and got the 12.00 noon train to Philadelphia for ($4.25) when the 23 of us got into Philly we caught a train to Atlantic City for ($7.25) which we arrived at 3.30pm and then we taxi to the Hotel Tropicana where I had the fun job of checking 8 ...
Atlantic City - cheap man's Vegas...
Atlantic City, New Jersey... What a hole this place is! It really is the POOR cousin of Las Vegas - one of the guys I spoke to (from the UK) compared it to Blackpool - remind me never to go there! It was cheap, dirty and pretty unwelcoming. The ...
The trip home: leg 5
I knew AC was ghetto, but I think I was a lot safer in Cambodia than I am here and I'm not kidding at all. Well, we're here....finally, and without any real incident, although I'm not sure how many of the thai students made it. I'm exhausted, since I've ...
Atlantic City - Casinos and Boardwalk
After a delayed start, we drive 90 mins East to Atlantic city, New Jersey. Its a glorious day and we take a lovely stroll along the boardwalk before calling in to see Ballys casino. Ballys seems to own a long strip of the boardwalk and have every type of ...
Casino City
... (thats what we keep telling our selves). The next day we saw a place called Ocean City, about 30mins away, a mini atlantic city without any casino's. Believe it or not Ocean City is an alcohol free town, its prohibited till this day. Boring ...