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DU's defense
To follow up on the Tyler Bozak post last night . . . let's talk DU overall. We know with Bozak returning, plus 10 of the top 12 other forwards — plus possible NHL No. 1 rounder Joe Colborne coming in — the Pioneers are going to be experienced and deep up front.
I like the back line, too. Indeed, senior Andrew Thomas and Chris Butler (signed with the Sabres) are going to be missed, and Butler would have been an all-everything guy as a senior, but the Pioneers have what amounts to 2 1/2 studs coming in on the b-line. (I put it that way because one of them might be a sophomore in October.)
Freshmen-to-be John Lee and David Carle are blue chip all the way, and don't forget freshman/sophomore John Ryder, who only played eight games last season before breaking his wrist. Ryder, who came in a year early because of Keith Seabrook's 2007 summer departure, is going to be a great player, and he might recieve a medical redshirt and re-do his freshman season.
So think about it. DU still has seniors-to-be Patrick Mullen and J.P. Testwuide, who both can skate the puck end to end, and junior-to-be Cody Brookwell (a big, defensive kid) and sophomore-to-be Chris Nutini (ditto), plus soph-to-be Jon Cook (unproven).
I like the look of the corps. Lee and Carle will play right away, because they're full scholarship, and if they're as good as advertised, there could me a nice mix with this group, and depth.
So, we've covered the forwards and D. What's the biggest key about the 2008-09 Pios? Yep, goaltending. Freshman Marc Cheverie didn't get much of a chance last season, but he'll be The Man beginning in October. The classy Pete Mannino officially handed the GT reigns to Chevie at Friday's banquet, saying that Chevie has all the tools to give DU a chance to have a very good team.
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To the Celestiall and my soules Idoll, the most beau tified
O deere
my grones, but that I loue thee best, ô most best belieue it, adew.
Thine euermore most deere Lady, whilst this machine is to him.
How say you by that, still harping on my daughter, yet hee
knewe me not at first, a sayd I was a Fishmonger, a is farre gone,
and truly in my youth, I suffred much extremity for loue, very
neere this. Ile speake to him againe. What doe you reade my
Words, words, words.
What is the matter my Lord.
Betweene who.
I meane the matter that you reade my Lord.
Slaunders sir; for the satericall rogue sayes heere, that old
men haue gray beards, that their faces are wrinckled, their eyes
purging thick Amber, & plumtree gum, & that they haue a plen
though I most powerfully and potentlie belieue, yet I hold it not
honesty to haue it thus set downe, for your selfe sir shall growe old
as I am: if like a Crab you could goe backward.
Though this be madnesse, yet there is method in't, will you
walke out of the ayre my Lord?
Into my graue.
Indeede that's out of the ayre; how pregnant sometimes
his replies are, a happines that often madnesse hits on, which reason
and sanctity could not so prosperously be deliuered of. I will leaue
him and my daughter. My Lord, I will take my leaue of you.
You cannot take from mee any thing that I will not more
willingly part withall: except my life, except my life, except my
Begger that I am, I am euer poore in thankes, but I thanke
were you not sent for? is it your owne inclining? is it a free visitati
on? come, come, deale iustly with me, come, come, nay speake.
Any thing but to'th purpose: you were sent for, and there is
a kind of confession in your lookes, which your modesties haue not
craft enough to cullour, I know the good King and Queene haue
sent for you.
To what end my Lord?
That you must teach me: but let me coniure you, by the
rights of our fellowship, by the consonancie of our youth, by the
obligation of our euer preserued loue; and by what more deare a
better proposer can charge you withall, bee euen and direct with
me whether you were sent for or no.
What say you.
Nay then I haue an eye of you? if you loue me hold not of.
My Lord we were sent for.
I will tell you why, so shall my anticipation preuent your
discouery, and your secrecie to the King & Queene moult no fea
ther, I haue of late, but wherefore I knowe not, lost all my mirth,
forgon all custome of exercises: and indeede it goes so heauily with
my disposition, that this goodly frame the earth, seemes to mee a
sterill promontorie, this most excellent Canopie the ayre, looke
you, this braue orehanging firmament, this maiesticall roofe fret
ted with golden fire, why it appeareth nothing to me but a foule
and pestilent congregation of vapoures. What peece of worke is a
man, how noble in reason, how infinit in faculties, in forme and
moouing, how expresse and admirable in action, how like an An
gell in apprehension, how like a God: the beautie of the world; the
paragon of Annimales; and yet to me, what is this Quintessence of
dust: man delights not me, nor women neither, though by your
smilling, you seeme to say so.
My Lord, there was no such stuffe in my thoughts.
Why did yee laugh then, when I sayd man delights not me.
To thinke my Lord if you delight not in man, what Lenton
entertainment the players shall receaue from you, we coted them
on the way, and hether are they comming to offer you seruice.
He that playes the King shal be welcome, his Maiestie shal
haue tribute on me, the aduenterous Knight shall vse his foyle and
target, the Louer shall not sigh gratis, the humorus Man shall end
his part in peace, and the Lady shall say her minde freely: or the
black verse shall hault for't. What players are they?
Euen those you were wont to take such delight in, the Trage
dians of the Citty.
How chances it they trauaile? their residence both in repu
tation, and profit was better both wayes.
I thinke their inhibition, comes by the meanes of the late
Doe they hold the same estimation they did when I was in
the Citty; are they so followed.
No indeede are they not.
It is not very strange, for my Vncle is King of Denmarke, and
those that would make mouths at him while my father liued, giue
twenty, fortie, fifty, a hundred duckets a peece, for his Picture
in little, s'bloud there is somthing in this more then naturall, if
Philosophie could find it out.
There are the players.
Gentlemen you are welcome to
Elsonoure, your hands come
then, th'appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremonie; let
mee comply with you in this garb: let me extent to the players,
which I tell you must showe fairely outwards, should more ap
peare like entertainment then yours? you are welcome: but my
Vncle‐father, and Aunt‐mother, are deceaued.
In what my deare Lord.
I am but mad North North west; when the wind is Sou
therly, I knowe a Hauke, from a hand saw.
Well be with you Gentlemen.
Harke you
that great baby you see there is not yet out of his swadling clouts.
Happily he is the second time come to them, for they say an
old man is twice a child.
I will prophecy, he comes to tell me of the players, mark it,
You say right sir, a Monday morning, t'was then indeede.
My Lord I haue newes to tell you.
My Lord I haue newes to tel you: when
Rossius was an Actor
in Rome.
The Actors are come hether my Lord.
Buz, buz.
Vppon my honor.
Then came each Actor on his Asse.
The best actors in the world, either for Tragedie, Comedy,
History, Pastorall, Pastorall Comicall, Historicall Pastorall, scene
Sceneca cannot be too heauy, nor Plautus too light for the lawe of writ, and the liberty: these are the
only men.
Ieptha Iudge of Israell, what a treasure had'st thou?
What a treasure had he my Lord?
Why one faire daughter and no more, the which he loued
passing well.
Still on my daughter.
Am I not i'th right old
If you call me
Ieptha my Lord, I haue a daughter that I loue
Nay that followes not.
What followes then my Lord?
Why as by lot God wot, and then you knowe it came to
passe, as most like it was; the first rowe of the pious chanson will
showe you more, for looke where my abridgment comes.
You are welcome maisters, welcome all, I am glad to see thee
well, welcome good friends, oh old friend, why thy face is va
lanct since I saw thee last, com'st thou to beard me in Denmark?
what my young Lady and mistris, by lady your Ladishippe is
nerer to heauen, then when I saw you last by the altitude of a
chopine, pray God your voyce like a peece of vncurrant gold,
bee not crackt within the ring: maisters you are all welcome,
weele ento't like friendly Fa
weele haue a speech straite, come giue vs a tast of your quality,
come a passionate speech.
What speech my good Lord?
I heard thee speake me a speech once, but it was neuer acted,
or if it was, not aboue once, for the play I remember pleasd not
the million, t'was cauiary to the generall, but it was as I receaued
it & others, whose iudgements in such matters cried in the top
of mine, an excellent play, well digested in the scenes, set downe
with as much modestie as cunning. I remember one sayd there
were no sallets in the lines, to make the matter sauory, nor no
matter in the phrase that might indite the author of affection,
but cald it an honest method, as wholesome as sweete, & by very
much, more handsome then fine: one speech in't I chiefely loued,
Aeneas talke to Dido, & there about of it especially when he
speakes of
Priams slaughter, if it liue in your memory begin at
this line, let me see, let me see, the rugged
Pirus like Th'ircanian
This is too long.
It shall to the barbers with your beard; prethee say on, he's
for a Iigge, or a tale of bawdry, or he sleepes, say on, come to
The mobled Queene.
That's good.
Looke where he has not turnd his cullour, and has teares in's
eyes, prethee no more.
Tis well, Ile haue thee speake out the rest of this soone,
Good my Lord will you see the players well bestowed; doe you
heare, let them be well vsed, for they are the abstract and breefe
Chronicles of the time; after your death you were better haue a
bad Epitaph then their ill report while you liue.
My Lord, I will vse them according to their desert.
Gods bodkin man, much better, vse euery man after his de
sert, & who shall scape whipping, vse them after your owne honor
and dignity, the lesse they deserue the more merrit is in your boun
ty. Take them in.
Come sirs.
Follow him friends, weele heare a play to morrowe; dost thou
I my Lord.
Weele hate to morrowe night, you could for neede study
a speech of some dosen lines, or sixteene lines, which I would set
downe and insert in't, could you not?
I my Lord.
Very well, followe that Lord, & looke you mock him not.
My good friends, Ile leaue you tell night, you are welcome to
Elson oure.
I truly, for the power of beautie will sooner transforme ho
nestie from what it is to a bawde, then the force of honestie can trans
late beautie into his likenes, this was sometime a paradox, but now the
time giues it proofe, I did loue you once.
You should not haue beleeu'd me, for vertue cannot so
euocutat our old stock, but we shall relish of it, I loued you not.
Get thee a Nunry, why would'st thou be a breeder of sin
ners, I am my selfe indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse mee of
such things, that it were better my Mother had not borne mee: I am
very proude, reuengefull, ambitious, with more offences at my beck,
then I haue thoughts to put them in, imagination to giue them shape,
or time to act them in: what should such fellowes as I do crauling be
tweene earth and heauen, wee are arrant knaues, beleeue none of vs,
goe thy waies to a Nunry. Where's your father?
If thou doost marry, Ile giue thee this plague for thy dow
rie, be thou as chast as yce, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape ca
lumny; get thee to a Nunry, farewell. Or if thou wilt needes marry,
marry a foole, for wise men knowe well enough what monsters you
make of them: to a Nunry goe, and quickly to, farewell.
I haue heard of your paintings well enough, God hath gi
uen you one face, and you make your selfes another, you gig & am
ble, and you list you nickname Gods creatures, and make your wan
tonnes ignorance; goe to, Ile no more on't, it hath made me madde,
I say we will haue no mo marriage, those that are married alreadie, all
but one shall liue, the rest shall keep as they are: to a Nunry go.
Speake the speech I pray you as I pronoun'd it to you, trip
pingly on the tongue, but if you mouth it as many of our Players do,
I had as liue the towne cryer spoke my lines, nor doe not saw the ayre
too much with your hand thus, but vse all gently, for in the very tor
rent tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must
acquire and beget a temperance, that may giue it smoothnesse, ô it
lings, vvho for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplica
ble dumbe showes, and noyse: I would haue such a fellow whipt for
ore‐dooing Termagant, it out Herods Herod, pray you auoyde it.
I warrant your honour.
Be not too tame neither, but let your owne discretion be
your tutor, sute the action to the word, the word to the action, with
this speciall obseruance, that you ore‐steppe not the modestie of na
ture: For any thing so ore‐doone, is from the purpose of playing,
whose end both at the first, and novve, was and is, to holde as twere
the Mirrour vp to nature, to shew vertue her feature; scorne her own
Image, and the very age and body of the time his forme and pressure:
Now this ouer‐done, or come tardie off, though it makes the vnskil
full laugh, cannot but make the iudicious greeue, the censure of
which one, must in your allowance ore‐weigh a whole Theater of o
thers. O there be Players that I haue seene play, and heard others
praysd, and that highly, not to speake it prophanely, that neither ha
uing th'accent of Christians, nor the gate of Christian, Pagan, nor
man, haue so strutted & bellowed, that I haue thought some of Na
tures Iornimen had made men, and not made them well, they imita
ted humanitie so abhominably.
I hope we haue reform'd that indifferently with vs.
O reforme it altogether, and let those that play your clownes
speake no more then is set downe for them, for there be of them that
wil themselues laugh, to set on some quantitie of barraine spectators
to laugh to, though in the meane time, some necessary question of
the play be then to be considered, that's villanous, and shewes a most
pittifull ambition in the foole that vses it: goe make you readie. How
now my Lord, will the King heare this peece of worke?
O God your onely Iigge‐maker, what should a man do but
be merry, for looke you how cheerefully my mother lookes, and my
father died within's two howres.
So long, nay then let the deule weare blacke, for Ile haue a
sute of sables; ô heauens, die two months agoe, and not forgotten yet,
then there's hope a great mans memorie may out‐liue his life halfe a
yeere, but ber Lady a must build Churches then, or els shall a suffer
not thinking on, with the Hobby‐horse, whose Epitaph is, for ô, for
ô, the hobby‐horse is forgot,
The Mousetrap, mary how tropically, this play is the Image
of a murther doone in
Vienna, Gonzago is the Dukes name, his wife Baptista, you shall see anon, tis a knauish peece of worke, but what of
that? your Maiestie, and wee that haue free soules, it touches vs not,
let the gauled Iade winch, our withers are vnwrong. This is one
Lu cianus, Nephew to the King.
So you mistake your husbands. Beginne murtherer, leaue
thy damnable faces and begin, come, the croking Rauen doth bellow
for reuenge.
A poysons him i'th Garden for his estate, his names
Gonza go, the story is extant, and written in very choice Italian, you shall see
Thus runnes the world away. Would not this sir & a forrest of fea
thers, if the rest of my fortunes turne Turk with me, with prouinciall
Roses on my raz'd shooes, get me a fellowship in a cry of players?
O good
pound. Did'st perceiue?
Your wisedome should shewe it selfe more richer to signifie
this to the Doctor, for, for mee to put him to his purgation, would
perhaps plunge him into more choller.
Nay good my Lord, this curtesie is not of the right breede, if
it shall please you to make me a wholsome aunswere, I will doe your
mothers commaundement, if not, your pardon and my returne, shall
be the end of busines.
Make you a wholsome answer, my wits diseasd, but sir, such
answere as I can make, you shall commaund, or rather as you say, my
mother, therefore no more, but to the matter, my mother you say.
Then thus she sayes, your behauiour hath strooke her into a
mazement and admiration.
O wonderful sonne that can so stonish a mother, but is there
no sequell at the heeles of this mothers admiration, impart.
She desires to speak with you in her closet ere you go to bed.
We shall obey, were she ten times our mother, haue you any
further trade with vs?
My Lord, you once did loue me.
And doe still by these pickers and stealers.
Good my Lord, what is your cause of distemper, you do sure
ly barre the doore vpon your owne liberty if you deny your griefes to
your friend.
Sir I lacke aduauncement.
How can that be, when you haue the voyce of the King him
selfe for your succession in Denmarke.
I sir, but while the grasse growes, the prouerbe is something
musty, ô the Recorders, let mee see one, to withdraw with you, why
doe you goe about to recouer the wind of mee, as if you would driue
me into a toyle?
O my lord, if my duty be too bold, my loue is too vnmanerly.
I do not wel vnderstand that, wil you play vpon this pipe?
My lord I cannot.
I pray you.
Beleeue me I cannot.
I doe beseech you.
I know no touch of it my Lord.
It is as easie as lying; gouerne these ventages with your fin
gers, & the vmber, giue it breath with your mouth, & it wil discourse
most eloquent musique, looke you, these are the stops.
But these cannot I commaund to any vttrance of harmonie, I
haue not the skill.
Why looke you now how vnwoorthy a thing you make of
me, you would play vpon mee, you would seeme to know my stops,
you would plucke out the hart of my mistery, you would sound mee
from my lowest note to my compasse, and there is much musique ex
cellent voyce in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak, s'bloud
do you think I am easier to be plaid on then a pipe, call mee what in
strument you wil, though you fret me not, you cannot play vpon me.
God blesse you sir.
That I can keepe your counsaile & not mine owne, besides
to be demaunded of a spunge, what replycation should be made by
the sonne of a King.
Take you me for a spunge my Lord?
I sir, that sokes vp the Kings countenaunce, his rewards, his
authorities, but such Officers doe the King best seruice in the end, he
keepes them like an apple in the corner of his iaw, first mouth'd to be
last swallowed, when hee needs what you haue gleand, it is but squee
sing you, and spunge you shall be dry againe.
I vnderstand you not my Lord.
I am glad of it, a knauish speech sleepes in a foolish eare.
My Lord, you must tell vs where the body is, and goe with vs
to the King.
The body is with the King, but the King is not with the
body. The King is a thing.
A thing my Lord.
Of nothing, bring me to him.
Not where he eates, but where a is eaten, a certaine conua
cation of politique wormes are een at him: your worme is your onely
Emperour for dyet, we fat all creatures els to fat vs, and wee fat our
selues for maggots, your fat King and your leane begger is but varia
ble seruice, two dishes but to one table, that's the end.
A man may fish with the worme that hath eate of a King, &
eate of the fish that hath fedde of that worme.
Nothing but to shew you how a King may goe a progresse
In heauen, send thether to see, if your messenger finde him
not thrre, seeke him i'th other place your selfe, but if indeed you find
him not within this month, you shall nose him as you goe vp the
stayres into the Lobby.
Well good dild you, they say the Owle was a Bakers daugh
ter, Lord we know what we are, but know not what we may be.
God be at your table.
I hope all will be well, we must be patient, but I cannot chuse
but weepe to thinke they would lay him i'th cold ground, my brother
shall know of it, and so I thanke you for your good counsaile. Come
my Coach, God night Ladies, god night.
Sweet Ladyes god night, god night.
There's Rosemary, thats for remembrance, pray you loue re
member, and there is Pancies, thats for thoughts.
There's Fennill for you, and Colembines, there's Rewe for
you, & heere's some for me, we may call it herbe of Grace a Sondaies,
you may weare your Rewe with a difference, there's a Dasie, I would
giue you some Violets, but they witherd all when my Father dyed,
they say a made a good end.
A shall sir and please him, there's a Letter for you sir, it came
England, if your name be
lowes some meanes to the King, they haue Letters for him: Ere wee
were two daies old at Sea, a Pyrat of very warlike appointment gaue
vs chase, finding our selues too slow of saile, wee put on a compelled
valour, and in the grapple I boorded them, on the instant they got
cleere of our shyp, so I alone became theyr prisoner, they haue dealt
with me like thieues of mercie, but they knew what they did, I am to
doe a turne for them, let the King haue the Letters I haue sent, and
repayre thou to me with as much speede as thou wouldest flie death,
I haue wordes to speake in thine eare will make thee dumbe, yet are
will bring thee where I am,
course for
England, of them I haue much to tell thee, farewell.
So that thou knowest thine
High and mighty, you shall know I am set naked on your kingdom,
to morrow shall I begge leaue to see your kingly eyes, when I shal first
asking you pardon, there‐vnto recount the occasion of my suddain
Is shee to be buried in Christian buriall, when she wilfully
seekes her owne saluation?
I tell thee she is, therfore make her graue straight, the crow
ner hath sate on her, and finds it Christian buriall.
How can that be, vnlesse she drown'd herselfe in her owne
Why tis found so.
It must be so offended, it cannot be els, for heere lyes the
poynt, if I drowne my selfe wittingly, it argues an act, & an act hath
three branches, it is to act, to doe, to performe, or all; she drownd her
selfe wittingly.
Nay, but heare you good man deluer.
Giue mee leaue, here lyes the water, good, here stands the
he, nill he, he goes, marke you that, but if the water come to him, &
drowne him, he drownes not himselfe, argall, he that is not guilty of
his owne death, shortens not his owne life.
But is this law?
I marry i'st, Crowners quest law.
Will you ha the truth an't, if this had not beene a gentlewo
man, she should haue been buried out a christian buriall.
Why there thou sayst, and the more pitty that great folke
should haue countnaunce in this world to drowne or hang thēselues
more then theyr euen Christen: Come my spade, there is no aunci
ent gentlemen but Gardners, Ditchers, and Grauemakers, they hold
vp Adams profession.
Was he a gentleman?
A was the first that euer bore Armes.
Ile put another question to thee, if thou answerest me not to the pur
pose, confesse thy selfe.
Goe to.
What is he that builds stronger then eyther the Mason, the
Shypwright, or the Carpenter.
The gallowes maker, for that out‐liues a thousand tenants.
I like thy wit well in good fayth, the gallowes dooes well,
but howe dooes it well? It dooes well to those that do ill, nowe thou
doost ill to say the gallowes is built stronger then the Church, argall,
the gallowes may doo well to thee. Too't againe, come.
VVho buildes stronger then a Mason, a Shipwright, or a
I, tell me that and vnyoke.
Marry now I can tell.
Masse I cannot tell.
Cudgell thy braines no more about it, for your dull asse wil
not mend his pace with beating, and when you are askt this question
next, say a graue‐maker, the houses hee makes lasts till Doomesday.
Goe get thee in, and fetch mee a soope of liquer.
Has this fellowe no feeling of his busines? a sings in graue
Custome hath made it in him a propertie of easines.
Tis een so, the hand of little imploiment hath the dintier s
That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once, how the
knaue iowles it to the ground, as if twere Caines iawbone, that did the
first murder, this might be the pate of a pollitician, which this asse now
ore‐reaches; one that would circumuent God, might it not?
It might my Lord.
Or of a Courtier, which could say good morrow sweet lord,
how doost thou sweet lord? This might be my Lord such a one, that
praised my lord such a ones horse when a went to beg it, might it not?
I my Lord.
Why een so, & now my Lady wormes Choples, & knockt
about the massene with a Sextens spade; heere's fine reuolution and
we had the tricke to see't, did these bones cost no more the breeding,
but to play at loggits with them: mine ake to thinke on't.
There's another, why may not that be the skull of a Lawyer,
where be his quiddities now, his quillites, his cases, his tenurs, and his
tricks? why dooes he suffer this madde knaue now to knocke him a
bout the sconce with a durtie shouell, and will not tell him of his acti
on of battery, hum, this fellowe might be in's time a great buyer of
Land, with his Statuts, his recognisances, his fines, his double vou
chers, his recoueries, to haue his fine pate full of fine durt, will vou
chers vouch him no more of his purchases & doubles then the length
and breadth of a payre of Indentures? The very conueyances of his
Lands will scarcely lye in this box, & must th'inheritor himselfe haue
no more, ha.
Not a iot more my Lord.
Is not Parchment made of sheepe‐skinnes?
I my Lord, and of Calues‐skinnes to.
They are Sheepe and Calues which seeke out assurance in
that, I wil speak to this fellow. Whose graue's this sirra?
Mine sir, or a pit of clay for to be made.
I thinke it be thine indeede, for thou lyest in't.
You lie out ont sir, and therefore tis not yours; for my part I
doe not lie in't, yet it is mine.
Thou doost lie in't to be in't & say it is thine, tis for the dead,
not for the quicke, therefore thou lyest.
Tis a quicke lye sir, twill away againe from me to you.
What man doost thou digge it for?
For no man sir.
What woman then?
For none neither.
Who is to be buried in't?
One that was a woman sir, but rest her soule shee's dead.
How absolute the knaue is, we must speake by the card, or
equiuocation will vndoo vs. By the Lord
haue tooke note of it, the age is growne so picked, that the toe of the
pesant coms so neere the heele of the Courtier he galls his kybe. How
long hast thou been Graue‐maker?
Of the dayes i'th yere I came too't that day that our last king
How long is that since?
Cannot you tell that? euery foole can tell that, it was that
very day that young
I marry, why was he sent into
Why because a was mad: a shall recouer his wits there, or if
a doo not, tis no great matter there.
Twill not be seene in him there, there the men are as mad
How came he mad?
Very strangely they say.
How strangely?
Fayth eene with loosing his wits.
Vpon what ground?
Why heere in Denmarke: I haue been Sexten heere man
and boy thirty yeeres.
How long will a man lie i'th earth ere he rot?
Fayth if a be not rotten before a die, as we haue many poc
kie corses, that will scarce hold the laying in, a will last you som eyght
yeere, or nine yeere. A Tanner will last you nine yeere.
Why he more then another?
Why sir, his hide is so tand with his trade, that a will keepe
out water a great while; & your water is a sore decayer of your whor
son dead body, heer's a scull now hath lyen you i'th earth 23. yeeres.
Whose was it?
A whorson mad fellowes it was, whose do you think it was?
Nay I know not.
A pestilence on him for a madde rogue, a pourd a flagon of
Renish on my head once; this same skull sir, was sir
Kings Iester.
Een that.
Alas poore
iest, of most excellent fancie, hee hath bore me on his backe a thou
sand times, and now how abhorred in my imagination it is: my gorge
rises at it. Heere hung those lyppes that I haue kist I know not howe
oft, where be your gibes now? your gamboles, your songs, your fla
shes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roare, not one
now to mocke your owne grinning, quite chop
to my Ladies table, & tell her, let her paint an inch thicke, to this fa
uour she must come, make her laugh at that.
What's that my Lord?
Doost thou thinke
Alexander lookt a this fashion i'th earth?
Een so.
And smelt so pah.
Een so my Lord.
To what base vses wee may returne
imagination trace the noble dust of
Alexander, till a find it stopping
a bunghole?
Twere to consider too curiously to consider so.
No faith, not a iot, but to follow him thether with modesty
enough, and likelyhood to leade it.
Alexander dyed, Alexander was
Alexander returneth to dust, the dust is earth, of earth vvee
make Lome, & why of that Lome whereto he was conuerted, might
Thy state is the more gracious, for tis a vice to know him,
He hath much land and fertill: let a beast be Lord of beasts, and his
crib shall stand at the Kings messe, tis a chough, but as I say, spaci
ous in the possession of durt.
Sweete Lord, if your Lordshippe were at leasure, I should
impart a thing to you from his Maiestie.
I will receaue it sir withall dilligence of spirit, your bonnet
to his right vse, tis for the head.
I thanke your Lordship, it is very hot.
No belieue me, tis very cold, the wind is Northerly.
It is indefferent cold my Lord indeed.
But yet me thinkes it is very sully and hot, or my complec
Exceedingly my Lord, it is very soultery, as t'were I can
not tell how: my Lord his Maiestie bad me signifie to you, that a
has layed a great wager on your head, sir this is the matter.
I beseech you remember.
Nay good my Lord for my ease in good faith, sir here is newly
com to Court
deede to speake sellingly of him, hee is the card or kalender of gen
try: for you shall find in him the continent of what part a Gentle
man would see.
Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you, though I
know to deuide him inuentorially, would dosie th'arithmaticke of
memory, and yet but yaw neither in respect of his quick saile, but
in the veritie of extolment, I take him to be a soule of great article,
& his infusion of such dearth and rarenesse, as to make true dixion
of him, his semblable is his mirrour, & who els would trace him, his
vmbrage, nothing more.
Your Lordship speakes most infallibly of him.
The concernancy sir, why doe we wrap the gentleman in
our more rawer breath?
Ist not possible to vnderstand in another tongue, you will
too't sir really.
What imports the nomination of this gentleman.
His purse is empty already, all's golden words are spent.
Of him sir.
I know you are not ignorant.
I would you did sir, yet in faith if you did, it would not
much approoue me, well sir.
You are not ignorant of what excellence
I dare not confesse that, least I should compare with
him in excellence, but to know a man wel, were to knowe himselfe.
I meane sir for this weapon, but in the imputation laide on
him, by them in his meed, hee's vnfellowed.
What's his weapon?
Rapier and Dagger.
That's two of his weapons, but well.
The King sir hath wagerd with him six Barbary horses,
againgst the which hee has impaund as I take it six French Rapiers
and Poynards, with their assignes, as girdle, hanger and so. Three
of the carriages in faith, are very deare to fancy, very reponsiue to
the hilts, most delicate carriages, and of very liberall conceit.
What call you the carriages?
I knew you must be edified by the margent ere you had
The carriage sir are the hangers.
The phrase would bee more Ierman to the matter if wee
could carry a cannon by our sides, I would it be hangers till then,
but on, six Barbry horses against six French swords their assignes,
and three liberall conceited carriages, that's the French bet a
gainst the Danish, why is this all you call it?
The King sir, hath layd sir, that in a dozen passes betweene
your selfe and him, hee shall not exceede you three hits, hee hath
layd on twelue for nine, and it would come to immediate triall, if
your Lordshippe would vouchsafe the answere.
How if I answere no?
I meane my Lord the opposition of your person in triall.
Sir I will walke heere in the hall, if it please his Maiestie, it
is the breathing time of day with me, let the foiles be brought, the
Gentleman willing, and the King hold his purpose; I will winne
for him and I can, if not, I will gaine nothing but my shame, and
the odde hits.
Shall I deliuer you so?
To this effect sir, after what florish your nature will.
I commend my duty to your Lordshippe.
Yours doo's well to commend it himselfe, there are no
tongues els for's turne.
This Lapwing runnes away with the shell on his head.
A did sir with his dugge before a suckt it, thus has he and
many more of the same breede that I know the drossy age dotes on,
only got the tune of the time, and out of an habit of incounter, a
kind of histy colection, which carries them through and through
the most prophane and trennowed opinions, and doe but blowe
them to their triall, the bubbles are out.
My Lord, his Maiestie commended him to you by young
he sends to know if your pleasure hold to play with
you will take longer time?
I am constant to my purposes, they followe the Kings plea
sure, if his fitnes speakes, mine is ready: now or whensoeuer pro
uided I be so able as now.
The King, and Queene, and all are comming downe.
In happy time.
The Queene desires you to vse some gentle entertainment
Shee well instructs me.
You will loose my Lord.
I doe not thinke so, since he went into France, I haue bene
in continuall practise, I shall winne at the ods; thou would'st not
thinke how ill all's heere about my hart, but it is no matter.
Nay good my Lord.
It is but foolery, but it is such a kinde of gamgiuing, as
would perhapes trouble a woman.
If your minde dislike any thing, obay it. I will forstal their
repaire hether, and say you are not fit.
Not a whit, we defie augury, there is speciall prouidence in
the fall of a Sparrowe, if it be, tis not to come, if it be not to come,
it will be now, if it be not now, yet it well come, the readines is all,
since no man of ought he leaues, knowes what ist to leaue betimes,
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Beautiful and comfortable holiday home with communal pool in Calpe for 6 persons, for a nice holiday in Spain with family, friends and also your pets. The holiday home is situated in a coastal and residential area, close to restaurants and bars and at 500 m from Playa de Puerto Blanco beach. The holiday home has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 1 guest toilet. The accommodation offers privacy, a garden with gravel and trees and a view of the mountains. Its comfort and the vicinity of the beach, places to shop, sports activities and places to go out make this a fine holiday home to spend your summer holidays in Spain.
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In the low season this holiday home in Calpe can also be let to less tenants than the total capacity of 6 persons.
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To meet the growing demands of the profession, the American Physical Therapy Association envisions the Doctor of Physical Therapy program as the profession's entry-level degree, replacing the Master of Physical Therapy.
Our Department of Physical Therapy accepts that vision and has created a substantive Doctor of Physical Therapy curriculum that is grounded both in today's practice and in the profession's expanding role in patient diagnosis and care.The DPT coursework will provide you with the substantial base of knowledge you'll need to enter the profession. We'll take you through movement and neuroscience to diagnostic imaging and orthopedics. Our graduates will enter the profession with a thorough understanding of the human body, the nature of injury, and the therapies that lead to recovery and improved function.Admission to the DPT program is competitive, and only a limited number of applicants will be admitted. Each applicant's strengths are evaluated under a number of factors associated with successful completion of our program and passing the licensure examination.
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FAC may have proposal for JPA
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The Fields Advisory Committee held their regular meeting on Monday at Lake Tahoe Airport, deciding to present their master plan to the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority and possibly recommend funding of the varsity softball field at South Tahoe High School. One thing is for sure after thier most recent meeting, this is not the end of the FAC.
"They made progress, but they're obviously meeting again. There's a lot more work we're going to have to do … " John Upton, the lone staff member of the JPA, said. "I think there is going to be a continuing series. There's probably going to be (a meeting) once a month till the snow falls."
No recommendations for funding will be made for fields such as the Al Tahoe fields or South Tahoe Middle School softball field when the JPA meets on July 27. The only funding recommendation that may be made will be for the softball field currently under construction at the high school.
Lake Tahoe Unified School District facilities director Steve Morales informed the committee that the district needs about $45,000 to outfit the field with certain amenities such as permanent fencing, and concrete around the dugouts, bleachers and snack shack. Morales estimated the fencing alone to cost about $22,000, which would stretch along the foul lines and outfield perimeter. But for any recommendation to be made, the committee will need more information from the school district.
"Between now and the JPA meeting, which gives us about 10 days, (we'll need) to get some clarification from the school district as to exactly what scope they want funding from the JPA for, and whether the JPA will be in a position to. I think the JPA will be in a position to authorize funding for that and then will just have to work out the details," Upton said. "And I think the school district will probably need to represent to the JPA as much as possible the belief that we are addressing the issues they have as far as that field is concerned.
"I'm not absolutely sure that everything that's encompassed in those prices they want."
FAC chairmen Chuck Leonard will present the JPA with the committee's master plan on July 27. Even though the committee may not have many recommendations – or any – he does not think there has been a lack of progress.
"We've kind of identified a lot of areas of concern," he said. "There is not enough money to cover all those areas of concern, so what we need to do now that we have the master plan, is we start working from that and put priorities in from community involvement, with involvement from the committee, with involvement from the sports community."
The JPA will meet at the Lake Tahoe Airport on July 27. The FAC will meet again in August.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- Small business owners may be pessimistic about the economy and their own companies right now, but they're getting optimistic about the future.
A survey released Tuesday by the National Federation of Independent Business shows that owners became more pessimistic during September as employment and sales remained weak. The lobbying group's index of owner optimism fell 0.1 point to 92.8.
However, the survey found that the number of owners who believe this is a good time to expand their companies rose 3 percentage points. And the number of owners who expect business conditions to improve in six months gained 4 points. The NFIB questioned nearly 700 of its members as part of its survey.
A separate survey of small business owners found that 68 percent of the participants expect their companies to do well in the next couple of years. Nearly half said their business is doing well now, and 40 percent said their business is doing "just OK." The online survey, which questioned 470 owners with 10 employees or less during August, was commissioned by the Association for Enterprise Opportunity, the National Association for the Self-Employed and the Small Business Majority, all groups that represent small business owners.
Many readings on small business optimism, hiring and lending have had differing results. One reason is that the surveys and studies - including both surveys released Tuesday - use different sources for the data they base their findings on.
For example, the NFIB survey, which also showed a fourth straight monthly drop in hiring at small companies during September, was odds with a report last week from the payroll service company ADP. That report said small businesses were hiring in September, but at a slower pace than in August.
There have also been mixed readings on how much owners are willing to borrow, but the conflicting signals do point to small companies being very careful about spending for hiring or expansion.
One reason why the NFIB survey showed that more owners expect business to improve: The presidential election will be decided and Congress is likely to have taken action on tax bills. That would remove some of the uncertainty that has contributed to owners' pessimism the past few months.


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Around the Horns' Take on the Win
RICHMOND, Va. – It's tough to find a better motivation technique than revenge. If anyone wants to question that statement, they should have been inside the Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center on Wednesday night.
That's where a tremendous defensive effort by the Virginia Commonwealth University men's basketball resulted in a 71-54 throttling of Georgia State in a revenge game after the Panthers toppled the Rams two weeks ago. With the win, the Black & Gold remain in a tie for first-place in the Colonial Athletic Association with Hofstra at 6-1 in league play.
It is the 20th straight home victory for the Rams, who are now tied with Pittsburgh for the sixth longest active home winning streak. Kansas leads the way with 69 consecutive wins at Allen Fieldhouse.
"Our guys were really excited and energized to play this game because of what happened down there. That energy is what carried us through to the win tonight," Head Coach Shaka Smart said. "We didn't particularly shoot the ball well tonight, but I thought we had a tremendous focus on the defensive end, which is what made the difference."
For the second straight Wednesday, freshman Rob Brandenberg was outstanding, pouring in 23 points on 6-of-13 shooting, with three steals, three rebounds and two assists on the evening. Senior Jamie Skeen tallied double-digits for the 16th time this year with 15 points on an efficient 6-of-8 from the field.
"I thought Rob was good tonight, but not great. He certainly gave us great energy off the bench when we needed in the first half," Smart said. "He's really aggressive on the offensive end and he was able to have some success with that tonight. As good as he was, our coaching staff knows that with more work and experience, he's only going to get better."
It was a slow offensive start for both teams, but Brandenberg came off the bench and chipped in five straight points to give the Black & Gold a 9-6 lead with 12:39 to play.
With the score tied at 9-9, VCU turned up the defense and forced 13 GSU turnovers en route to a 26-9 run to end the first half and send the Black & Gold into halftime with a commanding 35-18 lead. Brandenberg and Skeen carried the offense in the first half, going a combined 7-of-9 from the field and scoring 24 of VCU's 35 first-half points.
Seven points each from sophomore Troy Daniels and Skeen helped the Black & Gold balloon their lead to as many as 24.
The "HAVOC" style of Coach Smart and crew was evident once again as the Panthers tallied 24 turnovers to just six assists on the evening, while VCU, who ranks in the top-15 nationally in steals, recorded 13 thefts.
Brandenberg's 23 points raised his career-high by one point after the Gahanna, Ohio native tallied 22 last week against William & Mary. While Skeen was solid offensively once again, he was a force on the other end, limiting Eric Buckner to just six points and zero field goal attempts. That came after Buckner scored 28 in GSU's win over the Rams on January 3.
Daniels finished with 10 points in 12 minutes, while senior Joey Rodriguez had a complete game with seven points, six assists and five rebounds.
James Fields was the only Panther in double-figures with 13 points, while also grabbing five rebounds. Jihad Ali came off the bench to tally eight points and seven rebounds for GSU.
The Rams return to action on Saturday for the ultimate rivalry game as they travel to Norfolk to take on the Monarchs of Old Dominion. Game time on Comcast SportsNet is set for 4 p.m.


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I've stayed in many super posh hotels over the years, and my fair share of those that were not some, but I appreciated the effort that goes into the running of a good hotel. Like so much in travel, a lot is down to your mood and expectation, but from a trendy steel tower in Doha to a run down guest house once used by T.E Lawrence, here are some of my favourite (and least favourite) hotels.
Working as a travel journalist, I'm often hosted by travel companies or hotels. It doesn't stop me being critical, but in the interest of openness I'll mention when a stay was complimentary.
American Bar, Sofitel Vienna
On the banks of the Danube Canal in central Vienna is the arresting 18-story architectural triumph of the city's Sofitel. And prominent and dazzling – even from the streets below – is Le Loft, a rooftop structure containing the restaurant and bar. Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, this avant guard space has wrap-around 10 meter high floor to ceiling windows. The space mixes minimalism with a vast painted and illuminated, multi coloured ceiling by Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist. It contrasts wildly with the monochromatic guest rooms and the dark colours and simple raised platform of the American Bar. 'Le Loft' signature cocktail is Cîroc Vodka, Midori liqueur, Rose´s Lime Juice, and Champagne. See Sofitel Vienna
Le Bar Long, Le Royal Monceau, Paris
Off the Champs-Elysees and nearby the Arc de Triomphe, Philippe Starck has designed interiors that hark back to the 1930's and the French 'art de vivre'. The hotel boasts an acoustic guitar in every room, a private cinema and the cities first Art Concierge. In the bar are white linen curtains and on mode lamps and chandeliers. The conventional bar top is enlarged with a long luminous bar jutting perpendicularly into the room - barmen taking orders and serving drinks from behind. New in February 2015 is a celebration of chocolate with Pierre Herme, who has created indulgent hot chocolates with corn foam, Chantilly cream and South American spices. Le Royal Monceau
Bamboo Bar, Armani Hotel, Milan
In the heart of Milan's 'quadrilateral of fashion', the Armani Hotel is topped off dramatically the Bamboo Bar. It's in the 7th floor 'glass hat' - a two-story rooftop structure with floor to ceiling glass-panelled walls that reveal terrific views of the city's Duomo and skyline. The traditional array of bottles is pruned back in favour of a bottles spread along two sleek shelves. Backlit onyx walls and cream coloured box table lamps infuse a gentle light over the white leather sofas and black marble floor. Drinks include a Blue Cheese Daiquiri, Tiramisu Martini, and the signature Caprese Mary – a Bloody Mary with mozzarella foam, fresh basil and tomatoes. Armani Hotel Milan
Café Gray Deluxe Bar, Upper House, Hong Kong
Walk through the candle lit colonnade into this chic 49th floor bar and relax and slink into a semi private window side curved banquettes for superb sunset views over Hong Kong Harbour. Or be entertained by the skilled moves of the mixologists behind the 14m long white marble bar. Alternatively, sink into one of the low leather green tea and mineral blue coloured armchairs in the high ceilinged lounge. Champagne cocktails are the forte here, like the Hong Kong Highball made with Belvedere vodka, ginger, honey, cassis, pomegranate and champagne.Upper House
Upstairs Bar, Ace Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles
Opened in 2014 in Downtown LA's unmistakable Spanish Gothic style United Artists building, the Ace Hotel is a solid new addition to the up and coming hipster enclave here. The rooftop 'Upstairs' bar attracts an in crowd to its bare concrete floored bar – décor is sparse, save for a large faux industrial chandelier made from chains, hoists and movie lights. Outside of the bar are two large outdoor patios – one with a small pool. Bar bites are Moroccan inspired, specialty cocktails are frozen, although not the potent Wing Wing – mescal, green chartreuse, pineapple, lime and angostura. Ace Hotel
The Great Barrier Reef is Australia's preeminent natural wonder, a vast string of coral shallows off Queensland's Pacific coast running 1,400 miles from north of Cairns almost to Brisbane. The mindboggling expanse is matched by magnificent marine life and stupendous coral gardens, as well as beautiful beaches and luscious low-key resorts.
However, its fragile ecosystem is threatened by man and by climate change, and recently the reef has suffered another bout of coral bleaching. This is where the coral turns a ghostly white thanks to rising sea temperatures, the growing acidification of the oceans, infestations from crown-of-thorns starfish, or damage from pollutants like fertiliser run-off.
It's a bleak picture, as until recently Australia's great reef was actually faring better than others around the world, partly because tourism has helped keep the reef in the public eye.
Tourism on the reef began in the 1920s when a few intrepid groups were escorted out from Cairns to enjoy the marine life and for 'turtle riding'. It wasn't an auspicious start: tourists would compete to stand on a turtle's shell for the longest, holding onto a rope lassoed to a female turtle's neck as she crawled seawards after laying her eggs.
The spectacle - from the 1930s - of tourists enjoying turtle riding on a Great Barrier Reef island
Visitors are better behaved these days and all the Great Barrier Reef hotels issue strong guidelines on turtle watching, urging no flash photography or torches, and to stand well back from the turtles. But in the huddled groups that I've been part of there were flashing cameras, bleeping phones and people within inches of the giant carapace.
When David Attenborough - that most beguilling of eco-warriors- made his first visit for his ground-breaking 1957 documentary Zoo Quest, getting to the reef was a huge investment in time and money, so visitor numbers were fairly low. Around 125,000 people visited in 1963. However, the boom in long haul travel, the invention of fast multi-hulled sailing vessels and the proliferation of helicopters and light aircraft, have seen visitors today soar to around two million annually.
Snorkelling practise at Heron Island. Splendidly uncrowded, but two million tourists now visit the reef annually. Photo Heron Island
The Great Barrier Reef is made up of many thousands of reefs that form a long, narrow loop that's about the length of Italy. Its size means that choosing where to stay is the tricky part, but handily the reef comes to within 10 miles of shore in the north, before gradually veering up to 100 miles out to sea further south. Fast boats and helicopters mean getting to the reef from gateway towns like Cairns and Port Douglas in the north, Townsville and Airlie Beach in the middle, and Gladstone in the south, is easy enough. You just need to decide whether to experience the reef on a day trip by boat, a yacht cruise, or from an island resort.
My first trip out to an island resort was in 2012, when I joined three other holidaymakers in a chopper at Gladstone airport, 340 miles north of Brisbane. The young pilot, Simon, was tousle-haired and laconic, and the flight to Heron Island took about 30 minutes, but after take off, we were greeted by an ugly orange sea-slick: "There are 26 empty coal ships waiting for a berth right now," said Simon, "and that mess is from dredging to expand the harbour."
Finding your own Nemo (aka Clownfish) is a certainty almost anywhere on the Great Barrier Reef
Heron, at least, was as advertised. It's a wooded 29-acre island surrounded by turquoise sea, with 109 cheery rooms connected by sandy paths. There's super snorkelling and diving, and like several other island resorts, it runs semi-submersibles around its part of the reef. It feels like a Disney ride, but the sharks, turtles, and fabulously coloured fish are real enough – as are the excited shrieks from kids spying orange and white Clown Fish, aka the famously misplaced 'Nemo'.
The resorts – even at the cheaper and family-oriented end of the scale like Heron – are pricey, but you can do the reef on a budget by day-tripping out to a floating platform.
I boarded a jolly-crewed catamaran in Cairns for the 90-minute journey out to the reef, then snorkelled, demolished an Aussie buffet and rode in a glass-bottomed boat. I did a try-dive too – even though getting into the water in a metal gantry beneath the pontoon felt more Poseidon Adventure than I would have liked.
Much of the coral is in water that's shallow enough for snorkelling. And even if you don't swim, you can sit on a scooter-like contraption called a Scuba Doo. (Presumably fashioned by Q during his apprenticeship with Fisher Price, it's a bright yellow 'submarine scooter' with an upside down goldfish bowl on top supplied with air.)
If you crave coral gardens right off your luxury suite, then you'll need to splash out on an upmarket island resort. I stayed four nights on Orpheus Island and was very reluctant to leave. The five square miles of forested National Park are deserted save for one luxe resort with a manicured lawn, swanky infinity pool, perfectly pitched service and outstanding food.
Here, dives on the reef were made from a snazzy motor launch rather than a pontoon, and instead of being hectored to put my wetsuit in the right storage box, I was greeted after diving with, "Would you care for a chocolate muffin and a cold beer?"
A deserted sandy inlet in the Whitsunday Islands
The 74 islands of the Whitsunday group are about half way between Cairns and Brisbane and 40 miles from the outer reef. They're famous for yachting and the relatively developed resort island called Hamilton. Cruise Whitsundays boats leave here for the large ReefWorld pontoon - a viewing and diving platform about the size of two tennis courts.
It's where I enjoyed a unique reef experience called a ReefSleep.
After the day-trippers had finished with their snorkelling, I waved them off on their homeward journey. It was 3pm, and I suddenly had the pontoon to myself, except for a couple of crew divers and a host. Up to nine guests a night are allowed to sleepover, so I swam and snorkelled some more, watched the sunset and ate a marvellous meal of seafood chowder and steak in the surreal surroundings of a deserted pontoon. Then I bedded down on the top deck in an Aussie 'swag' - a canvas sleeping bag, in this case with a mattress, linen sheets and fluffy pillows.
Helicoptering to the outer reef is big with the Whitsundays' jetset, and the most wildly popular patch of reef to fly over is 'Heart Reef'. Even I cooed along with the honeymooners when the extraordinary heart-shaped coral came into view.
Most southerly of the reef resorts is Lady Elliot Island, which is reached by light aircraft from the mainland town of Bundaberg. It has the look and feel of a research institute, though with a buffet restaurant and tiny pool. Soon after landing I was treated to a hearty dinner of lamb stew, then invited to go turtle watching. Before long I was lying in the warm sand - I confess a lot closer than I should have been - to watch a female turtle digging her egg chamber. Then out popped dozens of eggs like squidgy Ping-Pong balls.
To witness this fragile wonder and the rich marine life that supports it you should visit now, while it's still glorious. The threats are mounting, and as David Attenborough warns in the third episode of his 2015 swansong documentary, 'These [changes] are going to happen in five years or 10 years… it's the severity of the changes and the swiftness of these changes which [are] going to be catastrophic.'
Choosing a Barrier Reef Island resort
There are thirty Great Barrier Reef island resorts and choosing the right one is a giant conundrum. Incredibly, the reef is as long as Italy, and the resorts all have different atmospheres, styles and costs. Luckily, divine turquoise water, abundant marine life and gorgeous white sand beaches come as standard, but which is the best resort for you?
Best for families: Heron Island
Sandy paths connect simple but cheery accommodation in this 109-room island resort. The family friendly vibe is terrific, plus there's a cute little swimming pool, decent bar, buffet meals and chipper staff. Budding naturalists spy Nemo's from the semi submersible and the Junior Rangers programme covers themed walks, presentations and snorkeling lessons.
Aerial shot of Heron Island and its lagoon. Photo Heron Island
There's no TV or mobile signal on the 39 acre coral cay, but lots of free reef fun, and dive rates are affordable - from just £40. Details, B&B Family Rooms sleeping four are from £207 per night, with free transfers from Gladstone airport to the marina, then it's two-hours by ferry for £53pp return. See Heron Island
Best for sybarites: Orpheus Island Resort
Orpheus Island is rugged National Park land covered in dense acacia, surrounded by reef and edged by seven kilometers of shoreline. The low-key luxe resort is by a west-facing beach and has 21 rooms in crisp white décor, a manicured lawn and large infinity pool. Service is perfectly pitched, and weekly BBQ's keep things convivial -or you can enjoy a romantic dinner a deux, 'Dining with the Tides', on the jetty.
Roughing it not required at the Orpheus Resort. Photo Orpheus Resort
The reef is rich and accessible right off the island, or there are free motorised dinghies. Details, pool 'try dives' are free, reef dives are £160. All-inclusive doubles are from £749 per night, and the 30-minute chopper flight from Townsville is £294pp return. Orpheus
Best for ecologists: Lady Elliot
This is the most southerly of the island resorts: handy if you are driving up from Brisbane – 226 miles away. Its 41 rooms include basic eco cabins through to private Island Suites. The resort staff are passionate environmentalists, as is owner Peter Gash, who's installed solar panels and a desalination plant and made the resort carbon neutral.
Swimming with turtles is a cinch on Lady Elliot Island. Photo Lady Elliot Island
Marine life is spectacular, with coral gardens easily reachable snorkeling straight off the beach. There's a dive centre and small swimming pool, but no TV's or radios, and rooms are fan cooled. Details, boat dives are from £59, twin eco cabins from £176 per night half board, and light aircraft flights from Bundaberg are £147pp return. Lady Elliot
Best for divers: Lizard Island Resort
Cyclone Ita walloped the island in July 2014, which after extensive rebuilding is due to reopen in March 2015. The island is four square miles of hilly granite, with 24 beaches and a dreamily blue lagoon. It's 150 miles northeast of Cairns too - far from pollution sources. The plans is for a super contemporary resort with a spa, gym and tennis court, but the diving here is unsurpassed, with teaming reefs right off the beaches.
Another Day, another private beach at the Lizard Island Resort. Photo Lizard Island Resort
There are also boat trips to the famous Cod Hole where you can swim/dive amongst the big gawping groupers. Details, dives cost from £94pp, double rooms will be from about £800 per night, all-inclusive. Sixty-minute light aircraft transfers from Cairns are £337pp return. Lizard Island
Best for castaways: Haggerston Island
Roy and Anna Turner run a Swiss Family Robinson style retreat that's actually closer to Papua New Guinea than Cairns – though light aircraft transfers leave from the latter. The 100-acre island caters for just 15 guests, has lagoons off the beach rich with fish and coral, and thatched timber huts among the forests. Ingredients for dining in the Main Pavilion come from the garden and surrounding waters. You can catch fish off the jetty, or aboard the 40-foot Jojo III.
Hang out with a Robinson Crusoe crowd at Haggeston Island. Photos Haggerston Island
Off-the-beach coral gardens make for fabulous snorkeling, or on the outer reef there's a shallow water shipwreck from the 1840s. Details, double huts are £444pp per night, all-inclusive except alcohol. There's no dive centre, and it's an equally eye-popping £615pp return for the two-hour transfer from Cairns. Haggerstone Island
Best for exclusivity: Bedarra Island Resort
Australia's first super-luxe boutique resort played host to Elton John, Cameron Diaz and Princess Stephanie, and then Cyclone Yasi ended the fairytale. The excess has been pared down to create a less ostentatious tropical haven, with only seven villas (formerly sixteen). Each is wooden-decked and wonderful, nestled amongst the treetops with tremendous ocean views.
Not your average bedroom, at Bedarra. Photo Bedarra Island Resort
The island is rugged and thickly forested, but you can kayak around it in about 20 minutes, or take a gourmet picnic in a motorized dinghy (included in the rate). The pool is sublime; the gardens lush, and there are no kids under 16. Details, suites are from £583, all-inclusive. Thirty-minute ferry transfers leave from Mission Beach, 86 miles south of Cairns, for £211 per couple return. www.bedarra.com.au
I dived into the water from the decking in front of my room and enjoyed the refreshing treat of a swim on a hot, sunny day. The water was glass-surfaced, slow-flowing, the temperature perfect; and time spread out before me like a childhood summer break. Looking back to the room was a dreamy sight, too. It was safari-style and posh, a khaki tent on a bend in the river below the Cardamom Mountains. And the real revelation was that I was so utterly relaxed — in Cambodia.
Cambodia is a wonderful country to visit — enthralling, moving and fascinating — but relaxing it is not. Now, though, for the first time, there's a perfect place for a restful finale.
The country's two must-see sights are hardly chillout zones. The vast complex of temples at Angkor is stupendous, but you need to make an early start to avoid the hottest sun or sharpest downpours, and there's lots of walking. It's tiring and sweaty going; and, although three or four days is about right to cover the best bits; weighty guilt awaits anyone tempted to truant by the hotel pool.
The tents are private enough for honey-mooners, the bar is informal enough for anyone in the mood to make friends Then there's the capital, Phnom Penh, with its colonial-era facades and pretty palaces. These are truly lovely, but it's a noisy and chaotic city, and the Khmer Rouge relics are harrowing.
The appalling cruelty of the former Tuol Sleng prison and the callous brutality of the killing fields aren't easily brushed off. So the savviest travellers catch planes to Thai or Vietnamese beaches before their journeys home. It's a big deal that, at last, Cambodia can offer a luxury hideaway within its own borders.
Enter the 4 Rivers Floating Lodge — a 12-room river lodge with no temple temptations and no killing fields. So roll on swimming, reading and relaxing in the sun — all guilt-free.
That may sound a world away from civilisation, but 4 Rivers is only a 30-minute slow-boat ride from the Tatai bridge. The bridge is part of the main road between Phnom Penh (3-4 hours' drive away) and Ko Kong, near the Thai border (less than half an hour away). The Thai city of Trat, from where you can take a short flight to Bangkok, is 90 minutes further on.
The tented rooms each cover 500 sq ft, with a bedroom/lounge area, and a large bathroom off to one side, where there's a double washbasin and a Japanese-style wood-barrel shower with hot water. Each has coconut-tree furniture, a rattan chaise longue, Vietnamese silk rugs and Finnish glassware. The tents come from South Africa and were designed for posh safari lodges. There's no phone signal, but you will find free wi-fi and a flat-screen television.
This inventive scheme is the brainchild of Valantin Pawlik, a no-nonsense marine engineer from Romania. When I asked him how a Romanian came to build a floating hotel in the middle of the Cambodian jungle, he sipped his cold beer from the can and said: "Like all Romanians, I wanted to work in Paris. I got a job there, and the company asked me to run ferryboats on the Mekong River, in Cambodia. 'Sure,' I said. 'Where's Cambodia?'"
He now lives in Phnom Penh and is proud of his project. It feels four-star and boutique. The tents are private enough for honeymooners, while the decked common area, with a rattan-furnished restaurant/bar, is informal enough for anyone in the mood to make friends.
It isn't a wilderness lodge in a pure sense, though — after all, people do live in Cambodia's remote southwestern corner. The islet of Ko Andet, opposite the lodge, is home to several families — their houses are hidden behind thick forest, but they use a rickety single-file jetty in plain view. The night-time soundscape includes the odd plop of a briefly airborne fish, gecko calls and an exotic cacophony of crickets, but also the thrump-thrump from the engine of a passing sampan, and always the distant hum of a generator. That may make eco-warriors bristle, but it's fine for your average eco-whittler, like me.
True, the generator and the lodge sampans are fuelled by dirty diesel, but 10% of the lodge's power comes from solar panels, the toilets feed into underwater cisterns and much of the furniture is made from local materials. Fourteen of the 21 staff come from local villages, too.
You don't want to be too fidgety in a place like this, as there isn't much to do, or much space for walking, come to that. There is a little library of books and DVDs, but it's the restaurant and bar that are the real focus beyond your room. The chef caters to most palates. Breakfast is chosen from a small à la carte menu, with dishes such as spicy chicken noodles and poached eggs, lunch is light and sundowners start at £3.40. Evening meals include local dishes such as amok (lightly curried fish) with green mango sauce and rice, or beef fillet with whisky sauce.
The lodge's romantic, bayou-style seclusion and super-friendly staff make it feel homely, and to interrupt the routine of reading, swimming and sunbathing feels like an effort.
It's worth it on occasion, though. I took a boat trip to a large waterfall, kayaked to a nearby colony of fireflies and joined my fellow guests for a voyage to Ko Sra Lau, a fishing village on stilts 45 minutes downstream. Weaving through the shallows on the way — the banks crowded by pristine forest, the scent of hibiscus and salt hanging in the breeze — I asked Allan and Margaret, a couple of Aussies, what they thought of the lodge. "Ah, look," said Allan, the sunnily disposed owner of a construction company in Adelaide, "this place has turned our holiday around. Before here, we were at a wedding in Ireland, on a driving holiday in France, and then sightseeing here in Cambodia — and they felt like a bit of a chore by comparison."
Two British honeymooners, Cat and Jamie, said it was "pretty much perfect".
We moored at the village and clambered out. It was intimate — with rough wooden planks connecting some of the houses, and many of the doors and windows open to look through. I padded through the lanes warily, as if I had woken early after staying over at a friend's place. We needn't have worried. Soon, children ran out to say hello, and the kindly smiles from the women mending the fishing nets melted any discomfort.
When the time came to leave the lodge for good, I splashed out of the river, dried off and left my tent as late as I possibly could. Allan was right: walking along the decking in shoes for the first time in four days did feel like a chore. I said my goodbyes to the staff, and to Valantin; and, as my sampan chugged upriver, I stared back, watching the lodge grow smaller and smaller until it was obscured by lush green forest.
I've been to Cambodia before, but this time I departed more relaxed, more revived — and reluctantly.
I travelled as a guest of Ampersand Travel. Other tour operators featuring the hotel include Silk Steps Silk Steps and Abercrombie & Kent
Further information: see 4 Rivers Floating Lodge, and for general country info see Tourism Cambodia
Jumbo Hostel, Stockholm
At Stockholm's Arlanda airport there's a Boeing 747 equipped with flatbeds; and whether you're in first, business or economy class, you get a bed and it'll cost you from $70. The catch is that you don't go anywhere - or even leave the ground.
It's called the Jumbo Hostel and the old jet is parked up just outside the perimeter fence of the airport's taxiways. As a stopover, it's a lot of fun, and it's even practical if you arrive late or depart early on a flight to or from Stockholm.
The Jumbo Hostel Lounge is in the former first class nose section of the old 747
The experience is delightfully tongue-in-cheek. I climbed the steps and entered the fuselage to be greeted with a "Welcome aboard" from a smiling girl in cabin crew uniform. After check-in I was told - 'complete with hand gestures' - that there were "Two toilets at the front of the cabin, and six at the rear..."
There are 29 rooms - some dorms and some private doubles/triples, the latter with a double bed and a single bunk above. All are small and span about five windows - original oval aircraft style ones of course - plus there are eight full-sized shower cubicles at the back of the plane.
Sleeping in a grounded plane fuselage is surreal, and after years of flying my brain was tricked into some strange double takes.
Looking out of my windows at the snowy airport and passing planes, I kept thinking we were about to taxi for example. And while the noises of nearby take-offs and landings were well muffled, sounds from inside seemed amplified. A hair dryer firing up at 5am next door had me fumbling for the brace position.
Several of the staff are ex-cabin crew, among them Rod, who took me on a little tour of the plane. "This Jumbo was delivered to Singapore Airlines in 1976 and flew with Cathay and Pan Am, amongst others," he said enthusiastically.
In the nose section of the plane he showed me the reception/lounge area, now with a fitting 70's style logo, bright orange seats and small candle lit tables. We climbed the spiral staircase into the upper deck bubble of the plane where a lounge uses old business class seats.
Forward of that is the cockpit suite, with some of the old instrument panels intact and great views of the airport.
Next morning in the lounge, my breakfast was brought on a plastic tray just as though I was on a flight - a witty touch with cellophane covering small plastic bowls of fruit and yoghurt.
"We get the food from the same catering company that the airlines use," said the hostess/ hotel receptionist/comedienne. Of course these days you can lie flat in business class on many airlines, but they'll cost you a heck of a lot more. And they're not nearly as much fun.
Taking the sleeping in an old plane idea to extremes, even the engines are converted into cabins
Get to the Jumbo Hostel on the free transfer bus 'ALFA' that connects the terminals (5am till midnight, every 15 minutes and a journey time of five minutes). See Jumbo Hotel
A few more plane crazy venues...
Hotel Costa Verde, Costa Rica
On the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, the tiny Miguel Antonio National Park is famous for its beaches, sloths and monkeys. But near the park entrance is a fuselage that juts from the forest on a 50ft pedestal - a 1965 vintage Boeing 727 that once flew for Columbian flag carrier, Avianca. It's now a two-bedroom suite, with bizarre teak fittings, kitchenette and an over-wing terrace with ocean views. See Costa Verde
The Costa Verde Treehouse, where one Avianca Boeing 727 went to die. Photo Costa Verde
Wings & Waves, USA
Not your average waterpark, Oregon's Wings & Waves just happens to have an Evergreen Airways Boeing 747 planted on its roof. And not only that, but the aircraft has been incorporated into the experience with the addition of a couple of waterslides twisting into the pool below from its fuselage. See Wings & Waves
Two waterslide tubes swirl down from the jumbo jet and into the pool below. Photo Wings& Waves
Next door are the two giant hangars that make up the Evergreen Museum, the star attraction of which is the original Howard Hughes Flying Boat H-4, or Spruce Goose as it is usually known - a gigantic eight-engined wooden flying machine that flew just the once, 70 years ago. Other aircraft on display include the B-17 Flying Fortress, SR-71 Blackbird, and a Titan II Missile.
Hotel Suites, Netherlands
Drive by the aerodrome at Teuge in eastern Netherlands and you'll spot a gleaming old propeller plane. The cockpit is much as it was when built in 1960, but everything else inside this smartly restored Ilyushin-18 is unrecognisable from the days when Erich Honecker, former leader of the German Democratic Republic, and his cronies, used it as state transport. The single Airplane Suite has luxurious white decor, three flat-screen TV's, kitchenette, Jacuzzi and sauna. See Hotel Suites
The spruced up exec-jet style interior of Honecker's old Ilyushin. Photo Hotel Suites
Keramas Aero Park, Indonesia
Twenty kilometres east of Bali's capital, Denpasar, is the Keramas Aero Park, centred around a plane on a plinth. It's a 33-ton ex Lion Air aircraft that's been converted into the 'Inflight restaurant and bar', serving Indonesian favourites, plus Chicken Chasseur and BBQ spare ribs, for 125,000 Indonesian Rupees (£7). The Ground Bar splays out over the lawn and is popular with locals. See Keramas Aero Park
The Ground Bar and Restaurant, with a repainted ex Lion Air 737 looming aobove it. Photos Keramas Aero Park
Aircraft Cafe, Ethiopia
Ten miles northwest of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, in the small settlement of Buraya, is an old 737-200 that has been turned into a cafe. It's a pretty relaxed affair and does a good turn serving the fiery local honey-wine called Tej. Some of the honey comes from a bee colony that has spontaneously chosen to set up a hive in part of the rear galley.
Oddly, this particular plane never actually flew for Ethiopian Airways. It was in fact delivered to Saudi Arabian Airlines in 1972, before being bought by Djibouti based Silver Air in 2005.
Lily Airways, China
Two hours flying time west of Shanghai is the the capital of Hubei Province, Wuhan - a city of 10 miilion people. Inspired by Stockholm's Jumbo Hostel, the new owner spent 5.2 million US Dollars on a bancrupt Batavia Air Boeing 737 that was unservicable and parked up at Jakarta Airport. He chopped into several large sections and transported it by ship and road to Wuhan.
Diners 'board' the restaurant by means of a real airport glass jetty, and are then served by waiting staff who have been selected along similar criteris to real cabin crew - in the sense of looks, height and deportment.
The Lily Airways restaurant, complete with boarding jetty
Runway34, Glattbrugg, Switzerland
You can't dine on board, but instead in a hangar with a 1957 Ilyushin Il-14 inside. It was flown from Moscow Zhukovsky Airport to Zurich in 2005. Runway 34
DC-6 Diner, Coventry, UK
This DC-6 was built in 1958 and was used by the Civil Air Transport of Taiwan, and after passing through several airlines over its working life, was retired in 2006, and made its last flight from Deenethorpe Airfield to Coventry, sporting Air Atlantique colours. See DC-6 Diner
Ristoaereo, Rome, Italy
Ristroaero is a Convair Metropolitan 440 built in San Diego in 1957. The aircraft was first acquired by Alitalia and was subsequently used by Italian presidents Giovanni Gronchi and Giuseppe Saragat. The restaurant serves a Mediterranean menu of al carte and 4-5 course set menus. Ristoaereo
Air Restaurant, Czech Republic
The Air Restaurant is an old TU-104 aircraft, which was made in 1950 in the former Soviet Union. Ústí nad Labem is 90 kilometres north of Prague. Air Restaurant
The Air Restaurant Tu-104 exterior and interior. Photos Air Restaurant
Woodlyn Park, New Zealand
A couple of miles from New Zealand's Waitomo Caves is Woodlyn Park. Hosting cultural shows and quirky (but basic) accommodation, you can choose between a 1918 railway carriage, 'Hobbit Underground Motel', WWII patrol boat and a 1950s Bristol Freighter. The plane served in the Vietnam War, but now has a cockpit and a tail section self-catering unit, each sleeping a family of four. See Woodlyn Park
Woodlyn Park's Bristol Freighter cum caravanette. Photo Woodlyn Park
Rumba Nautica, Ecuador
I stumbled across this forgottten fuselage in Coca, Ecuador. It sits at the confluence of the Coca and Napo Rivers in the far west of the Amazon rainforest. I was heading down to a river transfer to the lovely Sacha Lodge for a dose of rainforest and wildlife, when I spotted this abandoned plane near to the town's main river jetty. The aircraft is a F28 Fokker Fellowship - it flew with local carrier Icaro Airlines until overshoting the runway in 2008. It ran as the 'Nautical Party' nightlub for a time, but these days it has closed and sits stranded on a pontoon.
The Rumba Nautica F-28 beached in Coca. Photo My Bathroom Wall
Missoni room and doorman's Missoni dishdasha. Photos My Bathroom Wall
The multi-coloured stripes like those on my bathroom face cloth scream Missoni - and I met Rosita Missoni at the opening of her then new hotel in Kuwait City back in 2011.
The Italian fashion house and family business is famous for putting vibrant stripes into women's wear from the 1960s onwards, and have now branched out into homeware too.
The Kuwait City hotel was a blast of colour in the middle of a sandstone coloured town. And as you can see from the photos, the stripe theme was lavished on every aspect of the property, from the pool to the room furnishings, and even the specially designed dishdasha's with a difference worn by the doormen.
The 187m tall Kuwait Towers, symbol of Kuwait, built in 1979 as a series of water towers. Photos My Bathroom Wall
In truth Kuwait City is quite a challenging destination, not least because of the scorching desert summers, when temperatures regularly hover in the high 40s, but also - quite an important this one for me - the entire country is dry with alcohol completely forbidden.
But the hotel did its best to overcome such matters with its stripy decor, extensive list of superb mocktails, excellently attentive staff, and airport transfers in Maserati's - which included what the General Manager called their 'Maserati moment' when the driver would warn the newly arrived guest and then shove the accelerator to the floor for about as big an adrenaline rush as there is in Kuwait.
Those with an aversion to stripes, need not book. Even the base of the pool is stripy. Photos My Bathroom Wall
That said, the people are wonderfully gracious and hospitable, and apart from the iconic water towers that you can catch the lift up, there are some good art galleries, fine Bedouin style restaurants, a wonderful handicraft shop called Sadu House, the grisly House of National Works Museum that uses dioramas to illustrate Kuwait's suffering during the first Gulf war (1990-91) weirdest museum to a war I have ever seen, and a quite bonkers private home called the House of Mirrors. A visit to the later involves an ultra personal tour of all the rooms from the house owner Lidia, including one where the lights are switched off and you and your host throw luminous plastic boomerangs at a Velcro black cloth wall.
Mirror mirror on the wall..and on the door and on the ceiling. Photos My Bathroom Wall
Further information: The Missoni Hotel has many of the original features and decor, but is now the Symphony Style Hotel. See Visit Kuwait
Getting there: Kuwait International Airport is 15 kilometres south of Kuwait City and handled 11 million passengers in 2015. Kuwait Airways destinations include Bangkok, Doha, Dubai, London Heathrow, Manila, Mumbai, New York, Paris, Rome and Tehran. Kuwait-based low cost carrier Jazeera Airways flies to Alexandria, Beirut, Cairo, Dubai, Istanbul, Luxor, Sharm el Sheikh and others. Other useful routes include Athens with Aegean Airlines, London Heathrow with British Airways, Dubai with FlyDubai, and Istanbul with Pegasus Airlines.
Always check your government's travel advice before booking, and ensure that your travel insurance is valid in this part of the country. See the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice.
One more thing...
Actually Missoni's first hotel venture was opening a hotel in Edinburgh in 2009. It featured all the trademark multi coloured decor, and stripy kilts for the doormen. Unfortunately both the Kuwait and the Edinburgh ventures no longer have the participation of the Missoni brand, so those two cities have - in my opinion - just grown ever so slightly less colourful.
The Missoni Hotel in Edinburgh, with distinctive kilts for the doormen and bold colours throughout
Formerly a radar station used to protect the Panama Canal, the tower was converted into a hotel in 1995
Once a remote radar station that was built to guard the Panama Canal, the Canopy Tower is now a spectacular hotel conversion, just 30 minutes drive north of the capital, but surrounded by the pristine rainforest of the Soberania National Park.
First impressions are that the structure is a bit more rudimentary close up than the dreamy aerial shots make it look - so the ground floor reception is quite Spartan, with exposed pipes and girders, a few posters, plus unsurprisingly there isn't a lift.
The dining room is comfy and cosy, with 360 degree views of the jungle canopy
Each of the 12 room are very simply furnished, but they all have large windows overlooking the jungle, and no sooner had my backpack landed on the bed, I was suddenly overtaken by the total thrill of being in such an unusual place.
The dining area cum library is gloriously cluttered and has a wooden floor and 360-degree views above the canopy. The feeling is intimate and cosy - certainly nothing flash, and strewn with red and yellow striped fold-out director's chairs - but the simplicity is more than compensated for in the tremendous atmosphere, corking location, and the knowledgeable and friendly staff.
Toucans and three-toed sloths can be easily spotted from the rooms, the dining area, and the roof terrace
There is free coffee and juices throughout the day, an honesty bar, and hearty buffets at meals times. When I stayed the food was under the guidance of the owner's sister, who's a Panamanian celebrity chef. The salads were very inventive, the chicken in pesto and garlic super, and the Tiramisu - though unconventional in its consistency, was about the best I have ever had.
Tea and biscuits are served at dawn on the large roof terrace by the geodesic dome. The thick mist and was surprisingly chilly so early in the morning, but it burned off gradually to reveal terrific views out over the rolling hills of the national park.
I was probably the only person there who wasn't into bird watching and armed with binoculars and birding books, but even with little patience and no binocs, I saw parrots, toucans and monkeys, and the super surreal sight of ship superstructures cleaving the jungle as they glided along the canal.
Superstructures cleave through the jungle a couple of miles distant, and the simple decor of the rooms
A group of senior citizen twitchers from Houston persuaded me to go on the night drive, which I had imagined would be a tad on the dull and pointless side, but thanks to the affable expertise of Carlos the local guide, who literally charmed an owl down from the trees with his calls and was full of interesting information, I was very glad to have made the effort.
The highlight for me though was seeing four sloths hanging in the trees as though someone had thrown wet brown blanket over the branches.
Fitting the Canopy Tower into a holiday: any trip to Panama should include a visit to the canal - either a quick call at the Milaflores Locks 13 kilometres northeast of Panama City, or a ride from the Pacific to the Atlantic on the 1855-built Panama Canal Railway. But the Canopy Tower is a super way of combining a relaxing hotel with some wildlife watching, and the sight of large ships seemingly gliding through the jungle.
Getting there: despite being located in the Soberania National Park, the hotel is only about a 90-minute drive from the centre of Panama City, or an hour from Panama City's Tocumen Airport.
When to visit the Canopy Tower: January-March is the high season, owing to lots of sun, little rain. March-May is the Spring migration, ideal for spotting warblers, raptors, and lots of fresh plumage. The rainy season is May-August is the rainy season, with heavy showers most afternoons, and reduced price room rates. Then September-early November sees the impressive 'fall migration' with hundreds of thousands of raptors overflying the tower on their way south.
More info: see the hotel's site at Canopy Tower, and for more on Panama in general there's Visit Panama
Visa and safety: always check your government's travel advice before booking, and ensure that your travel insurance is valid in this part of the country. See the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice.


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