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We took a little get-away down to Ticino (southern Switzerland) to visit with our friends and enjoy the Italian-influenced cooking the local restaurants offered. It had been almost nine months since were there last and we looked forward to staying at one of the fine hotels in Ascona, the Hotel Giardino Ascona.

We wanted a nice, alpine retreat for 3-4 days to enjoy winter in the Swiss Alps. A place that has a wonderful lodge, warm, comfy rooms, great food and wine. The nice thing about Switzerland is that description fits hundred of places and you can pretty much choose one sight-unseen and be sure of a wonderful experience. We did have a recommendation from a friend for this resort and so...

OK, so let's start out by saying we've been going to the Ambassador (and its sister hotel across the the street, L'Opera) for about 10 years now. Both hotels have always been clean, nice, reasonably priced (for Zürich!) and in a great location close to the Bellevue tram station. They are also about a 5 minute walk to the lake and the bridge crossing over the Zürich river.

A complete guide to sailing, diving, and exploring Vava'u, the sailing center of Tonga. Sailingbird's guide includes over 150 full-color photographs, hand-drawn maps, and illustrations.

This guide, although 13 years old this year, is still is the most relevant and detailed guidebook around. For the 2 months we spent in Tonga, we used this book every day to help us figure out where to go, what to do once there and really appreciated his photographs and hand-drawn charts. We saw this book on every boat we visited so others feel the same way. It's a classic, be sure to...

We used this guide for all of our travels in French Polynesia from Marquesa, Tuamotu's and the islands of Tahiti and Bora Bora. If you are going to any of these areas, this is the only guide to have (along with a good set of paper charts to supplant your electronic charts of course). The hand-drawn guides and description of each anchorage is detailed and accurate (for the places we...

We spent a number of weeks exploring the islands of the Marquesas in 2015 and found this guide to be invaluable for the detailed information and drawings Joe provides. Despite the fact that is was published in 2000, almost everything was still accurate (proving that life moves slowly in Marquesas!).

The classic and complete book of knots first published in 1944 and still one of the best books on knots you'll find anywhere. If you don't have this book, you are lacking in your library. So many new knots to learn, you'll never go thru them all.