| Europe Cruises the Best Value With Current Exchange Rate
With the fluctuating exchange rate of the Euro, Americans looking to get the most for their money while traveling in Europe will appreciate the value of cruises. With only minimal shoreside expenses such as souvenirs, consumers have found that planning a cruise is a proven money-saver as well as a stress-reducer. To meet the increasing demand for European holidays, Holland America Line is offering diverse cruise itineraries and incredible savings on a premium cruise vacation experience for the 2007 Europe season. A recent comparison of a 10-day land tour versus a cruise vacation revealed that a family of four could save up to 45 percent by booking a 10-day Mediterranean cruise over a 10-day deluxe escorted land vacation. The evaluation included typical expenses such as accommodations, transportation between cities in Europe, food, entertainment and tours.
'King of Urban Vibes' returns...
DJ Ronnie Herel, one of the Kings of Urban Vibes, is set to return to Bahrain for another exciting performance next month at BJ's. Following the success of UK Hip Hop DJ Shortee Blitz's performance last weekend, Bud Music Live continues with their Kings Of Urban Vibes programme that brings the biggest names in the world of urban music to Bahrain. Ronnie Herel, nicknamed 'the ambassador of R&B" is one of BBC Radio 1's very own DJs and is visiting Bahrain for the second time, having played at BJ's to a capacity crowd last year. Ronnie has performed for over 10 years and has successfully collaborated with some of the biggest names on the urban music scene. He has been nominated for Best Radio DJ and Best UK club DJ at Mobo and currently holds several residencies across the UK.
The Vinyl Word
Several years ago, when this column was christened, vinyl records were still the staple of DJs across the island, and across most of the world too. CD decks, such as Numark's CDN-22 have been around since the 1990s and in 1998, with input from DJs Jon Acquaviva and Richie Hawtin, the first incarnation of digital vinyl was released as Final Scratch, allowing a piece of vinyl to be used to control MP3s on a computer. But it took several years before the supremacy of vinyl was seriously challenged. Coffey remembers lugging his crates of vinyl from his native Canada several years ago. "When I came to Taiwan, we were the only ones really playing records," he said. "Since then everybody has come to records and left again. It's time to move on." Coffey leaves the island this weekend but won't be hauling boxes of wax to his new home in Nicaragua.
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