Long March But a Fun One
Written by Roger S | Monday, April 5th, 2010
Thinking back at the beginning of March seems like such a long time ago. I ended up doing a ton of traveling and now I’m finally back….ancy to go somewhere else.
First trip was to Curaçao, an island right off the coast of Venezuela. Curaçao is much different than I thought it would be, it has a rocky, windy and almost desert-like feel. We played golf with the VIP.com and Casinocoins team. The course was a really fun one. (pic below). I’ll have to say, the guys that work for Casinocoins are some really cool and down to earth people.
Tough par 3 with tons of wind!
Random Curacao goats
In Curaçao the weirdest thing about the place is its basically legal to drink and drive. You pull up to what’s called “snacks”, grab a beer and go. They put the beer in these really small bottles because its so hot down there they don’t want the beer going bad so fast. I don’t usually wear my seat belt, but down there it was the first thing I did getting into a car.
Overall the trip was awesome, except for the flight out there. I waited four hours in the airport for my flight to the island only to find out that American Airlines decided they didn’t feel like putting that the flight to our Miami connection was canceled. I was determined to get the hell out of Florida so I called up James from Blue Star and he got me on a plane in 30 minutes. The weather was bad, and those small jets don’t handle inclement weather so well so we basically fish tailed all the way to the Dominican Republic where we refueled.
About a day after we got back from Curaçao me and Jasper headed to Vegas for some golf and to meet up with Troy and Richard from Bodog. Both really good guys. Being from Florida my whole life I’ve never experienced the dry weather like Vegas has. Since I have a deviated septum from boxing my nose is always stuffed and when I got out there it was like a waterfall. I probably drank a gallon of water and most of it came right out of my nose! Just doing my part to water the golf course. Here’s a couple pics of a couple places we played, the first was Wolf Creek Run and the second was Coyote Springs with Troy and Richard.
The 245 yard par 3
Me and Jasper had a bet going, whoever lost had to ask a playboy bunny at the casino for their phone number. Luckily I birdied the last hole to nullify the bet.
Overall, I didn’t like Las Vegas that much. The golf courses are really the only reason I’ll ever go back. We stayed at Palms Place. The room was great, the service and casino was fucking atrocious. We were playing $50 – $1,000 hands of roulette and blackjack and couldn’t even get a drink. Not to mention a security guard basically stalked me as I was trying to leave the club. I honestly think he was trying to get me to punch him, and I almost did when he stuck his hand in my face.
After getting the fuck out of Vegas, Jasper left and I decided to drive to California. It took about 5 and a half hours to drive there thanks to my friend giving me the “scenic” route, thanks Sarah, shit I could have been there in 3. Cali is a great place, very scenic, and some really nice beaches and waves. Me and a friend I’ve known since a little kid got one surf session in before I headed out. He owns Blisss surf mag.
California is like you see in the movies, it reminded me of that TV show Entourage. Everyone looks like a model and Ferraris, Maserati’s, Lambos, Bentleys, and Porsche’s are everywhere you look. I’m going to take a couple more trips out there and look at some real estate in Laguna Beach, I’m just sick of Florida.
Anyways, I just finished up booking my ticket and hotel for Prague, Czech Republic so look forward to seeing anyone who’s going.
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· Written by Roger S · Filed Under Compatible Poker Blog · 5 Comments
April 7th, 2010 at 2:40 am
i gave you the scenic route so you could see all of hollywood & west hollywood without actually getting out of your car & doing all of the touristy sh*t you hate. see, only your best interest! ha!
& you’re welcome back anytime (since i was right & knew you’d love it)! but don’t listen to me, i’m just some f*cking chick
April 8th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
You pulled an iron on a 245 yard par three? Respect man, I’d prob be ripping my driver there.
April 11th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
That course looks epic, the only thing I’d be doing is digging for my ball in the rocks!
April 12th, 2010 at 1:04 am
Nice video. I now know how to avoid BS happening to me.
You’re going to Prague? Amazing… Now I might have to go!
April 14th, 2010 at 2:52 am
Ha, yea the video has some classic one liners. Gonna try and get Matt to go as well, but he’s been lazy lately but if not Prague we’ll see you in Las Vegas.
Mike – Ha yea that sucker was downhill massively. A hard fuckin hole but only playing about 200 because of the elevation.
I proceeded to toe skank a four iron pin high almost in the ganja.