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We caught up with John Peters who was the winner of the Travel Innovator award. Watch the video to find out how John won and learn a little more about Tripology.

Herb Kelleher Founder and CEO of Southwest Airlines was bestowed the Steve Fossett award for being a travel entrepreneur and innovator. You can see how Herb is gleaming with pride after winning the award. Watch the video to hear Herb's insights....

We caught up with Elliott Ng of Uptake who has one of the hottest travel websites out there. Elliott shared insights from the conference and the impact that has had on Uptake's growth and business. Watch more to learn what Elliott has to say....

We caught up with Rob Torres of Google Travel to glean insights from Google and how the recession has impacted its travel advertising vertical. Rob gave a presentation later that day about Google's focus on video for travel.

I interviewed David Sifry of Offbeat Guides at Travelcom. David shares nifty customized travel guides that you can design, plan your itinerary and personalize your trip. Its really cool stuff. And very inexpensive!

We managed to catch up with Founder and CEO of Tripit Gregg Brockway who was up for the Travel technology innovator award. Find out what Gregg has to say about Tripit and the award....

This is a follow up message to the Resort Second Home symposium attendees in Naples, Florida last week.

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We managed to catch Roger Dow, President of the USTA, to provide commentary about Travelcom 2009. We had to ask Roger for a hint for the Travel Innovator awards winner. Watch the video to find out what Roger shares.

I interviewed Rob Rolland from RentVail to get some tips on how to get bargains on vacation rentals in Vail. Rob shared that the market is down and to keep occupancy full, owners are making deals. Learn how to land deals by watching the video.

We were really impressed by the natural beauty of Semana. Its a gorgeous place.

Our accommodations in Cabarete were beautiful. We found out that we were in favorite surfing spot.

We found another peacock running around the grounds of the Hideaway in Cabarete. I wanted to see if I could get the peacock to talk to us.

Love the Sun or lovethesun.com helped make arrangements for our accommodations in Cabarete. We stayed in a beautiful place called the Hideaway and we later learned that it is one of the best secret surf spots along the coastline.

We were at the Masters of the Ocean in Cabarete which takes place once per year. The contestants must compete for surfing, wind surfing and kite surfing. Find out more about the contestants and who has the leg up!

There were peacocks running around on the property where we were staying. We thought they were cats because the sounds they make sound like cats in heat. But when we looked closer, they were peacocks. Listen to the sounds of the peacocks.

We met a new friend on the beach in Cabarete. He was flipping over a coconut, playing football with it in the ocean. He was really cute. See how he turns tricks with his coconut!

It was another beautiful day in Cabarete and we met a surfer on the beach. Find out more about his love for the area and why he likes to come there for vacation.

As we were wrapping up our time in Cabarete, we met a surfer on the beach. Find out what he says about how much he loves Cabarete.

We did a driving tour of Seahorse Ranch, a gated exclusive community in Cabarete. Its got several vacation rentals and vacation homes.

We were hanging out with friends at Jose O'Sheas. One of my friends buys a lobster from a fisherman right there on the spot. Find out what happens to the lobster.

We met the cutest puppy on the beach in Cabarete. Is he s surfer? Is he a kite boarder? Was a competitor in the world championships? Find out in this video!

We are on Day 3 of the Viscape video blog tour. We stayed in Cabarete, the kite surfing capital of the Caribbean. We share our plan for the day. We love Cabarete. It was awesome! Beautiful beach, great town! Loved it!

We arrived to Monte Christi, which is right next door to Haiti on the far northwest coast of the Dominican Republic. We were excited about climbing the stairway to to heaven to catch the heavenly views, but unfortunately, the stairway was broken. :( Monte Christi was a very poor area, a shanty town. The closer you get to Haiti, the poorer it it. Maybe because a lot of Haitians cross the border illegally. The so-called "national park" didn't seem like much of a park and there were no signs. It was very hard to get around. It was at least a 6 hour drive round trip from Puerto Plata. Watch the video to learn more about our experience and what we saw.

We wrapped up our day by driving down the main boardwalk in Puerto Plata and discovered a really cool fort as the sun was setting. It was just next to the statue of Luperon, the liberator of the Dominican people from Haiti's occupation back in the 1800's.

We drove 6 hours round trip to get to Monte Christi which promised fantastical views. The only issue was the stairway to heaven was broken, so we only got the partial view of a rock next to a cliff and not the up-high view.

This video kicks off a 10-day Viscape video blog tour of the Dominican Republic. Jarabacoa is attracts ecotourists from around the world. It is close to Pico Duarte, the highest peek in the Caribbean. Its a temperate climate, 70-degrees year round and a very nice place to visit.