Reply #62: This is for Seabeyond. Skip Galveston. The beaches are dirty.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

One third of the population left after Hurricane Ike blew away The Balinese Room, an old restaurant/bar/former gambling den.

The beaches are brown, the water is brown and full of seaweed. I grew up in Houston and laughed at the people who thought the beach was good in Galveston. The good beaches are in Florida and California.

You will have a lot more fun in Austin and San Antonio. I went to college in San Antonio and there is lots to do and see, the Alamo, in the middle of downtown, the Riverwalk, Mi Tierra on West Commerce, and lots of places near Hemisfair. Also there is Fiesta Texas and Sea World.

Don't bother with Galveston if you don't have time. There is fun stuff in Houston, but if you're going to Austin and the Hill Country you will have fun.