We live opposite to this beach enjoying a beautiful sun rise every day. However, the once famous beach has now become more like a killer beach with at least a couple of young persons losing their lives every fortnight. Most of them are outsiders quite oblivious to the dangers …

Travelers who come to Thailand always visit Pattaya, Phuket, Chiangmai, and some parts of Bangkok. I just want introduce you the part that not many travelers come visiting, which is Bang Khae. The easiest way to come is by taxies, just tell the driver you want to go to …

During a short visit to San Francisco for a conference, my wife and I decided to make the best of our stay by visiting local attractions. The best-known of them is Alcatraz Island, made famous by the movie —˜Escape from Alcatraz’, with Clint Eastwood starring. And not to forget …

When I took my three home schooled kids to Plimouth Plantations in Plymouth, MA for two days on an impromptu history field trip, one of the things we took in was a visit to a 1627 village. Here, there were little simple 17th century houses in a farm …

The Bertie County Visitor’s Guide is a product of The Bertie Ledger-Advance. I think it was a wonderful idea to come out with a visitor’s guide for Bertie County. To my knowledge it has never been done until now and Bertie County has so many things to offer …

Catalina Island is located in Los Angeles, California and I have been to this beautiful island with my family once before. It was a one day trip to Catalina and at that time, we were visiting Los Angeles and my dad thought that it would be a good …

One thing that anyone who knows me can not deny about me is that I am a diehard Dukes of Hazzard fan. This is my all time favorite television show and I own the entire DVD collection. I love the show and can not get enough of it. Of …

Waipio Valley is a beautiful black sand beach which requires 4 wheel drive to get to. The valley is located in Honoka’a on the Hamakua coast of the Big Island. This beach is amazing with a 50 foot waterfall you can hike to in the back of the valley. …

This is not actually a hotel, as you may have noticed, but a campground. It is a very nice campground.
Almost all of the sites cost $20 a night, although I did notice that they had several very large group camping sites available for well over $100. I believe that …

When my cousin suggested I take my girlfriend to the zoo to celebrate her birthday in a nice, quiet and intimate way, I though it was a stupid idea at first but at this point in time, after the visit to the zoo, I can gladly say I am …

Tired from road tripping last summer, I stopped in Ouray, Colorado to take a break. The place is so beautiful, I decided to stay over a couple of nights and see a few sights. All rooms in the town were booked - this place is very popular …

Having lived in Brisbane for the past eighteen months I have had the opportunity to pass through Brisbane Airport (www.bne.com.au) on a significant number of occasions.
Brisbane airport is relatively small and this makes it one of my favourite airports. For me the smaller the airport and the lesser number …

As soon as you drive into Havana from any direction, you can see the Castillo del Morro located on the top of a cliff that juts out on a narrow peninsula into the Havana Bay, and its lighthouse is an important symbol to the citizens. As with the three …

On Thursdays I drive my husband to work so I can get his paycheck and go grocery shopping. Sometimes we stop off at the Cumberland Mountains State Park to hike for a bit because it is only a mile from where my husband works. On this particular Thursday me …

Sasso Del Ferro is a beautiful landmark on the Northern Lakes of Italy, and more precisely on Lake Major. It is accessible by two different means. The first and easier way is to take a cable lift all the way up, it is about 10 minutes long and a …

Travelling around the Philippines will be so much easier now with my discovery of a wonderful website that will be of great help. KabeetMap.com is a nice place and a wonderful site for Filipinos and tourists that needs to get to see a map of the place they need …

There are 2 museums which I have been to before when I visited Bangkok. They are Philatelic Museum and Prasart Museum.
When I went to the Philatelic Museum, the admission was free. This is a very interesting place whereby there are Thai and foreign stamps of the past …

Robert Burns is Scotland’s most famous poet and Tam O’Shanter, written in 1790 is one of his most famous poems. Souter Johnnie, lived in the the Ayrshire village of Kirkoswald and was one of the inspirations behind this poem. Owned by the National Trust for Scotland since 1932, Souter Johnnie’s …

Mt. Pinatubo used to be an unheard-of volcano in the Philippines. It was overshadowed by the more popular and internationally renowned Mayon Volcano and Taal Volcano. For hundreds of years Mt. Pinatubo lay silent in the intersection of Pampanga, Zambales and Tarlac provinces until its claim to fame in …

While on a trip to New Mexico last month we stopped to visit El Morro National Monument. This is a large sandstone rock that visitors to the area and military personnel have been scratching their initials onto for hundreds of years. There are also petroglyphs carved into …

Michigan Adventures is a small amusement park that was bought by Cedar Fair. Cedar Fair owns a dozen or more amusement parks. Some of the more known parks include, Cedar Point, Kings Island, Kings Dominion, Carrowinds, Knots berry farm and Canada’s wonderland. When we went to Michigan Adventures it …

This area can be extremely warm during the summer. Upper 80’s and 90’s are not uncommon. We stopped at the visitors center of the battle of Little Big Horn. This is way out in the middle of nowhere. There is a speaking guide, museum and little …

If your skiing or snow boarding ability is within about the medium level, and you are looking for a place to hit the slopes within central Pennsylania, I highly recommend checking out Blue Mountain. Blue’s great atmosphere, finely thinned snow, and magnificent scenery, makes it a very appealing place …

Bachhaus/Bachmuseum in Eisenach (Thuringia/Germany)
The Bachhaus in Eisenach is the place where the composer J.S.Bach (1685-1750) probably was born. It’s now part of the Bachmuseum. During the war the house was partly destroyed, but rebuild after the war. The house is about 600 years old. It proved to be …

I went for sightseeing tour of the mouth of Taal Volcano in 1994. Mind you, the mouth of the active volcano, as there were two distinct volcanoes, was off limits since 1991 due to some seismic activities.
Taal Volcano, or perhaps it is better to say volcanoes since there …

Sundance is a nice and cozy little area for skiing and also lodging. I know for a fact that The Sundance Ski area is owned by Robert Redford, who promotes Sundance Film Festival over there. I managed to visit Sundance with my whole family and also my …

Jonker Street is purportedly known worldwide by antique collectors and Bargain hunters. Located in Downtown Melaka, Jonker St, is a favorite stop of locals and tourists alike.
I honestly have no idea why. Back in the day, maybe. Today? You’ve got to be kidding.
True, Jonker St has a handful of good …

A couple of years ago we went to Texas on vacation, my husband, mnyself, and my two daughters, ages three and thirteen. Of course while we we in San Antonio we had to go to the zoo. The zoo was great, but while there we picked up a brochure …

Honolulu is the capital city of the Hawaiian Islands and is situated on the island of Oahu. It is a modern city on a beautiful tropical island. The main tourist area is Waikiki Beach and, although this area is great to visit, there is so much more to Honolulu …

I’ve been living in Virginia for five years now. I got the word that we were cleared to move to Florida next month and it suddenly occurred to me that we had never visited the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk even thought we’d been to Norfolk many many times …

If you are a first time visitor to Peru you are about to experience a 3rd world country like you have never experienced before. Some might say it is a dirty, poor, rural country. Others might say it is an exotic land that is far …

Looking at the Hagia Sophia from the outside I really didn’t think it was going to be anything spectacular to see on the inside. I mean, the antiquity and architecture of the mosque itself are amazing, but I did not expect the inside to be particularly intricate. The outside …

If planning for a summer vacation, Ohio has really beautiful, balmy summers, and Lake Erie provides lots of recreation. I love my summer vacation home there. I call it the place where the breezes meet. Located near a former religious retreat, it’s clustered on the edge …

We went with my brother and his wife to Branson MO, recently and one of the attractions we visited was the Titanic Museum at 3235 76 Country Blvd & Hwy 165, Branson MO. To say the least this museum was awesome. It is anchored on the water so …

This is a really nice area. We completely enjoyed ourselves because they have so much to offer. One of the best parts of it is the lake. My husband likes to fish and this lake, although a bit on the small side, has all kinds of …

During the summer months, our family enjoys camping together at local campgrounds. About 20 minutes from our house is Grand Haven’s Yogi Bear campground. The campground is a great place for families with kids because they offer a lot of childern’s activities.
Each day there are schedules events …

Many people chose to stay one or two days on Iceland when flying from the US or Canada to Europe. One of the most popular ways to spend this day is to take trip along the Golden Circle, a about 300 km long tourist route looping from Reyjavik to …

Of all the places in the Philippines, Cebu is probably my least favorite place to visit. And I dread going there every month for work. You would never catch me going there for a vacation either. I don’t exactly know when I started hating this place, because it didn’t …

Stonehenge is one of the most well known tourist attractions in England. It has been in books, films and TV series, and a lot of myths and tales are connected to it. It is one of the most famous Neolithic sites in the world, and each year a lot of …

We live in Maryland and we have always liked going to the beach during the summer. We are lucky because a hundred and fifty miles from BAltimore is a place called Ocean City AMryland. This resort is on the Eastern Shore of MAryland.
Ocean City is a beach …

I have heard lots of rumours regarding New Lanark and that it is a haunted place with lots of different experiences that one might get. I went with my group of friends and found a lot of nice, historical exhibits in this travel destination and the area seemed …

My husband and I found a unique little village called Frankenmuth which is located in upper Michigan. That year all of our children where some place else so we decided to travel a bit ourselves. We still wanted a bit of the Holiday. We stayed at the Frankenmuth …

Donsol is a small provincial place in Bicol Region, it is becoming more and more known because of great tourism marketing both from local and national government. During summer months, Butanding, or Whale sharks go to the ocean near the place to feed. It’s during these season, that they …

I always felt that Lyon as an undiscovered gem of France. It is a charming French city, not frequented by many at the time that I visited. I don’t know why it is not a favorite amongst many tourists, but I am sure that it will be …

When I was just starting to cultivate an interest in colonial history, I enjoyed a visit to Ephrata Cloister in Ephrata, PA. I still remember the calm, peaceful feeling that this place gave me, from the beautiful old-fashioned wooden buildings to the quiet colonial cemetery. Ephrata Cloister was a …

Our family has enjoyed camping for years. We have been to various campgrounds throughout Michigan. Recently my husband’s company had to do a job in Indiana, which isn’t too far from us, and instead of him leaving for a week and staying at a hotel, we decided to pull …

While visiting some old friends of ours who moved to Mississippi, we had the opportunity to go to the Jackson Zoo in Jackson, Mississippi. I have been to a lot of zoos over the years because of my avid love of animals. Sorry to say it, but this …

We recently took a long weekend and went into the mountains of Virginia. We had been in this area before, but had never really done any site seeing. This trip we decided to visit at least one local attraction. We picked Shenandoah Caverns. The …

With a rather amazingly late check-in time of 14:00, the fact that we arrived early for our two night stay at this majestically beautiful Fish Eagle Lodge Bed and Breakfast did not go unattended and with the exception to check in earlier afforded to my friend and I, coupled …

I decided to take my children on a trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo last weekend. We live about an hour and a half from the zoo. It has been a couple of years since we have been there. My children had such a fun time that …