If you’re ever looking for a place to pitch your tent the Boston Minuteman Campground in Massachusetts would be a nice place to do so. I camp a lot, and this struck me as more of a classic campground with dirt campsites and wooden picnic tables in the middle …

When I visited Fiji I decided to go on a day trip to Beachcomber Island. I was in Lautoka at the time and the ride to Beachcomber in a ferryw as fairly quick, I wouldn’t say more than forty-five minutes or so.
As I saw the boat approaching the …

If you get the opportunity to go to Brittany, seize it with both hands. It doesn’t matter where you come from, they are the most welcoming of people. They are particularly keen on the British for historical reasons. Indeed, the Bretons have their own language which is similar to …

During a recent trip to Bermuda some of my favorite places to visit were the forts. Of these, my favorite by far was Fort Hamilton. Much of it was built underground in the late 1800s. What impressed me most was that it seemed so peaceful and serene compared to …

The Scarborough Bluffs were named after the famous chalk hills in Scarborough, England by Elizabeth Simcoe, wife of the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. But these days, everybody who’s familiar with this place loves to call it simply as Bluffer’s Park.
As such, the term conjures the image …

People from all over the world come to North Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain to hike or run the Grouse Grind, the famous and popular trail that provides fitness buffs a challenging test of their fitness level. I have spoken to many people that have done —˜The Grind,’ and even more …

The last time I spent a vacation in Kissimmee, we were looking for some off the beaten path or different things to do that were not the usual Orlando and Kissimmee tourist stuff.
Our hotel concierge suggested that we spend a day visiting the town of Celebration. I had …

On my way to work today I decided to take my chances on a bus ride because I saw how much people there are waiting to get inside the MRT station. There are huge numbers of people waiting and pushing each other at the Edsa North MRT station. I …

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 …

This metro rail service was started in New Delhi to ease the congestion on the overly crowded roads. Though the services have started since December 2002 it is yet going on expanding. The metro rail service is at some places below the earth surface while at some places it …

We used this Travel Agency for our airport transfers and half a day sight seeing tour when we visited Bangkok early this year. We find this Agency quite professional. When we reached Bangkok Airport after a sleepless journey from Kolkata, we found the driver carrying the placard containing our …

Woolaroc is a 3700 acre Wildlife Reserve about forty five miles from Tulsa OK. The best part is that you drive through the reserve and see the native, as well as exotic animals living in their own habitat. We saw buffoloe, elk, longhorn cattle, many different species of deer, …

I’m sure everyone has heard of the Statue of Liberty or even had a chance to visit this themselves. This is in the City of New York on Liberty Island and is a gift from the French. Anyway I don’t know too much about the history of this myself …

When we vacationed in Hawaii a few years ago, we had gone there mostly to see my longtime friend Jenny and her husband Paul who live on the beach in Maui. We got to do so many cool things while there and see so many wonderful places. …

i recently went to paris and thought it was absolutly fabulous. i went there with my boyfriend and stayed in a cheap hotel on the outskirts of the famous city. we visited the eifel tower on the first day that we were there. it was dark out as it …

The first time I went to Sangeh, one of the so many monkey forests in Bali, was nearly thirty years ago. You see, I have always been a huge fan of this creature called ape or monkey. Everywhere I travel I will spare my time to visit this kind …

One thing that Texas is famous for is having a lot of Mexican people and this results in a ton of Mexican restaurants. Being that I am from New York and love Mexican food, I try to at least give every Mexican place a shot when I am in …

I am writng this review because I want to let people know what a hard time I had with expedia. I had used orbitz in the past and will keep using orbitz in the future. I booked a trip for spring break for 12 of us. …

The reason why I purchased a Navigon in the first place was because I had heard so many good things about the company and how up to date they kept their maps on the GPS. However, when I got the item I was informed that I would need to …

Roman Paris
(Note: Some of the following words are in French. All words are spelled correctly.)
During a recent visit to Paris, I realized there is a great deal of the city I had yet to explore. Prior to my visit my understanding of French History …

My uncle and his family from Paris are coming home for Christmas vacation. They plan to go to Bohol to enjoy the beach and do some diving. I was ecastatic to learn that they wanted to take me with them. So as a favor I volunteered to reserve their …

Recently we Lyndsey and I were bought a experience present of a trip on the Orient Express through the English Garden county of Kent. The trip lasted for around four hours where we were served a five course fine dinning menu while we made are way around the …

When I got into my new hobby, photography, I am constantly in search of subjects. Gardens, flowers and historic places are my favorite. While it is still summer, I make sure I take advantage of the nice weather for outdoor shoots. Cranbrook House and Gardens is one of the places …

I have used many travel agencies, websites and magazines over the years to get ideas for travelling, hear tips on certain countries or sites, and get advice from people who have been to the places I am planning to go. Usually, I have to spend hours on many different …

This is really an exellent place to spend your Christmas holidays. Although it is very cold there during the night so if you go there just organize something for New year’s Eve, plan to wonder around is not very cleaver. Not because it is not safe, because it is, …

If you are on the North Shore of Oahu in Haleiwa Town, be sure to stop by and check out this cool surf shop. It is full of cool surf wear for you and your family to sport around in while at the beach or when you get …

Kawagoe is a town in Saitama Perfecture famous as a little Edo (the old name of Tokyo). Though it is a part of Saitama, this place is not really far from Tokyo. It is easy to reach by Tobu Tojo line from Ikebukuro Station. I went to there several …

An advocate of public transportation, I happened to be in Beijing and decided to stray away from the common medium of taxi riding and try the metro.
Everytime you’re in a new city, you should definitely try the metro system out, if it’s available. The metro in Beijing was …

Shimoga is a very beautiful place in Karnataka, India. But the only tourist spot is the Jog falls. This waterfall is spectacular and beautiful. Jog falls are a magnificent sight in the wet season and the best time to visit is late November to early January. People come in …

As an Aucklander when I went to Wellington Zoo I kept comparing it with Auckland Zoo. This may have skewered my opinion slightly as Wellington Zoo appeared to be so much smaller.
In terms of the entry fee it was about twenty dollars for an adult which is reasonable …

I’ve only been reading about Mt. Pulag in our history books. It’s the third highest mountain in the Philippines, and the highest in the Luzon area. It is 2,922 meters above sea level and seen in the Benguet province. It was something that I never really thought I would …

If you want to go for a holiday and you want a very active night life I would recommand Makarska Croatia. The night life is really wild there and it is not very expensive. You can buy a coctail for less than 5 euros and other drinks are from …

Egyptian art is very detailed. Much of it is very different to Western art because rather than using canvases, the preferred method is the papyrus. The papyrus is made from the papyrus reeds that grow in abundance along the river Nile. Centuries of use meant that the reeds became …

The Caribbean Coast works pretty well for me. This is a review of this great place and I find it truly amazing and I have never been in such a special place as this before. Went with my ex-girlfriend before and we had a fantastic time there …

One of the day trips my family and I took was a journey to Cape Agulhas which was at the southernmost point of Africa. My husband insisted that we should see it as according to him we could not possibly go more south than at Cape Agulhas. In addition, …

On the West Coast of Florida, just North of Clearwater, is a Beach and State Park that I stumbled onto quite by accident when I was house hunting over there before we decided to settle on the East Coast of FL instead.
We have dogs. We were looking simply for …

Today, I had to travel through Antwerp or Antwerpen city in Belgium. I thought this train station is an international station, so we were expecting great service from the station.
But when we waited in the ticket counter, it took us almost 30 minutes only to buy the train tickets. …

Jakarta is the capital city and the largest city in Indonesia located on the western area of Java Island. Its metropolitan area is estimated to contain more than 20 million people, which is considered as the largest population in the Southeast Asia region. Jakarta is the center of various …

One of the places I used to take my kids when I vacationed in the White Mountains of New Hampshire was Whale’s Tale Water Park. Living in Florida, I’ve been to quite a few water parks in my time, but I must say that Whale’s Tale is one of …

Fortitude Valley is considered to be the epitome of night life and adult entertainment in Brisbane. Sadly this is the case - despite the fact that there is nothing there besides normal shops, homeless people, general squalor and a few hole in the wall peep shows and strip clubs. …

Globus is an excellent tour that has been recommended by many of my aunts, uncles and relatives. There were quite a few occasions whereby I used the services of Globus and that included my trips to France and London.
The people that have been on this tour …

Zhou Zhuang is one of the ancient water villages near Shanghai, China. Because of its proximity to Shanghai, it is the most popular tour destination of all of the villages.
The tour bus, which leaves from the Stadium near Xu Jia Hui (or can be caught earlier from the …

This is a pretty nice place to visit especially for older folks. The weather is nice and warm in summer and luckily it’s cooled down by colder sea breaze which makes the climate more bearable. There are quite a few qute little shops here and there, lots of focaccerie …

Visiting Vienna
Vienna is one of my favorite European cities. It’s the capital of Austria, has a population of about 2 millions and is located more or less in the middle of Europe. You can fly there from most main hubs in Europe, and there are also quite a few …

I visited this world famous museum last year when I went to Hyderabad. The museum has a collection of beautiful Indian, Chinese, Egyptian and European treasures collected from all over the world by a single person, Salar Jung III who ruled Hyderabad state in the early 20th century.
I could …

The city of Detroit gets a bad wrap. You hear about Detroit being the second most violent city in America and you hear about corruption, but when was the last time you heard something good about Detroit? Having lived both in Detroit city and in the Metro Detroit area, …

Visiting historic houses in St. Augustine is always my favorite activity when I journey to my “second home.” I love photographing and the area, especially since many St. Augustine structures were built in the 1700s and 1800s, most in a unique Spanish style; some of my best and most …