If you’ve ever considered visiting Britain for a vacation there are at least two very good reasons for doing so.
First, there are all the extremely interesting contemporary and historical things that visitors to Britain can see and do while on holiday there.
Second, and this is what I’ll concentrate on …

I am very lucky to be living in the center of the city. I have easy access to the most important things in day to day living including supermarkets, a clinic, a pharmacy and such stuff. I am also fortunate to be near a travel agency as there …

Hot Water Beach is a beach in Hahei in the Coromandel. There was only one reason why I wanted to come here.
Hot Water Beach is known for being on a volcanic fault line. What this means for tourists is that you can dig a hole in …

When I visited Sydney I like many other tourists wanted to see a real live Koala. Unfortunately due to the rain I wasn’t able to go to the zoo so instead I went to the Wildlife Centre.
Which brings me to my first positive point about the Wildlife Centre. …

Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka, a state of India. Bangalore has got many interesting places to visit, but it is also a crowded area. Bangalore is also a place in which many software companies and call centre companies have mushroomed. Thus, Bangalore is also called ‘IT city’.
The airport …

Guinness Storehouse Tour
Everyone said we had to see tour the Guinness Storehouse and after checking into our hostel in Temple Bar (the tourist and nightlife hot spot) we decided to walk to St. James Gate. It was our first day in Dublin, it was raining (of course) and …

Lake Winnepesaukee is one of the last family oriented amusement parks left today. It is located just outside of Chattanooga. It is set into a neighborhood which limits its ability to grow as large as other parks. It is naturally beautiful though with a lake as the center piece. …

My mom told me that in West Malaysia, Pahang is actually the largest state in Malaysia. For a fact, my late grandmother’s ancestors were all from Pahang but then I am 100% Singaporean breed. Of course, I have been to Pahang and checking out the late, late …

I lived in New Hampshire for 8 years. My husband worked at the Comerford Damn which is part of the New England Electric Hydro system. He had to baby sit the damn and take readings, clean generators as well as just sit and monitor things.
It was a good job …

Wilder Mountain is the name for the mountain where the old town of Wilder Tennessee is. It is off Hwy 85 between Monterey and Clarkrange TN. Wilder used to be a coal mining town but when the mine went out of business most of the town became like a …

The Denver Firefighter’s Museum, while one of the lesser known attractions in the Denver area, is still a fun inexpensive outing for the family. My youngest daughter loves fireman and wants to be a firefighter right now so we too her down there. Located right in the heart …

Cedar Point is an amusement park in northern Ohio, and it’s one of my all-time favorite summertime distractions. I’ve spent many summer days there over my lifetime, and I enjoy going there as an adult as much as I did during my childhood years. I grew up …

I am reviewing the Mountain Hardware Lyell Sleeping Bag. I feel very pleased at the choice of the Lyell Mountain Hardware Sleeping Bag. I would encourage people to try this bag for winter camping. I love to snuggle into my bag, because I know I will be …

St. Louis, Mo. is only about a five hour drive from where we live in Joplin, Mo. We visit here quite often and keep finding things we have not done or scene. On our last vist we decieded to try out Grant’s Farm. This was highly reccomended to us …

Okay when we go to places we like to visit things that are unusual to us, well while we were in our hotel in Phoenix we saw this brochure for a place called Mystery Castle. It was only around a twenty minute drive from where we were staying …

Located just outside of Austin, Texas is a new adventure just waiting for those with a love of the outdoors. This summer, our family was able to embark upon this tree top adventure.
Cypress Valley Canopy Tours is a zip line adventure for folks ages ten and above. We were …

I have to admit that my visit to Mount Vernon wasn’t exactly what I wanted it to be. I had a blister on my foot at the time, and it hobbled me significantly. Therefore, I didn’t really get to see that much of the place.
Still, Mount Vernon …

If you want to go and visit Dracula’s Castle, also known as Bran Castle you should prepare yourself for a long trip because it’s not that easy to get there and there are some things you should want to avoid. My advice is to go to your …

Recently, I traveled to Boston, Massachusetts for my daughter’s college music audition. In the past, I had made hotel reservations on the orbitz.com website. Since I had success in the past, I decided to use the service again. The process was very simple. I typed …

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to spend a week at a rented beach house with my mother-in-law and husband and kids. Aside from the constantly wonderful view from our deck, there were also a ton of things to do while we were there (even if I …

Kukuk’s Nest is a pension house located in Gorordo Avenue, Lahug , Cebu city, Philippines. It is my favorite place to stay in Cebu for many reasons. First is it’s location which is on a quieter part of the city. Unlike most of the hostels I’ve checked in …

I’ve just come back from Munich and all I can say is Wow! This is a wonderful city. The atmosphere is unique. The beer is like no other beer I have tasted. It is really difficult to describe just how special Munich is but I’m going to try.
Munich manages …

Dubrovnik is one of the most visited croatian touristic town. The sea is very beautiful there and so many famous people were there, even people from Hollywood.
The town was a republic many years ago so the what’s today the City hall was once the residence of the pesident or …

About the Hotel:
Comfort Inn the Pointe is located at 1 Prospect Pointe Niagara Falls, New York. The rooms’ price ranges from $98 to $150. This is a three diamond inn that is of a considerably walking distance to the falls itself, as well as to other attractions including …

Every year in August, the town of Rockland, Maine holds it’s annual Lobster Festival. I try to be in attendance just as often as I can be. Never mind the scrumptious lobster, there is so much going on here and so much good seafood, I wouldn’t want …

Berlin is a really hip city. There is so much history, art, culture in this city. The relatively recent reunification of East and West Berlin has made for a fascinating incite into a former communist bloc state. The city is full of museums and sights relating to the Stasi …

In 2001 I went on a trip with my National Guard Unit to Germany. One of my favorite places I visited was Nuremburg. We took a bus and they parked on a back street since the streets are narrow and parking is limited. I went with a group of …

If you are someone who enjoys art and nature, the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is the place to visit. It is one of the best spots my family visited when vacationing in the USA. Aside from the fact that there is no entrance fee to the garden …

We live so close to Washington DC that we try to get there at least once or twice a year. We like to go in the spring when the Cherry Blossom are in Bloom. We go to Independence Avenue, and on that street you can see the Lincoln …

(Note: Many of the names; locations within the review are in Spanish, therefore, the spellings are correct.)
The Ebro Crescent is not a region. Technically, it is a series of places and remote locations linked by the basin of the Ebro River. The Ebro River is considered …

When I was 9 months pregnant, well actually 9 and a half weeks pregnant, my friend got the bright idea to help induce labor by having me go for a walk. This was not just any walk however, it was the Newport, Rhode Island Cliff Walk.
I’d lived …

My husband and some friends went to Boracay Island this year for the Holy Week celebration. It was April 2010, and the island is filled with tourists and locals during the Holy week. People flock the area because of the bars, hotels and restaurants all the beach front, and …

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. …

Abuja is undoubtedly the most beautiful place in Nigeria. This city is close to the north, but mainly regarded by many people as being in the middle belt area of the country. The people living around this place are usually known as the Hausas.
There are so many areas of …

The traditional 60L Asolo backpack is both popular and reliable. This particular style is fit with many detachable compartments, several small pockets with easy access, as well as three large compartments fit for clothing, sleeping bag, or other larger pieces of gear. Something that is particularly useful on the …

Luino is a beautiful little town that lies about 10 minutes away from the Italian Swiss border. Luino is one of the nice towns south east on the Lago Maggiore. It is a truly beautiful place to go for a walk, a jog or bicycling. The town is very …

One of the most relaxing and exciting vacations for anyone to take, is to Freeport Island in the Bahamas. While you can’t get there directly via flying, you more often than not fly to Florida, and enjoy a seven hour or so cruise to reach the Bahamas by water. …

Nagarjunakonda is a place in Andhra Pradesh, a state of India. It is one of the richest Buddhist site in India. This is a place which is famous and is visited by many people.
One of the sights is Vijayapuri which means ‘city of victory’. Vijayapuri has a long history …

My husband and I recently stayed at the Gold Strike Casino and Hotel in Tunica Mississippi. Our spacious 10th floor king room was absolutely wonderful. It was modernly decorated in shades of brown, mint green, and ice blue. When I first entered the room I was …

People have always told me to go to Donsol to see the whalesharks (butanding) as it is an out-of-this-world to actually swim beside the gentle giants. As my friend who lives in Bicol invited us to go there last month, I gladly accepted the invitation.
It turns out that …

Calicut is a small city in Kerala, a southern state of India. Calicut is almost 400 kms from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala.
I had heard from people that Calicut is a place worthy to be visited. I decided to see what was special in this place and spent two …

Hearing the word ‘palace’ made me want to see it. Moreover this is an old palace of the kings of Thailand, the Grand Palace. Therefore on our first day in Bangkok, we (my wife, I and our two children) planed to visit the Grand Palace. Unfortunately, it was closed …

On some vacations, it’s difficult to find enough cheap things to do. However in Fort Collins, CO. while on a vacation with my family, one of the most exciting and cheapest things we did was go to the Horsetooth Reservoir. For an entrance fee of only $6, you could …

From Gaborone, my family and I took a flight to Kasane which enabled us to visit Chobe National Park easily. As I entered Kasane town, I was expecting to see herds of elephants as this area is well known for its large elephant population. I knew beforehand that in …

Being someone who is not naturally born in a certain place, and a stranger in a certain place, homesickness is like a deadly disease. It will really help to cure someone’s boredom by touring the place. Well I have experienced it, and so I decided to travel a strange …

There are a few ways to get to the Grand Canyon West rim, where visitors get guided bus tours, near-rim dining, and a chance to walk on the famous Skywalk. For us, we approached it from Peach Springs (where we found neither peaches nor springs), traveling a long and …

My husband and I went to Maryland’s Eastern Shore to visit my husband’s brother. We left from Alexandria Virginia. After leaving the Washington beltway we got on Route 50 and headed east past Anapolis Maryland home of the Naval Academy the Maryland State house and the waterfront. Pas Sandy …

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 …

The Flint Riverquarium of Albany, GA, was actually quite impressive for a small town exhibit. I cannot say that I was impressed by the staff member at the ticket counter (attitude and manners could have been better), but upon entering the building I was met with the friendly, smiling …