One day in February 2012, I visited a kind of museum housed in one of the four pylons of Sydney Harbour Bridge. I thought that it was a small one. I was quite surprised that the museum is sufficiently large to accommodate a number of departments within one single …

Located on the scenic grounds of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research is not one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city, but perhaps it should be. Not only is it beautiful, it also has an educational …

Mughal Garden is the most famous publicly opened destination of the President’s house in India. Though it is not open for public for the whole year but it opened only for one month from mid February to mid march. I have got the opportunity to visit the Mughal …

Earlier in the summer, I took a vacation to Miami with two of my best friends and we spent part of the day at Miami’s Seaquarium. I call the seaquarium an answer to Orlando’s Seaworld without the rides. I liked seaquarium because it was exactly Orlando seaworld except they …

I have mixed feelings about this shipping line that services destinations within Visayas and Northern Mindanao from Cebu. Their safety record makes me feel good and safe when traveling with them. Cokaliong Shipping Lines has not had any incidents thus far, and in a country that is plagued by …

Raghavendra Temple is one of the famous temples in Visakhapatnam. It is very close to the sand hills in visakhapatnam. This is the temple of Sri Raghavendra, a saint. Here devotees worship Sree Raghavendra’s Samadhi(tomb)rather than his statue. Thursday is the favorite day of this God and special poojas …

Living in Michigan, camping is one of our family’s favorite things to do in the summertime. We have stayed at several campgrounds over the years. We have our favorites, one we go to every year, and then we have those that we have visited just once and …

I visited Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona with my family in August 2005. It was an amazing experience that cannot be replaced by anything else. The Grand Canyon is one of a kind.
At Grand Canyon National Park you drive in on the south side of the …

Ho Prakeo is a famous museum in Vientiane, Laos. Many tour operators offer to visit this place in their city tour programs. The location is just next to the Presidential Palace and opposite to Wat Sisaket. This place is within walking distance if your hotel is in city center …

Another charming beach that the city of Vancouver has to offer is Jericho Beach, which is wide as it is long. When you go to see this beach, be ready for a long walk. I myself make sure that I’m wearing rubber shoes instead of flip flops …

The KOA Campground in Buena Vista, Colorado is fairly large and nestled among gently rolling hills with views in every direction. Catering to RVs, trailers and tent campers, with a few cabins also for rent, it’s a pleasant, quiet place to spend a few days. When …

Soho is in New York and I love this place so much. But one con to this is that there are just too many tourists, especially on the weekends. I was there from Friday - Sunday and on that night, I took a flight back home. …

The first time I went to Paris, I did it with my parents. I’d just turned eighteen and crossing the Atlantic was a novelty for the three of us. As I recall, we were all very nervous. Particularly me, since I was the only member of the family who …

When I was in my teens, I would always go visit my aunt and cousins in Virginia Beach, Virgina in the summers. I always had a great time going to the beach and also all the shopping malls surrounding the area. Plus, my aunt was co-owner of this sushi restaurant …

This was the most exciting and most enjoyable boatride I had in my travels abroad. It was in Vietnam, travelling from Vung Tau to Ho Chi Minh City.
I visited Vung Tau, a popular beach resort town, southeast of Ho Chi Minh City. The trip from HCMC to …

We do like to take short breaks down to Devon and Cornwall when we can. The one time we stopped in a lovely location by ST Ives called Lelant. The accommodation was a one bedroom bungalow called Leafy Hollow.
We had a little trouble finding the accommodation as …

It is quite a unique experience to visit Chinese Garden in Australia. I went there with my wife and my son. The admission fee was only 6 Australian dollars (less than 7 US dollars) per person. Inside we found a large garden with a pretty large lake in the …

The two things that I was excited about when we were planning on going to Singapore was number 1 —“ the sumptuous food. It is well-known that Singapore is a great mix of culture, and with that, it not only applies to the population, but also to their food. …

I was lucky enough to visit Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park on my last trip to Australia. This park is home to Uluru, also-known-as Ayers Rock. It’s a monolith and really quite breaktaking to see in person. There are many guided tours throughout the park but you …

The ancient city of Chester in (unsurprisingly) the county of Cheshire is a remarkable little city, and one which I thoroughly recommend a visit to. However, you do need to be aware that its very popularity means that it is not a place where you are all that likely …

One of the times that we visited the Outer Banks, we decided to go stay on Ocracoke Island. Ocracoke has a lighthouse which is alright with me! No, seriously, I love lighthouses and visit them and photograph them as often as I can.
Ocracoke is an attraction in …

Some must-see places
This would be Wien Stadt Opera, the famous Opera house of the Austrian capital. It was bombed during WW2 and was later rebuilt to its previous glamour. Buying a ticket could mean talking to Mozart himself - tickets are being sold by young people dressed as the …

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 …

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 …

Last spring my kids and I were able to visit Huntsville, Texas. This is a nice, quiet town rich with Texas history. We made a day trip out of it and really enjoyed our time.
We were happy that the traffic between Houston and Huntsville was not bad on a …

Barasso is a small town on the outskirts of Varese. It might seem to the naked eye that this little town doesn’t have much to offer but you would be quite mistaken. First off, it has quite a few bars/pubs, all on the same street (about 3), which offer …

One of the places I visited in Mexico is Chichen-Itza, an ancient and historical ruin in the Yucatan peninsula. My family and I were staying in Playa del Carmen and this was definitely on our list. Previously, my husband was already in the area and he promised that he …

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 …

Located in an old renovated night club in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia is the Discovery Centre, a registered non-profit charitable organization. Known everywhere as Nova Scotia’s hands-on science centre, this organization lets the general public take place in interactive science displays and watch videos on climate change.
When I entered …

Right to the eastern side of Singapore, one can find a park known as Pasir Ris Town Park. The place could tend to be pretty deserted during weekdays and could be jam-packed during weekends. There are certain peak and non-peak periods, in my accordance.
It had been awhile since …

I don’t think I can review the campground without reviewing the island. In order to get to Madeline Island, you have to take a car ferry. This was fairly expensive. When we went over, we never thought about the cost of the ferry. The cost …

If you are from New York as I am and you are a comic book fan or you just watch the occasion cartoon and you have never been to the Comic Convention then you are missing out. it is an experience like you will not have anywhere else and …

Have you ever been to Lagos? So many people regard that place as Nigeria`s New York. There however remains some stark differences in both cities.
I came to Lagos two months ago. I discovered that most of the streets are dirty and overcrowded. The houses in some places arie in …

Most visitors come to Banff for the skiing and scenery, but there is a bit of history to see there as well. I have been to Banff countless times (I live an hour away, in Calgary) but have only just visited the Cave and Basin more recently.
We went …

When we took the bus to Seville, Spain, from the Costa del Sol which was a 3 hour bus ride, we had no clear plan on where we were going to go and what we were going to see. We chose to come into town on a Sunday, so we …

I was in Penang for vacation over the weekend. I visited the Penang Butterfly Farm which is located quite far away from Georgetown. It is located after the Batu Ferringhi stretch and before the newly built hydroelectric dam. This was my second visit to this farm; the first was …

The fifty dollars I spent before I arrived in Ecuador for a membership to The South American Explorers club was the best investment I could have made in preparation for traveling in Latin America. The Club has a clubhouse in Quito that is centrally located and offers some …

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 …

If your travels take you through Washington state in the north west, you must take time to visit and enjoy Leavenworth, Washington. It is located in the central part of the state and is based on the life traditions of a Bavarian village. You will enjoy yourself so much …

Strong current is one of my favorite surf wear brand clothes stores on the north shore for cool looking clothes to buy for myself or as gifts to send to my friends and family on the mainland for birthdays and other holidays. You should take a moment to …

Asheville, North Carolina sits perched on top of a hill top which is part of the Great Smoky Mountain foothills. Its many rolling hills are covered in rhodendrum offering a beautiful view that is full of life and colorful blossoms in the spring and greenery in the winter. …

One of the things that I have always wanted to do was see attractions which are famous throughout the United States and one of those things (which I had first seen in the Rocky movie in the theatre) was the Liberty Bill in Philadelphia, PA but since it is …

Six Flags Great Adventure is perhaps the second greatest theme park (at least in my opinion), right behind Universal Studios Orlando. Six Flags Great Adventure consists of three parks total: Six Flags Wild Safari which is basically a zoo without barriers, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor which is their own …

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 …

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 …

I didn’t know that Busch Gardens Williamsburg was voted the world’s most beautiful theme park until one of the tour guides told us about it. This place is located in Williamsburg, Virginia and I went with my boyfriend and some of his friends. We were visiting Virginia …

There is one site that I found extremely worthwhile and interesting when visiting Zurich Switzerland. However, before I begin my review let me just say I believe Zurich Switzerland is the place to stay if you have some “bucks to burn.” Zurich can still be a positive …

In Providence, RI, there is a work of art, and a popular public event along the rivers in Providence that runs usually from the the end of May until mid-October on certain Saturday nights. It was created as a work of art by a sculptor named Barnaby Evans.
It …

For history buffs, and anyone visiting Germany, The Berlin Wall is a must-see attraction, and one of the most famous barriers in the world. After World War II, this concrete and wire wall was erected to divide Communist East Germany and Democratic West Germany, and it remained in place …

Genting Highlands is located in Malaysia, it’s a huge entertainment area that is located on a mountain peak within the Titiwangsa Mountains. It’s between states of Pahang and Selangor. The air is crisp and cool. People like me, who lives in SIngapore, would always prefer this kind of weather …