I got this travellers’ wristbands at a marine sports shop in Breskens, Holland a few years back. I was there shopping for life vests as I knew that we would take numerous boat rides in Guinea-Bissau. I also thought that it would be better to have these vests as …

If you’re heading to Phoenix any time soon, consider checking out the Phoenix Zoo for a fun way to spend an afternoon. When my family and I used to live near Phoenix, in the beautiful Valley Of The Sun, a trip to The Phoenix Zoo was always a great …

Living in Tucson, I am lucky enough to have this great travel destination right in my backyard! Reid Park is one of my family’s favorite places to spend the day, and we always bring out of town guests for a day at the zoo! The Zoo is open from …

Growing up in Bergen County, New Jersey, there weren’t alot of zoos and aquariums nearby. However, we had one gem: Van Saun County Park & Zoo! I have been there more times than I can count, and now enjoy taking my son when we visit family back east.
If …

The Monterey Bay Aquarium was a pretty good experience. We decided to drive there from San Francisco (2/2.5 hour drive). The prices were a bit high. It’s definitely an above average museum. One deficiency though, is the complex and confusing layout. You don’t know if you’ve already visited one …

The seaside resort of Llandudno on the north coast of Wales is well known (and in my opinion deservedly so) for its delightful, and slightly old-fashioned, holiday atmosphere, making it perfect for families. One of the things that contribute greatly to this feel is the town’s traditional Victorian pier, …

The last stop on all of the major tour trolleys driving around historic Savannah is River Street. Why last? Because you will want to take your time there, buy lots of stuff, and then you will be tired enough to go back to your car satisfied at the …

Mallaig, on the western coast of Highland Scotland, may not be everyone’s first thought when they come to consider places to visit in that part of the world. It is, after all, first and foremost a port, and in general ports are not the most attractive of towns. To …

Blue Spring Heritage Center is amust see for anyone who aprreciates the beauty of nature or the history of the Native Americans. It sets outside Eureka Springs, one of out favorite areas of the ozarks to visit and site see.
The first thing we saw when arriving at Blue Spring …

Eagle Rock, Missouri is right on the Arkansas border on our way to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. We stay the weekend in Eureka Springs a few times a year. There is just lots to do and see in this area. Right outside of Eagle Rock we discovered the Promised Land …

We get to Eureka Springs, Arkansas a few times and year, and usually stay the weekend. There is so much to see and do in this quaint little town. On one of our visits we got a list of historic sites from our hotel desk. One of the places …

Roaring River State Park in Cassville, Missouri is about twenty miles from Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a area we like take mini weekend family vacations to a few times a year. We stop at Roaring River when we are in no rush and the weather is good to walk …

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 …

On my recent trip to Savannah Georgia, my partner and I visited the Sorrel Weed house. This is a very old house on Madison Square in the historic district. We had seen the house featured on “Ghost Hunters” from the SyFy channel, and were interested in its haunted history. …

We have gotten to visit the butterfly house twice now on our way to visit friends and relatives in Illinois. Chesterfield Mo., is a suburb of St. Louis, where we always spend a day or two site seeing on our way north. On out first visit to the Butterfly …

On our way to Illinois to visit friends and relatives we always stop and site see in St. Louis, Mo. On one of our trips this past summer we went to the St. Louis Art Museum.
I am not what you would call an art buff my any means. I …

We go to Branson, Missouri for the weekend at least three or four times a year because we get yearly season passes to Silver Dollar City. On one of our trips this past summer we stopped at Mansfield, Mo. to check out the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum.
I …

My thirteen year old daughter and I had so much fun on the Ghost and Haunt Tour in Branson, Missouri that we cannot wait to go again. We left Daddy at the motel with our toddler. He is not into being scared the way my daughter and I are …

We get season passes almost every spring to Silver Dollar City in Branson. We visit Branson and spend the weekend about tree times a year. We usually spend one day at Silver Dollar City and the next siteseeing. There is so much to do in the area, but not …

I booked this holiday home through Book A Bach. The whole process was a bit long winded as the lady who organised teh payment too her time getting in touch with us.
When we arrived it was easy to find and the main house was lovely to look at. …

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 heard about the boat trips you can do in Hahei I wasn’t sure what to expect. I booked the the trip and went down to the beach to wait for the boat.
The trip was $65 for an hour ride which sounds like a lot of money …

The City Museum in St louis, Mo. is not your typical museum. It is much more fun and exciting than any museum I have ever been to. My husband and I took our three and thirteen year old daughter hear this past summer on our way to Illinois.
My husband …

We go through St. Louis, Mo. at least once a year on our way to visit friends and relatives in Illinois. On one such trip we happened into the Museum of Transprotation, a place my husband had been wanting to check out for a while. I wasn’t quite sure …

We had been to Elephant Rock State Park in Belleview, Missouri, and quite by accident, came across Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park. It was in the middle of summer and very hot. We could see hundreds of people in the river crawling over rocks and it looked like fun. We …

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 …

Jenolan caves are in the Blue Mountains area, about 2.5 hours from Sydney. There are no buses going there, so you either have to join trip or drive on your own. The road is easy until the last part; it is very windy, quite narrow and has a lot of …

I ski a lot and have been skiing all over Colorado for the past year. People spoke of Eldora Ski Resort as being small and nothing special. I honestly wasn’t all that excited to go, but I got a great deal on a lift ticket and some …

Winter Park Ski Resort is a lesser known ski area, but a lot of people from Denver head to this ski resort on the weekends and holidays. I was lucky enough to be able to ski at this resort for a couple days. In the past few …

Breckenridge is known around the world as an amazing ski area and I was lucky enough to go there and ski. It really is an amazing place. It’s absolutely huge. It’s mind blowing how much terrain there is, yet how much it feels like a local …

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, or A-Basin, is a legend. This was the second ski area I ever went skiing at in Colorado and it is insane. It redefined my idea of skiing. The blue square level trails are equal in difficulty to black diamonds or double …

My trip to Europe did include a lot pubs and things but places like the Heineken Experience were a lot of fun and educational as well.
This is the site of the old brewery, which has been turned into a sort of museum all about Heineken. I think the …

If you’re a fan of “The Sound of Music” this tour is very enjoyable and a lot of fun. We actually got to see quite a few sights where the movie was filmed, it was definitely worthwhile.
We got picked up by the bus from our hostel, which was …

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 …

If you want to have an interesting and quite cheap day out in London, Greenwich is a good place to go. Getting there with public transport is easy, you have to purchase an extra ticket if you have a ticket for the London Underground, and then the trains go …

We get season passes to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri yearly, so we try to get there at least four or five times a year. One thing we had never done was take a dinner cruise on the Showboat Branson Belle. We had thaught this was more of …

On my recent trip to the United Kingdom, I spent a week in Scotland and discovered many amazing historic landmarks and castles. One of my favorite castles was Eilean Donan, a 13th century castle situated on an island in the Scottish Highlands. I was told by my guide it …

This is the third time I visit the Singapore Zoological Gardens this year. The first time I went with my sister and her family, the second with my friend and her niece and the third time with my husband.
We had a lot of fun at the Singapore Zoological Gardens. …

Stourport-on-Severn in north-west Worcestershire is a smallish town which is not usually mentioned very much, if at all, in the tourist guides, but which is well worth a visit. I live fairly close to Stourport (as it is usually abbreviated) and have watched with considerable interest over the last …

Schönbrunn has been called Vienna Versailles. It is a big palace with surrounding garden built around 1700. It is one of the main tourist attractions in Vienna, with lot of different things to see. It is easy to get there; there are two underground stations quite close. There’s Schönbrunn …

Megabus has become one of my favorite ways to travel. It offers an opportunity to get to your destination more leisurely while seeing some of the great American landscape as you drive on the freeway.
Fares are cheap. If you book early, you can pay only $1/one way. I have …

Because I travel between BC and Alberta frequently, I have seen the big sign on Highway #1 (the Trans Canada Highway, which connects Canada), advertising the Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre, near Golden, for years. I love wildlife of all kinds, and have always been fascinated with wolves, and …

Whale Watch is a whale safari company located in Kaikoura is at New Zealands South Island. It is about 2.5 hours to drive from Christchurch, along a scenic route so it is worth it only for the drive. The town of Kaikoura is quite small, but the surroundings are splendid. …

On my recent five week vacation to the UK, I spent a day at Stirling Castle in Scotland. It was an amazing experience and one day didn’t seem like enough! The castle is awe-inspiringly beautiful and carefully restored and kept. I was very impressed that the few …

I have been fortunate enough quite recently to have spent some time on the Isle of Eigg in the Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. I would absolutely and without hesitation recommend the island to anyone who is curious and who enjoys the
slower pace of life away from …

I have been to other places with hugh aquariums, but the Georgia Aquarium blew me away, as well as the rest of my family. The Georgia Aquarium is right in the middle of Atlanta Georgia and is the largest in the world. If I would have realized how big …

Berrington Hall is a stately home and extensive surrounding grounds in Herefordshire, in western England not too far from the Welsh border. It is run by the National Trust, which ensures its preservation but which - as I shall mention - does give rise to one or two small …

First time I visited Bangkok, Thailand, my hotel’s front desk officer encouraged me that local transportation method using the river is really a worth thing to try. Based on the information I got before, I did use it for a whole day in my second vacation day in Thailand. …

Mass Rapid Transportation or often be called as MRT has become people’s common transportation in Singapore. I have ever heard lots of positive points of that transportation mode before I was finally have a chance to visit Singapore for a vacation. That’s why I was eager to try MRT, …

The Elan Valley, to the west of the small market town of Rhayader in mid-Wales, has an interesting and controversial history. The reservoirs which so many tourists - including me - now come to see every year are by no means natural lakes, but were created deliberately and artificially …