At the beginning of May 2010 we spent 2 nights with 4 persons at the Sheraton Suites in Key West, Florida. The hotel looked really nice and the front desk staff was friendly when we checked in. They offered us a “parking pass”, which we had to leave on …

We do not do much during weekends here in Botswana and especially with the World Cup season kicking off nearly a week ago, we are somewhat glued to the TV which is not the most healthy way. I also thought that I have seen enough of Botswana, having been …

This museum utilizes a building used to be the power house for the city trams. It consists of three levels, one ground floor and two levels underneath. The main displays are a steam engine, a locomotive, other mechanical transport systems, and electronic-based components and systems used to explain the …

Taman Ayun which is located at Bali, Indonesia, was a royal family temple. Meaning, on its very time, all of the royal family members held their ceremonies here.
Personally, I don’t think that this temple is worth to be visited, not even once since we all the gates to …

One of the best things that has ever been given to me to make my airline travels a lot easier. It does this by making me very comfortable, the problem I find with many airlines is that I am not comfortable at all because they gave you a very …

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. …

Texas is the best state to live in; it could be it’s own republic that it once was if it wanted to and should, but Texas is just too good for that. Even our motto against litter has people up at arms: Don’t MESS with Texas. Too …

Whenever we venture over to Kissimmee or Orlando of a weekend, we try to make a point of visiting the Osceola Flea and Farmer’s Market on Rt. 192 near St. Cloud and Kissimmee. It’s not what you’d typically think of when going to a country flea market. It’s …

Here are some suggestions, just in case you are spending a weekend in Torino alone, and if you are interested in visiting museums, gardens and royal buildings. Torino is the ideal town for cultural visitors, such as students or for the lovers of the past, expecially if you are …

If you are ever in the Marietta area in Georgia, add Marietta Square to your must visit list. Marietta is not a tourist town, so Marietta Square is the popular place to visit when you visit Marietta.
The Marietta Square is a cute little area that is …

I’m definitely an avid traveler and one of my favorite things to see are historical homes. I really love to see how the other half lived and what they did back in the day. While touring Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling water I have come to realize what a controling …

Athens, the oldest capital of Europe, continuously inhabited for 6000 years.
Once known for its rare historical cultural and monumental wealth of its past days, nowadays worldwide famous due to the Olympic games of 2004.
For the same occasion, Athens has indeed changed dramatically over a short period of time, or, …

Tallahassee, for those of you who do not know, is actually the capital of Florida. I have the chance to go to this place before and that was when I was around 17 or 18.
I had a great expectation of this place, but it simply disappoints me. …

When we were in Boston Ma a few years ago from our hotel window you could look into the harbor. Boston reminded me so much of home in Baltimore. We could see on the other side of shore the USS Constitution and since this was the sister …

I absolutely enjoyed my visit to the Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska. This place is a huge collection of Americana, full of wonder and history. As it is often advertised, it’s a living history and not just a museum or old west grouping of buildings.
Pioneer Village was …

Zermatt is really worth my saving trip money and during that time I went to check out the skiing terrains and there were quite a few there, amazingly and definitely surprising.
This is in Switzerland and both my friend and I went to squeeze ourselves throught he activities. We …

During our Singapore brou-ha-ha, Hubby and I went to Universal Studios. I had high expectations with our trip there but sadly, a lot of the major rides we were planning to have were not operating.
We had to wait in line in order to enter Universal Studios for like …

Cagayan de Oro is a province in Mindanao, Philippines. It is famous for its white water rafting along the Cagayan de Oro river. My friends and I went there last year to give it a try. We booked with First Rafting Adventure, which cost us Php1,100 …

Hi, i’m going to talk you about a long trip to Viena I did some time ago.
First, Vienna it’s cold, reaaaaaly cold, especially in December when it snowed almost every day. The city itself is expensive compared to Prague or Budapest, but it’s more worth of a visit.
I arrived …

Toronto’s Chinatown is one of the cleanest Chinatowns I have ever seen. When I lived in Toronto for ten years, I always looked forward to visiting this Chinatown for all the cheap eats, fruits, and vegetables that it offers.
One thing for sure, once you hit Spadina Street in …

I have visited the Underwater World everytime when I travelled to this beautiful island of Langkawi. Underwater World is an aquarium that showcase a wide selection of of both fresh water and salt water fishes together with thousands of other marine life species. And it is conveniently located at …

This is what I call a ‘has been place’. It used to be fun to go here and ride the huge slides with my nieces and nephews. It used be a weekend getaway for my family, now we don’t even like going here. Aside from all the people trying …

This is good news for travelers coming to Jakarta (Indonesia). Instead of traveling by taxis (which are more expensive) or with city buses or minivan-type public transport (which are more economical but without air conditioning system), Trans-Jakarta is much better in terms of safety, security, and comfort.
As for the …

Having satisfied with sight-seeing in Jaipur, we (a group of four people) decided to visit Taj Mahal in Agra and return to New Delhi. A six-seated air-conditioned private taxi was hired for 4.500 rupees. The distance between Jaipur and Agra is about 235 km and can be reached within …

The first time I had been to Houston, Tx was about six months ago because my boss sent me there on an assignment and I was very excited because I had heard a lot about Houston and all that it offers. It is one of the largest cities in …

I recently visited Paramount’s King’s Dominion, which is located in central Virginia. With many rides and attractions, this theme park is a wise choice for any family outing or just for fun. It is even fun for roller coaster enthusiasts, who will enjoy the myriad of coasters …

Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens , is a day of fun for the entire family . I am a frequent visitor to this exciting and beautiful place . It is really amazing .
My favorite attraction is the Lorikeets . You buy some food and walk into an outdoor room full …

I still distinctly remember what was Hornadu Annapoorneswari Temple about four decades ago. The deity was housed in an old building, which had colored glass panes on the front windows, with a wooden Portico at the front. Late Sri.Venkatasubba Jois looked after the temple. He was an old man …

Imagine purchasing a road map at your local Wal-Mart and discovering later that it is 2 years out-of-date! That’s what happened to me today. I purchased a road map of North and South Carolina published by American Map for $4.95 to help me locate routes for an upcoming merchandising …

This is an interesting website that publishes Travel glitches, such as pricing glitches, etc. Example if there is a hotel room showing at a ridiculously low price on a travel booking website it will be listed there. There are three different categories listed
1. Rate mistakes and …

There are so many trails, exhibits, and places that I wanted to visit on my trip to the Great Smokey Mountains. When I was informed that was where we were going for our vacation, I read up on the places and things that must be seen. Plenty much most …

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 …

Sydney is Australia’s largest city, currently with a population of aprox 4.3 million people. It’s not one of those cities with countless high rise apartments with congested living spaces, Sydney has a large area for it’s population.
The part appealing about Sydney to me is the fact that alot of …

Anyone who enjoys a city type atmosphere accompanied by broad sandy beaches, lots of great eateries, games, boardwalks, and shopping is sure to fall in love with Ocean City, Maryland. Although I do love beaches, I am not a city person at all, and I even like Ocean …

I have been using Amtrak Vacations services before in one of my long-distance travel entourage for reaching the other routes destinations. There are lots of trains that this company provides and the trains have great enough leg-room, which is a very important criteria for me actually.
It is …

If you ever get the chance to go to San Jose, California stop the Winchester Mystery Mansion. This is an amazing historical site of a crazy woman named Sarah Winchester.
Everyone at Halloween is informed of the mystery house from the History channels most haunted houses. I found the …

Whenever I travel to a new city–which is frequently–the first thing I ask is where is the zoo and the botanical gardens. I have only been to Atlanta once, and it was for a FAMU football game that was hosted there a few years back. Despite the many football …

La Jolla, Ca is a beautiful place, and quite expensive at the same time. It isn’t very far from San Diego so you don’t have to stay here in order to come visit. I would suggest that you stay in San Diego and then come to La Jolla …

I am not really a fan of zoos, because I get uncomfortble and all emotional when I see animals in cages. But when I was in Guangzhou, China, for a short vacation, my friend urged me to visit the Guangzhou Zoological Garden, or more popularly known as Guangzhou Zoo, …

Virtually unknown to many tourists, Baguio has hot springs. Real sulfuric hot springs actually. It was my eldest brother who discovered the place in one of his ‘around-baguio-jeepney-ride’. There’s a jeepney (cheapest and most popular public transportation in the Philippines) terminal in Session Road going to Asin, so this …

I was excited to visit Beijing for the main reason that it is where the Great Wall is located. It was more cold than what I experience in Shanghai.
From the hotel we drove for about an hour. The Great Wall was situated in the mountains of Beijing. There was …

Shanghai is one of the largest cities in China. It can be a great place to visit and see the core of China. There is a large International Airport located in Pudong. The great thing about the airport is that there is English writing as well, this can be …

With reference to my title for this review (”Lord Of The Flies”, taken from the British film), you’ll not find any lost English children chasing wild boars or each other through Alamo, Nevada, but you may find the experience of visiting, or even traveling through, this hamlet nearly as …

As far as my Middle East travel goes, I have been to Armenia before, with my aunt and some relatives. The traveling to this part of the Middle East is not as expensive as I thought it to be but then there were lots of pollution that I …

The Romantic Road in Germany is a very long road and there are many stops. We had previously stopped at the town of Wurzburg. The Romantic road sites can be visited by flying into Germany’s International Airports of Frankfort and Munich. Generally Wurzburg is the first Romantic …

Well, I guess this counts as a tourism review. Zoar Valley park in western new york is a little over an hour south of Buffalo, past Gowanda, New York. It is over 3,000 acres and is one of the most beautiful spots i have ever seen to spend a …

Birds? It is one of the creatures I love. Unfortunately, our zoos exhibits only limited number of bird species, so when I got an opportunity to visit Singapore, I made sure that Jurong Birdpark should be one of my iterinary.
Jurong Birdpark is in Jurong Hill Singapore, so …

In washington DC there are many museums besides the Heritage Museum but I’ll be focusing on this one. Although they call it Heritage museum, it’s more like animals and gemstones, and artworks. Animals include marine animals, or mammals like birds. I absolutely found the gemstones section breathtaking, if you’re …

Pilot Mountain is located in the middle to the northern regions of North Carolina. It looks kind of out of place because it just seems to jut out of the ground in the middle of nowhere. There are no other hills of any size even close to Pilot Mountain. …

If you’re looking to travel anywhere in France you will need to know what to look for if you want a bargain.
Hotels Look for F1 hotels along the route. You can pick up a location map the hotels and some big supermarkets. It shows you where all …