Travel Reviews
Hanging Rock State Park
Last year I visited Hanging Rock State Park in Danbury North Carolina with my fiance and my two children. I am an avid nature lover and after hearing that the park is home to some of the most beautiful waterfalls in NC, I was very excited to take my …
GWK Culture Park Bali
I often visited Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) cultural park. A lot of art performances were performed frequently there. GWK cultural park is located in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. It is about half an hour from Bali’s capital city, Denpasar. It is located on a large and hot hill. I never …
Jurong Bird park Singapore
I had the oppurtunity to visit Jurong Bird park, a park with collection of thousands of brids from about 600 species. Located at an ideal location with bus transit from Jurong MRT. Beautiful entrance that would grab anyone to visit the entire bird park.
Birds that have grabbed my …
Indianapolis Zoo
All my life I’ve been an animal lover. I love to watch, read about, and handle all animals I can. This being said, it is no surprise I love to visit zoos. I visit as many zoos as I can. The one I most often …
Hatteras Lighthouse, Hatteras, NC
I go to the Outer Banks a lot. I love, love, love Lighthouses. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is my all time favorite Lighthouse.
When we pulled into the parking lot for this Lighthouse, we were trying to decide what to do. After a half hour, we decided that …
The truck and tractor pull
The truck and tractor pull uptown in the summertime is a event a lot of people I know attends. Typically they hold the truck and tractor pull not long after the fourth of July Demolition Derby. This last summer I went to the Truck and tractor pull and it …
Jackson Lake State Park
Jackson Lake State Park was only about five miles from my home when I was a kids growing up in Oak Hill, Ohio. When I was in the seventh grade I joined the track team at my school. The thing is I had to walk home after practice if …
Amicalola Falls
Amicalola Falls state park is located near Dawsonville, Georgia off GA 52. Amicalola Falls is 729 feet high making it the largest falls east of the Mississippi River. There are several different options for hiking and they have a campground you can camp at for a small fee. What …
Falkenberg Sweden Travel
Falkenberg is a charming little seaside town on the south-west coast of Sweden. Tranquil and quiet all year round - except during July and August when the tourists arrive - it has one of the cleanest and longest sandy beaches I have ever seen. Because of this, it is …
Munting Buhangin Beach Camp
I’ve been to MUNTING BUHANGIN BEACH CAMP for two times already. We made the book through their Makati office located at 4TH Floor, Loyola Plans Bldg., 849 Arnaiz Ave., Makati City.
The first visit we had it was not peak season. We rented a tree house …
AMCO Park
AMCO Park is truly a country park. The closest town which is the city of Athens is about 20 miles away. AMCO Park is on County Road F and it is a peaceful drive from whatever direction you are coming from. AMCO was designed and built …
Port Alfred, Eastern Cape in South Africa
Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape of South Africa is paradise for holiday makers, both within South Africa and abroad. A wonderful, affordable beach holiday, with pristine, Blue flag beaches and excellent accomodation. The main feature of the town is the bridge which highlights the silky blue …
Traveling to Melbourne
If USA has New York and Canada has Vancouver, Australia has Melbourne. The common denominator for all cities is the signature reputation for being the famous shopping precincts.
There is a direct flight from Manila to Melbourne. I took the trip to visit my aunt but likewise the trip …
Stroudsberg PA
So its a rainy day and pouring out. Well, East Coasters should listen up. Why not pack the whole family in the car and head for Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania? Stroudsberg sits at a close distance from virtually anywhere in central PA, northern Maryland, or Northern Delaware and it …
Johnson’s shut-Ins State Park
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 …
Bermuda Aquarium Museum & Zoo
When in Bermuda, a visit to the Bermuda Aquarium Museum & Zoo would be worth your time. It includes a visit to a zoo, a museum and an aquarium, all for the same admission price of 10 United States Dollars for adults and $5 for seniors over 65 and …
Intra
Intra is a beautiful little town in Piemonte, on the north side of the Lago Maggiore. It is a really beautiful little town with a lot of little shops, bars and restaurants. The best times to visit this place is around Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Mardi Gras, and lastly the …
Whisky River
Whisky River is the name of a bar and nightclub in Charlotte, North Carolina owned by NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Junior. There are plans to turn the bar into a chain so everything there is given the Charlotte name to differentiate it between future clubs. We went when we …
Heritage Park - Calgary, Canada
Take a step back in time to the early 1900’s at Heritage Park. I recently visited this park and hadn’t been there previously since the 80’s. Not much has changed, but then it is supposed to show life in the early days in Alberta. There is …
Cumberland Mountains State Park
Among the many parks I have visited, I especially liked one in Tennessee, the famous Cumberland Mountain State Park. Its exact location is at Cumberland County, 24 Office Dr, Crossville, TN 38555. The park is very large, taking up one thousand, seven hundred and twenty acres, this making it …
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is an excellent place to visit for nature lovers. Besides nature lovers, nature photographers roam the reserve to capture scenic and fascinating animals and creatures at the reserve. It is also a tourist attraction.
I used to teach in a school and was in charge of …
Quarto Oggiaro
Quarto Oggiaro is a small town on the outskirts of Milan, unfortunately though it isn’t a very nice place. It has one of the top criminality rates in the tricounty area and it is really dangerous to walk around at night unless of course you were born and raised …
Spanish Bank Beach in Vancouver, Canada
It’s easy to mistake this beach for a bank, after all, this very popular beach area in Vancouver is called Spanish Bank. But make no mistake about it, there are only sands and rocks in this area, no buried treasures or even rumors of these have ever been …
Johannesburg Zoo
The first time I went to this zoo was way back when I was really small and I can still remember, vaguely, what was going on and what was contained there.
I remember feeling a bit disappointed, as young as I was, at things like water holes being empty and …
Manali
India is quite famous as hot tourist destination in the west for places like Goa, Kerela, Rajasthan, and Jammu & Kashmir. But very few western tourists actually know about the tourist hamlets of the northern hilly regions based in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
Manali is one such destination …
Steamship William G. Mather Museum Cleveland Ohio
The Steamship William G. Mather Museum is a great museum to take the family or a maritime enthusiast.My husband and especially the children love this museum. It is really a great tour, because how many times will you get to see one a these ore carriers. The Mather …
Mahabalipuram
Mahabalipuram is a place in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. This is a beautiful place and it is situated on a rocky area between the beach and a lagoon. This is a popular tourist spot. Many foreign tourists also visit this place.
Bus service is good, cheap and …
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
When we were in San Antonio TX a few years ago we took a our own private tour of the Mission Trail that led from the Alamo to several other missions that were build in the 1700’s. One such Mission that we choose to visit was called Mission …
Bologna Italy Travel
Bologna is often overlooked by many travelers who take in the sites in places such as well-touted Venice. Although Venice should certainly be visited, it is a mistake to leave Bologna off your travel itinerary. Once you take in the sites of places like Venice you must …
Taj Mahal Agra
Taj Mahal - one among the seven modern wonders of the world. It is a monument built by Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor in 17th Century in memory of his queen Mumtaj. It is located in Agra, India on the banks of river Yamuna.
I knew about Taj right from my …
King of Prussia PA
So you are looking for an area to visit that obtains Pennsylvania’s best shopping, food, and fun for the entire family? King of Prussia is the way to head. Not only does King of Prussia obtain one of PA’s largest, and perhaps overwhelming malls within the state, but …
Travel Luggage Strap with Combination Lock
A few days back, I had to face a real embarrassing situation at the airport. As I walked with my luggage to the ticket counter- ZAP- and my luggage just flew open with all my belongings’ just dropping on the ground. I was just shocked because in spite of …
Country Bear Jamboree, Frontier Land, Walt Disney World, FL
In all the years that I have been going to Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, FL,( which is quite a few years since I was there the day it opened in 1971) we have always made a point of trying to catch the “Country Bear Jamboree” show …
Taal Volcano Climb
The world’s smallest volcano has proven to be quite a hike. The walk up would usually just take 45 minutes to an hour if you didn’t stop, but it would be near impossible to do so. The path is very dusty and you can easily choke on the dust …
Namibia Otjihaenamaparero Dinosaur Footprints
These footprints are located on private property but the owners allow visitors to see the footprints of the dinosaurs. My husband promised to take the kids to see some dinosaur footprints of which the Kalkfeld area is famous for. Although my husband actually took one of kids to …
Florida Dolphin Watch Tours, Fort Pierce, Florida
I am a huge dolphin lover. I have tons of books, jewelry, etc; of dolphin shaped objects and I take any chance I can get to see dolphins. Whether in the wild or at Seaworld. Mostly, I like to see them in the wild, in their natural homes, roaming …
Calle Crisologo, Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Calle Crisologo is the famous tourist spot in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. Ilocos Sur, is one of the northmost provinces in the Philippines, land travel from Manila could take up to 12 hours, while a plane ride would just take up to 1 hour from Manila to Laoag, which is …
Montreal
Montreal is a great city in Canada and the state of where this gorgeous city lies in in Quebec. There are lots of great food that I love and find in Montreal, and the fact that the people there are very friendly are certainly surprising to me. …
Elan Valley Visitor Centre, Wales
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 …
Naples Zoo in Caribbean Gardens, Naple, FL
My husband used to work for a company that periodically had him over on the West Coast of Florida. While he was working in Naples, one week, he picked up a brochure about the Naples Zoo in Caribbean Gardens. He brought it home with him and we later …
Reptile World Serpentarium, St. Cloud, FL
In all the years that we’ve been visiting Kissimmee and Orlando FL, driving over from Melbourne, we always pass the “Reptile World Serpentarium” in St. Cloud and my husband has always wanted to check it out, but we were always on the way to somewhere and it wasn’t a …
Sangeh Monkey Forest, Bali, Indonesia
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 …
Egypt travel
When myself and my partner wanted to travel to Egypt we had three places in mind that we wanted to visit. The Pyramids in Cairo was of course at the top of our list, then second on our list was the Temples in Luxor, and not forgetting the beautiful …
Travel Cyprus Larnaka
Have you ever planned to pass a wonderful holiday in a nice, calm, friendly and peaceful country?
Well, Cuprus is a good choice. A country with a 9000 year old civilization, nice people and many many tourists. You reach the beautiful medditerreatnian sea and nice hotels, casinos, discos, and markets. …
Shell World, Kissimmee, FL
Whenever we get some time to go over to Kissimmee, FL, we often stop at a place that’s been there since I was a kid. I’m speaking of course of the Kissimmee institution better known as “Shell World”. You can find Shell World on West Irlo Bronson Highway, …
Surf & Sail Honolulu
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 …
The Shambles
We had such a fantastic and memorable day out last week, when my family and I visited The Shambles. The Shambles is a Victorian village in Newent Gloucestershire.
It is lovely, the village is set in over an acre of land and there was so much to see. We …
The Marks and Spencer Travel Neck Pillow
The last time I acquired a Travel Neck Pillow was some 10 years ago. It was a given buy an office mate. Her mother in law arrived from the Unites States then and she was given some Travel Neck Pillows which she gave away to us. Well that …
Farragut State Park
Farragut State Park, is a Park/camping area in Northern Idaho. It is near Bayview Idaho. The park sits on the edge of Pend Orielle lake, a very big and a very beautiful lake. The park offers RV camping, tent camping, equestrian area, archery shooting, gun range, …
Dragon’s Back Hiking Trail, Hong Kong
Dragon’s Back is touted to be one of Hong Kong’s favorite trails. We picked out a fine winter afternoon to go there, since this is the best time of the year to hike in Hong Kong. Here’s what I love about this trail:
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