Travel Reviews
Zoo Miami, Miami Florida
I have always loved to visit zoos. More so now, that I can show the animals to my son. He gets to learn about them and see them in person. He wasn’t really interested in touching them, thou. Zoo Miami, or MetroZoo, Miami Zoo, whatever they’re calling it now …
Vacation Rentals on VRBO.com
If you are looking to rent a vacation home anywhere in the United States, VRBO.com is the perfect site for you. An interactive, comprehensive, easy to use website, it is an extensive collection of all homes that are available for rent throughout the country. Simply click on the interactive …
Jubilee Gardens, Bewdley
If ever there was a perfect example of an “undiscovered gem” among Worcestershire’s tourist attractions, then the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Gardens - referred to by absolutely everyone simply as “Jubilee Gardens” is it. Bewdley in itself is a nice place for a trip, but it would be …
Universal Studios Hollywood,CA
The Universal studios is one of the must to see attraction in California.You can have lot of fun here.There are so many rides and sure you will love to see the behind the screens of some shots.We went around first with the studio tour and just tried to …
Sagbayan Peak Water Park in Sagbayan, Bohol Philippines
Just a few days ago, I decided to complete my tour in the island of Bohol in the country of Philippines. This is one of the best tourist destination in the country. I’ve been to some parts of it last year but I decided to go back because the …
Luxor
Luxor is in Egypt and I have gotten the chance to visit this lovely place with my boyfriend and my aunt’s family. We were all together and went during the year 2000. This was one of the best experience that we have had and I really treasure …
Canakkale and the ruins of Troy, Turkey
We arrived in Canakkale on the strait of Marmaris in early January and it was very cold. we were escaping the chill and rain of Istanbul and although we escaped the rain, this was replaced with haze\e and pollution. The bus from Istanbul to Canakkale takes 5.5 hours and cost …
Boracay Island, White Beach, Aklan, Philippines
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 …
Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha (Thuringia/Germany)
Schloss Friedenstein is a mostly well preserved early baroque building (the biggest one in Germany actually). Several different museums/buildings belong to the same foundation. A ticket is 7 euro, and for that you can see the Schlossmuseum, Museum für Regionalgeschichte, Museum der Natur, Ekhoftheater, and special exhibitions. I didn’t get …
The New Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece
I have recently visited the New Acropolis Museum in Athens and I can say that I loved it (I am a bit of history geek, I won’t hide it). The museum lies just next to the Acropolis metro station so it is really easy to reach. I recommend, however, …
Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, FL
I hadn’t been to the Brevard Zoo in several years. So, recently we were going to have my little Granddaughter, Amber for the day and I thought it might be fun to take her to the zoo.
I was so pleasantly surprised at all that had changed since I’d been …
Beer Head Caravan Site
I love going to this campsite, in Beer in Devon. We first went about 10 years ago, when we knew someone with a caravan to rent down there. This was our holiday for a few years after until the caravan was sold. We felt disappointed but we got onto …
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is one of my favourite memories of my trip to that country last year, and it is one of the best museums I have seen. It was within walking distance of the downtown core, where our hotel was located, but it also is on …
The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York, NY
When a few friends and I traveled to New York City, we anxiously waited for the day we planned to visit the Statue of Liberty. Upon the day’s arrival, we quickly dressed, rode the public transportation, and boarded the ferry that would take us to the island. The wait …
Kitsilano Beach in Vancouver, Canada
Kitsilano Beach is the in thing for teenagers and people up to 30 years old. Residents of Vancouver, or Vancouverites as they are called, affectionately call this beach Kits. The Forbes Traveler magazine recently declared Kits as one of the top ten beaches in North America.
I like …
Travel by Hydrofoil Vung Tau
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 …
The London Eye
I am from a foreign land and have just won a trip to London out of luck. I am afraid of heights and so I really hated going to the London eye. I had to take a couple of tranquilizers to keep myself asleep on the plane going to …
Columbus NC
Columbus is a small southern town located in North Carolina. It is the last stop off of interstate 26 before you hit the South Carolina border. Columbus is growing in size but still lacks having a Wal-Mart of their own. So everyone drives to Spartanburg in South Carolina, or …
Dubai Big Bus Tour
I decided to take my mother to a Big Bus Tour during her vacation here in Dubai. It was easier and convenient for my elderly mother to hop in and off the Big Bus Tour while exploring the fascinating beauty and sights of Dubai.
The starting point of Big …
Titanic Museum Branson MO
My daughter bought me tickets one year for my birthday to tour the Titanic Museum in Branson, MO. Upon arrival we were given a boarding pass with the name of a real Titanic passenger, at the end of the tour we found out what happened to our passenger. …
The Wildwoods NJ
I went to Wildwoods in New Jersey for an ultimate Frisbee tournament with my sister. While I didn’t play in the tournament, I did enjoy the Wildwoods’ many activities.
Accommodations: We stayed at a non-descript motel along Atlantic Avenue called Acacia Beachfront Motel. It was clean and comfortable, and the …
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire is understandably best known to most people outside the United Kingdom - and in truth, probably best known to many people in the country as well - for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare. I do not
have anything in particular against the Shakespeare industry the town …
Toilettes in Paris
Maybe sometimes is funny to speak about toilettes, but when you are tourist and visiting new places is very important to know about this service. Shortly a few tips about toilettes in Paris. Is very important, that every tourist place has them. And sometimes you can’t notice, because they …
Lutsen Mountains
Lutsen Mountains is a wonderful vacation spot for everyone in the family. They have plenty of terrain to keep skiers and snowboarders of all ability levels happy all day long.
I have found that the best time of the year to travel to Lutsen for skiing or snowboarding is …
Silver Lake Dunes and Beaches
My husband and I were constantly traveling ever since the summer started. But for this year, it is our first time to go visit a nice beach. Early this July, we went to a place called
Silver Lake Sand Dunes Area. A friend of ours mentioned this on one of our …
Sydney Tower
This tower is shown wherever you are in the CBD area. However it is not that easy to find the entrance as the tower is integrated to a shopping centre building and there are many other similar buildings in the area. The aforementioned shopping centre is in Westfield building. …
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is one of the most amazing places that I have ever been, and I honestly don’t even really know how to explain what I was witness to when I was there. I think if you go there you will never bear witness to almost …
Butterfly House
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 …
Newfound Gap Overlook
Newfound Gap is located in the Smoky Mountains on the boarder between Tennessee and North Carolina. Newfound Gap is at an elevation of 5,048 feet.
The views are magnificent from Newfound Gap. You look out and see mountains and nature all around. There is also a …
Kids Kountry
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 …
Hot Springs National Park
Hot Springs National Park is really unique in many ways form other national parks. My family lives in Missouri, but we spend alot of time traveling through Arkansas. There are so many different and interesting sites throughout Arkansas, one of out favorites is Hot Springs Arkansas, namely the National …
Butterfly and Insect Kingdom Singapore
A butterfly and insect garden is a rarely found nature park, but in Singapore, they have one in Sentosa Island. Getting there is so easy that we only took an MRT to Harbourfront MRT station, took a cable car from Mt Faber Tower to Sentosa island. The park is …
The Royal Navy Submarine Museum
Last July the school my son goes to went away for a few days to the Isle Of Wight, they asked for parent volunteers to go along to help with the kids, I had nothing planned so I thought that it would make a nice break away for a …
Pila Ski Resort
Pila is like the Big Bear of Italy, sure it’s not St.Moritz, but it is pretty fun place to spend a day or two skiing.
I wouldn’t really recommend staying for a week, unless of course you want to admire …
Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
Blackwater Falls State Park is a beautiful travel location in West Virginia. The falls are especially beautiful in spring when it’s rainy. I don’t suggest going in the late summer. Because of the heat and dry weather, there is very little water in the river and the falls are …
City of Mandalay, Myanmar
Mandalay was not in my program at first. But my wife asked if we could visit other towns beyond Yangon during our stay in Myanmar. We then went there and feel lucky to get this chance. Mandalay is located in the central of Myanmar but the weather was warm to …
Mars Alam
Mars Alam wasn’t at all what I expected, The franco rosso hotel was acceptable, it had 3 big pools a marvelous beach but no reef whatsoever. The scuba-diving was a bit sub-par, the colors were a bit more vivid but there wasn’t much too see.
Secondly, if your into ‘the …
Venice Beach California
My husband and I planned on going to the ever so famous and talked about Venice beach during our trip to Los Angeles. Even on the plane the person sitting next to us told us that Venice beach is a MUST SEE!
So on our 4th day in L.A we …
Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort
Wow what a great trip this was. I have went skiing twice before but this one was the best. At the last minute we changed our plans and went to Ober Gatlinburg because it was closer to home. Since we went on a Friday it was not crowded which …
Bluestone Wales Resort
My friends turned us on to Bluestone about a years ago. They were raving about it for ages so we decided to acompany them for a weekend trip. We’re just back from our second vacation there!
Bluestone is the best kept secret in the U.K. travel industry. Located in West …
Floating Village of Chong Khneans Cambodia
I previously went to the Floating Village of Chong Khneans in Cambodia and I really enjoyed it, I was expecting just another boat cruise but this one impressed me, because in all of the tour and of all the time I was in Cambodia this part expressed alot of …
Busch Gardens Tampa
Busch Gardens Africa, for those who don’t know, is a huge and very popular amusement park/zoo in Tampa. It attracts tourists from all over the world, and is a popular hot spot for young adults around Florida who can get discounted passes.
Having a season pass myself, I was excited …
Tulsa Garden Center
When arriving at the Garden Center I was immediatly back in Victorian time. The first thing we saw was a huge victorian style home surrounded by beautiful huge, old trees. My husband and I took our two daughters and walked the gronds for several hours. There are the most …
Key West, FL
I set out on a mission awhile back to check out the Florida Keys. First I drove through them and back just to see what they were like but didn’t stay. Then I started planning weekend getaways to various locations in the Keys. This is my review of …
ELMINA CASTLE
Elmina is an Ancient town of Ghana about 120km from Accra, which was formally ruled by the early European Settlers in two hundred years ago when they colonized the country.
The Elmina castle however was an ancient architecture edifice which is now playing a very significant role during the yearly …
Ramada Conference Center Qualcomm Stadium
We stayed at the Ramada Inn in San Diego for a weekend trip recently. As San Diego is not such a large city, it was quiet convenient from many of the attractions.
It’s not a downtown hotel, so don’t expect to be close to the hip areas. It is located in …
Backpackers’ Cache Bear Canister
The Backpackers’ Cache bear canister is a “must have” for protecting your food from bears and other critters. Made specifically to keep bears out of your food it also makes camping in bear country much safer. I don’t go backpacking in the Colorado mountains without my Model …
Glacier Express Scenic Train
In August 2015, while on our European honeymoon, my husband and I took the famous Swiss scenic train, the Glacier Express, from Zermatt to St. Moritz. This train proudly boasts that it is ‘the slowest express train in the world’.
Regardless of whether you travel in first or second class, reservations …
Indian Valley Campground
Our family has enjoyed camping for many years. We have our favorite campgrounds, but we also like to try new places once in a while. Livingg in Michigan offers plenty of options as there are a wide variety of campgrounds from which to choose.
Several years ago we …
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