Travel Reviews
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 …
ASIN Hot Springs
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 …
British Museum,London
Just to give you an idea of how big the British Museum is, I have visited at least five times and I have still not seen everything it has to offer. Situated in London’s Bloomsbury area, and easily accessible by foot, bus and underground train, the museum is a …
Cypress Provincial Park, North vancouver
Cypress Provincial Park is based in North Vancouver, just off Highway 1. This park is used mainly as a ski resort in the winter, with snowboarding, skiing and cross country skiing all readily available. They also offer snowshoe tours. In the summer, Cypress Provincial Park …
San Lorenzo Ecuador
In 1996 I went to San Lorenzo, Ecuador with my national guard unit to help build three schools. You don’t realize how poor people in a third world country really are until you go there. We took a C130 out of Charlotte, North Carolina and flew straight to …
Boise
Have you ever been to Idaho? Well, I have and there is this particular great town that I would like to review and write about. It is none other than Boise and this downtown is a great place to chill and relax with lots of friendly people …
Pompeii
My recent trip to Italy included many cities, and during a stay in Naples, we signed up to do a tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Pompeii, the ancient excavation site of a city that was buried under tons of ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 …
Busch Gardens Williamsburg VA
Are you going to Busch Gardens Williamsburg soon? Our family lives in Chesapeake about an hour away and the whole family has a blast. Not many places where small kids and teenagers can have a great time playing. Makes it much easier on Mom and Dad. No one will …
Munich
When I went to Munich with my National Guard Unit I got separated from my group while I was looking at Porcelain Dolls for my girls collection. So I walked around for a couple of hours before running into them again. I loved walking through the churches and looking …
Kannur
Kannur, formerly known as Cannanore, is a place in Kerala, a state of South India. Kannur is a coastal area. Kannur is not so beautiful as far as natural scenery is concerned. Kannur is accessible by train and bus. The railway station of Kannur is quite large and crowded. …
Cypress Gardens Adventure Park
I have been going to Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven FL ever since I was a kid. Back then it was just Cypress Gardens. Today it’s called Cypress Gardens Adventure Park. It went through a rough period where it was sold and then bought several times. And …
Beijing Forbidden City
The formal name of this place is the Palace Museum. It is located to the north of Tian-an-men square. Although it has several entrance gates, the best way for exploring this museum is from Tian-an-men gate (the main entrance) at the south point. To do this, you can use …
Quigley’s Castle
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 …
Hilton Head Island, SC (travel)
One of my favorite places to vacation would have to be Hilton Head Island. From its white sandy beaches to its hot tubs that lie in front of the ocean, this vacation hot spot is a great place for singles, golfers, and families to enjoy relaxation and beach …
Carlsbad Flower Fields
The flower field is about 50 acres.Full of flowers particularly the ranunculus.Very wide and it is located downhill facing the airport road.Very soothing for the eyes.They have designed one portion such that the bloom of flowers resembles like the national flag.When the wind blows it looks like the …
Colonial Golf Course Robina Gold Coast
The Colonial (formerly Paradise Springs) Golf Course, Robina, Queensland. Tel +61 7 5553 7001. The course is a 7,000-yard (championship tees), 18-hole, par-72 course half an hour from the Courtyard Marriott Surfyard Paradise Hotel. It’s relatively flat, but the course twists wickedly on some holes. …
Saguaro National Park Tucson Arizona
Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona is another natural wonder of the good old USA. This park has hiking trails, picnic areas, and absolutely no swimming, because it is in the middle of the Sonoran Desert. This park is absolutely great and has miles and miles of saguaro cactus …
Trip Rewards Incentive Program
Trip Rewards is a program that is free to join, and it definitely worth it. Members of Trip Rewards earn points redeemable for many items, including merchant and restaurant gift cards, free hotel stays, movie tickets, and more. To sign up, all you have to do is visit a …
Amicola Falls State Park Travel
The Approach Trail for the Appalachian Trail is located at Amicola Falls State Park in Georgia. The Approach Trail is 8.5 miles long and extremely hard. Some hikers say it is like a trial run because if you can’t hack this 8.5 miles portion then you will …
The Berlin Wall
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 …
Lahaina beach Oahu
Lahaina beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. It is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The beach is different from all the other hawaiian beaches because it has extremely white and soft sand. It is about 5 Km …
Singapore Zoological Gardens
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. …
Enchanted Rock
Enchanted Rock is a dome shaped granite mound located eighteen miles north of Fredericksburg, Texas on 16710 Ranch Rd 965. This summer, my family was able to spend a day hiking on Enchanted Rock.
It was a very hot day in August, but we carried backpacks filled with water bottles …
Batanes Islands, Philippines
If you want to escape the hustle and bustle of the overpopulated cities in the Philippines, Batanes is the perfect place. Its distance from Luzon is an indication of what to expect. Being in Batanes is like being in another country in …
Jekyll Island GA
I am a person who does not really enjoy the hustle and bustle of the big city. Traveling around Phoenix, while this may be much warmer than it is in the Northwoods, is not my idea of fun. (Just so you know, we live in the country …
Allardt TN
Allardt is a small town in Tennessee that is located off of highway 52. They don’t have a single red light in the town because it is that small. They do have a grocery store and two gas stations, a school, a church and post office. There is a …
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New Rochelle, NY
If you have never been to New York I am sure it is something you have considered in your life, since the media makes this state look very glamorous and this makes people want to come here. However, I must tell you that the New York that you see …
Mysore Dasara
dasara is a nine day festival called nadahabba in mysore, karnataka, india. it comes in the month of october every year. at this time mysore city is decorated with full of colourful lights. the tourist places in mysore like the mysore palace, curzon park, jaganmohan palace, chamundi hills, lalith …
Disney’s Epcot Park
Recently on a vacation to Orlando, one of the highlights of the trip was a day at Epcot. Epcot is one of my favorite amusement parks in the country. The rides at the park have a unique balance between thrill and educational. The park features coutries from around the …
Tam-awan Village
For those who want to see how the ethnic tribes of Benguet lived, this is a great place to visit. Nestled atop the mountains, it was designed to imitate what an ethnic village will look like. The huts were painstakingly taken down from real villages and erected again. Since …
Switzerland
Switzerland is perhaps one of the most nicest, greatest and safest places on Earth to travel and be at. As a frequent traveler, I have come to love so much different countries with their special cultures and heritage and way of life.
Now, my backpacking trip in Switzerland …
Delhi Metro
This metro rail service was started in New Delhi to ease the congestion on the overly crowded roads. Though the services have started since December 2002 it is yet going on expanding. The metro rail service is at some places below the earth surface while at some places it …
Lewes, Delaware
Anyone who enjoys quaint little towns, vast amounts of art, crafty ideas, ma and pa widow shopping, and enjoying the fine delights of decadent foods would be sure to enjoy a stay at Lewes Delaware. Lewes sits directly before Rehobath Beach, Delaware and has become a notorious haven …
Old Winston Salem
When I was in the fifth grade I got to go to a place called Old Winston Salem which is an old time community that is set up for visitors to go see and take tours of what the old timers used to do, make, and how they lived. …
Olu Deniz Turkey
Me and my husband stayed at Olu Deniz in Turkey for 2 weeks and we had a lovely time, there was lots to do including shopping, boat trips, dolphin watching and fishing, lots of resturaunts, water parks, lovely beaches and lagoons, markets etc.
We found the local people to be …
Chadds Ford PA
Nature and plant lovers everywhere flock to Chadds Ford, PA. Chadds Ford has become virtually famous for not only hosting a home to the ever-popular Brandywine River Museum, but also to Longwood Gardens. It is perhaps these two main tourist attraction, coupled with some restaurants that are …
Rockliffe Mansion in Hannibal, Missouri
My husband and I recently traveled to Hannibal, Missouri for a wedding, and during our stay we decided to take in some of the sights. For those who don’t know, Hannibal is best known for being the hometown of Mark Twain (or Samuel Clemens). …
Mahabaleswar Hill Resort, Bombay, India
This is a hill station close to Bombay. We started by car from Bombay to visit this place. It took about seven hours to reach the place. The ghat roads were very beautiful. We stopped en route to enjoy the nature’s beauty.
There were over 30 view points …
Amboseli National Park, Kenya
This was my first visit to any sort of park in Kenya. I went on several safaris while visiting Kenya, but Amboseli stands out thanks to its focus on the parks beautiful wildlife scenery.
I noticed that it was a bit of a drive from Nairobi to the park. …
Vienna
For those who do not know, Vienna is in Austria, Europe and there has been a particular time and place that I have been to this place for a vacation with my aunt, and my 2 best friends. So, the 4 of us women were braving ourselves for …
Dallas, TX Good Fun
Dallas, TX was a fun place to go. I traveled up there to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra play a concert there and let me tell you that was an awesome concert. That’s for another day, I went up there to spend some time and visit some of the other attraction …
University of Bristol Botanic Garden
The University of Bristol Botanic Garden is one of those places which really ought to be slightly more of a tourist attraction than it in fact is, but which I can understand not being so. Probably the main reason for this is that it is just a little bit …
Bangkok Museums
There are 2 museums which I have been to before when I visited Bangkok. They are Philatelic Museum and Prasart Museum.
When I went to the Philatelic Museum, the admission was free. This is a very interesting place whereby there are Thai and foreign stamps of the past …
NZULEZU-The Village on Water
We were five in number and took the first STC bus from Accra to Takoradi, from there; we continued our journey to a small town called Beyin in the coastal belt of Ghana. Nzulezu is specifically located on a small lake called Tandani near Beyin in the western region …
Bethany Beach Delaware
Bethany Beach Delaware
It is summer again. If you happened to be in a cabin near a lake last summer, this time, it would be fun to be in a coast near the Atlantic.How about spending a weekend or a …
Eiffel Tower Travel
Eiffel has been a long time ago became a symbol a capital city of France, Paris. Its unique shape and beauty has also become the symbol of love, where most of romantic movie story took place in this location. There were many words can describe the beauty of this …
Gatorland Kissimmee, Florida
One of the many far standing theme parks in Orlando Florida is called Gatorland. Open to tourists all over the world, is known for the amazing alligator shows hosted by Chris and Mike. This 110 acre land is home to many alligators and there families. You …
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