My husband and I found a unique little village called Frankenmuth which is located in upper Michigan. That year all of our children where some place else so we decided to travel a bit ourselves. We still wanted a bit of the Holiday. We stayed at the Frankenmuth …

From Pier 33 of Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, you can take a ferry to Alcatraz Island, where you can take a tour of the prison and the grounds. It is a bit expensive, as it is about $25 for a day tour and more for the night tour. …

I enjoy going to Grouse Mountain in whatever season of the year. In summer, when days are longer, it’s time to watch wildlife in its natural habitat. No kidding, you can watch grizzly bears and grey wolves here. The timber wolves are particularly interesting for me. They …

Death Valley National Park is located in California and for my many visits to this state, there has been a few times that I had been to this National Park and still not getting over it. This park has lots of beautiful sceneries and lots of amazing places …

Located at the Dhauladhar foothills, this town is known for its tea gardens and moderate climate. Very well connected with road from delhi, chandigarh and Simla. It also have a narrow gauge track running from Pathankot, which takes around 8 hrs. Train journey is recommended for those looking for …

Disneyworld is a great place for a family vacation. There are so many things to see and do, and the best part about it is that there is something for the whole family to enjoy. This is one vacation destination that is worth every penny you spend. …

Cape Town, South Africa is an amalgam of a wide variety of neighborhoods each with a distinct character and style. Perhaps the most photographed and recognized of these is the area known as Bo-Kaap, a place where the personality of its inhabitants is literally displayed upon the walls of …

Cyprus is a very nice place that I have been to, which is filled with a truly relaxing atmosphere and also lots of friendly locals. I remember seeing lots of beautiful mountains and the fact that the restaurants served some nice food, but expensive. Cyprus is actually …

Walls have been, and remain, an effective way to keep things in or out, but some are bigger and last a lot longer than others. Hadrian’s Wall for one. It’s a Roman wall running across the north of England roughly from Carlisle in the west to Newcastle …

Incheon international airport in South Korea is well connected to the rest of the country. One of the transportation means goes to and comes from Incheon is limousine buses. The positive points of the bus compared to trains are that the former is more cost effective, and has more …

Boot Hill is the most awesome place to go tubing in all of northern Ohio. It is located between Napoleon and Defiance. It has a small building where you buy your tickets to go tube and in the back is what reminds me of a lounge. They sell drinks …

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 …

If you like nature tripping and you appreciate nature’s beauty at it’s best, then Coron is definitely the place for you. I visited the place around a year ago, and up until now it still amazes me. There were a lot of different islands to visit, you must …

Elk Neck State Park is in the North East, Maryland area. It has been one of my favorite local places to visit every year. There are several different areas of the park that allows you to do different things. There is a beach area that is great for kids. …

We just decided to camp out on our way down to Tennessee last week and looked for a place midway between home and our destination and this campsite fit. We had only decided this the day before we were leaving, so we were too late to make reservations …

Last weekend we went for a leisure trip to the beautiful hill town of Simla,India referred by many as Queen of the Hills.We love to explore the fringe areas and our enquiries led us to this beautiful Sutlej River bend in Tattapani which is about 60kms from Simla.The …

My friends and I went to the Shanghai World Expo two weeks ago. We bought two standard day passes for Saturday and Sunday at RMB160 (USD24) each. We expected to have a hard time getting tickets in Shanghai and that is why we bought out tickets in …

This Nature Reserve is located a bit farther from the city of Gaborone, about 40 minutes drive from where I live. It is larger than the Gaborone Game Reserve and supposedly has more animals in it. The fees are not very cheap, about P 50 or $ 7 per …

Guadeloupe is a place in The French Antilles and I have been to this area with my aunt and her family. There are 2 parts to Guadeloupe and one is the west part which is the Basse-Terre and it is actually a nice rain-forested volcanic waiting to erupt …

I recently went on safari through Serengeti National Park as well as the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. These are both world renowned for their majestic wildlife and stunning views. If you are planning on going on safari in Tanzania then you are probably headed to Arusha as …

A few times a year, my partner and I travel along Highway 99, also known as the Sea to Sky highway, to Whistler/Blackcomb ski resort. The Sea to Sky highway is arguably one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in BC. Huge towering mountains rise high …

St. Louis, MO
When the summer kicked in, my husband and I made sure we travel a lot. St. Louis, Missouri was one of our travel destinations. We stopped by St. Louis on our way to Carthage, MO where we intended to visit the Precious Moments Chapel and Museum.
There …

Our family has gone to this lake resort for twelve years now. And i can honestly say, there is not another place I would like to spend our summer vacation every year. The great thing about this resort is that its so small. Yet it is …

Paris has its Eifel Tower; London has its London Bridge; and the city of Reno has its Reno Arch.
This is one sight you will be able to easily spot while traveling (driving) on Virginia Street within the city. The slogan attached to the iconic structure is: “The Biggest …

Cameron Highlands is a well kept gems from foreigners. As this place is located more than 300 km from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, many foreigners have no idea of the countless place that you can set foot in Cameron Highlands. Why do I say so?
Recently, I brought a Japanese friend …

Darling Harbour is located in Sydney, Australia and my whole family have been to this particular travel destination before. The area is definitely clean, fun, quiet and not severely over-priced. We were thrilled to discover that there was a definitely an easy walk from the heart of …

Utah is quite a unique place with unique and friendly people. I have been to Utah before with my friends, family and also boyfriend, all on separate occasions.
If you are the type of person looking for hot-spots for great skiing and snowboarding activities, then Utah …

Talybont Reservoir, in the Brecon Beacons National Park in central Wales, is by no means one of the most famous or popular such tourist attractions in the country, or even in the National Park itself, but although it is hardly likely to detain the average traveller for an entire …

After visiting British Columbia, I was easily talked into further exploring the great Northern portion of Canada suggesting we (me and my traveling companion) traverse into the area of the Yukon.
The area is basically a northerly shot up from Whitehorse—”Whitehorse being situated north of British Columbia. Stewart Crossing remains …

Back in August 2008 I took a trip to Thorpe Park, one of the Premier theme parks in the UK located in Chertsey, Staines. I hadn’t been to Thorpe Park (or any theme park for that matter) in some 12 years or so and was actually quite excited; …

The Bertie County Visitor’s Guide is a product of The Bertie Ledger-Advance. I think it was a wonderful idea to come out with a visitor’s guide for Bertie County. To my knowledge it has never been done until now and Bertie County has so many things to offer …

I recently had the misfortune to spend several hours in a layover in Newark airport. In the future, I will do everything I can to avoid spending any time here whatsoever.
On my first layover, I was stuck here for several hours, and tried to find some free wifi with …

Kovalam Beach is situated in the coastal of Malabar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kearla. It is one of the beautiful beaches in India. I have visited the beach twice. It is situated exactly 16 km away from the Thiruvananthapuram. You can get the place only through road. While …

On a couple of occasions we have been travelling on the A fifty and stopped of at the services called Derby South, these are located on the east bound carriage way of the A fifty about two miles before you get on to the M one motorway.
These services are …

One of the activities I did while on Bazaruto Island was to go to Paradise Island which is about 30 minutes away by motor boat. The whole trip was supposed to last half a day and was organized by the Activities Center in Indigo Bay. My husband paid …

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 …

I was trying to find a very nice website that would be able to give me the best of every place by those who have actually been to the places being reviewed, by tourists who wants to share their unbiased experience. Going over the site, I have seen link …

Luray Caverns in Luray, Virginia is one of my favorite places to visit. It is just as the name states. This is a walk through cavern that I visited as a child and then again as an adult. The cavern changed a lot over the years in some respects. …

Visiting The Gambia was a different experience while living in West Africa. My family and I were there for a beach holiday but decided to see some of the local tourist attractions. After all, we were tourists and we wanted to play the roles to the hilt. One of …

There are several campgrounds in this area and this is one of our favorites. The campground is a bit busy during mid season, but I could not disagree more. The quiet atmosphere they write about must be when everyone is sleeping. If you want lots of …

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 …

When one thinks of Florence, Italy, it is hard not to think of the main symbol of this gorgeous city, the Duomo - Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, with its dome rising above all the other buildings as a symbol of the Renaissance. The Duoma cathedral, the Campanile …

In Istanbul, we stayed in the hotel called Ceylan Intercontinental. This hotel is in Taksim and I felt that it is a better option than Hilton. The rest of my relatives wanted to stay in Hilton but in the end we felt that Intercontinental was the best …

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. …

I’ve been to the Cruzan Amphitheater several times now for various concerts. The first two times I went, they called it the “Sound Advice” Amphitheater, but it is now the Cruzan Amphitheater and I have there under that name twice as well.
It doesn’t matter what you are attending this …

One of my favorite things to do on a particularly rainy day is to hop in the car and travel to the Franklin Institute, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an astounding museum with information and factual based knowledge about artifacts, history, the human body, stars, machines, inventions, …

Hells Gate Airtram is a unique location on the Gold Rush trail in the Fraser canyon. It’s located 2 - 1/2 hours West of Kamloops on the #1 Trans Canada Hwy. The name “Hells Gate” comes from the journal of the explorer Simon Fraser in 1808. In …

We have done this tour twice. It is a free walking tour of the factory that takes approximately 40 minutes. You get to see the entire process of how a jelly bean is created and packaged. It is very interesting, but I would say it would not be for …

The Mardasson memorial lies hidden away in the countryside near the city of Bastogne, in Belgium. It is one of many tributes and reminders of the Second World War dedicated to the Americans who fought and died here. The Battle of the Bulge, the Ardennes campaign, the REAL soldiers …

One of my all time favorite vacation spots is Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. I love it so much because it is a beautiful town, plus it has a really great theme park called Dollywood. Dollywood was created by none other than Miss Dolly Pardon.
Now I know you may …