Travel Reviews
The Boardwalk New Jersey
Yesterday I had the good fortune of visiting the Boardwalk in New Jersey. It was interesting to know that this was the famous realistate that the game “Monopoly” was based on. I had been to Atlantic City only once before under the cover of night. Yesterday, I saw the …
Buck Knife Factory Tour
The Post Falls, Idaho Buck Knife Factory offers tours Monday through Thursday at 10am, 12pm and 2pm. You can get on the list for the free tour of 12 persons or less by calling 1-800-326-BUCK.
This is a great tour for anyone interested in knives. It starts with everyone getting …
Mae Sai Thailand and border crossing to Burma
Many visitors to Thailand make a point of spending some time in the north of the country, attracted by the beautiful natural surroundings of forests, mountains treks and hill tribe villages. Most visitors, however, are unaware of another interesting opportunity available that enables you to cross over from Thailand …
Flag Heritage Center at Athelstaneford, East Lothian, Scotland
Athelstaneford is a small village in Scotland, in East Lothian. I visited here out of the interest in the history of the site, which is reported to the the birthplace of the Saltire, Scotland’s national flag. It’s mostly farmland in the area, but I did find the Doocot Flag Heritage …
Postojna (cave, castle, vivarium)
We are site seeing with our family quite a lot these few months and planning quite a few more trips so I am more than excited about it and the reviewing part of it.
We went to Postojna last week a place that it well known for its cave, which …
Vacation Station RV Park
Vacation Station RV Park is an upscale campground located in the heard of Ludington, MI. It’s about an hour drive from our house, so it’s not toot far out of the way.
The campground has spacious sites, although some of them are up on a hill so there …
Catalina Island travel
Catalina Island is an Island off of the state and it’s isolate out there in the middle of the ocean. You can get out there by boats or airplanes. I have been out there twice on boats. I used to live next to the Long Beach port in California …
Gasparilla Island State Park, Boca Grande, FL
When my sister used to live in St. Petersburg, I would often go spend time with her and she and I would go up and down the West Coast of Florida checking out beaches, State Parks, islands, tourist attractions and shopping areas.
One of the places I visited while she …
Chattanooga Zoo, Chattanooga, TN
On our latest trip to Texas on business, we traveled through Tennessee and I got to see a few of the area attractions including the Chattanooga Zoo. Now let me preface this review by saying that I have seen and continue to see a lot of zoos nationwide. My …
Liberty Hall Historic Site
During a trip through Kentucky, we decided to stop in the capital city Frankfort, and we were persuaded to make a stop at Liberty Hall Historic Site. A friendly local suggested we see this site after finding out I was a history buff and that I liked antiques, so we …
Namibia Fish River Canyon
A big advantage we had while visiting the Fish River Canyon was that this place was very near to the resort where we were staying. I did not think it would be very wise to go to the Canyon and sleep somewhere else as the journey would be …
Pura Besakih, Bali, Indonesia
Sunny day is the perfect time to pay Pura Besakih a visit. It’s scenery is beautiful, and you can take clear, beautiful picture of the mountain behind it.
The Pura itself is not only for tourism needed, it also used for Hinduism ceremonies. So you can expect more people …
HP iPAQ HX2795 Pocket PC
While I have my XDA, I was given an iPAQ for office use. It was actually my boss’ old pocket PC and I know she didn’t really use it much; she’s almost 60 years old and doesn’t know how to use it actually. So when it was given to …
Sorrel-Weed House, Savannah
On my recent trip to Savannah Georgia, my partner and I visited the Sorrel Weed house. This is a very old house on Madison Square in the historic district. We had seen the house featured on “Ghost Hunters” from the SyFy channel, and were interested in its haunted history. …
Grand Canyon Travel
If you’re traveling out to the Grand Canyon anytime soon, plan on one day being spent in Williams AZ and taking a ride on the old Steam Engine Train, Grand Canyon Railroad. I loved this train ride not only for the spectacular views, but also for the entertainment.
Once you …
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 …
San Luis Obispo California
San Luis Obispo, California is located on the central coast and a great place for your next vacation. You can start at the south end of the valley before you enter the city is the Madonna Inn. You can’t miss it, because it covers a large amount of ground …
Pony Express National Museum
Pony Express National Museum
914 Penn St
Saint Joseph, MO
816-279-5059
A few years back we went on a camping trip near Saint Joseph, MO. It was in the middle of July and it was hot! We had about 10 people in our party and everybody was pretty much in a …
Mount Titlis Switzerland
We went to Mt. Titlis on our way from Interlaken to Lucerne. It was highly recommended to us by some friends so we requested our tour agent to include it in our itinerary. Just the day before, we went to Jungfraujoch which is another Top of the …
Big South Fork State Park TN
It was a hot fall afternoon and we had nothing better to do but ride around out in the Big South Fork Park. We passed the West Entrance Trailhead of the Big South Fork Park and decided to stop. Now we had hiked the John Litton Farm loop trail …
The Maine Lobster Festival, Rockland, ME
Every year in August, the town of Rockland, Maine holds it’s annual Lobster Festival. I try to be in attendance just as often as I can be. Never mind the scrumptious lobster, there is so much going on here and so much good seafood, I wouldn’t want …
Zanzibar Island, Tanzania
This must be a well-known part of Tanzania and although it belongs to the country, administratively, it has its own Prresident to oversee it political administration. Its like an independent island but belonging to Tanzania. I also knew that the late Freddy Mercury of the pop rock band …
Silver Springs, Ocala, FL
Florida has a great many tourist attractions, but while many flock to Orlando to go to the well known Theme Parks, I’ve often decided instead to seek out some of the less popular attractions that are perhaps slower paced, but nonetheless, enjoyable and entertaining.
One of these attractions is Ocala’s …
Northwest Airlines
We recently had to fly out east to attend my wife’s grandmother’s funeral. Since her death was sudden, we had to make our travel arrangements last second.
We ended up booking our flights on Northwest Airlines (traveling from Madison, WI to Elmira, NY).
While out flight wasn’t terrible, I think, if …
Pham Ngu Lao Street, Saigon
Saigon is a pretty big city. Modern buildings are scattered almost everywhere. But they are not exactly what I wanted to see. As a tourist, I expected to see historical buildings, try local foods, and buy some souvenirs, etc. Thanks to Pham Ngu Lao St for its location as …
Volet’s Resort
Are you looking for a nice resort to have an unforgettable summer vacation with your family and friends? I highly recommend you to visit Volet’s Resort in Dasmariñas City. Big pools and recreations you will surely like to experience, for a small fee of 200 pesos per head, it …
Elba Isle
I went camping here a while ago and I gotta say I was pretty impressed. First of the camping didn’t cost very much. Fortunately, as it wasn’t high season, so there was ample parking spaces. The camp was very clean as were (almost) all the bathrooms and showers. People …
RamaKrishna Beach,Visakhapatnam
Standing near the Ramakrishna Beach and enjoying the panoramic view of Bay of Bengal is definitely a wonderful memory for anybody. Ramakrishna beach is located at Collector office down, in visakhapatnam. The beach is very neat and clean. The joy I felt, when very long tides emerging from …
Tallinn Estonia Visiting
Talinn, the capital of Estonia, is an up and coming destination for weekend breaks. Cheap flights are now available through Easyjet from London Stansted, so now there is no excuse for not visiting this fascinating medieval city.
Talinn is divided into two distinct parts, the old town, situated within …
Makarska Croatia
If you want to go for a holiday and you want a very active night life I would recommand Makarska Croatia. The night life is really wild there and it is not very expensive. You can buy a coctail for less than 5 euros and other drinks are from …
National Sea Life Centre, Birmingham, England
There is a network of National Sea Life Centres around the United Kingdom, but the one I am reviewing in this piece is the one in Birmingham, which is therefore very nicely situated in the middle of the country. I think this is an advantage for two reasons - …
Duxton Hotel in Auckland
I have heard good things about the Duxton and when I needed accommodation for the night I had no hesitations to book a night there. I got a really good deal because I booked online though a discount hotel website.
I went to the hotel for the two pm …
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 …
Sleepy Hollow State Park, Michigan, US
I recently had a day off work and all to myself, so I decided to visit Sleepy Hollow State Park. Located about 20 minutes north of Lansing, Michigan, the park was built in the late 1960’s by damming up the Little Maple River to form what is now …
Bushkill Falls - Niagara of Pennsylvania USA
Fall,the season of change ,when even the leaves bloom for the last time,is the most beautiful of all seasons,as far as I am concerned.I was fortunate enough to witness the abundance and color of nature during this fall season as we had a trip to Bushkill falls,PA.We started by …
Riga travel
Riga(sometimes called Little Paris) is the capital of Latvia(small country in the North East of Europe). Beautiful centuries old buildings(castles, palaces, cathedrals…),narrow cobble-stone streets(street musicians here and there), little cafe’s, shady parks with watter channels and fountains, relaxing settings everywhere. Countless souvenire shops are full of local craft items …
Guadalupe River
Guadalupe River is famous river in Texas for vacationers to go tubing, boating, swimming, and kayaking. This location is a popular tourist location mainly due to Texas’ hot temperature with the cool breeze of the river and its waves.
I found it very nice in the water because the current …
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 …
Woodend Beach Camping
I stayed here for just over a week. It is by the beach and about a 20-30 minute drive to ChCh city. Its a large park and spread out, there are a number of permanent residents as well as holiday makers - but it isnt trashy or …
Calicut
Calicut is a small city in Kerala, a southern state of India. Calicut is almost 400 kms from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala.
I had heard from people that Calicut is a place worthy to be visited. I decided to see what was special in this place and spent two …
Waldameer Park
My daughters and I took time and money out to visit Waldameer amusement Park just off Presque Isle in Erie, PA. We went up a week early to put my oldest daughter in her dorm.
We had a terrible time. The park was over-crowded with school buses full …
Hawaiian Heritage Souvenirs Oahu
These frames are really cute at first. It is tempting to display your island vacation pictures in these Hawaiian Heritage Company frames, but I would suggest that you find a better way to prolong and enjoy your precious pictures. I first discovered these frames while shopping at …
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 …
Table Mountain Cape Town
On our second day in Hout Bay, the weather was clear and the skies blue. It seemed that there were no easterly winds. We decided to drive to Cape Town and go to Table Mountain. Table Mountain is the most famous and visible attraction of this city. I cannot …
Walt Disney World Magic Music Days program
A couple years ago I went with my dance company down to Disney World to participate in their Magic Music Days program. It was a great experience, with a few not-so-great things.
On the first night, as part of our “VIP treatment” we had a barbecue followed by “special” seats …
Grotto Vista Resort in Philippines
We often celebrate our summer outing in this resort in Bulacan, Philippines which is just a 20-30 minute drive from our house. I like its main attraction which is their largest pool with a huge blue boat with six slides, three on each side, built right at the middle …
Page Lake Powell Campground
The Page-Lake Powell Campground is one of the cleanest campgrounds we have ever had the opportunity to stay in. The rates at the campground are some of the best in the area, full service with cable ran us $30. One of the really nice things this campground …
Goodale State Park
Goodale State Park is located in Camden South Carolina . It is a fun place to explore nature . I have been back to this park many , many times .
It is free to get in . You just drive in and walk around . I love the nature …
Edinburgh Castle
This topic is one which is almost too big for one review. The Castle is situated in central Edinburgh, at the top of the Royal Mile, a medieval street running down the hill to the Palace of Holyrood House. It is a building set on the top of a …
Horse Mountain recreation area
The Horse Mountain Recreation area is a great place to explore the snow in Humboldt County. Take 101 to highway 299 east, and go about 30 miles to Titlow Hill Road. Turn right and go about two miles up to the parking lot.
I love going to Horse …
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