Most people that I have met around the Gold Coast have never been to Coomera or have any idea where it is, despite the fact that it is home to the most famous attractions on the Gold Coast, Warner Bros. Movie World and Dreamworld theme parks. This is pretty …

This is not actually a hotel, as you may have noticed, but a campground. It is a very nice campground.
Almost all of the sites cost $20 a night, although I did notice that they had several very large group camping sites available for well over $100. I believe that …

Carter Caves in Olive Hill Kentucky is located at 344 Caveland Drive. The long windy roads to get there is well worth the drive. Beautiful scenery of trees and hillside surround the area. It was just my kids and I on this trip in August of last year but …

Given that Heineken is my favourite beer, and I had missed a visit to the Heineken Brewery on my previous two visits to Amsterdam, this time I was determined to go. On our second day in the city, we walked to the huge and old building, which was about …

We defiantly had a day to remember when we went out on a Dolphin Safari in Gibraltar at marina bay. There were 4 of in our group my husband, my dad, our 3-year-old son Kurt and I. My mom had stopped behind to look after Josh as …

Annapolis can easily be forgotten as it is a smaller town along the Maryland coast but what a mistake that would be! It’s a beautiful seaside town with fabulous little boutiques and galleries. The achitecture and views are breathtaking!
If you are ambitious you will find many sailboat rentals to …

I think all of the beaches on St. John are beautiful, so it’s impossible for me to choose only one favorite, but Maho Bay Beach on St. John is certainly among my favorite beaches on the island. It’s actually one of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever been …

While traveling around busy International Drive in Orlando, Florida, we decided to stop at the quirky Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum for a different museum experience. We weren’t disappointed! As soon as we stepped out of the car, we noticed something was really different about this building - …

Old houses are very intriguing because they have some special archectural features to them typically. One afternoon I was looking for a different place of intrest to take my children for a day trip when I discovered the Carl Sandburg House. He was a welll known author and raised …

Miami International Airport has traditionally had a poor reputation with passengers travelling to, from or through this airport. I think that whilst some of the allegations may have been true in the past, Miami International Airport has changed a lot in the last few years, and no longer …

Pere Lachaise is a huge cemetery within the city limits of Paris, France. A few of the famous people buried here are Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison and Edith Piaf. It was so large that to find our way out of the cemetery we had to walk until we found …

When we went to Minneapolis last December 2008, I wanted so bad to see the Minnehaha falls. I know that this 53-foot waterfall, limestone bluffs and river overlooks is marvelous on summer time when thousands and thousands of tourists admire it, but then I figure out that winter’s …

Our original plan was to traverse the mountains from Oxbow and reach the Sani Pass going back to the South African side. Kilometer wise, this is not so far but because these are steep mountain roads, it takes much longer to do it.
To advance a bit further in our …

Barkerville is named after an Englishman, William Barker, who struck a very rich payload of Gold at Barkerville in August of 1861. As word of mouth spread quickly, a town sprang up, and Barkerville was born in 1862.
Prospectors were soon traveling to Barkerville from all over the world …

nandi hills is a tourist spot about 60kms from my bangalore city in india. it is a best tourist place for spending weekend. i had been there with my family in our own car. but there are govt. owned buses and private taxies to reach there from bangalore. the …

This is an interesting part of Wisconsin’s Countryside. It seems to be a portion plopped in the middle of Wisconsin’s farming community. It is altogether different than the rest of the countryside. The local county roads twist back and forth around I don’t know how many miles …

In San Francisco, I have been to this great island called Alcatraz Island. This place is a little peculiar in the sense that there was a guarded tour to the cell house and there were things to be told and learned. I have been to this place …

I do not like to receive the negative experience and I do not like the stressful situations. I consider that we have enough cruelty and stress in our everyday life and we have enough such horrible things on the TV, in newspapers and so on. But sometimes I think …

In washington DC there are many museums besides the Heritage Museum but I’ll be focusing on this one. Although they call it Heritage museum, it’s more like animals and gemstones, and artworks. Animals include marine animals, or mammals like birds. I absolutely found the gemstones section breathtaking, if you’re …

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 …

Coming from Kroonstad, South Africa it took us about 5 hours to reach Oxbow. Crossing the border in Mathsoe was not really difficult as this is not a major crossing point. The roads are paved but there was always the danger of encountering stray animals on the road particularly …

Onondaga Cave State Park is located west of St. Louis and southwest of Sullivan. Exit off of I44 at the Leasburg exit and follow the signs. If you enjoy canoeing the campground has about 17 primitive campsites set along the Meramec River, which is perfect for putting …

I had visited Havana, Cuba three times before I finally went to Finca Vigia, now Museo Hemingway, where Ernest Hemingway lived for twenty years and wrote many of his most famous stories here. The Cuban government has now turned it into a Museum, and I am glad I finally …

Angera is a beautiful little town, probably one of the more beautiful ones on the south side of Lago Maggiore on the Italian part of it. It is a really amazing landscape, as if it were taken out of a postcard or a greetings-card. The whole little town, at …

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is housed in a nondescript brick building that is easily accessible from the boardwalk along Halifax Harbour or from the main entrance in the downtown core on Lower Water Street, Halifax.
Inside the building is one of the most famous exhibitions in the world, …

Keat’s Island is a small island in Howe Sound, having a handful of local residents who live there throughout the year (I know one of them!). The rest of the houses are mostly summer cottages. Keat’s is mostly known for Plumper Cove Marine Provincial Park, but also …

National Geographic magazine has now entered the retail market, and one of their great products is The Earth Explorer Small Backpack, for travellers. I found this Earth Explorer Backpack to be a true blessing this summer when I was travelling, and could not imagine living without it now.
I needed …

Bourbon Street is party central in the French Quarter of New Orleans, it is synonymous with sin, and yet the name has nothing to do with bourbon, despite the string of bars that line this legendary street. Bourbon Street is named after the French royal family of Bourbon. …

Shravanabelagola is a place in Karnataka, India. This is a beautiful place and thronged by visitors. Majority of the visitors are from various parts of India. The most interesting thing in Shravanabelagola is a tall statue, the height of which is more than 150 metres. This statue is sacred …

The Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara absolutely blew my mind. From the very moment I approached the front of the building I was greeted by an architectural beauty. The building was made to resemble a Greek Pantheon, with tall columns and all.
Inside the theater itself, the view was even …

Before we bought our own place in Spain we used to rent while we were over there, the one time we rented Casa Sophia a lovely three bed room town house located on the urbanization of Las Farolas which is in between El Faro and El Chaperal about a …

I’ve had the Trans by Jansport Backpack for four years now, and it’s still in excellent condition. The very top layer of fabric was torn up a little by the time I finished with it, and it did collect a few stains, but other than that, it barely suffered …

Sandiego Seaworld cannot be categorised only as a place to see Sea animals but also it has lot other exciting features such as rides.It is funny,exciting and more over educational.You can tell that it is a Zoo,Circus,amusement park.Yes.indeed it is all in one.The main attraction of this …

My first visit to Bohol, Philippines was only last year 2008. The place is famous because of its beautiful sceneries and one of these is the Chocolate Hills. Not just a few but 1,268 cone-shaped hills of almost the same sizes. Covered by green grass that turns …

Being able to visit the land down under, Australia, made me appreciate nature per se. The place is really green and well developed. Everytime I think of Australia, I always associate it with koalas and kangaroos. An Aussie friend of my recommended that I should visit Billabong Koala Park.
Without …

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 …

Spending time outdoors is definitely something that my family enjoys, but we all have our own specific interests when it comes to the wide variety of different activities possible. There are very few places where we can travel and enjoy each of our hobbies without spending a significant …

After returning from visiting family in China six months ago, I want to take the opportunity to share my opinion on one of the most beautiful places you can visit while vacationing in Beijing. The place is called White Cloud Monastery, or in Chinese, Biyun Guan. It’s roughly ten miles …

Three months ago, I visit Bali with my friends. We do not use travel agent service. we expected to find some new places to enjoy. This what we did, we rent motor bike. It is very easy to find around Legian street in Kuta, and the most important is …

The Denver Firefighter’s Museum, while one of the lesser known attractions in the Denver area, is still a fun inexpensive outing for the family. My youngest daughter loves fireman and wants to be a firefighter right now so we too her down there. Located right in the heart …

I was a bit embarrassed to find out about this place from a foreigner who was here for the world cup as it really got me thinking about how beautiful this country really is and why on earth I had never explored such majesties when they were right in …

I’ve been taking vacations in the South for several years now. Many of them have been to sunny Florida. There are as I’m sure everyone knows a ton of attractions you can go see while visiting and a good many of these are in Orlando.
Not …

I was very skeptical when visiting a Morocco .I was giving up Tunisia, but I have already been there so was not much of a sad movement.
This visit calmed a lot of my fears and erased a lot of prejudices because besides the wonderful scenery that went on before …

The word —˜Myanmar’ reminds me to a rather isolated country with poor people and not very well maintained public infrastructures. It had been, however, my opinion before I visited this country. Last July I went to the city of Tachileik of Myanmar through Mae Sai town of Thailand. Both small …

last year we spent aour summer holidays at the dominican republic. we were very exited, because we heared many beautiful stories about this paradise.
after the plane was landing, the doors were opened, we were confronted with our first impression. the weather was beautiful warm, the syk was blue. we …

As a really enthusiastic safari person I relish any opportunity to make a visit to a nature reserve, especially if I am going to spend quite a considerable amount of time there, so that I can explore everything there is to explore.
One such opportunity came when I discovered Rietvlei …

So you are in Cairo and you fancy going to the Pyramids Of Giza, it will cost you around £10 to get in to the area and you can stay there all day long, eventually you will be asked to leave or repay as come the evening they have …

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, …

If you are planning a trip to Bergen County NJ, a visit to Mahwah is a must! The Township Of Mahwah is a small community that actually takes up more land surface than any other town in Bergen County, yet has a relatively low population. This means you can …