I live in Romania and all that I can tell you is that Romania is not such a bad country full of gypsys as the people from the TV say.It has good parts and bad part like any other country in the world.The first thing you need to know …

last weekend we spent some wonderful days in austria. we were there for skiing. our location was about 70 km south of salzburg, the skiing area is called planai. the mountains go up to over 1800 m.
this skiing area offers you four different mountains to ski. on top of …

A little over a year ago, I went to Vero Beach in Florida to visit my Aunt and Uncle for a week. I didn’t have a lot of money at the time and I was looking for things to do that didn’t cost much. It definitely wasn’t going …

The San Diego Zoo in California is a great place for families, singles, couples or just about anyone who loves animals! The lay-out is a little difficult to navigate, but it can be a fun place to spend the day.
First, if you’re going there on the weekend, get there as …

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 …

It was Holy Week, April of 2008 when my generous Boss brought all of us, (the whole staff with respective families) to the White Beach, Puerto Galera Oriental Mindoro. This beach is perhaps the most visited and popular of Puerto Galera’s beaches. I said so because I already heard …

Pulau Ubin is located in a remote part of Singapore. It is actually a small island by itself but minimal considering Singapore is by itself an island. I have been to this place twice before and I am a fan of it, but there are a lot …

Skiing can prove to be a very enjoyable pastime, but it’s difficult to find a ski resort that caters to beginners. The majority of ski resorts in North Carolina have multiple slopes and draw a huge crowd of experienced individuals. This can certainly create a problem for …

I am not a habitual mountain climber, yet there are always friends of mine asking me to go with them climbing mountain. And I felt crazy that, as a totally amateur climber, I agreed to go with my friends climbing Mt. Rinjani.
Mt. Rinjani is one of the most challenging …

During my five years living in Calgary, I saw as much of the Rocky Mountains as I could. But it wasn’t until I took the Columbia Icefield Glacier Experience in Jasper National Park, Alberta, that I got up close and personal with a real-life glacier.
I had spent a lot …

I’m sure everyone has heard of the Statue of Liberty or even had a chance to visit this themselves. This is in the City of New York on Liberty Island and is a gift from the French. Anyway I don’t know too much about the history of this myself …

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 diver’s paradise is what my family calls it. Although I am not a certified diver, I know what they mean when they say that Bohol is the most wonderful dive site in the Philippines. I’ve only to look at the pictures they took to see how nature has …

Whale Watch is a whale safari company located in Kaikoura is at New Zealands South Island. It is about 2.5 hours to drive from Christchurch, along a scenic route so it is worth it only for the drive. The town of Kaikoura is quite small, but the surroundings are splendid. …

Camayan Beach is one of the best beaches for snorkeling and nightlife in the Subic Bay area. Getting there from Manila takes around 3hours. This used to be underdeveloped, but surprisingly come 2009 when we visited the beach, this became a great place to stay!
Our family booked one of …

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 Steamship William G. Mather Museum is a great museum to take the family or a maritime enthusiast.My husband and especially the children love this museum. It is really a great tour, because how many times will you get to see one a these ore carriers. The Mather …

I arrived at Lisbon on a very sunny and warm day in February. It was my first time in Lisbon, and I was going to stay a week. I was very excited. Traveling from airport to city center was easy. I took a public bus which was running quite …

Harlem, GA is a small town very near Augusta, GA, the home of the Master’s Golf Tourny!
With one main road, about ten minutes to Evan, Augusta, and Thompson, GA, it allows country living without giving up the ability to get to a bigger city with more activities.
It …

The Tampa Lowry Zoo is what I would consider a playground for people to see animals in captivity as opposed to a regular zoo. They have at least nine restaurants from what I could tell, they have all types of rides as if it were a mini theme park, …

One of my favorite museums in the whole world is the American Museum of National History in Manhattan, New York. It is right across the street from Central Park and one landmark I have always remembered from my childhood on. This museum was the first museum I had ever …

If you are thinking of coming to Singapore, there are a few places of interests that you might want to check out. Here are some:
Jurong Bird Park
A place where you could find birds of all species and kinds
Singapore Zoo
You can find a lot of tropical animals here
Esplanade
Singapore’s proud …

Air Kauai Helicopter Tours is truly and definitely amazing. All of the staff were truly proffesional and they were extremely courteous. I felt that the tour company had provided spectacular views. Now, in case you are wondering, this helicopter tour company is located in Hawaii, and …

I don’t know how we found the time to go to Hidden Beach because it was at the farthest side of the island. Located at the northeastern side of Saipan, the beach can be reached after a long trek through a forest. My friend said that it would take …

Contigo West is a company that makes a mug which is designed to be ultra portable since it weighs just 11 ounces which means that you can bring it anywhere you can go. It is 8 inches high which makes it easy to store and it holds 20 ounces. …

I definitely love visiting The Grand Palace when I was in Bangkok before. This building simply amazes me with how the architectural structure was being built somewhere between 1782 to the late 19th century.
I was taken aback by this palace’s huge compound. It also includes Wat Phra …

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a beautiful park that is worth a visit. With is centralized location in the United States, it is within days drive from just about any state.
This park, and the neighboring towns, offers something for everybody. The town of Townsend …

Visiting Shanghai or Beijing for the first time can be an eye-opener for anyone whose idea of China is one of Mao-Tse-Ting jackets and millions of cycles. Somehow those are the visions we carry forward with us from all the old photographs that we have seen or heard about …

Height: 105 feet
Drop: 80 feet
Maximum Speed: 50 miles per hour
Duration: 2 minutes
Batman the Ride at Six Flags Great Adventure is a steel inverted roller coaster and among one of the theme park’s favorites and most popular, it was actually the first of its kind. Just like Bizarro, Batman the Ride …

If you are a traveler like me and have been travelling worldwide, I am sure you too like me would have sometime or the other experienced some confusion about your luggage identity- on the airport or at the bus stop or at a railway station. This was perhaps the …

When my friends and I took a trip to Coron, Palawan, we really asked our tour guide to include Kayangan Lake in our itinerary. Recently Kayangan Lake was featured on the cover of Time Magazine, and since then, it shot up to popularity, prompting locals like us, and foreigners …

This restaurant is a must try if you are anywhere near the Ka’anapali Coast and hungry, especially for breakfast. It is a cute little place tucked inside the Napili Shores Hotel by the pool. It is hidden from the road. In fact, you have to park …

I have a nephew that lives in Oklahoma and although I don’t get to go see him too often and he usually comes to visit me, I did get to go see him this past Spring for a short while when we were traveling to Texas on business. …

On this Singapore Independence day, we had a family trip to Qian Hu fish farm. It was really nice. It is fun trip for one who loves to watch fishes and for those who wants to set up an aquarium. When we entered the farm, I saw …

Travelling around as I do for work I found that I needed to stop at Bolton West services which are on the M sixty One motorway between junctions six and seven. These services are operated by a small company called First. When I arrived I realised that …

Over two million people visit the breath takingly beautiful Hocking Hills region each year. The Hocking Hills are located about 50 miles south east of Columbus Ohio.
The recreational possibilities are endless! You could go canoeing on the Hocking River, enjoy a fun game of Putt Putt golf at …

We took a vacation last year and were in need of some new luggage. Since we were going to be gone for over a week, the old luggage we had was not enough to hold all the items that we needed to bring. I was looking for …

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 …

It is said that you can go around the world in Vegas and that certainly seems the case as one drives down the Strip and sees the skyline of New York, the pyramids of Egypt, and finally the Eiffel Tower. Although only half the size of the original Eiffel …

For our anniversary this past year, my Daughter and her Husband gave us passes for a Hot Air Balloon ride from a company called “Painted Horizons” out of Winter Garden, FL.
Although it’s something that I’ve often thought about doing, much like Parasailing, I didn’t actually plan to go through …

My husband is one of the biggest history buffs I have ever seen. So when we go out traveling he never misses stopping off at every historical site there is. So when we went to Chattanooga he of course had to stop off at the Chickamauga Battlefield. My youngest …

My wife and I enjoy city breaks and have visited a number of splendid destinations across Europe in recent years. It would be difficult to rival the delights of Barcelona for any city. The capital city of Catalunya in Spain, fiercely independent and very refined, Barcelona is a joy …

Formerly known as Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala, a southern state of India. This is a very pleasant city and has got a coastline.
Thiruvananthapuram is a well-developed city and people have got a good standard of life. It is a busy area and it is slightly difficult …

I was watching television the other night and saw images of the biggest mosques in the world, and I was reminded that just last year, I was able explore one of them for myself. On our trip to Morocco, the city of Casablanca was the final stop, and we …

Far before we went to Korea, we had planned to visit this city because it accommodates historical sites those centuries old. Gyeongju is located 280 km to the south east of Seoul. This city is not big but fun to visit as there are many tourist spots around and …

The last time that my husband and I took a mini-vacation to Siesta Key on the West Coast of Florida, we decided to stop on the way home at Sarasota Jungle Gardens since we had never been before.
Sarasota Jungle Gardens is one of Florida’s oldest attractions. It’s been around …

In Newport, RI, there are several magnificent mansions. Many of the mansions, you can tour. This review is about one that I had the opportunity to tour this past summer. It’s called Beechwood and it’s the historic mansion of the Astor family.
This is not just another semi-interesting tour …

Cap Skirring is the Mediterranean Sea of Senegal if not West Africa. To go here, one has either to take a flight from Dakar or direct flights from Western Europe. For us, it was a neighbour while we were in Guinea-Bissau, we often went there by car. The roads …

The ancient city of Chester in (unsurprisingly) the county of Cheshire is a remarkable little city, and one which I thoroughly recommend a visit to. However, you do need to be aware that its very popularity means that it is not a place where you are all that likely …

As an avid dog owner and dog lover, it is important to me to be able to bring my dogs with me to as many places as I am able. However, I realize that sometimes it is not practical to have dogs along in some situations and at …