Jordan is a country of spectacular highlights of both past and present. The contrasting infrastructures from Amman to the most unbelievable sculpted buildings in the lost city of Petra are just some of the elements that make Jordan a country for your next Middle Eastern trip. Let us start with the Capital city of Jordan. […]
The Rare Paradise: Exploring Savaii Island, Samoa
True beauty is natural. Sometimes, we just want to get out from all the towering buildings and discover the clear night sky with actual stars and a peaceful air of tranquility. For some, this kind of experience is long extinct but a trip to Savaii might give you catharsis like you have never felt before. […]
Conquering The Fear of Traveling by Flying
The fear of flying isn’t uncommon, around 20$ of us are affected by acrophobia to some degree. It’s a phobia causing fear and panic, and in extreme cases nausea at the mere mention of aviation travel. In the past this wasn’t a big issue, but with a shrinking world, most will use an airplane to […]
Portugal Travel : Lisbon and Sintra
Portugal Trip : Day 1 Day 1, 13 August: We awoke at 04:00 in Sibbe. At 04:45, we were on our way in our little VW Polo to the Brussels Airport, 128 km (79 miles) away. Fog slowed us down on the Belgian highways, eating up the cushion of time I’d built in. Our flight […]
Bankhead National Forest A Mexican Marijuana Plantation?
Reading an old Time report (in a waiting room, they need to update their reading material!) that Mexican drug traffickers are using American national parks and forests for marijuana plantations. Reading the piece shed light on a mystery that has intrigued me since 1994. On November 2 of that year, my wife, Cathy, and I […]
Traveling to Australia: Traveling Guides
Australia is a country filled with varied and natural excellence, the land of down under goes from empty hot desserts to lush rain forests all the way to the cold southern beach areas. Mainly situated around the costs of the country, the towns of Australia offer a variety of art food and sport for any […]
American in Amsterdam
Let me tell you what happened to me in Amsterdam the other day. I drive there from my home in the southern Netherlands, near Maastricht, for my interview at 11. I get there at 10 and park in a huge lot, nearly empty. From my film can I dump out all the eligible euro muntjes […]
Traveling to Iceland
A traveling experience containing everything from hot mud, to the Northern Lights Going against its cold name the country of Iceland is quickly changing into one of the worlds hottest traveling or holiday destinations. Now the world is shrinking this natural untouched land of volcanoes, glaciers, lava pools and mountain peaks is available to any […]
A Travelers guide to London
London is a town of opposite sides, the Capital of England, and place that can anger and enthrall a traveler at the very same time. The name itself, London, ringing in the ears of any who visit, showing its history of might. The capital is filled with entertainments to enthrall day or night. It can […]
Taking a holiday to Hawaii: Choosing the island
Taking a holiday to Hawaii: Choosing the island When planning to travel to Hawaii, one of the biggest decisions you can make is deciding which island to base your get away from. Whether you are traveling alone or with an entire generation the island you pick to visit while on holiday in Hawaii, with travels […]
Travelers guide to Albania
Visiting Albania: A Basic travelers guide A bright and beautiful area of rock cliffs, and southern European relaxed living as been in the past destroyed by a totalitarianism regime. But for any would be travelers to the the Modern day Albania will find a country filled with sunny Mediterranean beaches, welcoming people and a vivid […]
Traveling to Madrid (Part 3/3): Madrids Bullfighting
Unlike popular assumption, bullfighting isn’t a spot, it is an artistic. It isn’t for the faint hearted, and many will disagree with it, but for the ones who can stand the sight of 6 dying bulls you can get the excitement of any major stadium event. These shows are held every Sunday afternoon from April […]
Traveling to Madrid (Part 2/3): Best in 2 to 4+ Days
2 Day trip Day one of your Madrid holiday On the first day, spend the morning looking through the gallery of the Museo del Prado at the masterworks and take a tour (There are many on offer) of the Paseo del Prado, past the great fountains of the Plaza de la Cibeles and Fuente de […]
Traveling to Madrid (Part 1/3): A Guide to Madrid
Madrid Travel Guide The sword fighting Madrid feels like a never ending party, calibrating the joy of life. Spain, after being trapped under a totalitarian regime for the most of the last century, feels like country born again, becoming a vivid player on the world stage, its growth unseen since the 16th century, when playwrights […]
Traveling to Bangkok (Part 5/5): Haggling and Traveling in Bangkok
Bargaining in Bangkok Even if you consider yourself and expert on bargaining on other countries, you might find youself having a hard time getting a deal in Thailand. Aggressive styles that fare well in Delhi will not fare so well in Bangkok. The greatest compliment you can say to a native of Thailand about an […]