When you want to view Paris from the top, four vantage points offer an easy access. Paris expert Phil Chavanne has located them for you.
To my friends who take the trip to Paris I always recommend to ‘look up while walking’. Paris should not be visited at eye level only; there is much to …
Often billed as ‘the warm heart of Africa’, Malawi offers something for all visitors.
One of the most beautiful and laid-back countries in Africa, Malawi is renowned for being a destination for those seeking adventure, leisure or eco-tourism attractions.
Malawi’s scenery…
The Aquarius Sports Resort Hotel in Marawila, a sleepy western coastal town of Sri Lanka is always a fascinating place to me.
The beach-end restaurant of the resort facing the scenic Indian Ocean will become at times a forum for various international issues.
My conversation with the s…
Nature seems to have bestowed upon Norway the most of its mercy. This country is elegant and boasts of its natural wealth. If you ever wish to cruise through the deep Atlantic fjords or climb mountains, Norway is the perfect destination for you. Not only the fjords but grand mountains, astonishin…
My wife and I are now beginning our fourth year as American expats in Guanajuato, Mexico. Sometimes it seems only yesterday that we sold all we owned in Overland Park, Kansas, and moved here with just suitcases, nothing more. Sometimes it seems like we never had a beginning but have always lived …
Everyone loves to travel, but many can’t afford to. That’s why it is nice when companies have a program that allows for discount travel. Employee discount travel is part of a growing trend that allows anyone who is employed at a company who participates in the employee discount travel program t…
For water-sports enthusiasts there are boat trips to neighboring islands, windsurfing and kayaking at Vessup Beach and a choice of fishing boats at Red Hook Marina eager to help you snag a giant marlin.
Along the northern coast, Magens Bay Beach is regarded as one of the world’s most beaut…
A place where eminent scientist Alfred Nobel was born and highly useful invention happened is none other than Sweden. Dynamite and ATM conceptualized and invented in Sweden today are in extensive use. It is one of the most affordable tourist destinations in the world. Beautiful landscape, giant l…
Beijing duck is such a yummy food that no visitor to Beijing should miss it. But which is the best duck house?
There are five Beijing duck houses almost equally popular and loved by tourists. Actually, in a recent magazine poll, these five names also dominate the top positions. They all car…
The earliest forms of leisure tourism can be traced as far back as the Babylonian and Egyptian empires. A museum of “historic antiquities” was open to the public in the sixth century BC in Babylon, while the Egyptians held many religious festivals attracting not only the devout, but many who ca…