If you’re planning your first South American vacation then the tri-border between Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil might be just what you’re looking for! From the breathtaking Iguazu Falls, to passing by the best duty free in the world, to a surprising bar made of ice, the area has plenty on offer for tourists. It's an incredibly rare thing to be able to enjoy the opportunity of visiting three countries in one day (although we’d strongly … [Read more...]
A Surprise Weekend in Glorious Budapest
Everyone had just left. After celebrating my birthday and some basic tidying up we sat down for a moment. “Why don’t you check your email?” she asked. I took the hint. Taking out my iPhone I opened the email app. And there I saw confirmation I was flying to Budapest on Friday. Now that confused me - she was supposed to be attending a conference in Budapest the following month. She quickly filled me in on the details. She was … [Read more...]
Visit Detroit Today, Start Planning your Summer!
Summertime in The D. It’s the perfect time to soak up the sun, along with all of the cars, culture, gaming, music and sports the metro area offers. Whether you’re a festivalgoer, a foodie or a sports fan (we’d prefer if you cheered for the Tigers) metro Detroit is the perfect spot for you. Detroit traditions like the Ford Fireworks, Woodward Dream Cruise and Detroit Jazz Festival will make your stay unforgettable. Grab your wagon, it’s … [Read more...]
Visit Turkey’s Most Photographed Beach, Oludeniz near Fethiye
During the dark days of winter, many dream of the summer, sun, sea and sand and over the years, companies marketing different destinations around the world have used images to promote travel, holidays and their locations in particular. One of the oft used photographs, certainly within the Continent of Europe, is the stunning ‘blue lagoon’ of Oludeniz, near Fethiye in the middle of the Turquoise Coast of Turkey. Oludeniz actually means ‘dead sea’ … [Read more...]
Great American Road Trips: The Olympic Peninsula Loop
Introduction Quite simply, Highway 101 that circles the Olympic Peninsula has it all. The approximately 330-mile-long loop offers a bucket-list of natural wonders that have to be seen to be believed. Pristine lakes, waterfalls, striking shorelines, expansive mountain top vistas and even rainforests are all accessible along this stretch of road. Starting Point No matter what interests you most, almost any point along the loop is a good … [Read more...]
Tips on visiting the Cheltenham Festival
Although visitors to this blog will know that we take great pride in bringing you travel highlights from the most distant corners of the globe, it’s often easy to accidentally overlook some magnificent attractions on our own doorstep. So seeing as we brought you some recent snapshots of Ireland, we thought it would be apt to show you one reason why thousands of Irish people come to the UK each springtime - the Cheltenham … [Read more...]
Oceanwide Expeditions Antarctica Contest
I recently started working with Oceanwide Expeditions, a Netherlands based cruise company focusing on the planet's remote extreme north and south destinations (the Arctic and Antarctica). Founded in 1996, they are a pioneering company in the exploration of these parts of the world via cruise ships. Today they offer 25 cruises to Antarctica alone using small ice-hardened expedition vessels. Their ships are the 'basecamp' anchored off shore for a … [Read more...]
The Unexpected Living Treasures of Ireland
Close your eyes and think of Ireland: what do you see? Is it rolling hills of ethereal green and the Ring of Kerry, or perhaps tall, stark, jagged precipices descending into crashing waves, like the Cliffs of Moher? On a recent escorted journey through Ireland with Insight Vacations, I found all these and more, but what captured me beyond the green, grassy countryside were the furry and feathery fauna of the Emerald Isle. Beautiful, … [Read more...]
Here Be Dragons: The “Sacred Terror” of the Alps of Switzerland
"Placed on this planet since yesterday, and only for a day, we can only hope to glimpse the knowledge that we will probably never attain." -Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, 1796 Dateline: Mount Pilates, Switzerland I've penned a few books that have been placed in the category of "wilderness travel." But perhaps the first to stock this shelf was the eighteenth-century mountaineer Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, who wrote in his opus, Voyages … [Read more...]
Knoxville, TN: Holding on to the Stories
“When an old person dies, it’s like a small library burning.” -- Alex Haley, author of Roots, spoken to his friend John Rice Irwin, founder of the Museum of Appalachia[i] Until I went to Knoxville, Tennessee, I hadn’t experienced a place with such a strong sense of preserving the past. Not just the events or places of the past – I work as a tour guide in Philadelphia and we have that here – but the importance of each individual life gone by, … [Read more...]
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