Editor Intro: After fifteen months traveling around Asia, George and his wife Lisa were headed back to the United States. But before they left, the earthquake in Bohol, Philippines hit. They want to reassure everyone after the earthquake in Bohol that Panglao Island with the beach resorts are currently open for tourists. Some of the heritage churches were destroyed but most tourist operations including the Loboc River Cruise are back in … [Read more...]
Fiji Airways Partners with Outrigger for Fiji Getaway Giveaway
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Fiji Airways, in partnership with Outrigger Hotels and Resorts and Tourism Fiji, is excited to announce an all-expenses paid, seven-night getaway to Fijian paradise at Outrigger on the Lagoon-Fiji. One lucky winner (plus one lucky companion) will jet to paradise with Fiji Airways for a week of ultimate relaxation at zero cost. The Fiji Getaway Giveaway ends on October 22, 2013, and a winner will be selected on October … [Read more...]
Music Lovers Gather at the iHeartRadio Festival
Viva Las Vegassssss! The nation’s music lovers were frantically calling local radio stations to win tickets for this epic concert series and were anxiously waiting for it to begin at the magnificent MGM Grand Resort, specifically MGM Grand Arena. This was September 21st and 22nd of 2013, the weekend for the iHeartRadio Festival where music lovers gather in this growing and always changing desert city to see their favorite and latest top of the … [Read more...]
Kutna Hora and the Chapel of Bones
John M. Edwards mispronounces the naughty-sounding destination “Kutna Hora” at a train station in Prague, a surreal stage set straight out of the Quentin Tarantino/Eli Roth shocker “HOSTEL,” set in Slovakia but filmed in the Czech Republic. . . . At Hlavni Nadrazi, Prague’s main train station, the large ugly lady in Aeroflot chic flinched when I ordered a roundtrip to the naughty-sounding “Kutna Hora,” mispronouncing my destination on purpose. … [Read more...]
Drink It All In With A Guide To Telluride’s Best Spots For Imbibing
TELLURIDE, Colo. (September 10, 2013) – In the early 1900s, 35 establishments existed for thirsty drinkers to belly up to the bar in Telluride. Despite the front pages of the local newspapers, The Daily Journal and San Miguel Examiner reporting the town would “abide strictly by the law no matter what the loss”, you could get a drink just about anywhere, including the courthouse. When the taps went dry, speakeasies and soda parlors took over … [Read more...]
A professional traveler looks back at her decades on the road
My first overseas trip was at the age of two months when Mum and I travelled by boat from Sydney with all our belongings to join Dad who was then working as an agricultural scientist in Papua New Guinea. For the next 18 years the family, eventually with three daughters, moved around the country and my mother remembers that, as a small child, this traumatized me – I hated change, hated moving and screamed every time I saw a suitcase. I … [Read more...]
Big Bear, California Oktoberfest
Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest Adds New Stage plus Bonus Friday Nights BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif./ August 26, 2013 – New at this year’s Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest is an outdoor stage in the Spaten Bier Garten plus two Friday evenings have been added to this year’s schedule. The new stage was added to give festival goers more entertainment and keep a lively atmosphere throughout the festival grounds. This means the main indoors stage and the new expanded … [Read more...]
Cesky Krumlov: The Real Bohemia
John M. Edwards checks out the new Czech Republic’s “Cesky Krumlov,” where real “Bohemians” come from. . . . On my first visit to communist Czechoslovakia in 1989 (right before the Velvet Revolution), I drove down in my rented and probably bugged Skoda car to the legendary Bohemian locus of magnetic Cesky Krumlov, the most stylish picturesque village in the country. I realized to be truly “Bohemian,” you had to actually be from the … [Read more...]
Sightseeing in New York City
New York City is a place like no other. Rich in culture and buzzing with life, it’s the perfect holiday destination. Highlights include the Empire State Building, Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street and Greenwich Village. However, if tourists are to make the most of their adventures in this metropolis, they need to do some planning. No trip to the Big Apple is complete without taking in the awe-inspiring and iconic Statue of … [Read more...]
An afternoon with Åsa Orrmell at Wallåkra Stoneware Factory
Wallåkra Stenkärlsfabrik, a stoneware factory, restaurant and garden is located about 30 minutes outside of Helsingborg in Southern Sweden. The property is located within the small village of Vallåkra. Turn off the E4/E6 at the exit Landskrona North (27) and take the road to Vallåkra - look for signs once you are in Vallåkra. This was originally a site where pottery was made with local clay taken from the surrounding land. The original … [Read more...]
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