I'm so thrilled and honored that my novel, The Time Baroness, is Read of the Week! But is it a travel novel you ask? Well, Tripatini co-owner David Paul Appell and I batted that question around, and we agreed that though, no, it is not a travel book, per se, a novel about traveling to another era might just intrigue Tripatini members. To me, fantasizing about time-travel is about as good an escape as vacationing in some exotic locale. In The Time Baroness, the main character travels from the fut
The Traveling Eye, (www.TheTravelingEye.com) will be hosting a group trip to South Africa. We will enjoy Johannesburg, Cape Town, the Northern Province as well as Safaris, wine Tasting, Cultural tours and the Cape Town International Jazzfest. Complete details at http://www.advantage-intl.com/payment/index.php?l=product_detail&p=30. or call Advantage International at 1-877-428-2773.
The Traveling Eye, the premier radio show all about TRAVEL is now Nationwide. Listeners may join Bonnie and Ja'Vonne as they discuss Travel, four times each week on Sirius/XM Channel #141, HUR Voices as well as every Friday in Chicago at WVON 1690 am. www.TheTravelingEye.com
TripAdvisor Barred from Claiming Reviews are Honest, Real
Hotelmarketing’sweb site broke news saying that a UK advertising “watchdog” ruled that since TripAdvisor’s reviews can be posted with no form of verification, TripAdvisor “must no longer claim all of its reviews are honest or from real people.”
What can this possibly mean to a company whose entire reason for existence is based on reviews?
James Hall, Consumer Affairs editor at the Telegraph noted that the language the UK’s Advertisin
The King of Dumplings at the SkyCity Marriott
Located on Lantau Island next to the Hong Kong International Airport, the SkyCity Marriott is more your average airport hotel. It is a destination with great culinary experiences awaiting the traveler looking for something out of the ordinary.
The SkyCity Marriott’s Man Ho Restaurant strives to provide meals a cut above what guests expect but during Chinese New Year they pull out all the stops. The restaurants specializes Dim Sum lunches and fresh
One of the biggest disinterring news coming these days that many resorts and hotels around the tiger reserves in India may get cease as the state government has to acquire around one thousand square kilometres land. The centre asked the state to acquire the land to provide core inviolate area for the big cat and also the tourist are ban in these areas. As according to new guideline issued 6000 families will be relocated which live around 41 tiger reserves of India. The NTCA (National Tiger Conse
Especially for South Indian Chardham Pilgrims, the packages of Chardham Yatra is designed in a very special way. Chardham tour packages from Bangalore starts and ends at Bangalore only. Most of the people from Bangalore or different parts of South India are interested in visiting the holy destinations for Hindus. They want to offer their prayer at Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri. In order to avoid any type of inconvenience, you should take the help of Chardham tour packages.
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Ranthambore National Park is one of the most popular national park in Northern India. It is considered as one of the famous former hunting grounds especially for the Maharajas of Jaipur. But now this famous park has become a major wildlife tourist attraction spot. Most of the wild life lovers and wild life photographers visit this place frequently. Certainly it is a great place for nature as well as wild life lovers. You must explore this park at least once in your life time. It will be a great
Game viewing starts the moment you turn from the highway. A giraffe races besides the dusty road, all legs and neck, yet oddly elegant in its awkwardness. A line of zebra parades across the road in the giraffe's wake, head aligned and stripes merging in flowing motion. From the entrance the road winds through an expanse of lush acacia savannah forest where nimble-footed impala tread warily, through the shadows and outsized forest hornbills honk cacophonously in the tree canopy. Suddenly contrast
World's First Museum of Crocodiles Opens in Africa
The world's first museum of crocodiles located in Egypt was inaugurated at the end of January. This project reflects the status of the God Sobek at the Pharaohs era. It gives a good idea about the place where his worship flourished in the middle ages. The establishment of the museum began in 2008 and the construction works ended in 2011 at a cost of 7 million LE. It is the first museum of its kind in the world.
http://www.ecocta.com/
Costa Rican surfer Carlos Muñoz, is making his mark and earning Costa Rica a place in world surfing fame at the Volcom Pipe Pro competition in Hawaii this week. The 18-year-old wave rider from Playa Esterillos scored the first perfect 10 of the world-famous international competition. Day 2 of the event. Beating out 64 surfers from around the globe, including Hawaiian legends Kalani Chapman and defending Volcom Pipe Pro Champion John Florence, Muñoz won the “highest single wave of the day” and e
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Celebrate Spring with our two weekend workshops, or indulge by staying the entire week. Each workshop is detailed below, and reservations can be made through Finca Luna Nueva. These are educational, uplifting, and inspirational workshops presented amidst the beauty of our rainforest on our organic, biodynamic farm.
The first weekend workshop begins March 17: The Deep Ecology of Green Tea at Finca Luna Nueva The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a metaphor for an well-ordered, harmonious l |
I’ve woken up partially several times throughout the night, starting as we entered Austria and the ticket checker wanted to see tickets. That must have been Villach. That’s when the bozos got on and started reading something in German that must have been hilarious, since everybody was laughing so hard. I don’t know why getting on a train means it’s party time. I just wanted to sleep. That’s not easy when the seats don’t lean back and all the lights are on. Fortunately no one’s sitting next
Visiting tourist attractions and travel activities in East Kalimantan. This blog contains the educational, news, directories, business, blogging community, and information on the cities of East Borneo. Roadmap information you travel to cities in the province of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Contains natural travel, whether sea, beaches, rivers, forests, caves, monuments, mesium, and various family entertainment options that are frequented by local and foreign tourists.
