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I usually travel on my own to the Keys, but this time, I was invited on a very lovely press trip with fellow bloggers.  Typically, I spend time on Duval Street, checking out restaurants, music, bars, museums and visiting Fort Zachary Taylor beach -- just a few of my favorite things to do in the lower Keys. But this time, I never left The Reach or Casa Marina resorts and for some very good reasons! It was utterly romantic and relaxing at this time of year.

There was also a delicious meal at The

With cool and comfortable weather, lists here are worth and attractive destinations to refresh in hot summer days

Quat Lam sea tourism

Quat Lam sea is located in Giao Thuyen district, Nam Dinh province with total area of 58 hectares, exploited fomally in 1999. Coming here, you will have a chance to set foot on Thinh Long beach, situated in Thinh Long town, Hai Hau district. Thinh Long is a stunning and amazing beach with rows of casuarina trees swaying in the wind. Tourists will be certainly surpr

It is quite difficult to find a fresh, clean and airy palce escape from the smoky, dusty and stuffy atmosphere during the weekend when living in a crowded urban area. On a day I bumped into a classmate from university, after endless gossips of friends who met after a long time, I was recommended Thang Thien Waterfall Ecotourism Resort as a place to relax and enjoy the beauty of Mother Earth.

A self-organised couchsurfing tour was then arranged among a group of closefriends. We made thorough inves

There are of course a bunch of Mexican patriotic holidays that come around every year.  But the that's caught on most outside Mexico is Cinco de Mayo – especially in the next-door United States, most notably out on the West Coast, but really, pretty much wherever there’s a taco/burrito/chimichanga emporium (I mean, when you’ve reached Omaha…).  As with St. Patrick’s Day, for many CDM has had its origins obscured and become just another excuse for carousing, so I’d like to take a moment to remind

High up on a hillside overlooking the waters of a vast silvery blue lake...Montana. Serenity and sweeping views yet minutes away from a bustling historic village...Montana…Hotel Montana, that is, in Lucerne, Switzerland. Embodying art deco magnificence with no expense spared, this grand dame is one of the last of its kind, built in 1910 on a former dairy farm perched in resplendent isolation yet no more than a minute vertical ride via Switzerland’s shortest funicular to the lake shore promenade

Tourism is not only the world's largest industry, but also often its most misunderstood.  Many people outside of the industry believe that tourism professionals are on a permanent vacation.  Others complain about tourism's negative impact.  They see greater traffic on the streets, they note the waits in restaurants and cultural events, and complain that visitors often get lost, are loud, and even rude.  While certainly the tourism industry has to plead guilty to some of these charges, any fair m

The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is commemorating the 125th anniversary of its New Hampshire White Mountain Huts with a summer-long celebration, which kicks off on June 1 when the huts open for the full-service season. The celebration includes special savings, a guided lodge-to-hut anniversary hike, and historical talks and evening presentations at AMC Huts and lodges.

Look back on 125 years of history, share personal hut memories, and get details on the festivities by visiting AMC Huts 125th

Quang Ninh province has been famous for the Ha Long Bay, one of the world’s natural wonders. However, over the last two years, the thing that attracts tourists to the locality is the spiritual tourism.

A report showed that the number of tourists to Quang Ninh in the first three moths of the year increased by 1.2 times more than the number of tourists to the Ha Long Bay. The figure can show the attractiveness of the spiritual tourism, though the product is still in the first stage of development.

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A national park in the southernmost province of Ca Mau named to Ramsar’s Wetlands of International Importance list last December received its official certificate of recognition in an April 13 ceremony.

Mui Ca Mau National Park in the southernmost province of Ca Mau

Mui Ca Mau National Park is the fifth site in Vietnam to receive such recognition.The park, which is one of the three main zones within the UNESCO-recognized Mui Ca Mau Biosphere Reserve, occupies 41,862 hectares of Dat Mui Commune in

Costa Rica surfer Carlos Muñoz has made it to the top 10 in the Junior Men’s World Ranking of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP). The 20-year-old rising star surfer is currently tied at ninth place in the world in the Junior Men’s Division with eight other surfers from Australia, Hawaii, Brazil, USA and Japan.

Nicknamed “The Flying Costa Rican” by Surfer Today, the team Red Bull surfer has been spotlighted by the youth sportswear company Volcom as one of the “up-and-coming talents exp

http://www.travelandescape.ca/2013/05/great-airport-hotels-in-southeast-asia/

by Chelle Koster Walton

I watched tidily uniformed schoolkids climb aboard as the crew loaded sacks of flour, a boxed microwave, some spare luggage, and various other unidentifiable bundles onto the 50-foot fiberglass ferry boat. Despite the early hour, everyone was cheerful as they made their way to their wood benches, nodding good morning to fellow passengers whether they knew them or not. The captain crawled through the window, gunned the engine, and we began powering our way through the bra

Mountain Lake Lodge

Game Room with Arcade Games

Hotels live and die by the number and kinds of reviews they get. Especially on TripAdvisor, because the quantity, quality and frequency of reviews a hotel receives there, determine a hotels  all-important ranking.
Very little is said about the authenticity of a review, but regardless, even a small change in TripAdvisor's rankings can send shock waves, and deeply impact a hotel's website and revenue.

Hotelmarketing.com points out that TripAdvisor's rankings are based on a propriety algorithm cal

Chiang Mai, Thailand, is known for its elephants, tigers, resorts, parasols, temples, hill tribes and mountains.

So what's in it for Levelers? All of the above and more.

Old city gates

Start with Chiang Mai which means "new city" despite its being 700 years old. Once capital of the Lanna ("a million rice fields") Kingdom and center of Buddhism in northern Thailand it is now the country's second largest. For many years it was accessible only by river or elephant. A railway line wasn't finished un

Want to beat the summer rush to the Mediterranean? Then consider a visit to Greece in May. Traveling to Greece before the summer rush has a lot to offer. Less crowds when you visit ancient Athens and the Acropolis, or the Temple of Apollo at Delphi makes taking photos and hiking around ruins and monuments a much more enjoyable experience. The cost of accommodations in the favorite Cyclades Islands of Santorini, Mykonos, Ios, Paros and Naxos are still in low season pricing. Sit at a taverna and

Summer school breaks are coming up for North America and Europe, and with that the opportunity for student groups to enjoy educational trips. The Neotropical rainforest of Costa Rica in Central America, part of one of the most important reserves of biodiversity on Earth, is fertile ground for study disciplines such as Ecology, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Animal Behavior, Zoology, Ornithology, Herpetology, Geography, Plant Sciences, and Land Economy, among others.

The study and sustainable pr

They call it the “ultimate waterfall rappel”. Frommer’s calls it “a bigger rush than a canopy tour.”

I’m talking about the Pure Trek Canyoning tour near Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. Canyoning is a mixture of rappelling down waterfalls and hiking in a canyon. Noted by TripAdvisor as one of the top 10 activities to do in the Arenal area, the Pure Trek Canyoning tour will have you rappelling down some of the most spectacular waterfalls in Costa Rica.

Few people experience places like this. Imagine b

Summer school breaks are coming up for North America and Europe, and with that the opportunity for student groups to enjoy educational trips. The Neotropical rainforest of Costa Rica in Central America, part of one of the most important reserves of biodiversity on Earth, is fertile ground for study disciplines such as Ecology, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Animal Behavior, Zoology, Ornithology, Herpetology, Geography, Plant Sciences, and Land Economy, among others.

The study and sustainable pr