Really Nice Vacations

I was actually thinking of going Germany during its world famous OktoberFest season. Now, I’m having second thoughts. While I was in Malaysia for a conference, I met lots of people. After a few jugs of beer, I got to know this New York couple pretty well. When they knew my favourite past-time was traveling, [...]

Do you consider Wall Drug Store a tourist trap? Personally, I haven’t been there. However, I have scores of friends who stopped by with their kids. According to the parents, the kids had a marvelous time exploring the Mining Company – supposedly a mining and panning simulation and digging for gem stones and fossils in [...]

Italy is an interesting place with a good blend of old nostalgic charm and new modernistic sophistication. Whether you want history or fashion, you can find it, and probably more, in Italy. However, when you go around and ask the Toms, Dicks, Harrys,  Marys,  Janes and Joans, what are their itineraries in Italy, the Leaning [...]

When you think about going on a holiday, what are you most afraid of? – over priced souvenirs – horrible restaurants – dishonest tour guides – over priced “attractions” And this is exactly what Fisherman Wharf – crowded stretch of San Francisco waterfront from Ghirardelli Square to Pier 39 – offered. But I tell you, [...]