Really Nice Vacations

I might have to go Africa. When my finance colleague heard it, she literally glared at me and growled, “Lucky You”. I was totally clueless until someone nudged me to look at her fingers. OK, there’s lots of diamond rings but so what? Then it dawned on me that one can get big flawless diamonds [...]

The top tourist attractions in the British capital are the most expensive in the world according to a survey of major cities by The Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
Visitors have to pay more at London’s fee-paying sights such as Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and Madame Tussauds, than at other similar attractions around the world.
A family [...]

I went to Malaysia on a business trip recently. En route to Singapore to catch my flight back , my Malaysian associate brought me to a organic farm at Kluang in Johor to see how dragon fruits (also known as pitaya) were grown. I had eaten some back home, mainly the white flesh and the [...]

Well, I wrote Tourist Trap: Leaning Tower of Pisa on 8 May 2008 and I said the tower was still tilting. Well, I was wrong.
This 14,000 tonne free-standing bell tower - an internally recognized architecture symbol of Italy along with Rome’s Colosseum, was built in several stages between 1174 and 1370. It began to tilt [...]

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, what does Fisherman’s Wharf offer [...]

There is no place more beautiful than the Hawaiian islands. Every time we vacation there, it breaks our hearts to leave.
Recently, I seriously started thinking about Hawaii homes on a more permanent basis.  After all, to me, Hawaii already feels so welcoming that I cannot imagine anywhere else that I would like to make my [...]

While some people like exotic locations and exploring the wilds, I have a little more penchant for the easier life. So, Mission Beach San Diego seems like the ideal vacation spot for a lazy, urban guy like me.
I mean, what better way to spend a long summer vacation than to be right in the middle [...]