Tag: travel
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Times Square Reflections
Places Unknown and Everything Else It was pouring rain in NYC when I showed up at the Times Square, my shoes got soaked wet in about five minutes, but I was hoping to get some interesting shots of this famous place with some cool reflections. It is probably the busiest place in USA, the crowds…
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KISS hopes for new hit in Las Vegas miniature golf course
Few rock bands have marketed themselves like KISS. These guys have taken things way beyond posters and T-shirts. We’re talking KISS wine. A KISS Mr. Potato Head set. Even KISS urns and caskets. Now, for those who can’t get enough of their favorite rockers, a KISS-themed miniature golf course and amusement park will open across…
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Start Packing Travel Insurance
When you start packing for your trip, whether 500 miles or 5,000 miles, you may want to be sure you’re also packing travel insurance. Preparing for the worst while planning your vacation may seem like a downer, however, it’s not as bad as it could be if you don’t plan at all. What would you…
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Travel Tidbits – Best Life-Changing trips
Best Life-Changing trips From Africa to Antarctica, these amazing trips promise to be life-changing… Travel and Leisure 10 great places to experience the simple life If you need to get away from it all this holiday season, take your stressed-out self to a place where life is a bit less…
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Travel Tidbits – 36 Hours: Penang, Malaysia and other destinations
36 Hours: Bruges, Belgium The charming capital of West Flanders in northwestern Belgium is indeed tranquil, as it has always been, but Bruges now has much more to offer…. LA Times 48 Hours: Hollywood Make this iconic district your base for a weekend of celebrity-spotting in glamorous LA… The Independent …
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Begonia Flower Carpet of Brussels
Every two years in Brussels since 1971 on the Grand-Place a Flower Carpet is put together and displayed. This year the Brussels Flower Carpet will be on view August 14-19, 2012. The Flower Carpet is made from the beautiful summer-flowering perennials, the begonia. Belgium cultivates nearly 60 million begonia tubers annually as one of the worlds’…
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Travel Tidbits – Cunard rolls out new weddings at sea program
Cunard rolls out new weddings at sea program That’s the word this week from U.K.-based Cunard, which as previously announced, is rolling out a weddings at sea program this year for the first time in its 172-year history…USA Today Top five bargain destinations for spring 2012 Everything is greener in spring,…
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Unusual, Quirky, & Weird Restaurants around the world
When traveling most likely you will be eating out at a restaurant. There are some unusual restaurants you can visit and perhaps some of these you may want to add to your ‘Bucket List’? Anything from a Prison restaurant to a tree house restaurant. Being served by monkeys, children or even robots. A380 In-Flight…
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“Fairy Tales” – Bagan, Myanmar – Amnon Eichlberg – Featured Photographer
Originally posted on PhotoBotos.com: “Fairy Tales” – Bagan, Myanmar – Amnon Eichlberg – Featured Photographer This landscape looks like a Hollywood set for the next “Indiana Jones” movie. Everything just looks so interesting. I have been to several ruins around the world, but nothing that looks like this. After reading a little about…