This page tells a tale of an adventure I had while sea kayaking at Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, an encounter with a Grizzly bear.
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A Close Encounter With A Grizzly Bear
Unique Hotels From Around The World
Add some adventure to your next vacation, stay in a tree house or perhaps underwater or maybe in a hotel mad eo fice. Explore some of the most unique and interesting hotels at this facsinating page.
Read more »Discover Colorados Hot Springs
Colorado is home to hundreds of hot springs where the weary hiker or traveler can stop to take a soak. From built up resort spas, to family friendly vacation getaways to remote and rustic, Colorados hot Springs have something to offer everyone.
Read more »Edmonton Heritage Days
The three-day, family-oriented Edmonton Heritage Days Festival highlights and
celebrates the heritage of people from Edmonton, Alberta, and Canada, featuring over
80 different cultures from around the world! Come to Edmonton to for some summer fun
and experience multiculturalism at its best!
India Travel - Tourist Places in India - India Holidays
This is a lens about India Travel. Here you will find information about various tourist attractions in India that are known in world for their beauty.
Read more »Route 666 - The Devil's Highway
Route 666 - The Devil's Highway.I have been hearing a lot on the news about the Devils Highway, Route 666 in New Mexico. I started wondering, "who would name a road that"?. So I did some research.I try in a brief way to describe that ROUTE 666 history and interesting facts.The devil's highway got a magical and misterious name.It is good to know why its named like that.The truth behind the popular and known devil's road.
Read more »The Most Beautiful Beaches in the World
The Most Beautiful Beaches in the World.Here is a list, in no particular order, of some of the prettiest beaches in the world. Everyone has their view of what they want in a beach, whether it be convenience, seclusion, swimming, or people-watching. These are my picks. See if you agree that these are some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.Have fun and get ready for pleasant information and pictures of these beautiful travel destinations.
Read more »Bridges of the Hudson Valley
From the Tappan Zee Bridge to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge the Hudson River Valley is simply gorgeous. The Hudson River flows under these bridges, actually in both directions (at different times!) since the river is an estuary with tidal influence all the way up to Albany. We live in Red Hook, which is close to the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge so we drive across it on numerous occasions, and the others quite often.
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Amtrak Train Travel
My Amtrak Experience! My daughter and I traveled by Amtrak train to visit relatives for a wedding and I'm sharing our Amtrak travel experience here. Read all about buying tickets, limits for luggage, and the seats you DO NOT want to get.
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The Red Caboose Motel & Restaurant
If you've never been to the Red Caboose Motel in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, then you are truly missing out on one of the area's hidden treasures. A place where you can both eat and sleep in a genuine refurbished train car, a stay at the Red Caboose is a very unique experience. But, please, don't take my word for it ... check it out for yourself and learn about all that this Lancaster County attraction has to offer.
Read more »Mackinac Island, Michigan
When I was three months pregnant and experiencing morning, noon and night sickness we traveled to Mackinac Island, Michigan for the first time. We had heard how beautiful this part of Michigan was and wanted to experience it ourselves. We crossed the Mackinac Bridge which spans approximately five miles across to Mackinac City where we stayed at a motel for three nights.
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Quiz: Do you know where these mysterious monuments are located?
There are megalithic stone monuments found all over the world built by cultures with very little in common and over time frames that span the millennia. I just love the mystery that surrounds their creation, who made them, how they did it, and why. In this quiz I'm testing your knowledge of where some of these amazing and mysterious monuments are located. There are pictures of each one below the quiz, and links to where you can find out lots of details about them if you want to cheat!
Read more »Nairobi Hotels Accommodation
The best thing about Nairobi hotels is that they are well spread out across the city and offer accommodations ranging form budget to high end. Their locations are; central business district as The Stanley, the intercontinental, The Serena, Laico, Boulevard, Hilton, The safari Club and The Nolfolk among other lower star ones.
Read more »Destination Kenya
Kenya is one of the three East African countries that prides of the possession of great numbers of the 'big five' among other impeccable attractions that will make your safari memorable and keep bring you back every year.
Read more »Learn To Speak Different Languages
Do you like to learn different languages so you can travel to your favorite destination and talk to the locals?
Help you to understand what people are talking about without having a guide that translate everything to you?
I know you do and it's great when you actually can speak their language too.
Here you will have the opportunity to learn a few language
What Do You Know About Haiti
Come and take a quick quiz and find out how much you know about Haiti: its religion, population and language.
Haiti is a beautiful country. Now that part of Port-au-Prince has been devastated, it will take years to reconstruct.
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Santa Paula, California
All about the historic Southern California city of Santa Paula - Citrus capital of the world and birthplace of Union Oil. Home to the California Oil Museum, Aviation Museum, Glen Tavern Inn and a wide variety of historic and natural attractions. Only 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean and a hour drive from Los Angeles.
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The Fear Of Flying
Have you declined to travel somewhere to see buddies and relatives by plane because the thought of stepping on an aircraft struck fear into your heart or sent shivers up and down your spine? Do you break out into a sweat just considering getting onto the aeroplane weeks before you're even due to go to the airport?
Read more »Most Beautiful Castles Of Slovakia
Slovakia has many places where you can go and they are not discovered yet by the world. It is increasingly important destination and whatever if you staying there a few days, months, or even years, you will always find something what you would like. This country from New Europe is not on first places what are offered by travel agencies and just because of that, this lens could help you to see that Slovakia has many unique qualities.
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Southeastern Literary Tourism Initiative
Patrick Brian Miller is a very talented author who writes fictional short stories about real places on his blog, Southeastern Literary Tourism Initiative.
I was very humbled when he asked if he could use me as the fictional main character in a short story about my hometown of Pendleton SC.
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