Unusual experiences that you’ll likely remember forever
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Continue reading The Great Wall of China – Jinshanling to Simatai hike (Beijing)
Please note: My page has moved to http://www.travelaroundwithkris.com - so follow me there as there will only be reposts on this site randomly throughout the month. New articles are being posted at the new site - with ino on Germany, Portugal and Spain added most recently. Soaring over Cappadocia in a hot air balloon is …
My blog has moved. So if you enjoy it, check it out at its new and improved location - Travelaroundwithkris.com Since I live in Chicago and have always lived in a large metro area, one of the things I love about travel is the ability to see stars. In Chicago, usually you can only see a …
Flowers are a big thing in Holland, and not just tulips, although those are quite plentiful. The Netherlands is the world's largest exporter of horticultural items like trees, bulbs, plants and cut flowers. But Holland is best known for its tulips. My blog has moved. So if you enjoy it, check it out at its …
Continue reading Flower Fields and Keukenhof – Holland tulips, tulips, tulips!
My blog has moved. So if you enjoy it, check it out at its new and improved location - Travelaroundwithkris.com. You can sign up to receive emails at the bottom of any page. This past year I went to Chiang Mai, having found a cheap flight there and back (about $600 total). Once I started …
Continue reading Yee Ping floating lantern festival in Chiang Mai (Thailand)
Skagway - Dog Sled Adventure My blog has moved. So if you enjoy it, check it out at it's new and improved location - Travelaroundwithkris.com When in Alaska during the summer, you can pay a fortune to be helicoptered out to a snowy area where you can be pulled by sled dogs. Or, you can …
My blog has moved. So if you enjoy it, check it out at it's new and improved location - Travelaroundwithkris.com There are a few places in the world where people live underground. Sadly, some are just homeless, like those that live in sewers, abandoned train tunnels, etc in small pockets around the world. But other …
Continue reading Living underground, then and now – Cappadocia and Coober Pedy
Sunset over Uluru (Ayer's Rock) In the Red Center of Australia, Uluru is the main attraction. You can fly directly to the area, or drive south from Alice Springs, or north from Adelaide. The road is very long and has very little to see other than a few dead kangaroos, some tumbling weeds, and …
Continue reading Magical: Sunset over Uluru and the Field of Light (Australia)
One thing I would like to do in the not too distant future is to see the Aurora Borealis. Some of the best places to see the Northern Lights, with some major(ish) cities you can see them from: Russia, Mongolia, etc Greenland Alaska (Fairbanks) Norway Sweden Finland Scotland Iceland (Reykyavik) Canada (Yellow Knife or …
For the Loy Krathong celebration, there is a great parade in Chiang Mai in addition to the floating candles. Loy Krathong means "to float a basket." People from all around come with their krathongs (either hand made or bought along the streets) and then set them lit in the river. They are traditionally made of a …
Continue reading Loy Krathong (Kra-tong) floating lantern festival in Chiang Mai (Thailand)
In Beijing, you can do a Hutong tour with a visit to The Cricket Man (with or without lunch). To me, the cricket man was the only worthwhile part of the tour, so I'm so glad I didn't do one of the many hutong tours that didn't visit The Cricket Man This is The Cricket …
Unusual adventure: Zip-line in a cave (unique experience in Louisville area) Having zip-lined in a couple places already, I was excited to find out about an in-cave zip-line experience. This is available just outside Louisville Kentucky and is the world's only fully-underground zip-line course. Mega-zips is a really fun experience. If you go: make sure …
Continue reading Unusual adventure: Zip-line in a cave (unique experience in Louisville area)
Puerto Rico has a few bays that have bio-luminescent dinoflagellates in them (they often just refer to these as "biobays" for obvious reasons. There is one near Lagas, called La Parguera on the SW side of the island. The one in Mosquito Bay is supposedly much better but I didn't have time to go there. …
Continue reading Swimming with living sparkles (Puerto Rico)
It is hard to describe the beauty of Sagrada Familia. I have heard that some people went to it, saw the exterior, which IS marvelous on its own, and thought they had seen all there was to see and had left. They missed a truly exceptional experience. While the outside is a mosaic, sculpture, and …
Continue reading Sagrada Familia – indescribable beauty (Barcelona, Spain)
The Everglades: Airboat experience An airboat through the Everglades is a fun experience all ages can enjoy, so long as the kids will not try to taunt the alligators. Tours through the mangroves and grasses are offered by many tour companies so are easy to find online or from your hotel lobby. Once you get …
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