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 …
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Panama - Leafcutter Ants It's always fun when you, as a tourist, find something so mundane to people from the country you are visiting utterly fascinating. I have wondered if there is anywhere in the world there aren't pigeons when I see people interacting with the giant flying poop creators in Trafalgar Square and such. …
When I was on a Caribbean cruise this past winter, one of the things I really wanted to do was have a dolphin encounter. After looking up reviews and locations, I decided my best bet was to do the Royal Dolphin Experience at the Dolphin Discovery center in St. Kitts. They have many sites around …
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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 …
In NE Australia (a bit south of Cairns), there is a place called Tarzali Lakes that you can see platypus in the wild. This is a small lake that there are several platypi in. They are small and very fast so something like this may be the best picture you can get. You have to …
One day after returning from a trip, as I went through a turnstile on my way to the train to go home from work, it was weird realizing that I'll go weeks or months going through multiple turn-styles nearly every day, and then I'll go on a vacation and possibly not go through a single …
Time slows and nearly stops in a hammam (hamam or Turkish Bath), while you sit in your sweat, with only a small thin piece of fabric to cover yourself. How long have I been lying here, you ask? My first hammam experience was at a large hammam in Istanbul. There are many wonderful hammams there …
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Tiger Kingdom, in the far reaches of Chiang Mai, is an excellent way to see tigers up close. The animals here are mostly rescues from zoos and circuses, and live out their lives here; the younger ones are more tourist friends, the older ones have areas that the tourists don't visit) I had …
King's Canyon (near Uluru) Uluru is the main draw of the Red Center of Australia. It is sad that most visitors don't even go out to Kata Tjuja (which oddly means "many heads") which is less than an hour from the Uluru lodging area. King's Canyon is substantially further away, and comparatively few visitors get …
If you are looking for something interesting to do in Skagway, I highly recommend going to Jewell Gardens and doing one of their glass-blowing classes. The gardens there are quite beautiful, but go for the glass blowing. I have done several glass blowing classes and this was by far the best one regarding having fun …
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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 …
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Unique Adventures: Waitomo (Why-toe-moe) Caves Tube in a cave with glow-worms As I've mentioned before, I love caves, and take many opportunities to see them. In New Zealand, there is a particularly rare cave experience. It is called Black Water Rafting, but what it is is tubing in the dark in a cave, jumping off …
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