Oahu is known for its diverse culture, which is exhibited by the island assortment of foods. With wonderful choices and an array of cuisine options, there’s sure to be a restaurant for everyone. Let’s see what’s new for the winter of 2012 … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Hawaii / South Pacific Travel
Continue reading...Thursday, December 29, 2011
It’s not often that a Greek island cruise becomes a political playing piece – but that’s the case as a spring cruise taken by U.S. presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Greece Travel
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The monastic republic of Mount Athos in Northern Greece is one of the most fascinating peninsulas in the world – and though I’ll never set foot on it as women … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Greece Travel
Continue reading...Monday, December 19, 2011
I’ve gotten a lot of news from my friends at Hilton Hawaii including a special Hawaii Five-0 package and news of the iconic Rainbow Tower at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort and finally a really interesting “green” initiative at the DoubleTree by Hilton Alana Waikiki Hotel. … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Hawaii [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 28, 2011
Image of Cambodian girls learning dance in Phnom Penh © Getty Images. Presenting Cambodia travel news picked up from all over and aggregated for your reading pleasure, for the week leading up to Thanksgiving. To follow Cambodia travel news and other Southeast Asia travel news as they happen, read my Twitter feed at @goseasia. Follow us, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 26, 2011
Image © Getty Images. Presenting Bali travel news picked up from all over and aggregated for your reading pleasure, just in time for Thanksgiving. To follow Bali travel news and other Southeast Asia travel news as they happen, read my Twitter feed at @goseasia. Follow me, too, at Facebook. … Read Full Post View full post on About.com [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 21, 2011
The condominium & hotel resorts and spas of Maui County, the islands of Maui, Moloka’i and Lana’i, continue to update and enhance their facilities and services. It’s part of the reason that Maui is consistently voted the “best island” by many print and online publications. … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Hawaii / South Pacific [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 17, 2011
It’s hard to believe that it’s just a week until Thanksgiving. It was a crazy summer here on the east coast with lots of rain, a hurricane and even an earthquake. Where in most years the leaves have all fallen from the trees by now, most of them are taking their sweet time falling. … Read Full [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 28, 2011
World stock markets are celebrating a kind of managed default and ongoing bailout for Greece – should potential travelers to Greece also be cheering? Yes and no. The deal is … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Greece Travel
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Anak Krakatau spewing smoke. Image © Mike Aquino, licensed to About.com. Inclement weather has always been a problem in Southeast Asia. Earlier this month it was Anak Krakatau brooding fitfully, now it’s floods in Cambodia and Thailand. Getting in the way of nature’s bad side is a risk that any traveler to Southeast Asia ought to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 17, 2011
Fall has finally arrived here in the east with cooler weather and windier days. The leaves have started to fall, but the color is disappointing, probably due to all the rain we had all summer. Fall is my favorite time of year to visit Hawaii. The weather is as near perfect as possible and there [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Last Friday we looked at some of specials and news from accommodations on the Big Island of Hawaii. Today, we’re looking at some of the latest news regarding activities on the island. … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Hawaii / South Pacific Travel
Continue reading...Friday, September 2, 2011
I love fall on Hawaii’s Big Island. For those of us who just went through a really rainy August, a trip to the Big Island looks better every day. If you want to get away from the rain, consider a stay on the island’s (almost always) sunny Kona-Kohala Coast. The island’s eastern (or windward) side offers [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 25, 2011
“Two weeks after Traveler published this story about building a commercial highway across Serengeti National Park, the government of Tanzania has tabled the project. In a official letter dated June 22, Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism announced that although a commercial highway [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 7, 2011
Rarely would an additional expense be seen as a good news item … but: Ireland’s ambitious road building programme has actually delivered results well in time and the brand new road atlas you bought in early 2010 is now woefully out of date. New motorways have sprung up left, right and centre. … Read Full Post View full [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 24, 2010
The Greek goddess Aphrodite has always had the ability to shake things up – the more conservative, the better. That unpredictable goddess of Love has done it again – Cyprus has revised its passport to include both a biometric tracking chip and an image of a nearly naked Aphrodite – but probably still much more [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 10, 2010
It may be strange, but for the tourist the 2011 Austerity Budget, announced this week by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, has some good news: The special tax on flights leaving Ireland has been lowered! Whereas a flight to the US would have cost you an extra 10 in taxes up to now, this will [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 14, 2010
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, one of the top attractions in Rio de Janeiro, is all the more appealing in the holiday season. The 2010 Christmas Tree at Lagoa will be … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Brazil Travel
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The leaves may be changing many places in the USA and in some the first snows of winter have already fallen, but on Hawaii’s Big Island the great weather continues all year round. Of course, if you’re really into snow, you may get to see it on the summit of Mauna Kea this winter. … Read [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 3, 2010
Just because it’s Labor Day weekend doesn’t mean that summer is over. In fact, on Hawaii’s Big Island the great weather continues all year round. Hawaii’s Big Island is the largest of the Hawaiian Islands with a land mass of 4,028 square miles – twice the combined size of the other islands. … Read Full Post View full post on [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 9, 2010
Lava Flowing into the Ocean Near Kalapana As summer moves quickly into fall, Hawaii’s Big Island is ready to welcome visitors with a number of great lodging deals and plenty of new activities to keep everyone busy. … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Hawaii / South Pacific Travel
Continue reading...Monday, June 28, 2010
Pa’ani Ranch & ATV Adventures Summer has finally arrived and for many that means school is out and it’s time to travel. There’s no better place to visit this summer than Hawaii’s … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Hawaii / South Pacific Travel
Continue reading...Friday, June 11, 2010
It may be the most prestigious lawn tennis tournament of the year, but Wimbledon is also the superbowl of English strawberry consumption. And you thought Wimbledon was all about tennis. During tennis’s big fortnight, June 21 to July 4, nearly 62,000 pounds of strawberries – about 4,500 pounds of strawberries per day – will [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 15, 2010
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