Of course, Fiji is known for more than its perfectly peeling waves and warm water. I recently spent two weeks traveling around this archipelago. The Yasawa islands where they filmed “The Blue Lagoon” is home to unlimited snorkel spots and it’s where I have some of my favorite memories ...
The popular beach resort city of Unawatuna is well-known on the traveler map and for good reason. Glistening seas, yellow sands, and coral reefs are a big draw for people who want to spend a week or two unwinding. The town was hit badly by the 2004 tsunami and, although rebuilding was...
Time is running out to make plans for your end-of-year holiday travel. Below are places where you can still find enough availability of charming hotel rooms and savvy private guides to put together a high-caliber trip. (For other months of the year, seeWhere To Go When.) Click the blac...
Star Hostel Taipei Main(seeon Agoda/Booking/HostelWorld/TripAdvisor) is my most recommended hostel not just in this area but in all of Taipei. It’s super clean, friendly, well-run, and bright and open, thanks to the large windows at the front of the common room. ...
TheRitz-Carlton Card from Chaseis Marriott's top co-branded card with Chase. Not only will it get you into the Sapphire Lounge for free with the card's complimentary Priority Pass membership –you can also bring an unlimited number of guests, too!Chase's own access policies spell out this...
Imagine with me the Apostle Peter, who is in Rome near the end of his life, thinking back on that day when he met Jesus by the lake of Gennesaret. “He sounds like my kind of fellow,” I remember saying to a traveler at my stall, just days before I met Jesus in the flesh. Th...
Mere decades ago the island was barely known outside of Italy, gaining international recognition partly thanks to Giorgio Armani’s dramatic, sprawling estate on the north side of the island, while other celebrity vacationers in the past have included Madonna, Julia Roberts, and Sting. The pool...
Highland Views is a farm inland – in the higher elevation, cooler part of Santa Cruz island known as the Highlands – that’s open to tourists ($5). Here you can walk around the farm and take un stunning views that stretch all the way across the island to the sea, befriend and feed...
Victoria is known for boasting Canada’s rampant outdoors and stunning scenery right in its backyard. Within the city itself, there’s a colorful past to discover. You’ll find stately Victorian residences, castles and mansions, and First Nations monuments. There’s a lot to see here, no ...
A traveler’s check (sometimes spelled "cheque") is a once-popular but now largely outmoded medium of exchange utilized as an alternative tohard currencyand intended to aid tourists. The product is typically used by people on vacation in foreign countries. It offers a safe way to travel overs...