By DJ on Jul 12, 2010 in Travel | 0 Comments
In the capital of the Philippines, you’ll find a city rich in over four hundred years of history. The original capital of the Spanish East Indies, known as Intramuros , began here in 1571, on the southern shores of the Pasig River. Chinese and Japanese pirates threatened the area in those times [...]
By DJ on Jun 28, 2010 in Travel | 0 Comments
With a local population of less than 500 people, Hanalei is a very special place seated in a very special chain of islands. The beaches here are amazingly beautiful, enough so that the filmmakers decided to make South Pacific here in the late 1950s. It’s also been the unwitting host to Imperial Russia, and has [...]
By DJ on Jun 24, 2010 in Travel | 0 Comments
Jacksonville, Florida is where the north flowing St. Johns River meets the Atlantic Ocean and where Northerners were lured in their search of sunshine and beach. Downtown Jacksonville is filled with many interesting shops, restaurants, and has a very lively urban center. But, it’s the Riverwalk which is the pride of the city.
This charming [...]
By DJ on Jun 21, 2010 in Travel | 0 Comments
While most people associate New York City with one or more of its contemporary cultural elements, there are actually a great number of historical that are excellent places to visit and are also some of the popular tourists attractions. It’s easy to see New York in the context of its contemporary significance, though it’s important [...]
By DJ on Jun 16, 2010 in Travel | 0 Comments
If you’re looking for a less expensive way to enjoy Miami and it’s golf courses, then look no further than Doral, because it’s only 30 minutes away from Miami, more important than location is that Doral is known to be a golfers haven, with a world-class golf course: the Doral Golf Resort, which has five [...]
By JournalR on Nov 14, 2009 in Travel | 0 Comments
I recently started spending a lot of time on Meetup.com. This is a social networking site designed to actually allow you to meet people in real life. It is not a dating site. It’s just a site for people who want to get together with other adults to do activities that interest them.
I joined several [...]
By digger28 on Oct 27, 2009 in Travel | 0 Comments
Since my anniversary is coming up, I thought that I would spring something special on my wife: a romantic getaway. It has been awhile since we have done anything like that, but since it will be five years of marriage together in a couple of weeks, we need to celebrate in style, right?
I have booked [...]
By digger28 on Jul 18, 2009 in Travel | 0 Comments
When my wife and I decided that we were going to take our kids on their first cruise, we were pretty excited. We knew that this would be the biggest vacation that we were going to take while our kids were living at home and we wanted to make it memorable. We knew that it [...]
By JournalR on Jul 12, 2009 in Travel | 0 Comments
Last night I went to a party here in San Francisco. There were two out-of-town guests at this party. They presented very different ideas of what it’s like to travel to San Francisco. That’s because they were both from wildly different places.
One of the guests was from New York. His reason for traveling to San [...]
By JournalR on Jun 21, 2009 in Travel | 0 Comments
Someone who is thinking about taking a trip to an island destination like Fiji will need to think about the accommodations that they desire. Although you may not know it, there can be a big difference between staying at a Fiji hotel and staying at a Fiji resort. You may want to splurge for the [...]