Vietnam has no room left for walking around. It is a nation on a motorcycle, or sometimes a bicycle or pedicab. Yes, there are sidewalks. But in the Vietnamese view, a sidewalk is for parking your motorcycle on, eating on …
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Gimmicks by Heidi Ayarbe
All you need is a gimmick, and tourists will flock to the place and pay a ridiculous amount of money for the “experience of a lifetime.” Not even the savviest traveler is immune to the lure (especially if it has …
Dr. Wagner’s Honey Island Swamp Tours
Slidell, LA, just East of New Orleans, is where you’ll find Dr. Paul Wagner’s Honey Island Swamp Tours, Inc., at Crawford Landing on the West Pearl River. The tour is very popular because they have a bus pick-up for New …
World’s Second Largest Paris
Real travel adventures on back roads are about 16 miles from the Oklahoma border on Highway 271, and 109 miles Northeast of Dallas on Highway 19/24, Paris, TX has a population of nearly 26,000. The movie “Paris, Texas,” which was …
YORK, PA: THE FACTORY TOUR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD by Fyllis Hockman
I watch the kettle-cooked potato chips George Bush eats on Air Force One bubble up in the pot. I sip coffee that was specially blended to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge’s specifications. And these are just two of the many treats …
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Bluebird Skies Return to Southwest Colorado by Linda Ballou
An Anasazi Indian legend speaks of the Spirit Horse that appears as a flashing light in dreams. He seeks the rider untamed enough to follow him and the most honorable and outrageous dreams to grant. In the case of Gene …
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Mountain Bikes and Motor Bikes;in Brian Head, Utah Travel Adventures in Outdoor sports are great here anytime of year. by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Photos Courtesy of Cedar Breaks Lodge and Spa Cedar Breaks National Monument, UTJust three hours from the stark man-made artificiality of Las Vegas you’ll find one of Nature’s most beautiful hidden treasures in the United States: Cedar Breaks National Monument …
Trip to the Smokies by Ashley Pitts
This was a vacation that even Alzheimer’s couldn’t erase from my memory. Aunt Nell, Aunt Betty, Mama, and I had a “roaring good time”, as Aunt Nell would say. I think that I speak for all of us when I …
“Know Before You Go to Alaska by Bonnie and Bill Neely”
“Denali,” or “the Great One” in Athabaskan native tongue, was the ancient name for Mt. McKinley, North America’s highest mountain, 20,320 feet tall, which is located in the Alaska Range. Mt. McKinley National Park was established there in 1917 and …
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“Wonder Of Mt. McKinley (Denali) by Bonnie and Bill Neely”
The July day was clear with sunny, blue skies. About 100 miles away we could see the magnificent, icy peaks of “The Great One” and couldn’t wait to arrive. Bill and I had no intention of trying to scale Mt. …
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