Traveling to China should be a must for anyone who wants a truly unique experience. A vacation tour to China, the world’s largest and ancient country offers a tourist a variety of scenery with beautiful landscape and a variety of cultural flavors.
Many travelers prefer to travel to China taking advantage of various tours special that […]
If you’re planning to drive in Spain, make sure that you have the correct driving licence. If you are from the EU, an EU licence (with the ring of stars) or a UK licence is acceptable. If your UK licence is the old paper type, you will need to carry a form of […]
Long, long ago in a faraway land called Mexico (you may have heard it) was a small, insignificant, flat piece of real estate located in the highlands of Central Mexico. Ringed by mountains, this “low region” was founded and by a lowly and humble Franciscan monk named Juan de San Miguel in 1542.
This town played […]
The Chinese Language and dialects
Each province, each city and even each village speaks their own dialect. There are hundreds of Chinese dialects in China so much so that each dialect speaker is not likely to understand another dialect speaker from another village or city. Fortunately, Mandarin, the official dialect, is understood by all dialect speakers.
Let’s […]
Scanimation is a state-of-the-art technology that uses a 6-phase animation process combining the principle persistence of vision with an acetate overlay that gives an illusion of movement. This interesting magic behind Rufus Butler Seder’s Gallop!, a children’s motion book.
In Gallop!, children are taken into an exciting world […]
Over 150 years ago, Hong Kong was described as a “barren rock.” Today, it’s a dynamic, 21st century city that has gone from British Colony to one of the world’s must-visit tourist destinations. Its colonial charm is still to be found in the historic mansions dotted around The Peak and quaint customs like firing the […]
After deciding to move to Siberia for a year to teach at the Chita State Technical University, I embarked on a travel odyssey unlike any other. In this entry, we pick up the trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The Horror
As my new Russian friend walked down the hall, I reflected on the information he had provided […]
March did go out like a lamb, as it was supposed to. We know for sure that spring is here, according to the geese, gophers and crows. Guaranteed that the grass is going to turn green, trees will bud out, soil will be prepared for the ‘new’ growing season, the sun will be hotter, […]
With all the uproar over the high price of gas and travel expenses, the new wave of the future seems to be in landscaping. When you stop and think about all the travel destinations you would like to escape to, think about what it is exactly that you are looking for.
Does the desert scene call […]
First time in Las Vegas? Vegas is the entertainment capital of the world - there’s no other place like it. But if you’ve never been there before, you could end up missing the best Vegas has to offer or worse - spending more money than you’d planned.
If you’re booking your first Las Vegas vacation, […]