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Thanh Hoa Province is not only famous for having been the home of several national heroes but also for the mysterious stories of Hang Ma. Ghost Cave Hang Ma, or Ghost Cave, is located in the highlands, Coc Village, Nam Xuan Commune, Quan Hoa District. It is sandwiched between the two imposing mountains of Pha [...]
Visitors to Sa Pa are enjoying adventure tours in the villages of Ta Giang Phinh in Sa Pa township and Nam Tam in neighbouring Lai Chau Province , where the local people fiercely cling to their traditions. The tours have become particularly popular in spring, the best season to visit the mountainous area. But Sa [...]
Holidays give the time to renew bonding with the family and friends; holidays can be enjoyed alone also. One gets a chance to get away from mundane daily work and worries; for some time at least there is a pause. The body and mind need it. Have you ever dreamt of putting up bag and [...]
Tulum, located 15 miles south of Akumal, was once called “Zama”, meaning “place of the dawning”. This breathtaking place which sits on a cliff facing the east Caribbean shoreline offers many Mayan ruins and ocean views for a day or short visit. It is generally accepted that Tulum was an major city in Mayan world [...]
With the madness of the Brighton marathon filling the seafront streets and the masses of people celebrating the startling 19ºC (66ºF) weather on the pebble beach, you were hard pressed to find a quiet place to relax in Brighton. Fortunately, the New Steine Bistro provided just that. After a long day of soaking up the [...]
Through a couple of referrals by mutual friends on Twitter (here’s my Twitter stream) I got a question from Mzinga executive and social media business strategist Jim Storer about taking his family to Japan later this year. After pulling together an email for Jim, with links to most of my Japan-related writings across this blog, the Perceptive [...]
Bilbao doesn’t exactly strike anyone as a family friendly travel destination. Situated on the banks of the river Nervión and with a mild climate, the city is an excellent choice for families with children old enough to explore museums. The rainy climate makes it difficult cu plan a day at the beach, but it’s heaven [...]
If you live in the US South, you probably know about Waffle House. Based in Georgia, this restaurant chain has locations in 25 states, most of them in the South and Southeast although there are some outliers in the Midwest, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico and as far north as Pennsylvania. It is known as a [...]
A dramatic skyline with glittering sky-scrapers rising above bustling streets packed with purposeful people, Atlanta, capital of Georgia, is a thriving city throbbing with entertainment, shopping malls and cultural attractions. On holiday in Atlanta it is impossible to ignore the past, its museums encapsulating the horrors of the Civil War and the hope generated bymore [...]
The commercial centre of the Texas panhandle, the city of Amarillo is also where tourists flock on holiday to experience the legendary life of the Wild West, rodeos and livestock auctions attracting cowboys and cowgirls in full regalia, set on working up a thirst in the dust to slake later in the saloon. Amarillo ismore [...]