Walking tours in Britain

To many people, Britain might seen like one of those countries where you end up staying inside a pub, a shop or a museum most of your holiday, because the notoriously bad weather will usually keep you from going out exploring the countryside or parks, but contrary to the expectations, yes, there can be good weather in Britain, and yes, there are lots of amazing places to explore.

Walking tours in Britain are becoming increasingly popular, and many people choose to hike or bike from inn to inn and enjoy the natural beauty of the British Isles. So here are the top places where you can go on walking tours in Britain. …

A short guide to Irish customs and traditions

In this modern world, people bother less and less with traditions, which is not surprising considering that we prize science, logic and reason above everything. And while it’s certainly nice to be able to explain natural phenomena without resorting to supernatural mumbo-jumbo, some traditions, no matter how unreasonable they might seem, are worth preserving.

Customs and traditions are part of a culture, and they are the ‘spice’ that make it unique. Ireland is the best example that shows that traditions need not be forgotten in a modern world. No matter how much technology has advanced in the past century, the Irish prize theirs customs and we can safely assume that they won’t be forgotten anytime soon. …

Cyber Security on the Road – Protecting Your USB

Many travelers use their smart phone or laptop while they are on the road, but for most of us, there comes a point when we need to use a USB. USB is short for Universal Serial Bus, but most of us call them thumb drives. A USB lets you transfer documents from one computer to another or save documents or files from a computer you don’t take with you such as a home computer or even a computer in a cyber cafe.

What a lot of people don’t know, however, is that by using your USB in a cyber cafe, you are exposing yourself to viruses and malware that can infect every other machine your thumb drive comes in contact with.
To be specific, a USB is actually the port that the thumb drive plugs into. The drive itself is a small flash drive which can be in varying sizes from a few MB to 4 GB (big enough to hold films and plenty of photos or songs).

Obviously, you can’t run a virus scan on every machine you use your flash drive on, so the question comes up, how can you protect your drive when you go to a cyber cafe? …