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- 11 Sepkachou_n in Travel Planning | 1 COMMENT
5 national parks to visit this autumn in the US
Great Smoky Mountains, photo by BalckburnPhoto
Early autumn is the perfect season for spending some time outdoors if you’re lucky enough to get some fine weather. And mild weather notwithstanding, there’s another upside to going out into nature in autumn: autumn foliage! Of course, if you want to bask in the brilliantly colored beauty of autumn trees, you have to make sure that you’re visiting a destination in a temperate region, and more importantly, a deciduous forest.
As these key ingredients can be encountered in many national parks, this is the perfect time of the year to spend a few days in a cabin, go camping or have a road trip. Here are 5 national parks to visit this autumn in the US. …
- 08 Sep
The best over-the-top romantic destinations
You may make fun of them and laugh them off, but unless you are a stone cold person there probably have been times in your life when you wanted to do nothing else but retreat to a completely cheesy and romantic hideaway and spend time with your loved one.The best over the top romantic destinations are sufficiently over the top in order to be great, and if you are in a romantic mood you will not regret choosing a place that is considered to be the epitome of romantic fluff. So embrace cheesy romanticism and have a great getaway! …
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Top 5 most exciting volcanoes in the world
Pompei
Think back of all the times when you’ve seen volcanoes in movies, and you’ll probably notice that they are rarely a benign presence in the plot. Unwary travelers find themselves in the way of a murderous torrent of lava, or are sacrificed to strange deities by scary looking locals.
Suffice to say, volcanoes have been unjustly represented in films and books, so probably you don’t often find yourself thinking that you fancy visiting a volcano today.
But despite their infamous reputation, volcanoes more often than not look like impressive mountains with a crater at the top rather than steaming, lava filled geological monsters. So them a chance (they can be really beautiful!) and visit some of the top 5 most exciting volcanoes in the world. …
- 07 Sep
Comparing currencies: how buying abroad could save you money
The Internet has opened the doors to a world of money-making possibilities, through online auctioning and bingo sites. However, not all of the possibilities are quite so obvious. Some of the biggest monetary gains can be made by simply thinking outside the box; or, more appropriately, outside of the country.It is no secret that the pound has taken a bit of a battering lately. The news is full of stories of falling figures, telling us how well the rest of the world seems to be doing in comparison to us. Instead of feeling defeated, though, British citizens should be taking advantage of this opportunity to source their clothing and technical goods abroad; thereby making their money stretch further.
If products are maintaining their cheaper prices in other countries, then this is the perfect time for us to look farther afield before making our final purchase; there is scope to save hundreds. …
- evike14 in Fun and Travel | NO COMMENTS
A beginner’s guide to urban exploration
Just when you thought that we know all the possible ways a person can travel, something new and exciting pops up to give traveling a fresh boost. Urban exploration is one such trend, although the idea is neither new nor completely original. Urban exploration, or urbex, similarly to the exploration of caves for example, supposed the research, documentation, mapping of unseen (and often forbidden) urban areas.Urban explorers can be attracted to anything from abandoned industrial facilities to former theme parks, catacombs or sewers. And like other forms of exploration, urbex is not without risk, and can entail all sorts of dangers. However, if you suspect that the urbex bug is on your tail, you might be interested in a beginner’s guide to urban exploration. …
- tibi60 in Travel Planning | NO COMMENTS
Top 5 gap year destinations
Cape Point, South Africa
Whenever someone mentions anything about gap years, most people would instantly think about college students who defer an academic year in order to travel the world. However, taking a gap year might not be a bad idea for professionals either, nowadays. You don’t have a job, or you hate your job? Spend a few months, or even a year traveling – it’s much less irresponsible than it sounds.
Traveling for longer periods of time means that you can work while visiting new places, and it also gives you the chance to pick up some useful skills that will come handy when you return home. If you think that it’s time for something completely different, here are top 5 gap year destinations. …
- Edina in Travel Planning | NO COMMENTS
Top 5 autumn travel ideas
Munich
According to some, summer is the best season for traveling, and although each traveler probably has their personal preferences regarding seasons, every time of the year is fit for some type of travel, or some destination or another.
Autumn can be rainy and dreary in some parts of the world, while in other corners of the planet the fall season is the time of the year when everything is at its most brilliant and colorful. Eve if you had a summer full of great trips, don’t waste your autumn and its many possibilities for travel – to give you nudge, here are top 5 autumn travel ideas. …
- 05 Seplizzy_a in News | 2 COMMENTS
Top 5 iphone apps for traveling
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Any geek worth her or his salt surely knows that travel and technology are two things that go very well together. Nowadays, you don’t even have to be particularly technologically inclined in order to take advantage of all the new technologies, especially when we’re talking about communication (which is something that’s essential to any traveler, anywhere).
So an iphone is a great gadget on many levels: as a phone, its advantages are obvious, and as opposed to the regular phones of the past, travelers can put it to other uses too. Travel apps are quite common, and before you leave on a trip you might be interested in checking out the top 5 iphone apps for traveling. …
- kachou_n in Travel tips and tricks | NO COMMENTS
Travel tips for train travel in India
India is a huge country, and unless you plan on sticking to one destination, you will have no choice but spend quite a bit of time on a means of transport. You can travel by plane between major cities, but while a plane ride is arguable more comfortable than a bus or train ride, and much shorter, it is expensive and it would cause you to miss out on much of the fun of traveling through India.The Indian countryside is beautiful and full of magnificent sights, and there is hardly a better way to admire it than from behind a train window. Trains in India might not have the best reputation in the world, but when you’re an open minded traveler who likes adventure, you will find yourself enjoying yourself, so here are some travel tips for train travel in India. …
- itachan in Amazing Places | NO COMMENTS
Wonders of the world: Samoa
photo by Sarah Kelemen
Polynesia is still a blank spot on the map for many people, and considering that it contains over a thousand islands, some of which formed their own nation states, it is not that surprising. Samoa is one such Polynesian island that is not often talked about in the mainstream, but unlike many of its virtually unknown cousins, Samoa is gradually being acknowledged as a very attractive tourist destination.
The rich culture of the country, its natural and man-made attractions and its lush, tropical atmosphere are incredibly powerful tourist magnets. Here’s a short guide to one of the wonders of the world: Samoa. …
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