Cambodia has seen far more than its fair share of tragedy and misery. The blind masseuses offer a glimpse of the true Cambodian heart and will to carry on.
Seeing Hands Massage
With the onset of the genocidal rule of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia took a serious turn for the worse from the late 1970s through the [...]
In the last few years the travel industry has sustained some major setbacks. Terrorist attacks in New York, London, Madrid and more recently Bali has made international travel seem less appealing in the eyes of many Australian holiday makers. In addition the sky rocketing fuel prices has made international travel less affordable as well.
However some [...]
The scene before me could be matched nowhere else on earth. Parched yellow grass spread out before us as far as the eye could see – broken only by the occasional umbrella tree and a few hundred thousand migrating wildebeest forming a dusty, thin gray line on the horizon to the north. As the sun [...]
The Bangkok Corrections Museum in Maha Chai Road preserves gruesome aspects of Thai prison history and the brutal prison life before reforms were made to the penal system.
It’s located on the site of a former Bangkok maximum security prison built in 1890, during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V) after a study visit [...]
Are you in search of inspiration for your winter vacation this year? If you are, why not come to Finland and discover the world of snowmobiling!
Snowmobiling is a growing winter sport in Europe and North America. There are several hundred kilometres of marked snowmobile trails for visitors to enjoy all around Finland. All offer spectacular [...]
Since my European visitors are quite sporty I figured that renting a bicycle would be the perfect way of exploring the city. So to join them on their first guided bicycle tour I grabbed my bike and the 5 of us headed off to the subway station to go to Bicycle Solutions near Parliament and [...]
Hunting for a magnificent deal on a new and improved Panasonic TV? The John Lewis site is a great place to shop for for a broad range of hi tech items and add ons. They have listed on their web site a vast plethora of items, such as; plasma televisions, flat screen LCD TVs, iPods, [...]
There is always time for a little reflection be it from the sun or sea or our interesting history….. Strolling around Port Douglas today it is hard to imagine that it was once a wild frontier town filled with itinerant seamen and gold prospectors. The sleepy little village which still remembers its roaring days is [...]
According to the Italian Tourism Board, there are about 40,000 hotels in Italy. That’s a lot to choose from when you’re traveling from overseas. Whether you’re planning to stay in a hotel in Venice or a hotel in Rome, here’s what you should know when you make your Italian hotel reservations:
1. Pay your deposit – [...]
“Sabina” is fifty kilometres northeast of Rome, following the eastern bank of the Tiber River and the Sabine Hills, lays the territory of Sabina. Its landscape of gentle hills where agriculture is in perfect harmony with the surrounding nature, it is scattered with Roman villas, medieval castles, churches and abbeys. Untouched by mass tourism, undisturbed [...]
