For some time now, Macau has been building itself up as one of the most prominent destinations in Southeast Asia. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily trendy, or up-and-coming, but it’s hard not to notice it. Like some other sprawling Asian metropolises that are essentially city-states — such as Dubai, Singapore, or Hong Kong — it’s a place […]
Destinations
A Day on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
My wife and I have a list. It’s a list of a hundred things we want to do before we die. Most are exotic, like #10 – Climb Mount Kilamanjaro, and #15 – Heli-ski the Bugaboos. Some are, shall we say, less than striking, such as #83 – Spend a week at a health resort […]
Seductive French Quarter Sunsets
When people think of New Orleans and the French Quarter, the oldest section of the city, they picture Mardi Gras– loud raucous drunks and a cacophony of jazz and strip joints. To a certain extent this is true and if you read my “I Live in a Theme Park”, you know why. However, there is […]
Vienna – A Coffee Lover’s Paradise
Once the residence of the Holy Roman Empire and the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Vienna survived two World Wars with its flamboyant fatalism intact; for instance, even today mannequins in black dance on a memorial that celebrates the end of a 17th century plague. The Macmillan Encyclopedia points out that the 18th and 19th […]
Don’t Get Stuck in a Resort – See the Real Jamaica
The temptation to go away on a well-earned vacation and spend the week holed up in a flash resort lying by a sparkling swimming pool sipping cocktails is all too strong in today’s hectic and stressful world. Make no mistake, this style of vacation sounds idyllic to most and the idea of a week doing […]
