Gettysburg National Military Park can be a one-day trip, but if you are into history, give it an overnight stay. Downtown isn’t big and a bit quiet with many stores closed in winter time, but the bleak scene of battlefields the town sits on gives you real depressing feelings. Inside the visitor center, “A New […]
Everglades National Park is the third largest national park in the continent behind Death Valley and Yellowstone. Four visitor centers spread out pretty much each side of park borders: Ernest F. Coe at east, Flamingo at south, Shark Valley at north, Gulf Coast at west. Every visit center offers something special of its own. Shark […]
Nassau is a popular Caribbean port of call. However Nassau doesn’t have many things to offer except Atlantis Bahamas Resort. To enjoy magnificent Atlantis, at least two-night stays can make sure best Atlantis experience. For one-day itinerary, consider private island tour instead.
Havana is very safe even at night. The heavy penalty of violating law might play a big role in maintaining safe tourism environment. If taking a cruise to Cuba, add about 2 hours buffer to get through the custom in your first port of call at Cuba. The process is easy but slow due to […]
Key West locates at Florida’s southernmost point, part of the Florida Keys archipelago and lying roughly 90 miles north of Cuba. We visit twice. First time was driving from the mainland via the Overseas Highway and second time was by cruise. Both times didn’t give us too much excitements. Perhaps we didn’t try diving or […]
Acadia National Park locates right at the neighborhood of Bar harbor. 3 night stays is about enough to tour all good attractions. Bar harbor is also a popular cruise port of call. With free shuttle service driving around Bar Harbor, one-day stopper can easily visit national park as well. Fundy National Park of Canada is […]
Kuala Lumpur is a modern city with heavy traffic during peak hours. I got a taxi driving around the city for a half-day sightseeing. Petronas Twin Towers didn’t get much of my attention. I only hop off at Batu Caves and Istana Negara (new national palace).
In PA Info here Our first camping experience, a beautiful state park with lakes. The time we visited there was special ranger program at night to see the synchronous firefly (Photinus carolinus). The synchronous firefly can only be found in a few states (mostly in Great Smokey Mountain area). Info about synchronous firefly here. They […]