Travel Lovers Vacations & Ideas
The children of New York – and their parents, but also the thousands of tourists who arrive each day in the Big Apple – have a new, exciting fun. And ‘The Seaglass Carousel’, the magical carousel set up in Battery Park, located at the lower Manhattan park. Continue reading “New York with the kids: The new carousel at Battery Park”
There’s nothing to do, all that is bizarre, unusual, colorful, usually comes from Japan. As this village, entirely populated by rag dolls.
It’s called Nogoro (The Valley of Dolls) and located between the valleys of Shikoku, the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. Here declining birth rates and the strong migration to the big cities have completely depopulated the small village, turning it into a place without life, animated by fifty people, mostly elderly. Continue reading “Nogoro, the village inhabited by dolls”
If your husband would rather spend his holiday hiking through the Outback than reading on the beach, it makes sense to celebrate his love of all things adventure with gifts that make getting outdoors easier than ever. The usual tie and cologne combo won’t work for this guy – it’s got to be a gift that’s genuinely useful. Luckily, there are plenty of cool gadgets and gifts out there that will suit your man perfectly.
Every outdoor lover needs a great pocketknife ready to help them out of any sticky situation. There are plenty of options out there, but it’s best to stick with the experts when it comes to something as important as a hunting knife or Swiss army knife. Victorinox knives have been a tried and tested solution for outdoorsy men for decades, and your husband will definitely appreciate having one of their top-notch products in his pocket. Continue reading “8 Gift Ideas For Your Adventure-Loving Husband”
In the extreme south of Chile is a natural attraction that was classified by National Geographic magazine as the fifth most beautiful place in the world: Torres del Paine, a small and imposing group of granite mountains, located in the National Park that leads the same name. This is the third protected area with the most visits throughout the Chilean territory and an attempt to describe the reasons for seeing it will always be insufficient.
The height of the Towers is not yet defined, although it is known that range between 2000 and 3000 meters. One of the most striking features is how the snow has molded the sides of the mountains in its path, leaving concave, flat, convex and rough forms. In addition, it’s spread around various ecosystems that coexist harmoniously in a territory of more than 200,000 hectare. So a visit to Torres del Paine must last at least three days, not counting the time you want to spend knowing the nearest cities that will serve you as a stopover: Puerto Natales or Punta Arenas. Continue reading “Tips for discovering the Torres del Paine”
The rice in Japan is more than a dish. It is a symbol, a ritual that must be respected in all its stages, from planting to harvest. This is why every second Saturday in June – on June 14 this year – the ritual of rice planting is part of a celebration called the Otaue Festival , held at Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine (Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine) in Osaka.
An ancient and beautiful ceremony, in traditional costumes and rituals: the fallow of the rice paddies made with the help of the bulls, the impressive samurai fashion show, dancers, priests, geisha. Continue reading “Japan: The Otaue Festival, Osaka”
It sounds like a great spot, the perfect setting for a novel of pirates, however the New Caledonia really exists and it is fabulous.
It is a French overseas collectivity, located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, very close to Australia and New Zealand. It is a major island, Grande Terre, where there is also the capital Noumea, and a number of smaller islands, Isle of Pines and Loyalty Islands (Lifou, Mare, Ouvea). Continue reading “In summer where to go: New Caledonia”
If you are in Los Angeles, included in your sightseeing tour stop at the TCL Chinese Theater, a typical Hollywood movie, which is located on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, the street where you will find the footprints of the stars of the American film firmament.
May is an important month for this cinema, which has accomplished in these days 90 years of opening: it was 1927 when the cinema was inaugurated with the premiere of the film “King of Kings”, silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Continue reading “Los Angeles: Chinese Theater, on the occasion of its anniversary”
The caver’s friends can not miss visiting this fascinating place, a true wonder of nature. These are the Caves of Drach (in Catalan Cueva del Drach), the creeks made by the secular and meticulous work of the sea on the rock.
The Caves of Drach are located on the southeastern shore of the island of Majorca, about sixty kilometers from the capital, Palma. These caves were discovered in 1896 and are a complex of four large caves: Black Cave, White Cave, Cave of Luigi Salvatore, and Cave of the French. Continue reading “Spain: The Caves of Drach, in Majorca”
Every morning at dawn in Shanghai, the most populous city in China and the world, dozens of people gather on the banks of the Huangpu River to celebrate the relaxing and rhythmic dance of the T’ai chi ch’uan, commonly abbreviated Tai Chi, “the art of supreme polarity”, a style of Chinese martial arts originated as a fighting technique, now also spread in the culture and in Western countries mostly as exotic branching fitness and as a preventative medicine technique.
According to some, the T’ai chi ch’uan would be born in the years of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) founded by Kublai Khan, on the trace of the teachings of the monk Zhang San Feng. Continue reading “Doing Tai Chi in Shanghai on the banks of the Huangpu”
The allure of Asia is now fashionable. If once the preferred destinations for long journeys had been United States, Mexico, more travelers today decided to change course towards more exotic locations such as Vietnam.
State of South-East Asia, bordering Thailand, Vietnam is a suitable destination for those looking for a trip where the rhythms slow down considerably.
It will be like a step back in time, visiting many villages and many monasteries and Buddhist temples; here you will also try one of the best and healthiest cuisines in the world. A country that, despite remarkably regained, still bears on itself the signs of the troubled war against America, of which you will find testimonies practically everywhere. Continue reading “Routes Asia: The tour of Vietnam”