Vacation packages for family

Looking back over the years, my New Year’s celebrations have been mostly low-key, largely unexceptional.  Oh, I’ve had some good ones — my Bangkok New Year’s was so much fun, and I’ve had a few memorable nights in Boston — but most of the time the night hasn’t lived up to the hype.  It’s hard to top anticipation like that. My visits to Edinburgh, however — and there have been FIVE in the past fifteen months! — have always been exceptional.  There’s just something about Edinburgh that has drawn me back again and again.  I once told Kash that returning to Edinburgh felt like getting a hug by a good friend wearing a fuzzy sweater.  It’s familiar and comforting, yet you know you’re about to have an amazing time. And in that vein, I gladly accepted an invitation to join #Blogmanay — a Hogmanay celebration for 21 travel bloggers. On this trip, we experienced the best of Hogmanay — and the best of Ed...

The Faroe Islands are famous for their exquisite beauty and isolation.  Yet of all the islands and villages and regions, one place stands out as the most unspoiled, most unique, and perhaps even the most beautiful. That place is a little island called Mykines. Mykines (pronounced MEE-chin-ness) is the westernmost point in the Faroe Islands, and a popular destination for the Faroese.  There is no bridge or tunnel leading there, so you must travel either by boat or helicopter from neighboring island Vagar. I arrive by boat and meet Harald, a septuagenarian guide with the legs of a mountain goat.  Right away, he takes me up a hill; an hour later, I realize we’re in the middle of a four-hour hike. The landscape is breathtaking.  For what seems like the hundredth time in the past few days, I marvel at the scenery before me.   How can a place this beautiful be completely unknown to most of the world? Sure, Mykines is incredibly to look at.  But it has something the other islands...

If you visit the port city of Ensenada, chances are you are going to be offered a tour to La Bufadora, a famous blowhole located on the Punta Banda Peninsula. For many, La Bufadora has become one of Ensenada’s top attractions.  As a consequence, it is a bit difficult to take off the entire area out of the “tourist trap” list. However, I believe Punta Banda is worth well a visit due to its natural, rugged beauty.  You can find cliff vistas, sea stacks, and small coves.  On a sunny day, the place is just gorgeous. On this article, I want to cover the area from the touristic and non-touristic perspectives.  I’ll let you choose how you want to visit. About Punta Banda Ensenada is located in the Todos Santos (All Saints) Bay.  The southern portion of the bay is delineated by the Punta Banda Peninsula, a finger-like strip of land. Almost at the tip of the peninsula (at the end of the paved road), you are going to find La Bufadora, a feature described as a marine geyser or tidewater bl...

In This Post... Strolling Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco’s Original Hippie Hangout Strolling Haight-Ashbury of Today Strolling Haight-Ashbury – Historic Past Strolling Haight-Ashbury – Change of Pace Related articles across the web Strolling Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco’s Original Hippie Hangout A fter checking into our Priceline won hotel (JW Marriott Union Square for $90 dollars!) we headed  out to try and catch the tail end of the North Beach Festival. From what the concierge told us, the North Beach Festival is an outdoors event with street performers, art installations, and plenty of great food vendors. Perfect. By the time we arrived however, everything was shut down. All that remained were hundreds drunk college kids stumbling about. It was like some sort of weird drunken zombie apocalypse. We settled/took refuge in a quiet Italian bar and enjoyed some vino and fresh pasta while discussing our short layover. With a full bonus day in San Francisco ...

I recently ordered new business cards from MOO, and I am completely in love.  I can’t wait to break out these travel business cards at conferences. If you’re a travel blogger, a photographer, or just someone who enjoys traveling and/or has taken a few cool photos, you need to get these cards. Having your own photography on the back of your business cards turns them into something special. I decided to get business cards featuring some of my best photos from Southeast Asia.  Here’s the front, with some vital info blurred out: The front isn’t very different from my old business cards, but after agonizing over it, I added the Adventurous Kate Facebook page. Most travel bloggers I polled said they wouldn’t include Facebook, but I’m proud of my Facebook community. It’s fun, interactive and interesting — and with the traffic that it drives, it deserves its own spot on the card. All MOO cards are made from top quality card stock, and the...

Celebrating Songkran in Bangkok was one of my favorite adventures during my six months in Southeast Asia. And while it’s incredibly hard to get good photographs while everyone is throwing water at you, I managed to get a few good shots.  Here are my favorites. Flowered shirts, water guns and the back of a pickup truck — the ideal way to celebrate Songkran! It wasn’t so bad getting drenched with the warm water hose at Wild Orchid Villa!  Ste attacks here. Think the water fights are off-limits indoors?  Think again.  (And Darren, you really do give us the best poses.) Thanon Rambuttri — one street over from Khao San Road — is filled with thousands of people, as are the surrounding streets. This little boy was the tiniest Songkran participant I saw, and absolutely adorable with his little water gun! Taking a tuk-tuk?  You might as well be painting a bull’s eye on yourself. ...