Featured Member Blog Posts – January 2012 Archive (44)

Responsible Travel in Sierra Leone: Peninsula, Provinces and Palm Wine (Part 3)

Part 3: Coconut & Poyo Paradise


Back to Waterloo, I was feeling much more comfortable with my surroundings. I bought a fresh coconut from 2 children who had a barrel full and which they opened with a machete, and walked to the taxi park near the market to which I had already been to before. I grabbed the first taxi to…
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Added by West Africa Discovery on January 3, 2012 at 8:45am — No Comments

Yotel: Chic New York Hotel on Sale

THEATER DISTRICT HOTEL ON MANHATTAN'S WEST SIDE

Motel 6 does not leave the light on for you in the city that never sleeps. Not only are there no Motel 6-ish rates in Manhattan, but the average hotel room costs $300, pricey enough to make some people think twice about staying in town. So in June 2011, Yotel opened on Tenth Avenue and 42nd Street with a new deal…

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Added by Ed Wetschler on January 2, 2012 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

What’s On Your Bucket List? Ten Trips Of A Lifetime

Having been to over 80 countries, many times I am asked, “what’s my favorite place?”  Now that’s a tough question. I have so many. Which brings me to the question, “What’s your trip of a lifetime?” For many a trip like a safari in Kenya’s Masai Mara just may be that one  trip that you only take once in a lifetime. Ask 100 people, and you just may just get 100…
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Added by Nicholas Kontis on January 2, 2012 at 8:46am — 4 Comments

The Mummer’s Parade on New Year’s Day in Philadelphia Is Truly Amazing

Dust off “dem golden slippers” and strut off to Philadelphia for a splendiferous New Year celebration. Philly’s Winter Mummerland is a multi-day family event that culminates in the Mummer’s Parade, America’s oldest folk parade, on New Year’s Day, where the weather may be cold, but the hospitality is red-hot. The costumes and fun evoke Mardi Gras, the floats…

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Added by Sandra & John Scott on January 1, 2012 at 10:32am — 2 Comments

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