If you're looking for a beautiful, sunsplashed island with a marvelous mix of action and indolence, this world-famous member of the Cyclades Islands should be high on your list. Here are its highlights:…

As we all know, Dubai is quite an expensive city, especially if we compare it to the other magnificent megapolises. At first it may even seem that there’s nothing to do in Dubai without a great stack of money, but not so. Every city, no matter which, has amazing places which you can enjoy absolutely for free.



Here's a list of my top choices in Dubai (in many cases, you'll need a rental car to reach them). 

1. The Dubai Fountain

Enjoy an incredible…

I can't figure it out. The reality of having an endless stream of tunes via smart phone/iPod has been with us for years. Yet we cling to remarkably ubiquitous low tech ear buds. Reminds me of those build-your-own crystal radio set ear pieces I played around with as a kid. Tethered by wires, you can never seem to keep them comfortably planted in your ears.…

Street food of any city gives travelers a chance to partake the local cuisine in its undiluted form. The picture doesn't change in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, capital of Andra Pradesh state. A plethora of choices awaits the visitors in the city and they can try out different options without getting bored. This is surely a must do activity for you if you are coming here in the near future. So which are the must try street food options for you during your visit to…

One of the major tourist destinations of the world - and a must-visit one is - the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the freestanding bell tower of the cathedral of Tuscany's city of Pisa. Prior to restoration work which is said to have started between 1990 and 2001, this tower is said to have leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees (it's now 3.99 degrees).



The Pisa tower…

It’s hardly a shocker that in a recent Tripadvisor survey of the world’s most expensive cities for travellers, London came in the top 10 (number 7, to be precise); it has been thus for some years now. But of course there’s…

Like Barrie's character Peter Pan, I won't grow up. Presented with the natal cleft of the man ahead of me, I just had to snap a picture of it with my wine glasses. From the get-go my goal was to write this article, more as a joke than a tome on wine tasting. Then it became real as I got it into my nose.

I was in a group of wine aficionados, all calling out their…

In southern Costa Rica, the end of the year is celebrated very uniquely at the country’s biggest indigenous cultural event, the “Fiesta de los Diablitos.” The four-day annual “Festival of Little Devils” takes place over the New Year’s holiday from Dec. 30 to Jan.…