I have been working with Native Americans in the tourism industry for two decades.  My first forays in this industry were in South Florida, home of the Miccosukee and Seminole people.  Today I work at the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village in South Dakota, where the ancestors of the Mandan people lived.  Despite the huge geographical gap, there is similarity to how visitors imagine how these tribes may have…

Dennish romance and funny stuff: http://tours-tv.com/en/denmark

In Denmark it's illegal to start a car while someone is under thevehicle, and before starting car you must check lights, brakes, steering and honk your horn. 



You can't leave your broken car on the side of the road without marking it with a red, reflecting triangle.



Car …

The very famous Jim Corbett National Park, located in the Nainital District, in the State of Uttarakhand is the first national park of India and was established in the year 1936. If you love adventure and adventure related to wildlife this is the place for you. The dense deciduous forest of the national park is a home to 110 species of herbs and plants, over 550 rare species of migrating and local birds, approximately 50 species of mammals, 25 different species of reptiles and is open for…

Our last tour day in VN was reserved for a trip down the infamous Mekong River. Mary Ann and I had flown over the headwaters of the Mekong located high in the Himalaya mountains while we were in Nepal. We had floated on the Mekong when we visited the Golden Triangle area of Thailand. Both of those wonderful trips are archived in this blog.

I could not help but think that we were probably on the same molecules of water we saw leave the Himalaya. The length of the river is over 3000…

FROM SEPTEMBER 25TH 2011 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH 2011 STAY 3 NIGHTS AND PAY FOR 2 NIGHTS ONLY IN BAHIA DEL SOL VILLAS & CONDOMINIUMS IN SAN JUAN DEL SUR, RIVAS, NICARAGUA.

Mitt Romney – yes the GOP candidate – is La Jolla’s newest celebrity resident. In fact, he and his wife Ann bought their beachfront home here in 2008, but no one paid much attention until he filed an application to bulldoze the $12 million house and build a much…

http://www.examiner.com/destinations-travel-in-national/experience-an-historic-train-ride-northern-wales

There is a religion in Vietnam called Cao Dai. The full name is   Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ (Great Religion [of The] Third Period [of] Revelation [and] Salvation). That  might be the least complicated thing I know about it. The religion has approximately 30 million followers in Vietnam. They believe that before god existed, there was the Tao. Then a big bang occured from which God was created. In order for God to create the heavans and the earth he first had to create the Yin and the…

Caroline’s is perched on a sandstone bluff and serves up a 180° blue-water panorama, as well as healthy, California-style meals.



Some time ago, I wrote about…

The latest census shows the growth of tiger population in India from 1411 to 1706. Now the Uttrakhand Government decided to open a new entry gate in Jim Corbett National Park “Kotdwar Gate”. Government intends to open this entry gate from 15^th of November this year.

The work already started to open the gate the estimated cost of this work is Rs.1.40 crore. Nevertheless there are four entry gate of tourist this time named Dhangari Gate which is open from 15^th of…

Some interesting and as always funny facts about flamenco's home country - Spain: http://tours-tv.com/ru/spain

• They have funny looking sandals – especially in Barcelona
• They say joder, coño, madre mia, vaya putada, ostia, gilipollo, esta de puta madre, hijoputa every few words. They all mean pretty much the same – damn, f…,  Jesus Christ, wtf (these are…

Boston Sunset from the Top of the Deck

It's hard to argue that Boston is not the birthplace of America. Just take a walk along the Freedom trail, and you can relive American history. You too can walk the steps of Samuel Adams and imagine America succeeding from the British, and follow the footsteps of Paul Revere and the Boston Tea Party. Indeed,…

We stumbled upon a very detailed step-by-step, illustrated guide on how to "crack, crunch and suck out the best bits" of Shanghai hairy crabs, on CNNGo. Couldn't have stopped for a second to wonder why on earth would anyone eat anything that looks like a mitten, from another planet.

A…

We saw HCMC (onetime Saigon) on the fly. We used it as a base to visit both the tunnels of Cu Chi and the Mekong Delta. Consequently this will be a short post.

The first place we visited was a brand new version of the War Remnants Museum. It is dedicated to the victory of and the gallantry of the people of VN in…