Spring is a time for beauty and regeneration of the earth. When we travel during the spring, whether it’s for Spring Break revelry, a honeymoon, a family trip, or simply cabin fever, we want to get some of that regenerative beauty into our own lives. Waking up after a long winter toil without enough warmth [...]

Surfers Paradise, known to Aussies as “Surfers,” consists of warm Pacific beaches with perfectly fine sand and smooth waves, friendly, welcoming locals, and enough resorts, attractions, and shops to tire even the most dedicated vacationer. Whether you’re staying for a weekend or for a month, Surfers Paradise feels like paradise. The perfect combination of fun [...]

In a city that features all sorts of commercial goods, from hi-tech gadgets to the latest designer clothes, it’s easy to see why shopping is considered a national past time. Singapore may seem like one big shopping mall, but that only means you have to carefully choose what, and more importantly, where to buy. Here [...]

We use spices on a daily basis for cooking and flavoring our foods, often forgetting how difficult it was for explorers to bring it to our continent. If you’re a gourmand or a cook and want to search the world for new flavors, we’ve found a few exciting destinations where you’re bound to find some [...]

Potala Palace, the former seat of government for the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet, is now open to the public as a museum of Tibetan Buddhist relics and history. Invaluable to visitors, pilgrims, and researchers, it is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and is widely considered to be one of the seven wonders of the [...]

From a religious shrine dedicated to the male phallus, to a futuristic building shaped as a robot, many of Bangkok’s tourist attractions are as weird as they are interesting. They may not be quite suited for the conservative and faint-hearted, but if you’re looking for a break from traditional tourism, these five offbeat attractions will [...]