Rookie Travel Tips
with Shannon
Last week's winning tip goes to Miles, Thanks for a great one!
"It's nice to have some local currency when you arrive at a foreign destination, and even nicer to have some small denomination coins and bills for tips, cab, etc. You can sometimes find foreign currencies for sale on Craigslist. If you don't see the currency you want for sale, then just post that you want to buy some. In advance of a trip to Viet Nam, I was able to purchase a million VND (worth about $50 USD) and the seller tossed in some small-denomination bills at no extra cost. -- Miles
My mom and I had a conversation not long ago about where she should go next as she was trying to find some interesting locations to put on the travel calender. My advice was to find places hosting festivals or destinations with activities she wanted to try. I'm sure many of you avid globe trotters have sat down and asked yourselves the "now where, now what?" question. For you, here is a list of ideas. Check these places out.
1. The Holistic Day Spa
- Jackie's on the Reef Negril, Jamaica.
- Rancho La Puerta California
1. The Holistic Day Spa
- Jackie's on the Reef Negril, Jamaica.
- Rancho La Puerta California
2. The Amazon Basin
- Chalalan Ecolodge in the Madidi National Park, Bolivia
- MARAPAJO ecotourismo Indigena, Rurrenabaque Bolivia
- La Selva Amazon Ecolodge Brazil
3. African Game Park
-Kruger National Park, South Africa
- Okavango Delta - Island safari ,Botswana
- Bwindi National Park, Uganda
4. If you haven't gone, Go.
-The Great Wall of China
- The Taj Mahal
- Machu Picchu
-Angkor Wat
5.For the Ladies Only
6. Odd Museums
-The Museum of Bad Art , Massachusetts
-Museu de Carroses Funebres (museum of funeral carriages), Barcelona Spain.
-Erimo Wind Museum, Hokkaido Japan- underground museum which uses natural wind to power music and light displays, also a wind tunnel you can experience 56mph gales (on a calm day).
-Songkran Niyomsane Museum , Bangkok Thialand. Medical Museum not for the weak of stomach, this museum houses the corpse of a cannibal, remains of accident victims and forensic evidence.
7.Island Escapes
-Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
-Koh Rong Cambodia
-Ilha Grande Brazil
8. Go by Rail
-The Sunlander Queensland, Austrailia
-Welsh Highland Railway Wales
-The Old Patagonian Express Argentina
9. Wine and Beer Festivals
- International Pinor Noir Celebration McMinnville, Oregon
-Vino al Vino Panzano Panzano, Italy
- Real Ale Festival Skipton, England
10. To the Wilderness
-Welsh Highland Railway Wales
-The Old Patagonian Express Argentina
9. Wine and Beer Festivals
- International Pinor Noir Celebration McMinnville, Oregon
-Vino al Vino Panzano Panzano, Italy
- Real Ale Festival Skipton, England
10. To the Wilderness
- Leirhnjukur Lava Fields Iceland
-Nunavik Canada
-Lake O'hara
Remember there is always somewhere else to explore and something else to do. Never stop.
Are you going on any amazing vacation this year? If so, comment on your destinations below. I'm so curious to see where our readers are traveling.
-- Shannon, The Rookie
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Remember there is always somewhere else to explore and something else to do. Never stop.
Are you going on any amazing vacation this year? If so, comment on your destinations below. I'm so curious to see where our readers are traveling.
-- Shannon, The Rookie
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9 comments:
Going to Macchu Picchu. Yay. It is a place once should visit at least once in his/her lifetime
You've got several of the trips I'm planning now (next 2-5 years) on this list!!! Thanks for the resources.
Before kids, my husband and I spent 2 weeks in Botswana including a camping safari in the Okavanga Delta. It was one of the best experiences of my life! We are just waiting for our kids to be old enough so we can go back and take them.
Er... La Selva Ecolodge, which you posted, is in Ecuador, not Brazil.
I'm confused why the destinations in the Amazon Basin are all hotels, rather than places to see.
We're going to Corsica and Sardinia in May! Appreciate any recommendations from folks who have been there.
Excellent advice Shannon. Decide what you like doing and that will help determine where to go. We have been thinking along those lines ourselves lately.
I'll be doing a 6 month stint in Brazil (Macae; it's the oil and gas capital of the country) right outside of Rio. I'm sure I'll be flying places but I don't have anything planned yet.
However, Ilha Grande will be quite close to me. Be sure to let me know if you come here as I could surely show you some neat spots (I'm Ben from the breakfast joint in Hilton Head!)
A bunch of work conferences this year, plus personal trips to C. and S. America, Alaska, and London/Paris/Amsterdam :-)
St Lucia/Bequia/St Vincent in Feb. with my 20 something son for some diving, then Phoenix for work, then Kauai for fun. After that I'll be looking at the list! Thanks.
You can get foreign currency at most american banks here in the states. Just go in and tell them what currencies you want. I left for europe with euros, pounds, and some others...
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