Hello, and welcome. This month’s report takes us to the western U.S. state of Oregon and some fantastic snowboarding. First a little background on the state of Oregon itself. Begin with a little prehistory by following this link to learn about Oregon and the Columbia plateau. Your journey begins with incredible lava flows, volcanic activity [...]
Currency trading is establishing itself as one of the most prominent industries in today’s ever-connected world. With each country buying and selling, foreign currency now has a good value on the world marketplace and there are now even quite a lot of individuals who decide to make it their job to purchase overseas currency.
Ever heard [...]
Cognac is located in the region of Poitou Charentes, towards the western area of France. This town is bordered by the River Charentes which provides it with very fertile and rich lands from which most of the city’s prosperity is born. This area is among the most productive and fertile ones of France, and is [...]
Never let it be said that mountain people don’t know how to cook. In Steamboat Springs , Colorado, restaurants offer a variety of freshly prepared, expertly cooked, quality foods that rival the restaurants in any major city. The city has more than 70 restaurants and bars and because of the western flair it’s a great [...]
The Gellert Hotel Spa is renowned as the ultimate spa destination in Hungary. Here’s a first hand account of the Gellert experience.
Gellert Hotel Spa
While in Budapest, everyone kept saying I hadn’t experience Hungary until I had a spa. According to my newfound friends, “a spa” meant the Gellert Hotel Spa.
Being a macho American male, I [...]
If you’re looking for total sea adventure, then you’ve come to the right place. Belize is it when it comes to water adventure sports. With the largest barrier reef in the Northern Hemisphere, offshore atolls, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons, and hundreds of sand cayes, there are a host of exciting activities waiting for you once [...]
California’s Central Coast is home to a variety of marine life including several types of dolphins.
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS), a Federally protected marine area offshore of California’s central coast, supports one of the world’s most diverse marine ecosystems. It is home to numerous mammals, including whales and dolphins.
Stretching from Marin to Cambria, [...]
One of the horrors of going to another country and staying there for a long time is not only acclimating yourself to a new culture and the weather, but also trying to cope with missing your family and friends in your native land.
Still relying on old technology, it’s a good thing then that with today’s [...]
DVD recorders can be used with a digital telly to tape your desired soaps & movies as well as to watch pre-recorded sci-fi programmes. Fabulous picture & audio quality, on the other hand the video recording facility makes them extremely more costly than Digital Versatile Disc players and they can also be harder to operate [...]
This is the second part to this article which describes various areas of New Zealand. The first part of the article was about areas within the North Island.
The South Island also has two major cities, Christchurch and Dunedin. Christchurch is the second largest city in New Zealand and Dunedin is relatively small with a population [...]