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Common Health Issues While Traveling
The current Covid-19 pandemic has affected worldwide travel for several months due to multiple lockdowns in different countries. But with the arrival of new vaccines to fight off the virus, it is expected that people will again start to make travel plans and resume making vacation plans and trips. But this time, travelers may become
Safe Travel Amidst A Pandemic
The Covi-19 pandemic has caused leisure travel anywhere in the world to be put on hold this year. But as the hope of getting a vaccine gets closer, more and more people are hoping to go on traveling again. But this time, there might be certain changes to expect due to what may be considered
Useful Tips For Solo Travelers
Going on trips on your own can be scary and exciting at the same time. It all depends on how you prepared for your trip as well as how you choose the destination. With your primary objective to experience and see new things, traveling alone can give you the freedom not afforded to those who travel in
Useful Travel Tips For The Novice Traveler
Traveling can be a very exciting experience. It can be a once in a lifetime of adventure filled with unforgettable moments and memories. But it all depends on how prepared you are for the journey ahead. For first time travelers, that first trip can be quite hectic and stressful in terms of planning and preparation.
Essential Travel Checklist
Posted by Ardent Editor on January 5th, 2009
Traveling can have its own risks as well as rewards. The rewards come with the adventure of the trip as well as experience. But the rewards can sometimes be undermined by the risks involved with travel. That is why it is also important to have a travel checklist for every planned trip that you have.
A travel checklist will help you become well prepared for each of your travels by providing you with important guide
Winter-Only Hotels: Bunk In Now Before They Thaw!
Posted by Ardent Editor on January 2nd, 2009
Many seasonal hotels around the world have their doors open during summer and happily close them come winter time. But fun is not all about summer. Winter, too is fun. We’re giving winter-only hotels some love today. Read on as we describe four famous lodgings that thrive on snow and ice. Literally.
Ice Hotel (Jukkasjarvi, Sweden)
Many travellers complain about the outdated hotel accommodations. With Ice Hote
Voluntourism: A New Way to Travel
Posted by Ardent Editor on January 2nd, 2009
Travel enriches the soul. Travellers often return from trips abroad refreshed and feeling wiser for travelling to unfamiliar places, meeting new people, and experiencing cultures very different to their own.
What strikes many of them most, however, is the poverty that denies people from less developed countries basic services such as healthcare, education, and housing. If you love travelling and care about these p
Ski Resorts in British Columbia
Posted by Ardent Editor on December 23rd, 2008
Probably the best thing about skiing in British Columbia is the accommodation services. Coupled with its snow-capped wilderness and wonderful scenery, an adrenaline-packed adventure may not be far from impossibility.
Ski enthusiasts, even the amateurs, always look for the best in terms of the places and topography. And possibly everything anyone would like to experience is present in British Columbia. That is, both
Tết, the Vietnamese New Year
Posted by Ardent Editor on December 22nd, 2008
Every nation celebrates the New Year in a very special way, although different from the commonly celebrated day of January 1. In Vietnam, they follow the lunar calendar in celebrating this momentous event.
Traditionally called Tết Nguyên Ðán, the Tết is the most important and popular holiday in Vietnam. Its name literally means "Feast of the First Morning," although the celebrat
Wakakusa Yamayaki Festival of Nara in Japan
Posted by Ardent Editor on December 22nd, 2008
Aside from being a former capital of Japan during the 8th Century, the city of Nara has been known for its historic monuments that have been recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites as well as its preservation of old-fashioned customs that still exist today.
One of its famous traditional festivals comes in every January 14. The Wakakusa Yamayaki welcomes spring by burning the city’s 342-meter hill. Its origi
A Tour Around Teotihuacan Pyramids
Posted by Ardent Editor on December 16th, 2008
Teotihuacan is one of the most popular archaeological sites in the world. Located about 40 kilometers north of Mexico City, this enormous site is famous for its large pyramidal structures built during the pre-Columbian period. The site also houses a number of museums through which tourists can explore Teotihuacan’s fascinating history. So what is there to see in this ancient city?
The Citadel and the Temple
Ivindo National Park, The Pride of Gabon
Posted by Ardent Editor on December 15th, 2008
The west-central African nation of Gabon has been put into the tourism spotlight as it became the location of the latest season of reality show "Survivor: Gabon – Earth’s Last Eden," which was ended about a day ago.
Beyond the outwitting and the outplaying, the show displayed Gabon’s rich natural wonders that the country has been proud about. This small nation is literally dotted w
Spa Resorts in British Columbia
Posted by Ardent Editor on December 9th, 2008
When vacationing in British Columbia, there is nothing more refreshing than going to a spa resort. After engaging in a vigorous activity like kayaking or the likes, it is best that you experience physical and spiritual rejuvenation.
Since your wellbeing is the most important thing in your life, treat yourself with massages, aromatherapy and body wraps. Allow yourself to enjoy the therapeutic values that spa resort
The Unspoiled Virgin Gorda
Posted by Ardent Editor on December 8th, 2008
When Christopher Columbus saw this island for the first time, he said to have named it "The Fat Virgin" because the silhouette looked like that of a rotund woman lying on her back.
However, it was only during the 1970s when Virgin Gorda was discovered as a must-travel tourist destination. Today, Virgin Gorda is the British Virgin Islands’ second most populous island. Despite its p
