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Travelling is a passion for one and many. Be it on pocket string budgets or an extravagant vacation off with family, it is advisable to read up for helpful tips at the onset of your journey to make it an unforgettable experience. Here are a few tips on the do’s and don’ts when you are . . . → Read More: Top 6 Travel Tips 
Want to feed your mind while on holiday, as well as top up your tan? Some of our favourite professional geeks have shared their top geeky places to hang out around the world, creating a destination guide that’s the perfect for piquing your imagination. So, if you’re looking for an alternative to the uninspired . . . → Read More: Geek Travel Tips from HostelBookers.com! Emily writes about expat life in Santiago and her travels at Don’t Call Me Gringa. Find her on Twitter @emilyinchile. Coincidentally, the day I discovered Kim’s site was the day she’d put up a post about her top 5 things to do in Santiago. Fate, perhaps? I have to say, I think she’s got a . . . → Read More: Five more things to do in Santiago, Chile! 
The Felsenmeer is a graveyard of enormous boulders, some entering the realm of small-house sized. Local legend has it that two giants were quarreling and decided to end the fight by flinging rocks at each other, leaving behind a massive battlefield of stone. A more plausible explanation of the giant sea of granite is the . . . → Read More: Felsenmeer: A place where giants fought and mythical heroes died. 
Two days ago, I was fortunate enough to have my grandfather take me on a short walking tour of his birth city, Worms (Germany). With more than a third of the city destroyed during the war, much of the city was rebuilt, including my grandfather´s childhood house. Just as we got to the city, I . . . → Read More: Worms: Photographs from 1920, 1940, and now. 
#gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } A few pictures from my walking tour of Frankfurt, Germany. First we meandered through the Christmas Market (where we enjoyed some really, really . . . → Read More: A picture says it all: Frankfurt, Germany Hello World!!! Excuse me while I come up for breath from my hectic, hectic, HECTIC life! Life has been crazy! Let me tell you – finishing up three research projects, trying to take examinations, packing up ones house, AND planning a long, long trip can be quite the challenge. However, I’m still here and . . . → Read More: Updates! Job position at the BBPP on Bioko Island! 
A few weeks ago I visited Los Angeles for the first time. I ate, and ate, and ate until I couldn’t eat anymore. And then I ate again. The food was delicious, colorful, artistic; it was so original! Fortunately, I was visiting with my friend Lindsay, whose husband Travis is a well-known chef in the . . . → Read More: Los Angeles – a Food Lover’s Oasis! 
I can think of many, many other places to visit other than Corpus Christi, but if you’re in the area or your stuck attending one of the many conferences there, you can definitely fill your time with interesting things to do. Corpus Christi waterfront, with the marina on the right! First things first: Visit the . . . → Read More: "The Sparkling City by the Sea": No, not Miami…Corpus Christi, Texas. Berries ripening in the early summer. This is the exact question I asked myself when I was offered a summer job working at the Bamfield Marine Station. The first fact I discovered (courtesy of my long-term relationship with Wikipedia), was that the population of this “town” was a mere 251 persons. Two hundred and . . . → Read More: Where the heck is Bamfield? |
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