Author Archives: admin

1. PIRATE ROUTE Located below the eastern end of Cuba, in the heart of the Spanish Main, Jamaica was the perfect base for pirates intent on plundering Spain’s New World treasure ships as they sailed the high seas bound for … Continue reading →

1. SEWARD HIGHWAY No billboards, tollbooths, few towns or gas stations but there are whales, waterfalls, glaciers, mountains, and fjords. From Anchorage it meanders south 204kms from sea to mountains to sea across the Kenai Peninsula ending in Seward on … Continue reading →

1. CALIFORNIA COASTAL HIGHWAY This twisting, cliff-hugging, 123-mile (198-kilometer) route along the central California coast takes about five hours to complete at a leisurely pace. The route starts in historic Monterey, visits the art colony of Carmel, and threads through … Continue reading →

1. BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA The southwest corner of South Dakota surprises with stunning landscapes, rich history, and abundant wildlife. Western South Dakota abruptly changes into two beautiful but distinct landscapes, the striated, fossil-rich sedimentary buttes of the Badlands, … Continue reading →

1. SHIPWRECK COAST, Michigan This route follows Michigan’s lonely Upper Peninsula on a string of quiet roads between Marquette and Whitefish Point. Driving is almost like being on the water itself. The power of Lake Superior is evident at every … Continue reading →

1.GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS America’s most popular national park, it draws nine million annual visitors. Most enter through a jumble of go-kart tracks and outlet stores along Tennessee’s neon-bright Gatlinburg–Pigeon Forge gateway corridor. But for those who know where to look, … Continue reading →

1. FLORICA KEYS The 113-mile (181-kilometer) drive on Highway 1 from mainland Florida to Key West induces sensory overload. Besides the natural beauty along the route—tidal flats, teal waters dotted by distant islands — the so-called Overseas Highway awes you … Continue reading →

1. CAPE COD, Massachusetts This 160-mile (257-kilometer) circuit around Massachusetts’ vintage Cape Cod serves up miles of beaches and the quiet villages along the bay side, the beautifully desolate dunelands of the outer Cape’s national seashore, lively Provincetown, and the … Continue reading →

TOP HOSTEL RULES – The don’ts of staying in a dorm room. When traveling, I almost always stay in hostels. And, in dorm rooms in those hostels. Besides cost, they are the best way to meet other travellers. I enjoy … Continue reading →

I spent eight weeks total in Eastern China from October 11 to December 15 (I had the other week in North Korea). With my intensive traveling style, I traveled through or slept in 20 of the 25 provinces in the … Continue reading →