Summer vacations are all about relaxing, enjoying the company you are in and basking in your surroundings. Booking a new vacation can be a great idea but it can be frustrating to book a place only to discover that it is massively overcrowded. Fortunately, you don’t really have to brave the crowds if you go on a summer vacation this…
To be clear, I really doubt if I’ll do some of the things I am going to fantasize about, but hey, no harm dreaming about how to travel in style, right? One of the things I am sorely missing during this pandemic is travel. While I usually prefer to keep an eye on the budget, I’ve often wondered what it…
Each time I visit my son’s campus I am enchanted by the poplar trees dominating the landscaping. And on every visit, I find lots of changes—probably because the gardeners are super-enthusiastic and so creative. They’re constantly working among the plants on the vast campus. I still remember the first time I visited—there were huge patches of multi-colored flower bushes in…
Enjoy travel? Here are 15 packing tips to make your travel amazingly memorable. This post is the result of a promise I made my friend—to help her pack for her upcoming trip to Manila. And a little envy. Last week when she told me she had just made her flight booking for a week-long trip with her gal pals, I…
Dubai has been on my must-see travel destinations for years—nope—decades. Right from the time I got a job offer there that I had to decline, to all the occasions when friends moved there to settle. Yes, they’ve been inviting me to visit and enticing me with interesting things to see in Dubai, but somehow, the trip has just not happened.…