January 5th – February 28th 2024 and 2025 We took a pretty standard approach to seeing the sites in the short time we had at the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival. Of course, you can spend about a week in Harbin enjoying the many sites …
Good Vibrations – Antique Vibrator Museum
See How Women Used to get a Buzz 200 Years Ago! It seems that a mechanical buzz has long been considered preferable to the good old fingers (or a man) when it comes to meeting a woman’s needs. In fact, one of the vibrator museum’s …
Best Time to Book a Flight
According to extensive research made by CheapAir on flight bookings during the previous year, the best time to book a flight varies depending of a few factors: Where you are, where you’re flying, and the date of your flight. And the best place to track …
Rabbit Island, Japan
Like something out of a fantasy film, this island off the coast of Japan is overrun with cute little bunnies. Okunoshima Island (or “Usagi Jima” – Rabbit Island) is home to a large number of wild rabbits. During World War II Rabbit Island, Japan was …
Do the Great Wall Layover Tour
For a Great Wall layover tour from Beijing all you need is one day. Some say 5 hours is enough but I would give yourself at least 6-7 for a Great Wall layover tour. Beijing is huge, even a week would probably not be long …
Barcelona’s Halloween Restaurant – La Posada Maldita
PERMANENTLY CLOSED – see these other BCN travel ideas Alternatively, you could try this fantasy restaurant full of fairies and elves on La Rambla – Le Bosc de les Fades At this Barcelona restaurant, it’s Halloween all year round. The restaurant theme is terror. Instead …
5 Unusual Things to See in London
Here are a few interesting and unusual London attractions. There are always things you could just walk past if you didn’t know they were there. 1. Fart Functioning Lamp Ok, it doesn’t run on farts but almost! This is the last street lamp that still …
Strange Bubble Hotels in France
Designer Pierre-Stephane Dumas is responsible for creating the eco-friendly strange Bubble Hotels in France, they are made out of recycled plastic and are shaped like a bubble with an extended “passageway” that leads to the entrance. The idea is to have a hotel that does …
USE-IT Travel Guide for No-Nonsense Young Travelers
USE IT travel guide is a website offering current and up-to-date info and travel advice to no-nonsense travelers and young travelers, but the USE IT travel guide site can be useful to all travelers in my opinion! On USE-IT you can get interactive maps, website …
South Africa Farm Stalls
South Africa farm stalls are a national treasure, and with so many little, local farms producing yummy vegetables, homemade jams, cheeses, and fresh meat dishes it really is no wonder why. Here are some of our favorite South African farm stalls that stand out from …