California’s state park beaches are legendary, from the ruggedly beautiful North Coast to Point Lobos (called the greatest meeting of ocean and land in all the world) to the sand playgrounds of coastal southern California, where “beach culture” was virtually invented. Indeed, when you listen to the Beach Boys, watch old Gidget movies, or spike a beach volleyball, you’re living a lifestyle perfected at state parks such as Malibu Lagoon and Huntington State Beaches.
May 25th, 2008 Peru
Peru, the land of the Incas, continues to be the main attraction to people from all over the world. Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas discovered in the twentieth century, remains a web of riddles for the adventurer and the scientist to tackle.
While in Peru you can visit the Amazon Rainforest (selva) and search for cures of the world’s illnesses.
You can have a trip to the depths of the jungle in Iquitos and cross the Andes. Since Iquitos isn’t accessible by road, you can spend some time on an Amazon Cruise boat.
The capital of Peru is the city of Lima. The principle cities include Lima, Arequipa, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Iquitos, Huancayo, Piura, Chimbote, Cusco, Pucallpa, Tacna, Ica, Juliaca, Sullana, Chincha Alta, Huanuco, Ayacuchu, Cajamarca, Tarapoto, Talara, Tumbes.
April 21st, 2008 China Travel Facts and Figures
Total number of travel agencies: in China: 13,361. Over one thousand agencies can handle international travel. The remaining 12 thousand handle domestic travel.
Total number of hotels: 10481
Total number of employees in tourism industry: 5.98 million (2001)
Total number of foreign tourists: 97.91 million (2002)
Total number of domestic tourists: 878 million (2002)
Tourism Revenue: $67.06 billion USD (2002)
China transported 1.97 billion passengers reached during China’s Spring Festival (which is a 40-day period). China’s Lunar New Year is an important occasion for Chinese families to get a reunion. Among those passengers:
- By railway: 145 million;
- By car/bus: 1.79 billion;
- By water transport: 27 million
- By air: 12.6 million
March 5th, 2008 Most visited countries
I am, as usual, planning my next trip. And as I think where to go I cannot stop thinking how to avoid hundreds of other tourists in crowded places. So a made a research concerting the most popular tourist destinations in the world so that I know where I should most definitely not go. I decided to share the information with you as you also might be upset with crowds everywhere you go:
