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The vacation rental industry has come a long way. When I was a teenager growing up in Oregon I would spend Saturday morning looking through the local Nickel Ads in search of my next dream car I was going to buy myself with the few hundred bucks I had, who was I kidding. After the […]
I must admit the idea of letting my 13-year-old son plan our next vacation makes me a little nervous. I ask myself, what is his criteria for a great vacation? My first instinct says it would include some lavish, overpriced place that had a giant TV, super high-speed internet, WIFI connection and a fridge full […]
The country of Botswana is a landlocked country that sits just north of South Africa. It is fairly flat, about 70% of the entire country located within the Kalahari Desert. Because of the large expanse of desert, it is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. It was once one of the […]
Number 1 on the our list comes from the land down under. When most people think of Australia they usually think of the East coast with the big cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. On the west coast of Australia people typically think of the city of Perth in the South but there is so […]
The small island of Zanzibar sits off the west coast of Africa near the Tanzania coastline. Zanzibar or Zanzibar Island as it’s known, is actually the Island of Unguja. It is the largest island in the Zanzibar Archipelago. As of 1964 Zanzibar is a part of the country of Tanzania and is governed by […]
When you think of Switzerland you usually think of Skiing in the Alps, banking, chocolate, high quality clocks and watches and cheese. The Swiss are an eclectic mix of many nationalities, religions, various languages and cultures. That is what makes this country so great. They stand firm on their traditional beliefs and are not quick […]
Number four on our list is the country of Laos. Laos is a landlocked country east of Vietnam with a population of 6.7 million people. The capital city of Vientiane is by far it’s largest city with 210,000 inhabitants; over twice as many as the second most populated city of Pakxe. Laos civilization is […]
Number 6 on our list could easily be higher on my list. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park sits within the Southern Sierra Nevada mountain Range in Northern California, about 200 miles from Los Angeles. Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park are home to several native species including black bear, mountain lions, […]
Do you love the idea of exploring a well-preserved medieval Nordic city rich in history? Number 6 on our list has a lot to offer. Visby is on the Northwestern coast of the island of Gotland in Sweden. The oldest continually occupied city in Sweden has approximately 24,000 residents and is a very popular […]
Number 7 on our list is probably a destination that most have never heard of. Ladakh, which means “Land of the high passes”, is at the base of the Himalaya’s in the far northern region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It sits in a vast trough between the Suru Vally and the […]
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