Travel Photo: Cotton Trees

Cotton Tree | (c) Photo By Salika Jayasinghe

We all love our cotton sheets and pillows on bed to relax and cotton clothes that are so comfortable on our skin. But I always wondered what cotton would look like before it gets to us. To my surprise I got just that while staring out through my car window. I did [...]

5 Common Travel Writing Mistakes To Avoid

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Every writer including travel writers love to become prominent contributors in no time. Especially when we start off  fresh in the travel writing world. There are so many ideas and words flowing trough our heads, we always have a pen and paper or a digital device close by to jot down our [...]

Business Class Travelers Demand Adults Only Cabins

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When you travel, there is nothing worse than boarding a 10-hour flight only to find that you are sitting near a toddler that cry or scream continuously. Trust me even the best headphones will not block that noise. Only thing we can do is to pray that they fall asleep soon.
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Recent Earthquake Moves Japan By 8 Feet

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The unimaginable and powerful 8.9 magnitude earthquake unleashed a tsunami in Japan last Friday. This natural disaster appear to have moved the main island Japan by 8 feet and shifted the Earth axis by nearly 4 inches! “At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have [...]

Travel Photo: Field of Lavender

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I was walking along a road in Frankfurt, Germany when I sensed a smell that reminded me of being in a spa surrounded by scented candles. I looked around to find a field of beautiful lavender flowers. Lavender is one of my favorite flowers so I spent a little time there. This [...]