Travel: 07/2010

Grenada Travel Guide

Grenada OVERVIEW

No sooner had the Hurricane Ivan ripped the island paradise of Grenada in 2004 than the cruise liners struggled to fill ships with numbers they had gotten used to.

Japan OVERVIEW

The Japanese call it Nippon, artists portray it as the land of the rising sun, sociolinguists see it as full of cross-cultural pitfalls for ignorant tourists, and all posh divas can't help but wonder how the geishas manage in their sky-high platform shoes.

United Arab Emirates OVERVIEW

One of the smallest, richest, safest, scariest, most beautiful, intolerant, entertaining and conservative places in the world.

Europe OVERVIEW

One may try to squeeze Europe in a nutshell but it's all in vain.

Burkina Faso OVERVIEW

Burkina Faso is one of those lesser known countries that travel agents don't normally beat the drum for, and holidaymakers hardly ever inquire about.

Caribbean OVERVIEW

Come in, have a seat.

Chad OVERVIEW

There are quite a couple of reasons explaining why not many visitors make it to Chad.

Djibouti OVERVIEW

Keeping off border disputes, the small African country of Djibouti is an oasis of neutrality, enjoying a relatively stable and peaceful atmosphere.

Saint Kitts and Nevis OVERVIEW

So you're going to St Kitts and Nevis but don't know which to stay on. If you're up to a little bit of island hopping, an "eeny, meeny, miny, moe" sort of thing will do as the frequent ferry service enables you to change location as quickly as you change your mind about what you feel like doing.

Reunion OVERVIEW

The French know what they are doing keeping its Overseas Department island somewhat off mass tourism.

Ivory Coast OVERVIEW

Judging by the location (sub-Saharan) and its neighbors (Mali, Ghana or Liberia, to mention just a few) one can't help but expect everything except for ivory whiteness.

Mayotte OVERVIEW

Following a very tolerant form of Islam, Mayotte adopts a live-and-let-live take on social mores, but its political status makes it far from

laissez faire

when it comes to prices.

Malawi OVERVIEW

OK so here we go. Imagine a sizzling hot African day when every single move and step you take only make things hotter and all you dream about is a cooling shade and water to plunge into and let your fins grow.

Sierra Leone OVERVIEW

Decade-long civil turmoil of wars and rebels, not infrequently involving the underage, made Sierra Leone hit headlines with blood stains.

Eritrea OVERVIEW

How about some multi-taste flavor on your African intinerary? Eritrea is sure to treat you to some.

New Zealand OVERVIEW

There's no accounting for tastes, they say, but, we beg your pardon, this

is

one of the most stunning places on Earth.

Cambodia OVERVIEW

Cambodia has been plunged in a sea of misery for the last half-millennium.

Solomon Islands OVERVIEW

In the early 1900s you would rather steer away off the Salomon Islands than venture setting foot to them and having a bit of exploration.

Bangladesh OVERVIEW

Flat as a pancake and dissected by wide flooding rivers, Bangladesh is not a love at first sight and a tourist haunt like the vibrant India or the spiritual Nepal.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands OVERVIEW

Harsh, inhospitable, and sitting at the end of the world, South Georgia rewards with experiences which more than fully make up for any inconvenience caused by its remote location.

Azerbaijan OVERVIEW

Nestled smack-dab between Europe and Asia, where the western influences nudge their way along the former Silk Road into the country's ancient core, Azerbaijan is essentially a series of dichotomies which, as it shows, are not necessarily mutually exclusive.