If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Although not directly travel related I recently read that the night of November 17/18  (time for the lower 48 united states) that from just about anywhere in the world you will be able to see the Leonid Meteor Shower. If you can believe it scientists are predicting as many as 500 meteors per hour in this shower.  For those of...

Sitting on the train to Bordeaux, France (leaving from Paris) I had a couple of other travelers in the train car.  I quickly found out that the gentleman sitting next to me spoke English though he still needed some practice and the lady across from me was very quiet until I got her talking about her children, their families and her 28 grandchildren.  She was from Australia, but on her way to visit them. ...

Abroadening's Post Image. Click to be taken to Abroadening. 101 Most Awesome Adventure & Travel Twitterers You Should Be Following It was very exciting today to be included in this great list as number 37 at Abroadening.com. The best thing about this blog carnival or I suppose I should say twitter carnival is that not only did Mindaugas Markus (the owner of abroadening)  list out the great twitterers...

Cape Cod We are 6 months into ProMapTraveler and I must say I am very happy to say that we are averaging over 3,000 visitors a month, we have + 200 posts, 6 advertisers, +200 subscribers, +4500 twitter friends, we have been sought out for many product reviews, had 4 giveaways and have some very regular commenter’s. We have regular guest posts and have a few new people coming soon as writers for ProMapTraveler. Overall...

Fire Mountain The volcanic island of Lanzarote in the Canaries is best known as a year round holiday destination.  Boasting a clement climate even in the depths of winter, low rainfall and an abundance of beautiful beaches. But this small speck of Spain offers much more than just sunshine and sun loungers alone.  As the island is also home to some fascinating visitor attractions, many of which were developed...

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire. It is one of the most famous sites in the world.  It is is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and sits at the center of the densest complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds. Archaeologists had believed that the iconic stone monument...

When I hear the word London my mind automatically thinks of St. James Place, Westminster and Big Ben. Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north-eastern end of the Palace of Westminster in London.  Although the name Big Ben refers to the bell it is often extended to include the clock or the clock tower as well, which is how I will reference it here. Big Ben is the largest four-faced...

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ProMapTraveler is posting the #1 deals for your travel needs.  Check out these deals they are up to 60% off and will save you some cash.  The worst part of traveling is getting there and not having any money to spend because you used it all to get to your destination.  As these deals change I will do new posts.  I have linked the following to my booking page.  Book now and have a great trip. Flight...