On Kauai, the oldest of the Hawaiian islands, travelers will find a lush green environment of canyons and trees and waterfalls, as well as the Kokoe’e Natural History Museum . Regardless of the weather, the museum is open every day, including holidays, from ten a.m. to four p.m. in order to greet the park’s visitors. While admission is free, there is a suggested donation of a dollar per person, because the museum doesn’t receive any state funding for its operations.

While the real exhibits in this museum lie outside, there’s still a great deal to see inside the museum. One such exhibit consists of two three-paneled wooden screens, which was created for the opening of the Kokoe’e Museum years ago in 1953. Pages from an 1885 book titled “Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands” has been remounted onto the screens. The book was written by a Mrs. Francis Sinclair who included 44 color plates of her own original watercolors; while no book would be sacrificed in this way today, these 57 year old panels are a unique way to exhibit the early studies of Hawaiian plants.

Another exhibit to be found in the museum is “A Treasury of Trees, Resources of a Traditional Lifestyle”; in this case, the exhibit concerns forest trees and the traditional uses to which they are put. Guests will be able to touch the bark of standing trees and hold blocks of different woods in order to truly appreciate the differences.

There’s a section, too, about the game animals which were not native to Kauai, but introduced here. These animals include a wild boar to a stag, goats, some game birds, and even trout. Also, in an old Victorian cupboard, visitors will discover a selection of land and sea shells from Ni’ihau and Kaua’i. There’s s display, too, of the shell of a large sea turtle and a large whale vertebrae.

No matter whether guests stay in the best hotels Kauai offers in Lihu’e, Poipu, or the North Shore, travel time to the park is usually under two hours, as long as there’s not too much traffic. At the museum, visitors may learn about the history of their environment, then walk out into it, taking a look at the spectacular waterfalls in Kalalau Valley and stopping for lunch at the Puukapele Picnic Area.

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It’s hard not to love Singapore.  Even the most world-weary travelers perk up when they realize that they’ve just set foot in one of the most unique and lively places in the world.  The island city-state is a conglomeration of cultures, ideas, and attitudes, and they come together in interesting ways.  It also has a fascinating and rather complex history, that speaks of a major trading port that has seen a lot of the events and peoples of the world.  Today, it’s still a very active port town, and you can get most anything here.

This is very true for seafood, of course, and lots of other fresh ingredients, and that makes it a great place for a good Japanese restaurant.  There are lots of opportunities to try fantastic food, and the Japanese influence on local food here is very strong, and it’s a wonderful way to get into the rhythm of the city.  If you’re coming in the spring, you may want to time your trip with the Richard Poon concert.

This singer from the Phillipines is a Chinese crooner who has wowed audiences all over the world.  His father is a restaurant owner, and his mother is a big singer in Taiwan.  He’s been impressing people with his ability to make very sweet sounds in the tradition of the classic singers like Sinatra and Martin

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Albany is really a beautiful place and has tons of parks. I visited Albany in May, my friend Rita and I went to Albany to spend our time during the Memorial day holiday. Before we left, we made reservations for our hotel on-line, click here, I’ve always reserved hotel room online, because I can check out all the different hotel rates, accommodations and amenities. Since Albany is the capital of New York, we managed to find a hotel that we could afford and on that was centrally located.

Our first day in Albany, we visited Washington Park and really enjoyed ourselves very much, it’s a very beautiful and cool place. Our hotel also provided us with a number of things to do. We checked out a restaurant they recommended and apparently it was a famous restaurant and bar. They had great food and great drinks; we sampled many different drinks. The next day, after sleeping off our hang-overs, we went to the Tulip Festival. There was mostly food there, which seemed to be one of the main attraction besides music, we thought it be all about Tulips. We stayed for the whole day, listening to great performances. The area had long trails for hiking, jogging, biking or walking.

We made it back to our hotel loaded with items we bought at the festival. We didn’t know how we get all of the stuff we bought into our luggage. The hotel had a great suggestion for us, they told us to mail the stuff back to our home. They helped us with getting the items bundled up enough to mail and they told us we could leave our package with them and they will hand it to the postal worker. They even provided the printed out stamp, which them charged to our room. What a wonderful staff! I’m going to have to remember this hotel site where I booked our room, I’ve never run into better service.

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