You want to be out in a vacation with your family and what you have decided is to have it in a fine resort with beautiful sceneries and serene surroundings. You browsed the yellow pages. Alas! There are numerous vacation resort spots you can choose from.
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From around the world there are countless resorts abounding every continents and countries. You can research from A-Z and you will have a list of destinations. You can choose resorts depending on the weather when you apt to stay on the area. It can be a winter resort with snow skiing activities; it can also be on beaches during summers 베트남여행 or those places with all year round resorts.
There are numerous packages to choose from. To start with your line up, here are some of the popular destinations you and your family can consider:
1. Orlando,Florida. The number one destination for family fun and sun. One week is not enough to see all the theme parks, restaurants, water parks and dinner shows. It is also a paradise for shopping.
2. Islands of Bahamas. Bahamas consists of around 700 islands with a perfect climate all year round. Two famous islands are Nassau and Grand Bahama. Bahamas is known for mangroves, lagoons, pine woods and white sand beaches. Some places are populated while some are private.
3. Charleston South Carolina. Carolina is packed with many mountains, lakes, beaches and recreational places like amusement parks and entertainment venues. With popular architectures and fanciful gardens, this refined placed have 2,000 buildings that has been restored for 300 years.
4. Honolulu Hawaii. Hawaii has not been famous before. It was the arrival of Europeans which marked the start of popularity of the place. Hawaii is famous for popular and beautiful beaches; one example is the Waikiki Beach, the biggest resort in the place. Other places to look forward is the Honolulu which is the capital of Hawaii and the scenic Kewalo Basin where you can do boat cruising and fishing.
5. Key West Florida. Florida is much closer to Cuba than its mainland. Resorts, hotels and gardens abound the locale. There are festive ambience on different resorts and places with acrobats and fire eaters performing during sun sets. You can also enjoy shopping and sightseeing in Florida.
6. Lake Havasu. This lake is close to Arizona and South California. The famous London Bridge is built here. There are lakeshores, about 400 miles where different water sports such as parasailing, jet skis, and races can be done simultaneously. There are also numerous campgrounds, parks and restaurants in the place.
7. Sacremento California. If you want a place with a touch of old times, your family can go to Sacramento. Sacramento's museums, parks and library where records of the Old Sacramento like early families, places and landmarks of the place are house. You can also go to their modern places like Waterworld USA where children can go swimming. There are also picnic areas and zoo where children can enjoy playing and strolling around.
8. Salt Lake City Utah. If your family seeks adventure, Utah can be a perfect place for you. You can dwell on the different kinds of adventure like water adventure where you can do rafting on the canyons. You can also engage in mountain adventure and do hiking and biking on the highlands. You can also choose the wilderness adventure and do deer, lion or elk hunting where you can earn extra income while having fun.
9. Sedona Arizona. This place is popular for the majestic landscape formations Red Rocks. The rocks surround the Coconino National Forest and the Oak Creek. Sedona is usually visited by Hollywood producers and favors it as venue for their movie making.
10. Zion National Park. Is also called "Land of the Rainbow Canyons" Canyons here are comprised with beautifully colored red orange sandstones. Zion is also popular for its hanging gardens with flowers abundant during spring or summer.
These are just ten of most popular resort destinations where you can decide to take your vacation. Wherever and whatever kind of vacation you will choose, it will really depend on you and your family to use the precious time in fun filled experiences and adventures. Vacations can be a good opportunity to get along with your family and spend quality time with them so get going and plan an exciting vacation for you to treasure!
Vietnamese food is quite unlike any other food in Southeast Asia. It's even quite different from China. Overall it's a blend of Malay, Indian, French and influences and incorporates baguettes and pate from France; and curries and chilies from India.
Recently voted by health experts as the world's healthiest food, Vietnamese cuisine mixes grilled meats, fresh vegetables, cold noodles, and all kinds of seafood dishes spiced with tamarind and chili.
Available at all hours of the day, Vietnamese food can be eaten as snacks, in street side stalls, in budget restaurants, and in hotels. In many cases only the price is the difference because often the tastiest foods come from the most basic kitchens.
As you travel up or down the country, you will notice sharp differences in both main dishes and snacks eaten by locals. Its one of the joys of traveling in the country, and it's a good idea to ask your guide to point out interesting things to eat.
THE NORTH
With the weather so cold for so much of the year, soups play a large part in Northern cuisine. Pho, Vietnam's 'chicken soup,' is made with white vermicelli noodles, sliced beef or chicken, bean sprouts, chopped peanuts, hot broth and mint leaves that is served piping hot and at all hours of the day. Pho stalls can be found all over Hanoi (and Hanoi style Pho can be found all over Vietnam, catering to homesick Hanoians) and a bowl can cost between 5,000 and 10,000 dong, depending on the location.
Once the bowl is put in front of you, spice it up with bean sauce and chili sauce and squeeze in a few lime wedges; then dig in with a pair of chopsticks in one hand (to lift up the noodles to cool them off) and a spoon in the other (to lift the noodles to your mouth). Other soups include Chao, a kind of rice porridge, and it's often prescribed as a remedy for common colds.
By far the favorite food in Hanoi is 'Bun Cha' grilled meat eaten at makeshift restaurants serving patrons on the street. It's a great way to fill up for just a few thousand dongs, and when walking around the city it may be impossible to resist the smell.
Bia Hoi is a Hanoi invention, and 'Bia' comes from the English word 'beer.' Its freshly brewed and served in plastic jugs; its cheap, and it's a great way to soak up Hanoi's ambience at night and you might even make some friends along the way.
Hanoians may be a reserved bunch, but they are downright adventurous when it comes to exotic food: fried silk worms, cobra meat, dog meat among others are eaten by people in the capital to cure sickness, increase virility or just because it's the right season.
THE CENTER
Most of the food eaten in Central Vietnam has some link to the imperial kitchens of the Nguyen Emperors in Hue. Many of the spices, techniques and vegetables come straight from the tables of the emperors themselves.
Imperial spring rolls are commonly eaten, as is Bun Bo Hue, a spicy beef soup that is not for the faint hearted; you may need a bottle of water nearby to wash down the chili peppers.
Perhaps the most famous is Banh Khoai, a pancake like food that is eaten with nuoc leo, a rich peanut sauce. The pancake includes eggs, shrimps and bean sprouts (much like Banh Xeo, in the south, discussed later)
A popular snack is Banh Beo, tiny ceramic dishes with a boiled rice cake topped with pork bits and eaten with a spoon; Drop a small amount of fish sauce (Nuoc Mam) on top and dig in.
A lot of seafood is eaten here as well, and boiled crabs are a specialty.
Perhaps the most exotic food eaten here is Com Hen, a cold rice dish flavored with juice from clams that live in the river near Hoi An. Other ingredients include white vermicelli noodles, chili and shrimp sauce. Its quite a difficult dish to prepare and is not for those who worry about healthy shellfish.
THE SOUTH
The South of Vietnam is considered to have the best food in the country, namely because Saigon, with its increasingly wealthy inhabitants, demand the highest quality vegetables fruits meats etc, and foreign foods (even American Fast Food giants KFC are here) are increasingly common from French to Mexican to Indian.
With the lush Mekong Delta so close, the fruit is very fresh and durians, pineapple, mango and star fruit all come into play in dishes as they come into season.
Banh Xeo is perhaps the most famous Southern Dish, like Banh Khoai, it too is a pancake, but the dish Banh Xeo is much larger, and uses more green beans, shrimps and coconut milk. It serves more than one person, and is dipped in nuoc mam, fish sauce, after being wrapped in fresh lettuce leaves.
Freshly cooked spring rolls are famous in Saigon, but the most specialized are Goi Cuon, the fresh spring rolls combining sliced cold shrimp, mint leaves, cold vermicelli noodles, and rice paper that is dipped in nuoc mam.
Some Southern exotics include Hot Vit Lon, or fertilized duck egg, that is eaten with a spoon and is usually available in markets and street stalls.