There are lighthouses all over the Puerto Rican island and one of the best ways to see the beauty of the gorgeous Puerto Rico beaches and coastline is to visit those one by one. Whenever there was an area I wanted to explore, I would look up whether there’s a lighthouse in the area, and [...]
Florida has some really wonderful beaches, and some of the best Florida beaches are concentrated in the north western belt. On a surprise visit to Pensacola to accompany my host professor who was giving a lecture about his recent book to the IHMC about Willpower we visited the beautiful Pensacola Beach the next morning. White [...]
Though Tallahassee is not on the water, an hour or two drive away are some of Florida best beaches. On one sunny cold weekend I finally made it to the coast line and visited Saint George Island. Here’s what Wikitravel has to say about the island: St. George …
After a cold visit to New York during Christmas and Newyears, we headed down to warm up in Florida. Straight from the airport we headed west towards Tampa Bay and stayed on a beach on Treasure Island near Saint Petersburg. We spent a couple of days exploring the lovely Saint Petersburg (Sunken Gardens, H Museum, [...]
Extending my Gainesville conference visit a bit further to the east, I made my way to Saint Augustine, touristicly branded as "the oldest city" in the US. Of all that I’ve seen so far in Florida, I would say this is probably the most charming of them all, with a real European feel to it [...]
Villa Marmarine was something special. I don’t normally mention the accommodation I stay with, since with my budget it’s usually nothing very exciting to write home about. But, every once in a while I do come across a lovely surprise and I think it’s about time I give back some love. What made Villa Marmarine [...]
I’m quite blessed. The small university I’m currently with – HKUST – is located on a mountain ridge overlooking the Sai Kung Peninsula with some of the best scenic views of any university anywhere in the world. Campus reaches all the way down to the water, so we have two little beaches and our very [...]
Panglao Island, just off of Bohol, is probably what we all want to see when we go on vacation. Most of the beaches are picture perfect, clear blue waters next to shinning white sand with the coconut trees hanging up above in just the right angle. Really, it’s as beautiful as it comes and it’s [...]
