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Visiting Honolulu is an eye-opening experience. For those visitors who like to learn about the places they see, Hawaii has an amazing history to explore, and an equally fascinating present. It’s difficult to even get a small taste of the complexities of Hawaii, but it’s worth looking into, because it leads to some very interesting doors. There are many places right outside your hotel , for example, that can teach about traditional healing here, as well as offering some interesting history lessons at the same time.

There are many different naturopaths who can help to treat all sorts of illnesses. The idea is the same as that for a general family doctor, where these are ones who can serve as a catch-all for any kind of care, and make referrals for procedures that need specific expertise. The focus here is holistic, looking at mind and body, and finding the spiritual connection between these realms that are often considered separate. A good naturopath can be very beneficial to restoring balance, and do it in a way that uses the natural balance in nature, including elements and herbs.

There are also holistic practitioners in Hawaii, and these focus again on the mind, body, and spirit. The focus here is on the whole, where the individual is regarded as an entire being, with many different sides and aspects. It is the responsibility of the holistic doctor or healer to lead the patient into a state of balance. This can be achieved through diet and nutrition more than anything else, although there are kinds of healing associated with this too.

There are also plenty of doctors who are trained in western medicine, as well as locals who are trained in healing in the traditional ways. In all of these, there will be some who practice according to Chinese practices, or Polynesian philosophies, Japanese medicine, and a number of other influences. It’s possible, then, to read the histories of settlement among people here in the practices of medicine.

Atlantic City has an interesting reputation, and one that’s very erratic. Over the years it’s been a place of fabulous wealth and a lively social scene, a run-down section with a shady past, and a fantastic city that’s risen up from the ashes of its own history. That’s how it is today, and that’s one among many good reasons to visit. One can get the sense of what it was like back then, while still enjoying a very lovely now, with little hints here and there of the in-between.

It’s a place where things happen. Like any gambling town, there’s always a strong sense of the unexpected, and the unexpected does happen here with some regularity. There are plenty of distractions that visitors can seek out, but there are also magnificent moments that pop up, just because of sheer coincidence, that make it terribly interesting. It’s little wonder that this is the same city that saw the birth of Allan Kaprow , father of the Happening. His influence on future generations is very secure, having earned its place in his lifetime, but made more sure over the years of teaching and lecturing. He died in 2006, but his legacy lives in large pockets of counterculture, as well as having influenced quite a bit of pop culture, too.

He’s one of those great artists who was trying to bridge the gap between art and life , and started one of the movements that made so much of the work of revolutionary theatre in the 1960s possible. It also influenced Grotowski and a number of others, and has a substantial currency in the international arena as well. It might seem unlikely to think that booking a hotel might lead to a happening, but it’s certainly possible if your definition is as fluid as his. All that’s necessary is a certain set of requirements that are easily met here, and a willingness for something to happen. Gathering people in a public space is a great beginning. The rest is a night on the town, or a future work of art.

It’s my first day in New York City. My flight was uneventful,on time, and going through security was a breeze. I caught the metro to mid-town where I could by the new Motorola Android phone. The Android is software designed to deliver a more personalized and customizable experience on the cellphone. It’s basically Motorola’s answer to the Iphone and the Blackberry, but more advance. The phone’s been on the market since last November , but I wanted to buy mine in New York and not over the net. I guess I just wanted to feel a part of something grand.

It was still very cold outside, with traces of snow on the ground, so walking around was pretty unpleasant. I found the Verizon store at went inside, the sales agent was very helpful and explained most of the operating functions for me. I can’t wait to use it! I’ll probably check my emails, twitters and Facebook accounts first. I went outside and sat down at a bus stop and started playing with my new toy. Then this poor guy, probably schizophrenic, sat down and started rambling on. He didn’t seem to be a threat, but he was a big guy. He was clearly not ‘with-it’, so I was a little concerned. Finally, a bus arrived and he hopped on it, whew! I thought I’d have to fight him to the death over my new Android. Welcome to New York!

I decided to catch a cab to Chinatown for lunch, I looked up the restaurant on my Android and gave the taxi driver the address. The place was busy! I had to actually take a number and wait in line. It took 45 minutes to get a seat. It reminded me of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry and Elaine and George couldn’t get a seat at a Chinese restaurant. While I waited, I decided it was time to book a local hotel on my Android. It was so easy! Wow, all the things I can do on my phone was so revolutionary!

The wait for a table was worth it, I had the steamed dumplings filled with soup, they even come with their own instructions as to not get scalded when you eat them. I had five in total, they were so delicious, no wonder there’s a wait for this place: Joe’s Shanghai . Of course I found this great restaurant by uploading an application that randomly picks great restaurants for the more adventuresome person. Now, I wonder if there’s an app for me to upload that will randomly pick a great guy for me to date!

The largest city in the Texas panhandle is Amarillo and there are some beautiful areas to visit while staying at a a fine hotel in the city. When you see parts of the Texas panhandle you think of James Dean in the movie Giant. Rather desolate and dusty with no plants just wind mills. But there are some great canyons in the area that add a nice twist to the scenery. The Palo Duro Canyon has an almost Grand Canyon feel to it only it is not as deep or big. The river that formed this canyon is called the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River. Adventurers can grab as much water as they can carry and take a hike around the Lighthouse Peak, which is the grandest feature of the canyon. It is a six mile round trip loop that lets visitors enjoy the view. Visitors should wear hats, full cover and carry lots of water.

Along interstate 40 just west of Amarillo travelers can see the grand art project that was funded by Stanley Marsh III, the Cadillac Ranch. Guess he thought the area needed a little color so he had 10 finned Cadillac’s buried have way in face down in the flat plain dirt by artists of the Ant Farm. Over the years the Cadillac’s have had many different paint jobs. Usually, they are full of graffiti, which is encouraged by the owner but they have also taken on solid colors to commemorate events. They were painted pink for Marsh’s wife’s birthday. They were painted black when one of the founding artist, Doug Michels, died. This is a must see while staying in the area.

If there is only time to hang around town then there are some things to do. Visitors can spend some time at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum which shows a great progression of the life in the area with many stories and artifacts. The city is also the home of the American Quarter Horse Association They plan many events and have many programs dedicated to the industry of the quarter horse. They have a great American Quarter Horse hall of Fame and Museum that is an interesting visit.

This is the morning when I get to wake up in a very tiny hotel room all by myself.  When I was checking in, they told me I could get an even smaller single, one that they’d recently converted from a closet, and it would cost me only half of what I was willing to pay already.  I took the offer, because I don’t need as much room as I used to.  It is as small as they told me.  Enough room for a bed and a wardrobe that actually touches the foot of the bed.  There’s enough space so that I can actually do a little bit of yoga by the side of the bed, if I put all my things on the bed.  It works.  This is working.

I haven’t had a drink in a few months now.  It seems to suit me very well.  The first part was rough, but they tell me that every part of it is rough, so I just have to keep myself in the day.  This is a very good day to be in, however, because I am breathing, and I got to sleep through the night, and there’s nothing that I have to do.  Later on, I’ll have a nice long meal at a restaurant on this site, but for now, I’m going to be frugal.  Just one coffee with a double shot at Muddy Waters, and I can start seeing what San Francisco looks like.

Before all that, though, a meeting, where I can start my caffeine intake with coffee that’s much, much stronger than it looks, and some good stories from strangers that I already like.  There are lots of opinions about what I should do when I’m here, and they’re all interesting, and some of them are even strange, but I have it in mind that City Lights will be a good destination, and a good place to get lost.  There are books by every writer I’ve ever loved, and just to be sentimental I look through what they have on Kerouac.  It’s good to hold his books while I’m here, especially now.  I can feel sparks in this, and I hear sparks in this, and I think about all the things that have to line up just right so that things can turn on the wheel, to move the regret into the realm of the next right thing.

In the mid-1980s, New York City’s Chelsea Piers were marked for demolition.  But in ten short years, the Chelsea Piers project, combining public and private goals, had turned the area around, realizing the potential of the thirty acres on which the piers sat.  Today, in 2010, it’s a recreational facility unlike few others.  At a cost of a hundred million in private monies, the piers have transformed into a place for the public to come, providing recreation and access to the Hudson River.  Any traveler to New York should consider a visit there, where you will find any number of opportunities to relax and enjoy the day or night.  You’ll be able to bowl, golf, or work out at a health club, or relax at a spa.

The Chelsea Piers opened to the public in 1910, one hundred years ago.  It had taken thirty years of planning and eight years of building to complete the piers.  Great luxury ships, such as the Mauretania and the Lusitania docked at the pier, even before they opened officially.  In those days, newspapers hailed the piers as a great achievement of urban design.  For fifty years, the Piers served the New York Port; it was the city’s best passenger ship terminal; but also served as a point for soldiers to leave for World War I and World War II.  In the 1950s and 1960s, the pier became a place for cargo ships.  By the 1970s until the mid-1980s, the place had fallen into neglect.  The Piers were designed mostly for passenger travel, unable to accommodate the larger container ships; since most people now traveled by plane, they fell into disuse.  Their redesign and redevelopment in the mid-1980s, then, gave this historic site new life.

The site is as famous for the ships that didn’t arrive, such as the ill-fated Titanic and the Lusitania, as well as who left these piers, such as the US Olympic Team leaving for Germany in 1936, where Jesse Owens would win four gold medals for track.  If you’ve arrived in New York and found yourself one of the hotels, big or small, then consider including the Chelsea Piers in your itinerary, and discover a part of the city’s reborn past.

Among the many beautiful aspects of the city of New York, is Central Park.  And two of the many beautiful aspects of Central Park, are the Shakespeare Garden and the Belvedere Castle.  The Belvedere Castle sits atop the second tallest hill in Central Park, the Vista Rock.  So in any direction one chooses to look, there will be a panoramic view, one that is offered by a building that combines function, design, form and a bit of romance to boot.

This was originally designed as a fantasy building, a castle built in 1865, by Jacob Wrey Mould and Calvert Vaux.  There intention was to create a place where people could not only take in the view of the surrounding area, but one in which they could catch a show at the Delacorte Theatre, or a performance of Shakespeare in the Park.  Turtle Pond sits below the castle walls and the green expanse of the park is all-surrounding.  In current times, when you listen to the radio for news of the weather forecast, this news travels from the weather station located in Belvedere Castle.

This is a mix of a building really, with such artifacts of times gone by as paper mache sculptures and skeletons, to such scientific equipment as telescopes and microscopes.  When you find yourself wondering through the park, and consider the need for binoculars, you can find them here at the station.  Notepads and sketching paper is also available, so one can take time to draw the natural environment, whether it be the hawks that fly over head, or the aquatic life that swims in Turtle Pond.  There are many hotels in the city, located close to the castle of Central Park, which gives the naturalist travelers easy access to one of the man made, naturally beautiful spots in the world, Central Park of New York City.

While you are looking for a room at one of the thousands of hotels around Louisiana found here you may be interested in some of the state facts. Hawaii is not the only state that produces sugar cane. Louisiana is the second highest producer of sugar and sweet potatoes. It is also the third largest producer of rice and there is plenty of cotton and pecans produced in the state as well. It is also has the most crude oil refineries in the Western Hemisphere. Louisiana exports the most grain to other countries. It is quite a busy port.

You would think California has the longest coast line but actually Louisiana has the longest coast because of all the bays and sounds. If you were to stretch out all the curves you would see that mile for mile this state has the longest coastline. This would make sense then that pirates would hideaway in the town of Jean Lafitte.  Almost half, 41 percent, of the wetlands in the United States is located in Louisiana. I wonder if that is why they have half of the countries species of birds living through out the state.

There has been some notable migration to the state of Louisiana. The British forces tried to take over the area but our Major General Andrew Jackson took care of that invasion in 1815. We think of Louisiana as the birth place to the Cajun people but actually they migrated down from Canada to escape having to follow the the English King. Speaking of Kings, Louisiana was named after a king, King Louis XIV. The French have made the biggest mark of them all with the big celebration that happens every year Mardi Gras. It is all about the food and the booze before the Catholic sacrifice made for Lent. If you are in New Orleans French Quarter for Mardi Gras, remember, the celebration does not end with the bars closing. It ends with the police on horse back telling you there is a new day at midnight.

For a great Hong Kong hotel you need not look any further it is all right here.  Once you have picked the perfect spot to rest your head you will need to create the perfect plan to get the most out of your trip to this beautiful Asian island.  There are many great things to do both in the city itself and in adventures outside the city to the surrounding areas. You could start by seeing the sights in the city. You hotel can direct you to some of the popular tours that are available. I like to take a general tour so I can see other places to possibly visit on another day. The Architecture Institute of Hong Kong has organized some tours of the cities more famous buildings. You get to see the buildings of history like the Central Police Station as well as the modern towering Shanghai Building.

You can visit some amazing temples in the city. The Man Mo is an important temple in Hong Kong. It is named after the god of martial arts. A Taoist temple the Wong Tai Sin Temple is an ornate splendor and often crowded with worshipers. It is named after a faithful follower Wong Tai Sin. It is fun to have your fortune read by the clairvoyants outside the temple entrance if you like that sort of thing. Get a traditional Chinese meal at the Hong Kong City Hall Restaurant. They cook and serve the food in old tradition style. Shop on Stanley Market it is a must experience place where you can haggle over just about everything.

There are ways to get another view of the city. Take a boat ride in the Aberdeen Harbor boat ride. You can take a ride in a traditional wooden sampan or have a meal on a huge modern boat. Take a ride up to Victoria Peak and see the amazing gardens a views of the mountains, water and city. You can get up there on a train pulled by a cable and have a walk and a meal. Also don’t miss out on the chance to get some thrills in at the big theme parks Oceanpark and Waterworld.

If you plan on getting out of your room at one of the quaint hotels in Miami Florida to see some sights maybe you would like to do a drive by of the Freedom Tower. It is one of the older buildings with some height to it and give a nice charm across the sky line that is otherwise full of modern skyscrapers. The tower was built in 1925 and was originally the headquarters to the Miami News an Metropolis newspaper. There was even a printing facility inside. The building has such a great Mediterranean Revival style that came from influences of the Giralda Tower located in the city of Seville, Spain. It is a fresh lemon yellow beacon of hope in the city.

After the Miami news paper move out the government needed the facility to house many refugees that were coming in from near by Cuba. In the sixties, many people from Cuba were trying to get away from the communist regime of Castro. This building was the processing center for all those who came to our country. The deprived immigrants could get some medical care here as well. After the influx of refugees was over in the late seventies, the building was up again to who ever thought they could use it.

The deed was passed around for a few years until 1997 when the building was bought by Jorge Mas Canosa. He was the leader of the Cuban American National Foundation and he wanted to restore the building and make it into a monument for the lost people who found home in the United States and called it Freedom Tower. It is now a museum, library and meeting hall dedicated to the Cuban people visitors can come and learn about what these people went through and why. It has merged with the Miami Dade College and has some wonderful exhibits that show case artists such as Dali. There are many future plans to keep this building alive with rich art and history.