The boardwalk in Santa Cruz is a festival of overstimulation. Noise, lights, action, commotion, junk food and kids everywhere-and it’s been that way for 101 Years!
No visit to Santa Cruz, California is complete without a stroll down the boardwalk with soft serve ice cream or cotton candy or some other nutritionally outlawed yummy that you’d never eat anywhere else. But, hey, how often do you get here? Live it up!
With Sounds for Sights you can take walking tours of New York City listening on your MP3 player. Go at your own pace with professionally narrated audio tours by local experts.
There are currently guides for Times Square, Rockfeller Center, Lower Manhattan and the South Stree Seaport. More iPod tours are on deck.
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What makes for a quality travel story? According to Ernest Hemingway, “good writing is true writing.” Honesty is especially crucial in travel writing, but it’s sometimes difficult for writers to achieve.
When we travel, we step beyond our comfort zones, into a realm of uncertainty. For a writer trying to capture the essence of a place, it can be tempting to assume a tone of artificial confidence. Jangly nerves, upset stomachs and genuine observations are lost in favor of breezy, artificial suavity.
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