myTakes: Travel

A couple years ago when I first joined this site, I asked the question, "What country would you like to visit most?" One Gagger thought it would be funny to troll my question by answering "Narnia". "I meant a REAL...

My church had a retreat last weekend and this will be mostly sharing pictures but as a brief summery our pastor from church has a farm in Indiana which his brother cares for and maintains while he is away but it is...

Flanders Most traditions in Flanders are based on local or regional folklore. Therefore there are no real national traditions as the community was formed only in 1973. Flanders is part of Belgium since 1830's Belgian...

So I have some shots from my last trip to Ohio to see a friend I started out in a library in Skokie IL that many old editions of newspapers in addition to a movie theater, a gaming lounge and a beautiful courtyard We...

Greetings, everyone! Hopefully, you already checked out Part One of this countdown. Now, it's time to explore in great detail the top 20 cities via population in the world. 20. Lima, Peru(9,752,000). This may have come...

This is the first entry for my new "100 Series." The series I've created has a simple motive: To list the top 100 of various categories. For the first entry of this series, I will be exploring the top 100 populated...

Disclaimer - this Take is aimed squarely at people who reside within a few hours flight away from the destination in question. If you live in North America, Australia or Asia, for example, I am in no way encouraging you...

First of all: I want to warn you that some of this story may be a little sad. But I want to share my Greyhound Experience. I boarded a bus In Hickory, NC to visit my cousin who lived in Louisville, KY. Upon waiting for...

For those of you who may follow me here on GAG, you might be aware I took a trip last week to Louisville, Kentucky to visit my cousin. Turns out it was quite a journey, and a lot of surprises popped up. This chapter will...

When people ask me where South Korea is, I usually tell them it’s a wonderful country, located between China and Japan. If the same person proceeds to ask “But where is China and Japan?” then I tell them that the country...

So as a follow up to my last mytake of last year with North Carolina, this one involves my two day trip from new jersey six flags and New York itself. To start lets look at the beginning of my shots from the trip. This...

In 2019, I still get asked the following: “Do the Chinese have televisions in their homes?” “Do they get cable?” “Do they use bicycles to travel from one place to another?” “Do they own cars?” “Do they live in...

India consists of people who belong to different races, castes, religions, languages and cultures.India is geographically diversified as it contains deserts, plateaus, rain forests, mountains, hot springs etc.in this...

I have seen a few myTakes from Europeans about, "Things I Find Strange About The U.S." I always find these kinds of MyTakes very interesting and often humorous, because things that are so normal to me, are so strange to...

Why is this important... The first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per...

As some of you may know, earlier this year I took a trip to Catalonia and the Eastern Pyrenees. My main reason for choosing this destination was the possibility of adding three new countries to my travel map. One of those...

Usually I like to do an interesting intro to these MyTakes, but I feel this one is pretty self explanatory. I will just say, I know there is disagreement as to exactly what is and isn't Eastern Europe. And I know that...

This is has been on my radar for a while to write but I also wanted to find some good jams to fill it out with, there are many options but I wanted to find the right ones that I would pick. So I went with ones that either...

I don't normally do these sorts of MyTakes, but since so many of my followers are inquiring about my visit to Andorra, I thought I'd just write a MyTake on it. If you don't know, I visited Andorra for a few hours in mid...

Inspired by every other person on GAG doing this trend, I'm here to do my own version. I'm a lifelong resident in the city of Hamilton, in the state of Ohio(in the United States of America). Even when I was in college, I...