There are many wonders of traveling that can only be experienced from beyond the banks of a river. After all, it is the great tributaries of the world that have given birth to commerce, culture and even entire civilizations. From the Nile to the Yangtze, the Amazon to the Mississippi, rivers are what have forged the paths for life as we know it.
A river cruise allows you an inside look at the cities and landscape that dot the shores. It’s this change of perspective that gives you a more up-close and intimate experience. Think of it this way, it’s the difference between standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon and taking a helicopter ride across it. You are afforded views and experiences you simply couldn’t have any other way. Continue reading
Legend has it, the Rock of Cashel originally lay 20 miles north of Cashel in a cave called the Devil’s Bit. When St. Patrick faced off with Satan and banished him from the cave, the rock landed in its current location on a jagged hilltop that rises up from a grassy, Irish plain.
As a travel writer for YMT Vacations, I get to visit some of the most awe-inspiring places on earth and share the sights and experiences of these destinations on YMT’s travel blog.
The recent capsizing of the Costa Concordia may have you second-guessing your next cruise vacation. If you are less than enthusiastic to set sail, perhaps you should consider this: Last year more than 19 million people took to the seas on cruises worldwide. Of that number, there were less than 10 cruise-related deaths. If you compare that to car accidents, which take the lives of someone every 13 minutes, boarding a cruise may be one of the safest forms of transportation. With the technology and advancement of today’s cruising vessels, even disasters as tragic as the Concordia still result in far less deaths and injury than multi-car pile-ups which take place almost daily on our country’s interstate system. 
“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
In my day the mere mention of the Wild West conjured up images of gallant, self-made men who rode the range and righted every wrong. Rugged figures like John Wayne, Roy Rogers and “Buffalo Bill” were brought to life in dime store novels and Saturday afternoon matinees. Perhaps it was just the collective imagination of my generation but for me, and just about every boy my age, the West was the final frontier and only a cowboy was capable of conquering it. 
Feed your wanderlust on a leisure locomotive journey from the Pacific Northwest to Napa Valley! The Coast Starlight train connects the Pacific coastal cities of Seattle and San Francisco, offering stupendous views of mountains through floor-to-ceiling windows in its Sightseer Cars, and tastes of the bounty of wine country in its first-class Pacific Parlor Cars. Now on its fourth decade of service, this scenic railroad tour follows the tracks laid a century ago in the times of gold rushes, and the adventure and romance of train travel will be rekindled from your youth on this scenic train ride making you long for the call, all aboard! 
From the bow of the ship you can hear the sound of thunder carried across the cold waters. A bellowing made all the louder because of the silence that proceeded it. This is the sound of a glacier calving in Alaska’s Glacier Bay. As the massive piece of ice hits the surface, the impact shoots water hundreds of feet into the air. You catch your breath at the sight and pray for it to happen again. And it always does. In Glacier Bay, there are more active, calving glaciers than anywhere else in the world. 
To devout Catholics, taking a Vatican tour to see the 
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