Boston City (Massachusetts, USA)

0 Comment by Mai / November 5, 2009 / Posted in Travel

You know every time I have to go to Boston for work I always get excited. Its one of those places where I continue to find new places to visit or things to do even though I have been many times before. I think the reason I like Boston so much is because, along with [...]

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Boston Common Park - Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

1 Comment by Mai / November 5, 2009 / Posted in Travel

Boston Common is a nice public park in the middle of Boston City. Despite it is being a lovely park, it has a lot of history. The park was used as a camp by the British before the revolutionary war. The Brits then left for the Battle of Lexington and Concord (if you ever read [...]

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Quincy Market - Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

0 Comment by Mai / November 5, 2009 / Posted in Travel

One place I went to which I enjoyed heaps was Quincy Market. Quincy Market is within walking distance from down town Boston. It’s a perfect place to buy souvenirs, eat delicacies famous in Boston (Lobster Roll, Clam Chowder, Fried Clams, Boston Pie, etc) and simply to soak up the ambiance. Quincy Market is located near Boston [...]

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Cape Cod - Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

0 Comment by Mai / November 5, 2009 / Posted in Travel

I took a day trip out of Boston City to the beach area of Cape Cod. Cape Cod is where a lot of rich and famous people own a holiday houses and display their yachts. You can do a lot of things in Cape Cod including:

Visiting John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)  Memorial and JFK museum at Hyannis
Relaxing [...]

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Boston (Massachusetts, USA) - What and where to eat

0 Comment by Mai / November 5, 2009 / Posted in Food & Wine, Travel

I’m not a food freak but I am happy to almost try anything at least once :P. In Boston, I was told the must things to eat were clams (deep fried or in chowder), lobster (a whole or in a roll), and the infamous Boston pie. I managed to try all of them throughout the time I was in Boston.
Quincy [...]

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Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

1 Comment by Mai / November 5, 2009 / Posted in Travel

While I was in Boston, one of my mates who live in Cambridge took me to hang out there. You can take train from Boston city to Cambridge. There are lots of restaurants and bars. I managed to watch a couple of bands and went to one of the many nightclubs. The main square of [...]

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Whale Watching - Boston (USA)

0 Comment by Mai / November 5, 2009 / Posted in Travel, Wildlife

You should all know how much of an wildlife buff I am. I’ve been to Africa to see the lions, elephants & wildebeest migration and also looking forward to seeing the polar bears at the tundra and also the Komodo dragons in Indonesia. So when I heard that the whales were migrating through Boston I [...]

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Lexington and Concord Battlefields Tour - Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

1 Comment by Mai / November 5, 2009 / Posted in Travel

When I travel, I really try my best to learn about the place as much as possible. While in Boston, I decided to learn about American Revolution war - Battles of Lexington and Concord. These battles are the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary war. It happened on April 1775 where the battles were [...]

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