Georgia travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

Leap out of bed and pinch yourself: No, you are not dreaming. That scent of an exotic tropical garden is real, carried in on the cool breeze coming off the Blue Mountains behind you. Strawberry Hill is based around an  eighteenth-century colonial plantation house perched high in the mountains. It belongs to Chris Blackwell, the record producer, who discovered Bob Marley and founded Island Records. Photo by: n_twiglet
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This gorgeous green treehouse was built by the architects at Lord, Aeck & Sargent. The structure is constructed as an extension to Camp Twin Lakes, a camp dedicated to kids with special needs. This treehouse is not only beautiful, fun and kid friendly, but green as well! The treehouse is also famous as “Wild Side” was built to be completely wheelchair accessible along either of the camp’s two lake-bound trails.
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Menorca is the smallest sister island of Majorca. The island offers a beautifully hilly landscape and pine-fringed coast with more beaches than all the other Balearic Islands – combined with silver and golden sand to tiny calas. It is blissfully free of tourist development and was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1993. Photo by: Stu Worrall
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‘Let go, let go……let gooooo!’ That is going to be a voice shout from above when you do hang gliding in the Lookout Mountain. The flight park is one of the best in the world, giving you a chance to experience such an extreme sport. The place offers ideal flying conditions.
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Venus Flytrap
The flytrap was introduced to the public in 1763 as the “fly trap sensitive” by North Carolina governor Arthur Dobbs, and ever since then it has represented a mysterious case in the evolution of flowering plants. Today it is the most well known species of a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey – mostly insects. These insectivorous plants lure their prey using sweet smelling nectar. When an insect lands on the head of the fly trap, they seek the source of the nectar, and if the plant is lucky, it will touch one of the many trigger hairs located within the jaws of the trap. Once triggered, the trap snaps closed, trapping the victim. Venus flytraps live only in bogs in North and South Carolina.
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Quadra Island lies between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia and is the largest and most populous of the Discovery Islands. A short ferry ride from Cambell River takes you through whale- and dolphin-rich waters to this island of ancient temperate rainforest. Photo by: jenisthebest
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The Gulf Islands are a group of mountainous islands situated across the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the mainland of southern British Columbia. They are part of a larger archipelago that features the San Juan Islands just to the south in Washington State. By the way the easiest way to get to is Saltspring Island – also well known as Canada’s arts and crafts island. Its mellow pace, breathtaking landscapes have drawn artists from all over the world. It has recently become the haunt of several Hollywood film stars.
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