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San Francisco CA: Ignore Tour Guide Rant |
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News sources reported a recent obscene outburst from a emotionally-challenged employee on her last day on the job. As she led her final group through the city’s popular Chinatown business section, she furiously spewed loud racial curses at the residents.
Your travel4seniors.com editor has visited the area, the world’s largest Chinese community outside Mainland China, many times over 70 years. Never once did we experience anything other than warm welcome, great food, terrific entertainment and unique shopping.
While Chinatown has retained its historic themes, the residents, including San Francisco’s current mayor, Ed Lee, have been loyal Americans since the early Asian settlers there more than 150 years ago. For your upcoming visit, get the latest info at www.sanfranciscochinatown.com
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Whitstable, UK: WW2 AA Forts, Not Alien Space Ships |
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Boooo! The ghostly apparitions at the Thames Estuary in Kent look like a spooky H.G. Wells scenario. They’re actually abandoned AA platforms on stilts, built in 1942 as anti-aircraft positions. Called Fort Maunsell, the guns fired at German bombers crossing the Channel to attack London and other English targets. For info about sightseeing cruises in the area, go to www.greta1892.co.uk |
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Hollywood Forever: Ghostly Tour Of The Famous Dead |
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If you live in the Los Angeles area or are traveling there during spooky season and beyond, you may want to pay homage to vintage stars of the silver screen in their final resting places.
Each of three escorted tours costs $15 at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA , 90038. Among the many famous grave sites are those of Rudolph Valentino, Jayne Mansfield, Cecil B. DeMille, Tyrone Power, Janet Gaynor, John Huston, Nelson Eddy, Clifton Webb, Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel and many more.
This year-round tour is hosted by Karie Bible, who highlights the various historic tales, scandals and mysteries of Hollywood Forever. The three tours include Cemetery of the Stars, Hidden Hollywood and Jewish Heritage.
Tours occur nearly every Saturday and/or Sunday. For details and reservations, go to cemeterytour.com
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Boston, MA: Spend The Night In The Hoosegow |
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For a unique Halloween, marriage, divorce, retirement or any other celebration while in Beantown, consider sleeping in a spooky former city jail. From the 1850s until a couple of decades ago, the imposing building complex, now the Liberty Hotel, was definitely not the place to spend any nights, days or years.
However, today the old jail is totally remodeled into fantastic interiors, 208 comfy rooms with luxury bathrooms, along with four fine dining and drinking (including the Clink) facilities. Those guests with creative cameras can book one of 19 rooms that still retain their cell block and iron bar facades.
Rates from $299, Liberty Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, 165 Charles St., Boston MA 02114, www.libertyhotel.com
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Q: Got Any Singles Travel Info For Senior Guys? |
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Hey, your website runs frequent articles advising senior women about making new connections on singles cruises and other travels. How about some info for retired bachelors, divorced guys and widowers who want to get back into the travel social scene? PRMc, USMC (Retired) Waco TX
A: We at travel4seniors.com weren’t aware that we excluded male readers on affairs of the wandering senior’s heart. If guilty, we’ll try to make amends here with a few quick hints.
1. Cruises: Do some digging. Cruise lines, internet and travel agencies offer countless listings about upcoming sailings and other travel deals that fit your request. In fact, by signing up for a cruise exclusively for senior singles, you’ll be happy with the statistics in guy vs gal favor. The average percentage aboard can be 30 males to every 70 females. For example, check out singles-only river cruises in interesting parts of the world at www.vikingrivercruises.com
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