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This years Christmas holiday will be spent exactly the way we did it last year, in New York City where we had the Xmas celebration of our lives and were lucky enough to go into the New Year partying with our friends.

Before spending our Christmas holiday in New York I had only been there for work and always, I must admit, a bit in a rush to get back home.

This...

New York is such a great city to travel to and I have been there several times for work and holidays. The thing that makes New York the attractive travel destination that it is would be in my opinion its diversity.

New York City has it all from the great shopping, the buzzling nightlife, plus an amazing cultural mix of restaurants and neighbourhoods.

Then there's...

Together with a couple of good friends my partner and I have just come back from a fantastic holiday in Honolulu, Hawaii.

We had a two and a half weeks to spend in Honolulu so we decided to rent a car so that we would have the option to tour around the island.

While the weather wasn't the best when we arrived this soon changed so we could enjoy our beach holiday...

From Santa Monica it's a short trip inland to Los Angeles and you can easily go for a day trip either way.

During my stay in Los Angeles I also went to Hollywood which was a lot of fun and luckily the weather was great so I could do a lot of the sightseeing by foot.

The walk of fame on Hollywood Boulevard was pretty cool and it's definitely a must see on your...

During my stay in Santa Monica I stayed at the HI Los Angeles Hostel which is part of the Hostels International chain. To stay here was a great decision as the hostel is really clean, modern and with a great location.

I also liked that the hostel had a garden and that the public spaces like the laundry room and the kitchen were tidy and well looked after.

At night...