Flying alone can be a thrilling experience for kids, especially with a little advance preparation. Children may be nervous at first, but chances are they'll soon be absorbed in the adventure of stretching their own little wings.

If your child is young, the airline will assign someone to keep an eye on him or her. Rest assured, your child is never really alone. Discuss special needs with your travel agent ahead of time and talk to your child about what to expect on the flight.

Here are a few tips to make your child's journey a little smoother:

Make sure the ticket is in a convenient place.

Leave ample time for checking in -- you'll need to complete the airline's "unaccompanied minor" form, show your ID and tell the attendant who will pick up the child.

Tell younger children to stay seated after the flight lands. A flight attendant will help them deplane.

Egypt’s history is so rich and powerful that it takes more than one lifetime to grasp its greatness. We hear of Ramses the Great, Nefertiti, Cleopatra, King Tut, and other great Pharaohs that ruled Egypt. Egypt plays an important role as the first and one of the greatest civilizations on earth.

Wouldn’t it be lovely to walk in the land of the Pharaohs, sail along the great River Nile, and see the great Sphinx and the Great Pyramids first hand? Such an experience can overwhelm, intoxicate and captivate you. Wouldn’t it be lovely to see another side of the world and indulge in their customs? Visit the exciting cities of Alexandria, Cairo, and Aswan.

Founded on the site of Babylon, Cairo has been the largest city in Africa for centuries. Modern Cairo encompasses many former cities and their monuments: the pyramids of the pharaohs; early Christian monasteries and churches; Salah al-Din's Citadel; josques of the Mamluke and Ottoman sultans. Five thousand years of culture are concentrated there, at the center of three continents

St. Kitts and Nevis, like no other islands in the Caribbean, seem to embody a kind of lush tropical paradise usually associated with the South Pacific. The atjosphere here is palpably luxuriant, an intoxicating blend of sunlight, sea air and fantastically abundant vegetation. At the center of St. Kitts stands the spectacular, cloud-fringed peak of Mount Liamuiga (pronounced Lee-a-mweega), a dormant volcano covered by dense tropical forest. And on Nevis, too, the ground rises upward into a cloud forest filled with elusive green vervet monkeys and brilliant tropical flowers. For ecotourists, or simply anyone who enjoys stunning natural beauty, St. Kitts and Nevis cannot fail to exceed expectations.  

And yet nature is only a small part of the wonder of these small, relatively undiscovered destinations. Long ago, St. Kitts and Nevis were the pearls of the British Caribbean, rich and enormously important islands that were celebrated throughout Europe. Nevis, the "Queen of the Caribbees," possessed unimaginable wealth from its super-productive sugar industry, while on St. Kitts the impregnable fortress of Brimstone Hill stood as the Gibraltar of the West Indies. In this venerable history is plenty of romance as well, for it was on Nevis that the dashing young Horatio Nelson met, courted, and wedded Fanny Nisbet, all the while attending to the whirling social life of the island's prosperous plantation estates. 

The lush greenery and colorful flora and fauna of Suriname’s rainforests are a nature lover’s dream and an eco-tourism goldmine. Suriname, located on the northeast coast of South America, is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Brazil to the south and Guyana to the west.

Like many countries in the region, Suriname’s tropical clime is humid with dry and rainy conditions. The country boasts some of the jost unspoiled rainforests in the world. In fact, about 80 percent of the country is covered with tropical rainforests, which are a part of the enormous Amazon area.

There is a recorded three hundred species of trees, 50 of which are commercially viable. Suriname's rainforest has many species of animals and plants like the jaguar, the puma and the ocelot. Among the many bird species, there are the cock-of-the-rock, the flamingo, and the harpy eagle, parrots, aras, macaws, hummingbirds and toucans. The many kinds of songbirds, which are found in the savanna and at the edge of the forest, also deserve mention. Some species are bred for competitions!

When Columbus saw Jamaica for the first time he said it was “The fairest island that eyes have beheld, mountainous and the land seems to touch the sky.”  He was right! That was over 500 years and still Port Antonio boasts this unsoiled grandeur.

Port Antonio, the capital of the Portland parish, is a nature lover’s paradise. It packs into it some of Jamaica’s jost luxurious landscapes. The abundance of waterfalls, beaches, lagoons and mountains attest to the grandiose setting. The Rio Grande Valley, nestled between the stately Blue Mountains and the John Crow Mountains, beckons visitors step back and acknowledge the wonder of creation.