Travel Dream List: Cartagena, Colombia
The folks at Hike Bike Travel are planning a trip to Colombia and were checking in for travel advice. While a visit to Colombia was a spontaneous decision for them, it has been on my Read More …
Photo Thursday: Dubrovnik Memories
For various reasons, Croatia has been on my mind this week, so I’m taking a break from posts about the Seychelles to focus on Dubrovnik this week. Dubrovnik, the Pearl of the Adriatic, is a Read More …
Memorable Moments: Walking the City Wall in Kotor, Montenegro, 2004
My husband and I took an Adriatic cruise in 2004 that began in Venice and took us along the coast of Croatia and Montenegro to Corfu, Greece, and back again. At that time Montenegro wasn’t Read More …
The Travel Dream List: Zanzibar
Zanzibar The very name conjures images of exotic lands, the smell of spices and the sea. Zanzibar is most famous for three things: Beaches, spices, and Stone Town. Beaches The island – and the archipelago Read More …
Photo Thursday: The Sea Pearl
My recent trip to the Seychelles was mostly spent on board a small yacht, as seen in this shot from the harbor on La Digue. (That’s Tharius, with the sun shades down and the dinghy Read More …
Memorable Moments: Dads and Daughters Day in the Desert, Arizona, 2001
For years my Dad had four-wheel drive vehicles that never, ever were driven beyond a maintained road, so when I was in Arizona with my girlfriend, we arranged for our Dads to join us for Read More …
Looking back: Memorable travel moments
I promised to share 50 of my most memorable travel moments. But life interfered. . . These memories aren’t presented in any particular order. Nor do they carry a particular theme or lesson or emotion Read More …
Memorable Moments: Camping by the Hippo Pool, Botswana, 2005
Our overland Botswana safari included a number of memorable campsites, but one of the standouts was in the Moremi Game Reserve where we camped next to the hippo pool, blocking the main route to their Read More …
Worth a return trip: Lima, Peru
Lima is one of those cities that tourists are often advised to spend as little time in as possible. If you are given that advice, ignore it. I’ve been to Lima briefly on two occasions Read More …
Photo Thursday: Anse Volbert
Keeping to themes from my recent trip to the Seychelles, here is a shot of some (momentarily vacant) chairs at the edge of the sand on Anse Volbert on Praslin. And here is what you Read More …