Cuba
April 18, 2015. Let me stress this date before I continue, because when it comes to Cuba dates matter! Only four months after president Obama announced his intention to restore diplomatic relations we take a 45-minute flight from Miami into…
Myanmar, “Land of Pagodas”
January 2015: Myanmar, formerly Burma, is a country slowly but surely emerging from decades of isolation and authoritarian rule. Considered the 4th most isolated country in the world, behind Iran, S. Korea and Cuba, Myanmar is poised to explode onto…
Hawaii
In October 2014 we flew into Honolulu and were greeted with the most beautiful word in the Hawaiian language: “Aloha” ! The token Hawaiian Leis were fragrant and cool against our necks, and the stretch limo was an unexpected treat for my first visit…
Canadian Rockies by Rail
On August 29, 2014, we flew to Seattle and spent two days before catching the train for a 10-day trip into the Canadian Rockies. We were in Seattle last year and found it to be as beautiful as we remembered. It is very easy to see why…
European Viking Cruise
Come with us as we take a 3-week Viking river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest, Hungary; ending the tour with a land coach ride to Prague, Czech Republic. We began in August 2014 with 3 days in Amsterdam. The weather was sunny…
Fiji
A SHORT STAY IN PARADISE! We decided to break up the 18-hour flight from Sidney to L.A. by visiting Fiji for three days. Fiji is only a 5-hour fight from Sydney and it offered us a break from the constant “going” we had been doing through Australia…
New Zealand
From Australia we flew into Christchurch, New Zealand, considered to be “the most English city outside of England”. The 2010 earthquake has left this beautiful city devastated. As with most news a world away, we had no concept of the true loss this…
Australia – 2nd Time Round
This was our second visit to Australia, and we were on a mission to do and see things we did not do three years ago. Several days in Cairns, the tropical gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, gave us the opportunity to…
Farewell: India and Nepal
You are now just a refection in our minds. We are home safe and sound, and looking back on all the exciting things we have seen and done. We want to thank all of you who took this journey with…
Nepal
February 5-8 OK. It’s official! We have hit sensory overload. Oh my, what a beautiful little country. Sandwiched between huge China and overwhelming India, it manages to capitalize on the best of both. Here in the land of the grand…