Arriving in the Maldives It had been a busy 5 days exploring the coastal towns of India and heading inland to see the Taj Mahal. Two days at sea gave us time to relax before we arrived at our next spot. We were ready for a cleaner and less crowded […]
Choosing Emirates First Class We finished up our awesome cruise adventure with Christmas in Cape Town. Traveling with Oceania Cruises was certainly a luxury experience. Our IHG upgrades in Concierge Level pampered us when we started our cruise in Athens and then finished the trip in Dubai. But nothing was […]
The Southern Hemisphere In December We finished off our 51 day cruise adventure in Cape Town, South Africa. We would enjoy 10 days over Christmas in Cape Town before heading back to Dubai for what we hoped would be an awesome New Years celebration. December in Cape Town is the […]
What Were Your Favourite Blog Posts of 2016? I was surprised when I checked my blog stats for the end of the year to see what your favourite blog posts of 2016 were. When I looked at the list, it covered much of our travel around the world in 2016. […]
Travelling for Food in 2016 Challenged Our Taste Buds Food and travel in 2016 stretched us to try many new cuisines. Our taste buds were sometimes challenged! But often our food and drink favourites came in great quantity and variety! As we travel and experience authentic local foods and drinks, […]
Choosing Sandals Halcyon Beach in St Lucia For A Week We were heading back to St Lucia for a week. We had spent a day in St Lucia on our 26 day Caribbean cruise. On that visit, we had a great jeep tour of the island and spent some time […]
A Wide Variety in Resorts in St Lucia Staying at a Sandals in St Lucia got us the benefit of being able to stay at one resort but sample all three Sandals resorts in St Lucia. During the week in St Lucia we spent most of the time at our […]
Deciding To Take Via Rail Business Class We were headed to Ottawa for the Canada Day celebrations and to visit one of our kids. With 3 kids spread across 3 different time zones, we get a chance to regularly see different parts of Canada. We would normally do the trip […]
The Princess and the Pea – Why I Sometimes Need Luxury Travel I am sometimes a princess when I travel but I am careful where I splurge on luxury travel. A bit of luxury is one of the reasons we are still “semi” retired – working when we are not […]
Choosing To Fly Cathay Pacific Business Class We travelled in the South Pacific for 6 weeks. We flew from Vancouver to start our trip in Sydney before travelling around Australia. Then we went to Bali, Singapore and Thailand. We headed back to Bangkok for our flight home to Vancouver. The […]
A Multi-Hop Start For Our Travel to SE Asia We were excited as we started to plan our first travel to SE Asia. Our gateway in and out of Canada would be Vancouver. This would let us spend a little time in this city that is often our home away […]
A Great Home Base – Staying At Jimbaran Bay Bali was the first stop after we left Australia. We had finally caught up to our son Nick who had been our advance travel scout. We were excited to see him and to be staying at Jimbaran Bay for our week […]
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