baby boomer travel
Really you ask, “why take a one-way anything”! Well, here are my nine good reasons to take a one-way cruise. Cruise ships are a bit like whales – every six months they undertake a great migration. They finish the summer on one side of the world and head back to start summer cruises on Read More …
On a cruise around the Caribbean, the third port of call stop was at the tiny (112 square miles) island of Bonaire. Berthing at Kralendijk, the capital, we immediately headed off on a pre-booked mini submarine tour over a coral reef – on close-by Little Bonaire Island. This was a short, but interesting, experience, taking Read More …
A Curacao Pub Crawl – welcome to the Caribbean. Finding ourselves in Wilemstad, Curacao on a Caribbean cruise we decided to try a different type of tour. So….a decision was quickly made to embark on an evening pub crawl in a comfortable mini bus!
Glacier Bay – a sight to behold, although you need to be on one of those fantastic cruises up the Canadian coast from Whittier – for us it was the Star Princess in the month of September. I’ve heard Glacier Bay referred to as “God Showing Off” which is so true. It’s almost impossible to Read More …
Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC on Vancouver Island has 900 varieties of plants with one million planted! Do you feel like a wander through this world famous “must-see oasis” that took over 100 years to create? Follow me…..you won’t be disappointed.
With Salmon being my favourite food of all time, it was really easy to enjoy a trip through Alaska, This salmon chowder was particularly delicious and I enjoyed it many times in Denali (after a hard day searching for grizzlies), Fairbanks, Anchorage and many more magic places. A hearty soup perfect for those cold days!Enjoy Read More …
The hop on hop off New York Ferry was our choice to fill in the gaps of ” The City That Never Sleeps” – there was a lot fit into the last day and we weren’t disappointed. Day four had seen our 48 hours hop on hop off bus pass run out, so we stopped at Read More …
Grizzly bears and golden autumn leaves were at the top of our agenda when driving through Denali Park in Alaska and we weren’t disappointed! Although only seeing a pin prick of the 6 million acres of Alaskan wilderness (The Last Frontier) we came away happy with what had crossed our path – so to speak.
Have you ever walked through a tropical jungle amongst thousands of fluttering butterflies? Instead of heading to the tropics, did you know you can do this at the Butterfly Gardens in Victoria on Vancouver Island? With Vancouver being a popular stopover in Canada, it’s definitely worth tacking on an extra day to enjoy everything Victoria has to Read More …
“Have you been to New York City ?” This has been a frequent question over the years – usually followed by a look as if I had two heads, because apparently nearly everyone in the world had been except me! Well this was fixed in October, when we added five nights in New York onto Read More …
