South Africa – February 2025
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South America – January 2025
As soon as I stepped off the plane at midnight and walked into the airport in Peru, all my worries about Lima being dangerous just faded away. The airport’s pretty manageable and has clear signs everywhere. The authorities suggest using the official taxis from the airport, so I booked one to take me to the
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Seoul, Korea Land Tour – August 2024
Seoul, the capital city of South Korea is modernistic, filled with skyscrapers, high tech industry and cultural attractions. The recent interest in K-pop music, K-dramas and Korean food has attracted a lot of attention to this country of 9 million people. Transportation is convenient with subways, buses and taxis. Once the main tourist attractions are
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Aegean Treasures & Italian Allure – October 2024
Regent Seven Seas Navigator My 14 day Mediterranean cruise started in Barcelona, Spain and ended in Istanbul, Turkey. Along the way, we stopped at Palma De Mallorca in Spain, Tuscany-Naples-Sicily in Italy, Valleta Malta, Dubrovnik Croatia, Kotor Montenegro, Corfu-Gythion-Athens in Greece. Sailing was aboard the Regent Seven Seas Navigator, a 5 star ship that was
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The Japan Cherry Blossom Tour – April 2024
Sometimes the best moments are the ones you don’t plan for! We decided to hit up our friends the Konos who just moved to Japan after spending over 35 years in the US. We figured we’d just grab some coffee and chat, but with the Osaka Castle just a quick 10-minute stroll from our hotel,
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The Best of Scandinavia Cruise – June 2024
Sailing on the Celebrity Apex, one quickly learns that there are the haves and have nots. The haves are the ones with a different color room key, private entrance to a secluded area called the Retreat that has their own specialty restaurant, pool and cocktail lounge. If you’re traveling with friends, you might want to
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The New Zealand Cruise – February 2024
All the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies were filmed outside of Auckland, New Zealand in a town called Matamata. Of the 42 people in our tour group, I was the only one who hadn’t read the book, or seen any of the movies. I was surrounded by 41 aficionados who happily snapped pictures
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The Christmas Markets River Cruise – December 2023
This cruise should be titled How I Got 2 Cruises For The Price Of One. Thanks to Mother Nature, heavy snows and abundance of rain caused the Rhine River to rise, making it impossible to sail under the bridges. Halfway through the cruise, our captain sailed the AmaSiena as far south as he could go.
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The Japan/Korea Cruise – October 2023
The Land of the Rising Sun. Windstar named this voyage the Grand Japan cruise. Starting in Osaka and making a counter-clockwise journey hitting seaports only smaller ships and yachts could get into. This cruise was half full at 144 passengers and 197 crew. Windstar is a luxury cruise line and offers exceptional food, highlighting chefs
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The Danube River Cruise – June 2019
We cruised for 7 nights on the Danube River with AmaWaterway’s ship, the AmaSonata. But first, by coincidence, we joined another group of Hawaii friends in Regensberg, Germany. They were at the tail end of their cruise which started in Budapest. We were literally two ships passing in the night. Through some unforseen incident, they
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