On our second day of our arrival into Mendoza, we took a private wine tour Steve (DOS) had previously arranged prior to our arrival in Argentina. This is a quick 4 day trip for us from Orlando to Mendoza, taken…
July 4th weekend in Mendoza
Once again, I’m interrupting the Africa blog to update our latest travel adventures. I’ve been very busy with work trips since I’ve been back from South Africa, and we are already on to our next holiday. I’ve started the last…
From the Quarry to the beach: Our Easter Island tour continues . . .
Our Easter Island tour continues with our next stop at the Quarry on Easter Island. In the last post, we visited Tonjariki, which is the most spectacular and famous of Easter Island’s ruins. I also noted earlier that 70% of…
Touring Tonjariki on Easter Island!
Ok, so we’re up by 8am this our second morning on Easter Island and hurry down to have our first breakfast here at the Hangaroa Eco Village Resort, before taking our 9:30am tour. The breakfast buffet was very good, with…
Easter Island – a quick overview and tips for sightseeing
When we told friends, family, an co-workers we were going to Easter Island, we got various looks, puzzled and incorrect responses, and other’s (not wanting to feel stupid) simply saying ‘That’s nice’! To be honest, we didn’t know exactly where…
Flight to Easter Island!
We woke up early this morning as we had an 8:30am flight from Santiago, Chile to Easter Island. Although technically a domestic flight, they treat it as an international flight with their check in and agricultural requirements, so they recommend…
Welcome to Chile!
We started our day with breakfast at the Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport, where we had stayed last night, taking advantage of the seven day airport parking, as well as being a bit more relaxed before our overnight flight to Chile.…
Fourth of July on the Queen Mary
So on our final day aboard our 3 night ‘sailing’, we celebrated the Fourth of July at our ship hotel in Long Beach. The last two days and nights aboard had been very quiet and relaxing, but we knew…
Dinner at Sir Winston’s – Queen Mary Hotel
This is a continuation blog of our July 4th weekend aboard the Queen Mary Hotel, in Long Beach California. After walking for miles (literally!) aboard the ship, we took a late afternoon nap before heading to Sir Winston’s restaurant at…
Fourth of July weekend – part Two
Woke up early aboard the Queen Mary Hotel in Long Beach, as is normal when you gain 3 hours time coming from the East Coast the night before. As we were in the Eisenhower Suite, we had two separate bathrooms to…