Steve (DOS) and I recently did a full transit thru the new Panama Canal locks aboard the Caribbean Princess on a 15 night cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to San Francisco. We had a wonderful time, and I’m just now getting…
Belize City by Day, and The Chef’s Table on the Sky Princess by Night
Note: Steve (DOS) and I are both back from our 7 day Caribbean cruise on the Sky Princess. I’m continuing this blog post from our next port-of-call in Belize. Day Four: Port of Belize We started our day aboard as…
Exploring The Wailea, Kaanapali, and Kapalua areas of Maui
This post is a continuation of our pre-Christmas 2021 Maui visit. While we stayed in the Wailea area, we made a few day trips around the island during our visit. This post visits (and compares) the Wailea, Kaanapali, and Kapalua…
Bed and Breakfast in St. Marys
After checking out of our hotel on Amelia Island, Steve (DOS) and I headed slightly north to St. Marys, Georgia, where we are staying at a Bed and Breakfast for two nights. St. Marys is only an hour or so…
Dinner on Jekyll Island at a Rum Distillery!
Steve (DOS) and I went on another quick trip to Jekyll Island this week, to attend a special-event dinner with some of our Island friends Michelle and Larson, who there. I’ve written many posts about Jekyll Island, so I’m not…
Day Trip to Suzhou
Our day trip to Souju started at 8:45am when our guide Annie, of Sunny’s Tours met us at our hotel, the Grand Hyatt Shanghai. Unlike the previous two days of touring with Lily and a driver, today we would use…
Happy Chinese New Year!
Yes, we celebrated the 2018 Chinese New Year in style in Singapore! In my last post I wrote about our day 1 private tour with Su Ling of Hello Singapore Tours, and now I’m continuing this post on Day…
Victoria Falls by Land, Sea, and Helicopter!
Ok, after a bit of a break from my work trip to Baltimore, I’m resuming the blog of our Africa trip, where I left off at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Our second and last day in Victoria Falls was a busy…
Farewell to The Zambezi Queen – Hello to Victoria Falls!
The blog continues on with our last evening aboard the Zambezi Queen. Tonight’s dinner at 7:30 would be an authentic African farewell dinner complete with entertainment by the crew afterwards. We were docked in a quiet and remote lagoon area…
AMA Dara day two
On our first morning aboard the AMA Dara, we had a nice buffet breakfast in the restaurant. Like the hotels we have been staying in, the food was plentiful with many Viennese and American-type food. We then did our first…