After a delightful and unexpected pleasant 3 night stay in Doha, we headed out to Australia on the next leg of our journey. We had flown Qatar Airways and wanted to see Qatar, so we stopped over for 3 nights,…
Journey To Hawaii! December 2021
Steve (DOS) and I are currently in Hawaii thru December 14th. I’m writing this in sections as time, wifi, and power (wait until we get to Volcano House!) allows! We started our trip to Hawaii on Wednesday afternoon, with a…
Bye to Mendoza: Heading home to Orlando!
Our trip back to Orlando was much easier than our two night journey getting down to Mendoza. Fortunately unlike our outbound trip (which left right before Hurricane Irma was to strike and we had overnight flight delays), going home, all…
Travel to Shanghai!
After a fun overnight stay in Toronto, we had a leisurely day in the city, as our flight to London was not until 6:30pm. We walked around the same area where we had dinner last night, and as there was…
Layover in Sao Paulo Airport Hotel and onward Flight to Johannesburg
We had a nice 8 hour overnight flight to Sao Paulo on an American Airlines Boeing 777-300 jet from Miami. We had Business Class seats seats 3D and 3K (2 adjacent aisle seats in the center section of the 1…
Return to South Africa – the Adventure Begins!
After having such an enjoyable time last year on our AMA Waterways Africa cruise/tour, Steve (DOS) and I are returning to South Africa once again, this time on our own. Including travel, our nearly three week trip, unlike last year’s…
Happy Fourth of July from Santiago!
Today is Independence Day back in the United States, and for Steve (DOS) and I it was a leisurely day in Santiago, followed by an overnight trip home. As a Hyatt Globalist member, we were entitled to a 4pm checkout…
Fourth of July Week in Santiago
This year the Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday; smack dab in the middle of the week, so it means no work travel for us road warriors. I’m taking and extra 3 days vacation next week, so I have…
Travel home from Mendoza
I’m jumping around a bit from the last post where we were mountain and wine touring in Mendoza, Argentina, but we’ve been quite busy since we got back. One of the reasons we like going to South America in ‘our’…
Memorial Day Weekend in Mendoza
Steve (DOS) and I are currently in Mendoza, Argentina for the Memorial Day Weekend thru Wednesday. We left on Friday evening, and will be back on Thursday morning. For the quick long weekend, we made sure we had enough luggage…