After 3 very rough days at sea on our crossing from Sydney thru the Tasman Sea, we arrived at our first port of call, Picton New Zealand. As our cabin was located in the very aft of our ship, the…
Touring the Boeing 747 at HARS Aviation Museum!
Blog post about the HARS Aviation Museum 747 VIP tour near Sydney.
Touring the Sydney Opera House!
G’day Mate! Welcome to Sydney and our guided tour of the Sydney Opera House! We will also be touring around a bit on our own to the surrounding areas at the Circular Quay Marina and Rocks area located close-by here,…
Touring the Barossa Valley!
On our first full day in Adelaide, Steve (DOS) and I took a full day wine tour thru the beautiful Barossa Valley, only an hour’s drive north of the city. We used CP Tours and Charters for our wine tasting…
Spa Day and Dinner at Peninsula Hot Springs!
After a free day on our own in Melbourne, we met our good friends Ian and Rosemary at the Grand Hyatt here in Melbourne on Thursday. I first met Ian and Rosemary way back on my first trip to Australia…
Touring Doha by Day and Night During Ramadan!
This post will mostly be a gallery of pics as we took so many photos during our 4 hour tour of Doha. As it is the season of Ramadan, we hired a private driver, Sauiful, to tour us around Doha…
Long but Exciting Day Touring Luxor Egypt!
In what was perhaps our longest shore excursion ever, Steve (DOS) and I took a nearly 16 hour tour from our port stop in Safaga, Egypt to Luxor Egypt. We had an early breakfast in the outdoor section of the…
Touring Around Seattle Before Taking The Amtrak Empire Builder Train Home!
After a long and eventful trip to Seattle (previous post), Steve DOS and I slept well the first night at the Hyatt Olive 8 Hotel in Seattle. This hotel is part of the Hyatt Chain and directly across the street…
Skagway: Alaska’s Wild West and Gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush!
The next stop on our 10 day Crown Princess Alaska cruise was Skagway. Skagway is traditionally our favorite stop on an Alaskan cruise; it reminds me of an old Hollywood wild west movie set with a wide main street (Broadway)…
Welcome to Icy Straight Point, Alaska!
Continuing on with our 10 day Alaska cruise on the Crown Princess, our next stop was Icy Straight Point. Of all the Alaska ports we stopped at, Icy Straight Point was the most unique in the fact that it is…