Author: Lowes Travels
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Volcanoes, Coffee and Manta Rays!
The post recounts a trip to the Big Island, focusing on the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park and surrounding attractions. Highlights include exploring Kilauea and Mauna Loa, scenic drives along the Chain of Craters Road, a coffee farm tour, and unique experiences like night snorkeling with manta rays.
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Exploring the Big Island: Beyond Volcanoes – prt. 1
Jan 19 to 26 Our desire to visit the Big Island of Hawaii finally happened. When you think of the Big Island, what comes to mind may be the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, especially now that the Volcano has been active lately (Kilauea Volcano Eruption Episode 41 happened while we were there and Episode 42…
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Experiences at Iconic Douro River Valley – Portugal
Oct 8-15 This is the final segment covering the two-part story of our Viking Osfrid river cruise on the Douro River. Click here if you missed the first part. We joined all the included excursions offered , and below are the highlights of those fascinating, informative and fun excursions. We were impressed by how well…
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Discoveries in Portugal
Oct 8- 15 Lisbon This is the final segment of our 30 day Europe cruises in October. After our Viking Saturn ocean cruise around the British Isles (click here if you missed those stories), we joined a river cruise on Viking Osfrid, traveling the Douro River in Portugal. This was our second visit to Lisbon…
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Out and about in London
Oct 2-5 When we hopped off Viking Saturn on Oct. 2nd we were excited and couldn’t wait to dive into all that London had to offer. From the iconic sights such as the Parliament Building, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and historic neighborhoods to the bustling atmosphere of markets and shops, we were ready…
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British Isles part 3 – Wales and England
Sept 29 to Oct 1 This is the final post of our 3-part series detailing our Viking Saturn British Isles cruise over a month ago. If you want to catch up with our previous posts, click here for Scotland and here for Ireland. Cruising along, we had one port stop in Wales at Holyhead, and…
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British Isles part 2 – Ireland
Sept 25-26 When we started our British Isles cruise itinerary, I had no idea we’d end up diving into the fascinating geography of the region. The British Isles is a collection of islands, featuring two main ones – Great Britain and Ireland – and a host of smaller ones. The archipelago is home to two…
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British Isles part 1 – Scotland
Sept 18- 24 It’s been over a month since we returned from our back-to-back Viking cruises. Dealing with jet lag and getting our yard back into shape after a brutal summer put blogging on the back burner. Now that it’s finally cooling down I’m ready to sit in front of the computer to write posts…
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Canadian Rockies the second time around!
Aug 1-8 When you love a place with stunning scenery that brings unforgettable memories, you may wish to revisit and experience that joy again. We don’t normally do “repeats” because there’s so much more of the world for us to see. But we recently made exceptions by traveling around Vancouver Island, then boarding the Rocky…
