Category: World Travels
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Postcards from Far Eastern Horizons – Hong Kong and Taipei
May 2-3 Let’s get back to our normal programming, after our exciting river rafting trip. Let’s see, where were we? On May 2-4, we were cruising across the South China Sea from Ha Long Bay, Vietnam toward Hong Kong. As a refresher, my last Asia post was about our cruise in Southeast Asia and our…
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Postcards from Southeast Asia – Vietnam
April 23-30 I’m slowly catching up with my postings detailing our recent Southeast Asia Viking cruise. Our first two stops were Thailand and Cambodia, click those links if you missed them. Vietnam is one of those exotic Asian countries that intrigued us to explore not just because of the many good things we heard about…
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Postcard from Southeast Asia – Cambodia
April 20-21 Sihanoukville, Cambodia Our only stop in Cambodia was at Sihanoukville, a seaside resort town on the west coast of the country named for former king Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012). It is Cambodia’s main beach resort and a popular escape for people living in Phnom Penh, the capital city. It’s also a favorite with Chinese tourists who…
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Postcards from Southeast Asia – Thailand
Just a couple of weeks after unpacking from our South Africa safari trip, and having gotten over the resultant jet lag, here we were packing again for another adventure. This time we were heading to Southeast Asia to visit countries we’d missed during our aborted World Wonders Cruise in 2020 due to Covid-19. It was…
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A Journey Through Five African Countries – pt. 2
This is part 2 of 2 installments detailing our African Countries adventures. If you missed the first one click here. After four days cruising on the Chobe River it was time to cross borders again, this being the day with the most crossings and passport stamps. First we exited Namibia, then entered Botswana, then exited…
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A Journey Through Five African Countries – pt. 1
Just as we’d finished unpacking and recovering from the jet lag of our exciting expedition cruise to Antarctica, it was time to begin preparing for our next adventure to South Africa. We booked this itinerary through AmaWaterways River Cruises, and it touched on five countries: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. Items were ticked…
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We Made it to Antarctica!
After two days at sea we sailed into Fort Point, Greenwich Island, our first stop actually in Antarctica: We were thrilled to make our first Antarctic landfall at Fort Point: Fort Point got its name from its jagged basalt spires that stand out in the landscape. This formation is connected by a low half-mile isthmus…
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Kayaking and Cruising Royal Bay’s Icy Waters
Royal Bay South Side Our final stop at South Georgia Island brought us to magical Royal Bay on Christmas Eve. We were very excited about this stop because we would be traveling on the SOB (Special Operations Boat), the zodiac cruisers and paddling in kayaks – a full day of exploration! SOB (Special Operations Boat)…
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Mind-blowing wildlife and stunning landscape – South Georgia Island
If you have just joined us, check out our first two blogs here and here to catch up. Before this trip, we had not heard about South Georgia Island and we didn’t have any expectations as we were focused on landing on our 7th continent, Antartica. But oh my, what a place! The best part…
