Iceland delivers a variety of outdoor experiences across all seasons - from glacier walks, to self drive exploration including waterfalls, snow covered mountains, little villages and picturesque views of the sea. Many tour operators are located in the country offering a wide diversity of trips. Walk on a glacier, visit an ice cave, go scuba diving in a remote part of the country, visit volcanoes, or hot springs. One tour operator even offers … [Read more...]
Guinness Storehouse Dublin – June 2019
Guinness Storehouse is a large complex of buildings located at St James's Gate in Dublin Ireland. Guinness has truly developed a cult-like following over the years - since it's founding in 1759. A visit here will immediately clarify this - even during a recent visit on a weekday somewhat off season the storehouse was super crowded with visitors. A visit here is like a walk back in time to another era of old austere looking brick factory … [Read more...]
Belfast RMS Titanic Museum – May 2019
This museum opened in early 2012 and is the world's most comprehensive collection and galleries of everything relating to this once great ship. Galleries focus on pre Titanic industry in Belfast, designing the ship, building it, sailing, the great disaster upon hitting the iceberg, survivors and the aftermath. A short physical ride takes you through what the ship looked like during it's construction with narration from "workers" on various parts … [Read more...]
Lombrives Cave – April 2019
This is Europe's largest and longest open to the public cave system (a fact validated by the Guinness Book of World Records). The cave itself is located on the side of a small road with a non descript sign - it is easy to miss. Address: 09400 Ussat - across the road that runs parallel in this area to the L'Ariege River - about 90km from Toulouse and 50 km from the country of Andorra. A number of tours are offered each day - our visit coincided … [Read more...]
Gorgeous Grenada, #Caribbean – March 2019
Grenada may not be on most traveler's radar, but this small island in the southern Caribbean offers a diversity of picturesque postcard views along with a number of activities and attractions. Originally discovered by the 'west', Christopher Columbus first saw the island in 1498. A number of airlines fly here including American, Delta, Jet Blue, Air Canada, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Liat. The tiny Maurice Bishop International … [Read more...]
Sandy Island, Anguilla – February 2019
This tiny strip of sand is a getaway from your getaway! The island features merely 0.6 of an acre of silky smooth white sand in an elongated shape tinged with the occasional colorful umbrella and the obligatory white beach chairs. From Sandy Ground Wharf it is only about a 12 minute power boat ride to the island. Once you arrive, you will be treated to a small restaurant that stays busy serving a variety of tropical drinks including some … [Read more...]
Khao Tapu (James Bond Island) #Thailand – January 2019
This island is located in Ao Phang Nga National Park and rose to fame when it was featured in the 1974 James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun. Today the island is much loved and visited and depending on the time of year crowds descend on its narrow shores jostling for photographs and views from all the same spots as everyone else. This is a very scenic part of Thailand - and understandably draws visitors from all over the world. Small … [Read more...]
Lago De Coatepeque, El Salvador – December 2018
On a sunny day, this brilliant blue lake reflects the surrounding steep slopes of the green jungle covered caldera presenting views that are truly inspirational. The lake itself is about an hour drive from the capital of San Salvador. The road around the lake is dirt - rough at times but certainly passable in a normal car when it is dry. The small island in the southern part of the lake is called Teopan and used to be a Mayan site. Today a … [Read more...]
Fenway Park, Boston – November 2018
No trip to Boston should be complete without a visit to the storied Fenway Park. Conveniently located near downtown at 4 Yawkey Way (never to be called Yankee Way), the park is very easy to find. And with an airport that is located 15 minutes away, travelers can quickly be at the ballpark after their flight landed. Fenway Park opened in 1912 and is currently the oldest ball park in Major League Baseball. Often called "America's Most Beloved … [Read more...]
Visit Bonaire, Caribbean – October 2018
Bonaire is a small mostly flat island that is part of the Netherlands' overseas territories. Along with Aruba and Curacao it makes up the ABC islands - Bonaire is by far the least developed of these three islands. Very popular with divers - there are numerous marked dive sites - especially along the Queens Highway north of Kralendijk (the primary town on the island). Many of these dive sites can be accessed directly from the shore. The island … [Read more...]
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