"I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list."
On April 30th, we jumped on a plane and headed off to London Heathrow to spend 2-1/2 weeks in England and the Republic of Ireland. Upon arriving in mid-afternoon the following day, we did not immediately head for London as
We have booked a cruise on the Royal Clipper and will be sailing through the Windward Islands of the Caribbean for our first trip of 2025. In just eight days and seven nights we will visit six different countries. It
After our 3-flight, 40-hour odyssey to return home on South African Airlines and Lufthansa through Jo’burg and Frankfurt, we settled into our post-trip routine. There’s always both pros and cons to arriving home. Let’s get the bad points over with
The Guinness barges were part of everyday Dublin life, transporting wooden barrels full of GUINNESS from the Brewery to the waiting cross channel steamers at Dublin Port and bringing the empty barrels back to the Brewery to be refilled. Dublin
Our trip to southern Africa wound up with six days in the country of South Africa, where we visited Cape Town and then topped off the trip with a couple of relaxing days in nearby Stellenbosch wine country. This was
We weren’t too upset about leaving Etosha National Park since we had planned two days of game viewing at private game reserves on our route back to Windhoek. And we treated ourselves by booking lodges for our final two nights
We left Damaraland and entered Namibia’s famous Etosha National Park through the western gate, to begin our 3-night stay, camping and staying at a couple of lodges as we did our self-driving game drives. We’d love to say that Etosha
Still in Damaraland, but at the northern edge, we drove to the Palmwag Concession to camp for two nights. We needed to stay a couple of nights so that we could enjoy a really special activity in the early morning
Having decided to skip camping with the seals at Cape Cross on the Skeleton Coast, we were able to add an extra night in Damaraland, an area of more than 100,000 square kilometres (over 10% of the whole country). Sandwiched
The morning of March 12th we broke camp at Sesriem and headed inland and to the north. Inland because you cannot drive through the sands dunes, and north to get to the Skeleton Coast accessible through near Walvis Bay and
As we coasted back down into the Namib desert to the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) campsite at Sesriem, we didn’t have high expectations. NWR has a somewhat spotty track record on travel forums, and we’d just come from NWR-managed Duwisib
The morning of March 7th we picked up our 4×4 and camping equipment, finished our food shopping, and hit the road to the south of Windhoek. A long, boring drive from Windhoek to the Kalahari Desert, with only a few
We left Windhoek the morning of March 7th on our 18-day, 4×4 camping trip with every intention of posting updates and photos every few days as we usually do. However, this trip turned out to be different for a number
Arrived in Windhoek late afternoon and settled into our apartment. Next morning, wandered downtown to check out the capital city’s main attractions. Spent some time at the Independence Memorial Museum. Large statue of the first president of Namibia, Sam Nujoma,
After our recovery days in South Africa, we took a quick flight to the tiny country of Lesotho, notable for a few quirky facts: A quick description of our visit: Have spent the last couple of days in the country
Following nearly 40 hours of flying and driving, we spent a couple of recovery days at a game lodge north of Johannesburg. Gorgeous safari tent accommodation in the middle of the Dinokeng Game Reserve. Spent a day and a half
In our trip planning for our “Namibia and Nearby” trip coming up in 2024, we came across a great article in the Audley Traveller Autumn 2023 edition about Cape Town. We’re looking forward to our first visit to Cape Town,
On our Australia VI and More trip in September and October 2024, we visited four countries, but only one was a new destination for us; Timor-Leste. You can read our posts about Atauro Island and Dili for a description of
After leaving Dili, we flew to Bali and spent a couple of nights and one full day before flying back to our home in Canada. Bali (like many places around the world) is trying to address the problem of over-tourism,
Upon our return from Atauro Island, we we checked back in to the Sunset Inn and spent a day and a half in Dili, capital of Timor-Leste. If you’ve never heard of the country, don’t be embarrassed. It only became