Four Secluded Beaches in the BVI
As Diane Arbus rightly said: “My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” UPDATE: February 2023: I am heading back to the glorious British Virgin Islands in just over a week. The first time John and I visited the...
Family Vacation: Activities Everyone Can Enjoy
here are some family vacation ideas with activities all members can enjoy!
Old Sailors Superstitions: Never Start a Sea Voyage on a Friday.
Join us on a Star Clippers Royal Clipper cruise out of Bridgetown, Barbados, on a 7-day excursion to the Western Caribbean Sea. ‘Never Start a Sea Voyage on a Friday. It Will Have a Bad Ending’ An earring is said to...
Best Places to Visit in Australia This January
Pack your bags and experience some of the best Australia attractions to visit this January!
Spend a Gap Year: Travel and Study!
Here are five reasons you should definitely take the leap and enjoy a gap year travel. Taking a gap year of travel doesn’t mean procrastinating on your studies – quite the contrary. Here are five reasons why you should...
A Luxe Afternoon Tea at the Four Seasons Paris
The Four Seasons Paris has us feeling completely spoiled. And luxurious. And, of course, steeped on all things Tea: high, low, afternoon or luxuriously, in between. Ahhh, the simple joys of a wonderful cup of tea, served in the...
Driving to a Pure Michigan Thanksgiving
Our final road trip destination: American Thanksgiving in Saugatuck, MI and a taste of Pure Michigan in the Fall. We pack the car with some late November woollies, winter jackets, boots and lots of reading material and head west...
The Day Before All Souls
It is the day before All Souls Day, and it seems appropriate today that we join friends and family as they visit the graves of their loved ones, for we will visit a couple of the many WWI cemeteries that dot this part of the...
Across the Normandy Countryside to Vimy
We start our drive out of France, our longest stay in one country since Australia, by heading to Dieppe (pronounced, we learned last night, as “deep” in Kiwi) and onwards towards the beaches of Normandy and, ultimately Vimy....
Checking Into Our Bali Oasis
Getting to Denpasar was very easy. A cheap cab ride to the airport, easy check-in (thanks to Raffles Class on Singapore Airlines), and some quick duty-free shopping for Absolut and Clinique, and we are happy to begin our Bali...