A much underrated city with much to see, admire and amaze, Budapest is a city that is spread out but easy to navigate with a good map. I...

Embarkation: I was boarding (in Valparaiso) on the second leg of a 40+ day voyage so it was not the normal mass confusion – even with the...

Arrived at Buenos Aires in the morning and was taken aback by the heavy traffic and dirty air quality, but I guess that is to be expected...

Traveled to Santiago, Chili for 2 nights prior to boarding a cruise ship to sail around Cape Horn. Arriving Santiago will cost US...

Made two journeys to Sri Lanka, so here are the facts to help you on your visit; Infrastructure within the country is very poor, I rode...

I have dreamed of visiting the Spectacular beaches of Thailand made famous in the James Bond movie “Man with the Golden Gun.” So, I did a...

In my quest to see more of Asia, I boarded a flight and landed in Hanoi, Vietnam. Westerners arriving in Vietnam must have an invitation...

Chiang Rai is a lovely town in Northern Thailand and very close to the Burma/Laos border. At one time CR was the northern capitol of...

I packed my backpack and bought a ticket on Laotian airlines and flew to the UNESCO world heritage town of Luang Prabang (LP) exotic...

The ship can dock at various locations around the pier, so be prepared to a walk. We were scheduled to do a GPS hike at Mt. Ulriken,...

As the ship sails into Tromso…we can’t see more than a foot in front of our face! Fog surrounds us and we are concerned that we won’t see...

A picture of Geiranger is usually posted for every Norwegian Fjords cruise; in real life it is identical in beauty and magnificence. You...

A tender port but due to low winds and calm seas we docked on a lovely sunny 65 degree day. After much research, we chose to do a ship’s...

Lovely town, we lucked out with a beautiful sunny day of about 68 degrees. As you leave the ship, you are handed a map of the town by...

Ship docks in a lovely setting in a very small town. Briksdalen Glacier is the main attraction but is 45 minutes away by bus. Wanting to...

(Picture-Team “Motley Cru” from close to the top of Mt Tiede in Santa Cruz). Wanting to avoid the standard boring tourist tours for my 10...

Picture above- The Booze Brothers Embarkation: Barcelona port is well laid out; less than 10 minutes and I was on board. Have your one...

A terrific port but expensive. Two visits, on my first visit I booked myself along with my youngest daughter on a “Royal Swim with the...

Dubai: A modern and bustling city that seems to have almost everything for everyone. The airport is new, clean and the duty free shop is...

A busy port but a lovely island with a lot of ship and local traffic. I visited St. Lucia twice; it is one of my favorite Caribbean stops...