Unless otherwise noted, all photos are by the author. Click on a photo to enlarge it to read captions and use your forward arrow to view other photos in the series. Here is a city that’s not on the radar of most American travelers: here is why it ought to be. I hadn’t visited Portugal…
A good friend has been raving to me for years about Silversea cruise line and she has sailed more than 200 days with them. But the dates when I could try the line never coincided with destinations that interested me, or the ships departed from places like Dubai or Singapore, adding a small fortune to…
JAPAN IN CHERRY-BLOSSOM SEASON April 10-26, 2016 I had never been to Asia and friends convinced me correctly that Japan was a great destination so I signed on to a tour with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT). I was not pleased with the operational policies of OAT which I will evaluate at the end of the…
A VOYAGE ON THE AMAZON DISCOVERY, December 4 – 10, 2015 Best viewed on a computer with full screen. A cell phone will not do justice to the photos. All photos by the author except that many of the photos of birds high in the trees were taken by guide Eric Pineda with my camera.…
This tour began at the Four Seasons Resort, Scottsdale AZ, and included Sedona, the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, ending in Las Vegas to be near a major airport. Note the essay at the end on the historical significance of the area traversed. I flew into Phoenix Sky Harbor airport where…
I had this destination on my wish list for several years. I had looked into various river cruises and read evaluations of their performance. Alas, the most popular ones sell out almost a year before departure and I am not into planning that far ahead. I waited until January to book a river cruise in…
THE CANADIAN ROCKIES BY TRAIN & BUS Sept. 14-21, 2014 (Unless otherwise noted, all photos are by the author. Click on a photo to enlarge it.) Seeing the Canadian Rockies has long been on my travel wish list. Since I was finishing up a Tauck Tour of the Pacific Northwest in Vancouver ( a separate…
