“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

Posted by on Apr 30, 2013 in Cruising, USA | 0 comments Through one of my first jobs in London in the early ‘90’s I met and worked with people from all over the world.  Ghanans, Polish, Somalians, Brazilians, and of course always heaps of Aussies and Kiwi’s. It was here that I met Alexandre, a Brazilian guy who I subsequently travelled with and later lived for some time with his family in Brazil, while also fitting in a bit of travel through...
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‘Too blessed to be stressed’ – DIPS in the Caribbean Part 2

Posted by on Apr 25, 2013 in Aruba, Cruising, St Maarten, St Thomas, USA | 0 comments   Curaçao (as in Blue Curaçao) located just off the Venezuelan coast was where I woke up on my birthday – how lucky am?!  After opening a few small gifts and after my breakfast of choice – fresh fruit, scrambled egg and smoked salmon for breakfast we head ashore.  Again with no excursion pre-arranged (we prefer to wing it than pay exorbitant shore excursions); we walk off the...
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DIPS in the Caribbean. Part 1

Posted by on Apr 20, 2013 in Aruba, Caribbean, Colombia, Cruising | 0 comments   Aruba, Jamaica ooh I want to take you To Burmuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama Key Largo, Montego, baby why don’t we go? Ooh I want to take down to Kokomo  ….. ever since reading about the destinations of the Caribbean cruises I couldn’t get this song out of my head – sad, but true. After the success of our cruise around the Mediterranean, we knew that another...
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Orlando – playground of the USA

Posted by on Apr 12, 2013 in USA | 1 comment Our JetBlue flight touched down in Orlando, Florida and just like that we had no further need for the cold weather gear we had used almost daily for the past four months. We were now surrounded by sunshine, tropical plants, and loud Americans in bright, colourful summer clothes. We had a car booked with a rental company, and made our way down to the service desk after collecting our luggage. Of...
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Intelligence gathering and more… Washington DC

Posted by on Apr 6, 2013 in USA | 0 comments Crossing into the US at Niagara Falls proved interesting, when the Immigration official didn’t know quite what to make of our situation (how can our employer grant us that long for a vacation!?) and asked us to step back into the waiting room while he discussed it further with a colleague.  Eventually we are waved on through, the last back onto the bus before continuing to Buffalo, where we...
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