Hanging loose in Honolulu … DIPS back in the Pacific

Posted by on Jul 29, 2013 in USA | 0 comments   Our flight from Las Vegas to Honolulu got in around 9pm local time and we found the pre-booked direct shuttle our accommodation for the next two nights just two blocks from Waikiki Beach – a smallish but certainly adequate self-contained studio apartment on the 23rd floor with a queen bed and double sofa-bed.  When looking for accommodation we wanted something close to Waikiki...
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Las Vegas – what was I thinking!?

Posted by on Jul 22, 2013 in Mexico, USA | 0 comments For the first time during the whole trip, we hit a major delay. We set off from our hotel in Playa del Carmen after a quick breakfast at around 7.30am for the hour long drive to Cancun airport with the taxi driver that I had used the day before, running around getting some last minute things. We flew over the hugely built-up Cancun ‘Strip’ and knew we had made the right decision...
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Our Yucatan adventure continues … our last ruin and cenote.

Posted by on Jun 20, 2013 in Mexico, USA | 0 comments We are on the countdown now for our departure out of Mexico and not that keen to stay in the tourist hub of Playa del Carmen for any longer than necessary (too touristy for us), so we extend our stay at Valladolid by an extra night and after the visit from Alejandro (see previous post) plan our visit to one final set of Maya ruins before leaving Mexico. Ek Balam is the Mayan city about an...
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Naples to Fort Lauderdale via the Florida Keys

Posted by on May 5, 2013 in Guatemala, USA | 0 comments Hire car really is the most convenient and cost-effective way for us to get around the States, so we booked another car with Alamo which would have us dropping off the car at the Fort Lauderdale Airport in two days’ time ahead of our flight to Guatemala City.   Andrea took David to Naples Airport to pick up the car and he came back driving a sleek black compact-size Chrysler. Having...
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“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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