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Diving Cayman Brac’s Healthy Reefs and Spectacular Walls

We dove for a week in Cayman Brac with a 17-dive package from Cayman Brac Beach Resort. See our resort review here Diving is on-site and run by Reef Divers. There are at least four boats but as the resort wasn’t full, we had two boats going out daily during our stay. Our boat, the […]

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Phuket Scuba Diving Adventure

We had recently done a trip to Cambodia where we flew through Bangkok and this gave us the perfect opportunity to do a short local flight to Phuket for a bit of scuba diving. We had also explored diving destinations closer to Bangkok, but most reviews suggested that the diving would be better in Phuket. […]

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Northern Italy Lake Area Day Trips

One could surely plan a whole week or more around the northern lakes in Italy. This picturesque countryside nestled in the mountains is simply beautiful. No wonder many actors and celebrities have second homes here. As part of our Northern Italy road trip, we visited Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore. While we would have loved […]

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South African Safari: Returning to a Renovated MalaMala Rattray’s Camp

On our last South African safari, we sampled a few camps in different areas and fell in love with MalaMala. Their motto: “It’s all about the wildlife.” resonated with us and the whole reason we love safaris. We also learned that they had just finished a renovation of the famous Rattray’s Camp and we were […]

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Barren Yet Beautiful Namibia

We had seen a picture of the famous Skeleton Coast hotel, the Shipwreck Lodge in a magazine once. I remember us both saying wow wouldn’t it be amazing to stay there. With this in mind, we planned our Namibia trip over the course of one week with three stops. We would start with Sossusvlei for […]

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Iguazu Falls, Argentina: A Natural Wonder!

After doing (and loving!) Victoria Falls we had been planning to visit Iguazu Falls for quite some time. It all came together when we got a deal on a Buenos Aires to Rio cruise, and we opted to add a few days as a pre-cruise to visit Buenos Aires and do the short trip to […]

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Zanzibar Scuba Diving and Matemwe Lodge

When we first visited spice island, Zanzibar, we were not scuba diving certified and we snorkeled the beautiful warm waters near our resort. We took an excursion made up of a mixed boat of divers and snorkelers and after their dive one Italian lady looked at us and asked, “why don’t you get certified?” What […]

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Tanzania Safari: The Great Migration, the Serengeti and Lake Manyara

Some years back we were fortunate enough to have done a safari in Kenya and Tanzania where, despite being off season for the Great Migration, we had a wonderful driver-guide who took us on a daylong game drive to see the edges of the huge migrating herds of wildebeest and zebras. If you’ve ever driven […]

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Diving the Clear Waters of Curaçao

We spent a wonderful week of diving in Curaçao and loved it. Even though we’re in Florida and dive regularly here, the 100+ foot visibility, the close to shore drop-off, and the healthy reefs full of life made diving in Curaçao a treat.

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Botswana Safari: Chobe, Okavango Delta, and Linyanti

Botswana with its famous Okavango Delta and Chobe River is a well-known and sought-after safari destination. While we had been lucky enough to have done other safaris in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, Botswana promised a new perspective with river safaris and canoe rides in ancient dugout canoes (or mokoros).