Guatemala – Panajachel
November 22-25, 2016 An easy 3-hour shuttle got us from Antigua to Panajachel (Pana, to the locals). This is on lake Atitlan, which is rumored to be the most beautiful lake in Central America. The views do not disappoint. Stunningly beautiful peaks rising up out of the clear blue lake are fantastic. We had two …
Guatemala – Antigua
Antigua de Guatemala November 19-22, 2016 What a lovely, lovely place. The weather is perfect (pretty much in the 70’s all year long) and this old colonial town is a delight at every corner. The extensive remains of some of the churches destroyed in a late 1700’s earthquake are even more breathtaking than the restored …
Australia – Brisbane
Brisbane, Australia – May 25-28 Not surprisingly, Brisbane is another lovely Australian city. Small in scale but very busy with a wonderful little free ferry service taking people up and down the river banks, a great city-bike system and a fabulous park and trail system. This is our last stop on the grand Australian circuit …
Australia – Port Douglas, Cape Tribulation & Cairns
Port Douglas, Cape Tribulation & Cairns, Australia May 19-25, 2016 Driving North out of Cairns just over an hour, you come to a lovely little beach town called Port Douglas which is sitting on a peninsula jutting into the sea. This is a small but lively town with the main street between the two ends …
Fitzroy Island & the Reef
Fitzroy Island, Australia – the Reef – May 15-19, 2016 From Darwin, we flew back to the East Coast and to Queensland for the first time. It is the last province that we haven’t seen in Australia. We flew to Cairns and then immediately took the boat to Fitzroy Island, which is a short 45-minute …
Darwin & Kakadu National Park, Australia
Darwin, Australia & Kakadu National Park – May 11-15 Darwin is also an exotic, isolated place in the North of Australia, with very little but national park for a thousand miles (or sea, to the North, of course). It is a small but lovely town with beaches and a very carribean sort of feel. Much …
Australia – Broome
Broome, Australia – May 8-11, 2016 Have you ever heard of Broome, Australia? Such an exotic sounding place. Flying into Broome, on Australia’s northern coast, does feel a bit like flying into the back & beyond, and for good reason. This small town is the gateway to the Kimberly outback region, which is also extremely …
Australia – Fremantle, Perth & Around
Femantle & Perth, Australia – May 1-8, 2016 Having been on the move for three months plus, we thought a week in one place was in order at this stage of the trip. Since we were heading to Western Australia, we selected Fremantle, which is about 10 miles away from downtown Perth and has its …
Australia – Margaret River
Margaret River, Australia – April 28-May 1, 2016 From Adelaide, we flew all the way to the far west of Australia, into Perth. Perth is the capital of the province of Western Australia. Planning to circle back to the Perth area, we immediately picked up a car and drove three hours south to the town …