We arrived on Friday around 1pm. We grabbed something to eat from one of the many food trucks on the island (Taco Libre, which had a tasty quesadilla) and headed to the south side. Our first stop was Poipu Beach. It is one of the most popular beaches on the island. We didn’t realize that it also has green turtles and monk seals that like … Continue reading Kauai: South and West

The Winchester Mystery House is a place that I have been wanting to visit. I don’t remember where I first heard about it, probably some ghost hunting show, but i did watch the movie Winchester (starring Helen Mirren) which was creepy and fascinating. The only totally true part of the movie is that Sarah Winchester built this complicated house. Sarah came from New Haven, CT … Continue reading Winchester Mystery House

Our last tour was also with Frank the Tank. We chose the Megatour because we were able to do a bunch of different activities in one day. We were lucky that other people signed up for the tour. There were six of us and everyone was very nice, so it made for a lovely day. The other four people were from Canada! Our tour guide, … Continue reading Costa Rica: Rincon de La Vieja Megatour

This trip was reserved through the hotel and it only cost us $80 because we used our time share money on it. We saw the most animals on this trip, but it was my least favorite due to the condition of our transportation and the fact that one of the women was throwing up for the whole ride back. We also stopped at Cortez Waterfalls … Continue reading Costa Rica: Excursion to Palo Verde River

We booked two tours with Frank the Tank before we left for Costa Rica. It was a good thing we thought ahead because he didn’t have much space available for when we were there. The tour guide picks you up at the hotel reception area (or in our hotel, right outside the gate). There were about ten people from our resort on this tour. We … Continue reading Costa Rica: Excursion to Rio Celeste, Sloths, and Cortez Waterfalls

We chose Secrets because we were able to redeem points and get our stay there free. It helped that it was an all inclusive resort (rated as five star) with beautiful views. It is also located not far from a lot of different excursions that we were interested in taking. I’ve never stayed in an all inclusive five star resort, so I didn’t really know … Continue reading Secrets Papagayo, Costa Rica

My husband knows how much I love Christmas lights. He did some research and found out that Branson has some of the best lights in the U.S. so we made plans to visit. We live near an airport with Allegiant and the non stop flights were much cheaper than any other we could find. I love a nonstop flight. We were confined to certain days, … Continue reading Branson, Missouri

We planned a trip to New Mexico because it was the only state that I have not visited. I always thought it would be a neat place to visit and I was right. We arrived in Albuquerque on a very windy day. I saw my first tumbleweed rolling down the road as we drove our rental car out of the airport parking lot. We stopped … Continue reading New Mexico

Our last excursion took us to Pelion, Greece from the port of Volos. Our bus drove up Mt. Pelion to the highest point that they were able (it was quite foggy that day). The drive up was incredible. There were sections that the bus had to back up in order to get around a corner. The tour guide suggested that we try the mountain tea … Continue reading Mediterranean cruise: Volos, Greece

We were supposed to stop in Istanbul, but the day before we were to arrive there was a terrorist bombing in the central market. It was a little scary to think about because we were planning to visit that same area. The captain made an announcement at 10pm that we would be stopping in Izmir instead of Istanbul. Luckily we did not plan an excursion … Continue reading Mediterranean Cruise: Izmir, Turkey