We were supposed to stop in Trinidad and Tobago, but the captain came on the intercom in our rooms around 3pm and told us that we couldn’t stop there due to the weather. We were very disappointed because we had a tour that included bird watching in the rain forest. Instead, we spent the day keeping busy and packing. It was relaxing. We arrived in Barbados … Continue reading Barbados
We bought a tour from shore excursions. We met the guide inside the mall. There were nine people on our island spice tour. The tiny bus that we boarded was parked in the super busy lot near the terminal. It took us about ten minutes to get out of our parking space. It was crazy. I was so happy that I didn’t have to drive there. We drove through the … Continue reading Grenada
We have been wanting to visit the Dry Tortugas National Park for some time. We just have not made an effort to get to Key West, even though there are very cheap flight from Tampa every day. We finally got a hotel deal and flew down for a few days. There are only two ways to get to Dry Tortugas National Park. One is the ferry and the … Continue reading Dry Tortugas National Park
This is the first time that I have visited Oahu. I have been to Hawaii twice before and visited Maui, the Big Island, and Kauai. I was told that Oahu was basically like a city, which made me nervous to visit because I prefer the nature aspects of the other islands I have visited. We landed at 4:15pm, which felt like 10pm to us. We stopped at a … Continue reading Oahu, Hawaii
We arrived in San Juan a little before 10am. We took the shuttle to the car rental agency and began our adventure to El Yunque. It takes about 30 minutes to drive there from the airport without traffic. I was excited to finally see a place that I used to teach in my Spanish classes. You would never know that you are headed to a National Forest … Continue reading Puerto Rico: El Yunque National Forest
We arrived in Denver the night before and drove to the ranch in the morning. Check in was at 3pm and we left around 11 to give us time to eat lunch and make any necessary stops. The drive to the ranch was interesting. After eating lunch in Loveland and heading north, we were on a windy uphill road. At one point there were rocks on every … Continue reading Rawah Ranch
Today we did some rainforest walks. We started at Noosa Parks. My husband mistakenly thought we could see koalas there, but they moved on years ago. Instead we walked by the water and then in the forest. We heard some amazing birdsong. One sounded electronic. We found out later it was an Eastern whipbird. Next we stopped at a Ginger Factory. We wandered around the grounds and bought a few … Continue reading Nature walks outside of Brisbane, Australia
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