Queenstown New Zealand

Travel Bravery for Adrenaline Adventures in New Zealand (FriFotos)

It’s FriFotos and the word is “Adrenaline”. Playing word association, say “adrenaline” and I’ll reply “adventure”.  Say “adventure” and I’ll reply “New Zealand” with a smile on my face. Planning a trip to New Zealand generally ticks off many bucket list items that folks have.  For me, it was chock […]

FriFotos: My favorite bountiful things – flowers, chocolate, cupcakes, wine

When I think of this week’s FriFotos theme of “bountiful”, fruits and vegetables come to mind.  Given that my fruit and vegetable consumption is barely scrapping the bottom minimum of the food pyramid daily requirements hence no photos, I figure I’d find other interpretations of “bountiful” for me – just […]

Oddballs' Camp Okavango Delta Botswana

The importance of wood on Safari in Botswana – FriFotos

This week’s FriFotos is “Wood” and I immediately thought of all the uses of wood on my safari in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.  I stayed at Oddballs’ Camp, an eco-camp which used solar power and local materials.  The various forms and importance that wood plays on safari is evident all day […]

Doubtful Sound South Island New Zealand

New Zealand 10 Day Itinerary South Island with Photo Highlights

The more I travel, the more in awe with the beauty of the land and sea I become.  When I think I’ve seen the best landscape ever, there is something new to blow my mind.  Nature’s filters of sun, rain, clouds, shadows, etc. make each landscape unique and each photo […]

Purple Tulips at Keukenhof Gardens Amsterdam

It’s Spring on FriFotos

This week’s FriFotos on Twitter theme is Spring.  With the harsh winter on the East Coast, I’ve been dreaming of the Spring season with every inch of snow shoveled (a bit over 60 inches or 5 feet!).  Unfortunately, Mother Nature has had other ideas for the East Coast and Spring […]

Cape Point South Africa

FriFotos – Coast to Coast across Oceans and Continents

This week’s FriFotos theme is “Coast” and given how much I relish being on or near the water, let’s just say I have many (thousands) photos coast to coast – around the world, across oceans and continents. The coasts around the world hold such wonder and surprise for me that […]

PhilaTravelGirl Amsterdam

FriFotos: Chill Out and Relax on 5 Continents

Failing miserably at the Indie30 blogging challenge (I’m swamped with two weeks of prompts to work on), it’s very timely that the FriFotos theme is RELAX.  So in the spirit of multi-tasking the two different hashtags #Indie30 and #FriFotos, I’m going to relax a bit but showing photos of places […]

First Amendment

Philadelphia Historic Landmarks – FriFotos

Philadelphia historic landmarks, some world reknown, others just locally loved are all around the city.  For this week’s #FriFotos theme of Landmarks, I share a bit of my city, The City of Brotherly Love.  We have over 60 National Historic Landmarks in and around the city.  Walking around to see […]

Monaco yachts

Luxury travel indulgences – FriFotos

  Everyone dreams of luxury but what is luxe to one person may not be to another.  For me, I try to use loyalty points/miles to stay in luxury hotels, fly long haul business class and use the savings to upgrade my experiences along the way with private guides, helicopter […]

FriFotos: Souvenirs from Africa, London and New York City

The FriFotos theme this week is “Souvenirs”.  When I first started traveling, I bought a souvenir for everyone in my life – friends, family and co-workers.  I had friends who collected shot glasses, magnets and postcards. Over the years as my packing got better and bag got smaller, the amount […]