Travel
Boston is a city rich with history, teeming with colleges (and college students) and organized by neighborhoods in Boston. With the Charles River, multiple green spaces throughout the city and a collection of cultures interwoven, the city offers the visitor a plethora of options to explore and discover. For me, […]
Chances are you dream of using your airline or credit card miles to travel to Europe. Chances are also good that you’ve more than once played with the airline redemption calculator to see what it would cost you to realize that dream trip. And sadly, chances are that after […]
When planning for a South African safari, I didn’t realize that I would be seeing penguins near Capetown. What a great surprise to see penguins so up close and personal in their colonies. I would visit both colonies along False Bay – Betty’s Bay and the Boulders – each during […]
When traveling, I often take a “spa day” to relax and recharge but rarely use the hotel spa (usually too expensive) choosing instead to go to a local spa for a massage. Having arrived in Capetown at The Westin in need of a facial, due to a reaction of sunscreen […]
When I think Westin,the Heavenly Bed & Bath come to mind and after two weeks traveling on safari, I was looking forward to my stay at the Westin Capetown. Of the many Starwood brands, I tend to favor the Westin. My six night stay was paid with a (then SPG) […]
We’ve all experienced the travel meltdown, the point at which you just lose it at some point in your journey. You’ve missed a flight connection, dealt with weather delays, were stranded overseas, waited at the baggage carousel only to realize that your bags are not coming anytime soon, been so […]
On the day of checkout, you can choose to relax, sleep in or like me, get up one last time for the 5am wakeup, ready for the 6am game drive. Safari is the ultimate example of FOMO (fear of missing out). My young friend laughed at me when i said […]
For many people, including me, daily life is chock full of routine activities, work and life which for the most part are on auto-pilot. For me, its wash, eat, work, gym, rinse, repeat and only on vacation (holiday) can I break out of this routine and enjoy the excitement of […]
On safari, your daily schedule is set by the lodge with time to relax during the day. If you are not a morning person (me) you will quickly learn to morph into one or you will miss out, and you don’t want to miss out! At Inyati, the daily schedule […]
When Vanessa at Turnipseed Travel tagged me to participate in the Travel Supermarket’s Capture the Colour (ah the British spelling…) contest, I was happy to participate. Each travel blogger creates a post of five photos to represent the primary colors of red, blue, green, yellow and white. As I’ve just […]