Practical travel information for practical travelers
With 3,000 hours of sunshine every year, and winter temperatures averaging in the low 70’s, Fuerteventura, Spain lures travelers to its shores offering white and black sand beaches, terrific year-round surfing, sailing, diving, sport fishing, and all sorts of adventure both on land and water. Fuerteventura is one of the Canary Islands, owned by Spain [...]
Adventure travel doesn’t have to mean roughing it, and there’s probably no better example than Galapagos cruises, which mash up education, adventure, and luxury into vacations of a lifetime. The Galapagos Islands are located about 525 miles west of Ecuador, and are a volcanic archipelago hovering around the equator. The islands are home to a [...]
I’m sitting in the rain here in Seattle, feeling wet and cold clear through to my bones. I’m not jetting away to any warm any time soon, so I’ve had to content myself with organizing some photos from warm places. It’s a stretch, I know, but it’s all I have to work with today. This [...]
A trip to Hawaii is a dream vacation for many, but choosing the islands for a vacation is only the beginning. Although the Hawaiian Islands are made up of many islands and atolls, along with smaller islets, when it comes to vacation, you’re probably talking about visiting one of the six main islands. Depending on [...]
Ttoday’s post harkens back to my summer vacation in Italy. Lake Maggiore, with its low key atmosphere, has an extensive network of ferry service around and across the lake. In fact, ferries have landing stages in nearly every town along the lake, making it quite easy to get most places by boat. In addition to [...]
Saint Maarten on the Dutch Side and Sint Martin on the French side, is a small two nation island in the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean. The south half of the island is Dutch, the most populated nation on the island, and the north half is French. Tourism is the main business of the island, [...]
In addition to traveling, Mary Jo likes lingering over a cup of coffee, wandering in a museum, sipping wine at a cafe, enjoying a relaxing massage, and sharing it all with friends and readers.
Her most recent travels were to Portugal and Italy.
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