Luxury travel: Necessity or root of all evil? We know people and travel companies who say they are all about luxury travel. Others practically have steam-clouds of indignation coming out of their ears at the mention of luxury. Is luxury high thread-count sheets? A butler with a silver tray (and an imperious attitude)? A personal sommelier? Someone who unpacks for you, … [Read more...]
UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Galapagos Islands
There are several reasons the majority of our travels involve visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The reasons are: Brunette not only does the trip research but she’s a small walking, talking human version of Wikipedia and her content knowledge of UNESCO World Heritage sites is astounding and more than a little odd. UNESCO World Heritage sites, particularly the ones in … [Read more...]
Capture the Color Photo Essay Contest
For a change we will try to leave the speaking (primarily) to the photographs: White: We were visiting Turkey but had no plan to see whirling dervishes. We thought they would just be cheesy shows put on for tourists. But our guide took us to an evening show at a caravanserai outside Cappadocia. There was nothing cheesy or fake in any way as we watched in fascination as … [Read more...]
This week’s Twitter #FriFotos Theme is Curves – turns out there are a lot of them!
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Capture the Colour blog post contest
Upon landing in Singapore after nearly 30 hours of travel time we were groggy, grumpy and far from ready to tackle a busy city. After a nap for Blonde (cure for everything) and a bath drawn by the butler for Brunette (we were staying at the St. Regis using SPG reward points) we were marginally refreshed. Brunette is the travel researcher and knew that our hotel was near the … [Read more...]
Galapagos Islands on a Hyundai and a Prayer
[slideshow] Several years ago Blonde and Brunette's parents passed away within 15 months of each other. It had been a sad and very stressful time for the entire family and, as the only offspring, especially so for B&B. It made a strong impression on B&B that both parents, in their last months, spoke of their fond memories of travel. We inherited a few things we didn't … [Read more...]