Choose a Cruise

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF BOOKING A CRUISE? THERE ARE 100’S OF SHIPS  FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE. AT THE DOCKS,  I’VE SEEN A FEW SHIPS; & BEEN CRUISING  – SO CAN GIVE YOU SOME TIPS. THERE ARE OCEANS, RIVERS,  OR CANALS TO SAIL. ENJOY THE SUN, OR THE ICE –  OR FIND A WHALE ! SEE ALASKA, ASIA , OR EUROPE MAYBE.

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Travel Humour – Flying Kulula Airlines in South Africa

Fly regularly? Bored at the safety announcements? Sure, we know they’re important… but just once, don’t you wish someone would inject some  humour? Have you flown Kulula Airlines? Kulula airlines is one of four low cost airlines in South Africa, head quartered in Johannesburg.  They are known for their sense of humour.  The joking of their

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Advance Dining Reservations at Disney

Think you don’t need a dining reservation at WDW? Think again! Walk ins at normal sit-down (or what Disney calls “table service”) restaurants are possible… if you don’t mind queuing up for 2-3 hours with hungry kids (not just yours), or taking a chance on catching someone else’s cancellation.  The Disney dining plan has made walk ins very difficult –

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The Tablelands & Gros Morne – a Unesco World Heritage Site

An hour and a half drive outside of Corner Brook on the western coast of Newfoundland, you will see the famous Tablelands, between Trout River and Woody Point in Gros Morne National Park.  Tourists, Newfoundlanders, and especially geologists, love the Tablelands. The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Gros Morne a World Heritage Site in 1987

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Western Brook Gorge & Gros Morne- a Unesco World Heritage Site

Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of Newfoundland combines mountains and barrens, coastal beauty and forest land, and geological wonders. The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated the park a World Heritage Site in 1987 for its “exceptional natural beauty”, and the demonstrations of plate tectonics are “outstanding examples representing major stages of earth’s

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Chasing Captain Cook through the Bay of Islands

Captain James Cook was a great British explorer, navigator, and cartographer – original christener, not so much. He seemed to love the name the “Bay of Islands.” In 1769, he visited New Zealand, and charted the North and South Island, giving that Bay of Islands its present name… but before New Zealand, he’d been in Canada. In 1767, he was finishing up a 5 year stint in Newfoundland

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