Thoughts from working and travelling outside the USA
When Oasis announced its tour, I was unable to go on the east coast, so when I looked at other locations available of LA or Mexico City. Mexico City had the cheapest and easiest logistics and was a lot more interesting to visit than LA. We got in a couple of days early and had... Continue Reading →
We had originally visited Athens in 1994 and I always wanted to return so it was one of the drivers for selecting this cruise itinerary (https://my-jc.blog/2025/08/24/week-603-athens/). But the cruise stop was only 6 effective hours so we decided to swing back through Athens on the way back from Istanbul to DC for another full day.... Continue Reading →
We had two stops in Turkey - short stop in Ephesus and finished up the cruise in Istanbul and tacked on another day. I hadn’t been to Istanbul since 2002 (i had a lot of business trips there from 2000-2002) and we did do a short trip to Ephesus with the family. Link from 2001... Continue Reading →
Our first trip to Ephesus was Sept 15 2001 - we had arrived in Istanbul shortly before the attack on 9/11 and connected to a flight to Izmir and by the time we landed the world had changed. Everyone in Turkey was very supportive but at rhe end of the day, don’t have a lot... Continue Reading →
On Santorini, we did a hike in the morning up to the top of the Nea Kameni volcano – it is active but no signs that is was a volcano except some hot rocks - and then a swim where hot spring entered the ocean. Seemed odd to swim from crystal clear water with 20... Continue Reading →
In 1994, we booked a flight over on a whem from Athens in March when it was cold and overcast and rented a jeep and drove around and wondered why we spent all that money (https://my-jc.blog/1994/03/16/mykonos-1994/). This trip we planned ahead and booked our only “unofficial” excursion (e.g. not through the ship - so a... Continue Reading →
Sharon and I had spent some time in Dubrovnik back in 1996 (https://my-jc.blog/2016/06/17/week-127-croatia/) and Tina had been there before, so we booked a half-day winery and Cavtat visit with a plan to get back so we could visit the old town and Terry could do the outer wall walk. The guide was very good and... Continue Reading →
We had gone to Kotor back in 1996 (https://my-jc.blog/2016/06/18/week-127-montenegro/) so we thought some time outside the old town would be good and we chose a “Relaxing Ride Around the Bay of Kotor”. “Relaxing” should have not been in the description as we were riding on a 1.5 lane road which was the only road to... Continue Reading →
We had a good guides on all three of our excursions in Slovenia and Croatia, the one here in Slovenia was probably the best one and provided a lot of background history on the 2 hour drive from the port at Koper to Ljubljana. She really went out of her way to emphasize how all... Continue Reading →
Next stop was Spilt, Croatia where we did a day trip to Krka National Park which is famous for its waterfalls and clear water. This region is built on limestone so there are a lot of caves and underground rivers and the water is filtered so it is very clear. The more famous lakes are... Continue Reading →
Trieste is a great town – more Austrian than Italian with architecture and the city planning by the Hapburgs – and was one of the last regions incorporated into modern Italy in the 1950s. We had about 2 days in Trieste and we were able to visit he main sites of Miramare Castle and San... Continue Reading →
About a year ago, we planned a cruise through the eastern Mediterranean to revisit places we hadn’t seen in decades plus Israel and Petra. Our original Holland America itinerary was changed when the Israel stop was cancelled, so, we were speaking with friends who had been looking at a similar cruise and were frequent “sailors”... Continue Reading →
Paris was our first international trip about 33 years ago - and in hindsight we made a really good choice for a first trip as Paris is truly one of the great places to visit in the world. I had a business trip to London which clashed with our anniversary so we just decided to... Continue Reading →
The reason for the very specific title was that when I google the same – no good ideas came up. Either people stayed outside Tokyo or I got results for the other airport for Tokyo which is much closer than Narita to the city. So here is what I did – at pretty low stress... Continue Reading →
Our big trip was to Albany and I flew to the Ningaloo Reef on my own (which were separate posts) – but we did have a couple of short over night and day trips which were focused on finding good places to snorkel. Snorkeling this far from the equator with colder water has much less... Continue Reading →
We tried to get to the beach at least once a week – either during the week for sunset or on the weekend. The “city” beaches stretch from North Beach 15 miles south to Leighton Beach – think of it as a nicer version of north San Diego. For me on a bike – about... Continue Reading →
We only spent 3 months in Perth but it is very underrated as a city. While eeryone on the east coast of Australia looks at Perth as backwards – Perth is pretty much the opposite. Because of the mining wealth, Perth has much more to offer than a typical city of 2 million people as... Continue Reading →
In Australia, most people consider the Ningaloo Reef comparable to the Great Barrier Reef - I’d never heard of it. It is in the northwest corner of Australia- a 13 hour drive north of Perth. We heard about Ningaloo when we visited Perth last November- essentially snorkeling/diving OK in Perth but it is great at... Continue Reading →
We made two trips - one on holiday and one while we were living in Perth November 2024 Every guide, says to go to Rottness Island, and the guides are right. It is a park with little development and the primary transport is bike or hop on/hop off bus. We took a ferry and rented... Continue Reading →
We were lucky to be able to attend both years we were in Australia - First in 2024 when we lived across the street in St. Kilda and in 2025 we returned from Perth for Sharon's birthday and a final goodbye to Melbourne friends. 2024 If you have had a chance to watch a bit... Continue Reading →
In our short time in Perth, we will only have one holiday weekend with both Sharon and I in town and we wanted to visit some of the coast on the Great Southern Ocean – the “best” beaches on the Great Southern Ocean at about 7 hours from Perth at Esperance, so we plotted out... Continue Reading →
I had made a few trips to Sydney but never stayed more than a couple of days and I had spent most of the time in a conference room, but for this trip we went over the prior Friday night so we could see more of the city. We have friends from work (over 30... Continue Reading →
After a long layover in Melbourne for the Australia Open, we finally arrived in Perth in late January. Perth is booming as it is the center of mining in Australia and the growth in lithium and other rare earth minerals and has a housing shortage. We struggled to find temporary accommodation with very few AirBNBs... Continue Reading →
In our last couple of weeks we visited some interesting places in Melbourne Went to the coolest street in the world (according to TimeOut magazine) – it was far from it. Not even top 5 coolest in Melbourne. Need to investigate criteria. Halloween in Port Melbourne – really just starting to be a tradition in... Continue Reading →
This is my last blog from Melbourne, at least on this assignment. My 6 month assignment ended by lasting about a year and a half – but luckily Sharon was able to come with me and it been a great experience for both of us. Melbourne is truly one of the great cities of the... Continue Reading →
When visiting Auckland, Waitheke Island is always listed as a top place to visit and it Is known for beaches and wineries. The recommended day trip is to take a 45 minute ferry from Auckland and rent bikes and ride to various wineries. We had saved our trip to Waitheke Island to our one full... Continue Reading →
I’ve spent 8 days in the North Island of New Zealand – all but two were rainy. Our Auckland stay was spread over two weeks, we started with an unexpected day in Auckland because we missed our connecting flight – hop on/hop off bus around town in the rain (with a midday trip back to... Continue Reading →
Because of the rain, we had to set up the plans on a daily basis for the following day (which looked like a complete washout in the morning and maybe dry in the afternoon south of Auckland), so we planned on visiting some caves in the morning and Hobbiton in the afternoon. Glowworm Caves On... Continue Reading →
Moorea is the adjacent island to Tahiti and ferry is the easiest way to get there. The websites confusing - after the travel debacle we became a little more aggressive and just got in a ferry line with the car not knowing if correct ferry and without a ticket. The girls ran up and bought... Continue Reading →
Lived up to the hype - starts with landing (and knowing which side of the plane to sit on) and ferry into the port town of Vaitape. It is like walking into a 4K HDTV. Bora Bora was created by a collapsed volcano which receded into the ocean but left a ring of very small... Continue Reading →
French Polynesia is a series of 120 islands in the south Pacific covering an area the size of Europe – one reason it is so hard to get there – the south Pacific is really big. Tahiti is one of the largest islands with the largest city in Papeete that has the main international air... Continue Reading →
I had an earlier stopover in Tahiti planned which I had to rearrange and we thought that it would be good to have one “South Pacific” visit while on this side of the world. So it came together that we would meet Alexandra and Annelise in Tahiti (United flies direct from West Coast) over Thanksgiving... Continue Reading →
The Margaret River region is pretty large – we only visited the top half which included the furthersmost western point in Australia, the wine region, and Busselton (summer beach town). When we were on the west coast, it is the furthest I have ever been from Washington DC (or Oklahoma) and literally almost halfway around... Continue Reading →
After moving to Perth, we had many more day trips which are covered in Week 587 posts. In Melbourne, there are holidays for sporting events and on the first Tuesday in November it is Cup Day. It is like if the Kentucky Derby was on a Tuesday, and everyone in America had a public holiday,... Continue Reading →
AFL Finals Returned to Melbourne at the start of spring – mostly gray days with spectacular sunny days mixed in. The main activity in Melbourne in September is the AFL finals – start with 8 teams and then a weekly playoffs until the Grand Final and with 8 teams in metro Melbourne, usually a lot... Continue Reading →
One thing that we like about Melbourne is that there is always an event happening, similar to larger cities like LA and London, every week there is some event – many unexpected. I think it is because Melbourne is so remote, people don’t have the opportunity to go other places and focus on making Melbourne... Continue Reading →
I had a business trip to Brisbane, so we flew tp “Brissy” the prior Friday and drove a couple of hours south to Byron Bay for the weekend. Byron Bay is past the Gold Coast and is across the Queensland border in the state of New South Wales (and worth the extra hour drive). Byron... Continue Reading →
The Blue Mountains are about a 1.5 hour drive from Sydney – we took a Friday afternoon flight over from Melbourne and rented a car for the drive up. A train from Sydney to the tourist towns of Leura and Katoomba is also a good way to get to the Blue Mountains as they are... Continue Reading →
Spent the last 3 weeks focused on work and doing activities on weekends that Sharon wouldn’t be as interested in doing and keeping up with Euro 2024. Weather has been OK – highs in the 40s-low 50s, sunny and little wind – much better than a December in DC. My first visit was to the... Continue Reading →
Sharon headed back to the US for a bit as my end date keeps moving around and she had places to be and people to see in the US and will be back in early July. When I told a couple of co-workers that Sharon was having to leave summer and spending time out with... Continue Reading →
Settling back into Melbourne – it is late fall/early winter here now. Our new rental is in Port Melbourne and about a 3 minute bike ride to the beach – but it is really not beach weather and it is dark at 5pm. I have gone down a couple of times late at night when... Continue Reading →
So when we planned to go to Tasmania, we focused on four different aspects, Port Arthur, the Muesum of Old and New Art (MONA), a hike along the eastern coast, and hopefully the Aurora Australis (southern lights). As you saw in our other post the Aurora Australis was a once in a lifetime event and... Continue Reading →
After our trip to Tasmania in February, we had planned on returning in late fall/early winter to Hobart to visit the Muesum of Old and New Art (MONA), Port Arthur, and hopefully get a glimpse of Aurora Australia (Southern Lights). So after returning to Australia, we randomly selected the weekend of 11May as the weekend... Continue Reading →
Auckland I am posting this from the Auckland Airport – checked in having accomplished the primary objective on this trip – leaving on time. Except for the day down the Waitomo Caves and Rotorua, I stayed local in Auckland. Auckland is a major city – larger than I was expecting. Auckland is much closer in... Continue Reading →
My trip to New Zealand morphed a bit over time, originally it was going to be a week stop over as I was moving back to the USA and I plotted out a week long bike ride on the South Island hitting some places I had been and new ones too. Between no takers on... Continue Reading →
When I told people that I was moving to, or later that I lived in, St. Kilda, I always got a reaction: Cool, edgy, dangerous, overrun by homeless and drugs, near beach, used to be nice, is nice, lots of hookers, good restaurants and entertainment, crappy food, cute for an Expat, and many other adverbs.... Continue Reading →
Adelaide wasn’t originally on our list to visit, but when we found out that the best wineries were in South Australia (the state) not southern Australia (the direction) and we got a positive recommendation from the mother of our future son-in-law who lived here a couple of years, we decided to make a weekend trip... Continue Reading →
We have made it to the Mornington Peninsula 3 times, once coming back from the Great Ocean Road via ferry, a day trip, and a long weekend. The Mornington Peninsula almost encloses the bay on which Melbourne is located with Port Phillip Bay on one side and the Bass Strait (part of the Great Southern... Continue Reading →
Tasmania Part 2 - We headed up from Hobart to a town called Mole Creek. We choose this location as it was the closest AirBNB to Cradle Mountain national park – still 1.5 hrs from the assumed start point of our hike. We took the longer scenic route through the lake country – wasn’t what... Continue Reading →
Taylor Swift coming to town provided us the “opportunity” to leave Melbourne as pricing for accommodation went up about 500% so we went to Tasmania which was a short flight. We did a loop starting in Hobart over three days – this blog focused on the south of Hobart and the East Coast the next... Continue Reading →
We had a short weekend trip to western Victoria which was something that I needed to do for work anyway. We visited the Grampians National Park and Ballarat. The Grampians is a mountain range that literally pops up in an otherwise flat area and has a lot of natural beauty with lakes and waterfalls and... Continue Reading →
Australia Day gave us a 3-day window so we headed to Noosa, just north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast. The trip had some challenges - we have Cyclone Kirrilly remnants coming through which was creating a forecast of 100% rain ay the hottest time of the year. We were on different flights at the... Continue Reading →
Week 521 - 10 years and one week after I moved to Korea and started my blog…2014 was such simpler times . I finally got my visa sorted a couple of weeks later than planned - at the end of the day Australia basically takes off the period from mid-December to end of January and... Continue Reading →
We did limited research for Wilsons Prom - mostly in the car driving. It seemed that most the hikes at Wilsons Prom were 10 miles plus – it is a destination for multi-day hiking trips. So we thought we would settle for beaches where you could park and have a short walk to the beach.... Continue Reading →
After we swapped Annelise for Mary, the pace quickened. Mary and Sharon went to Sydney and we were supposed to do the Great Ocean Road tour on the next Saturday. But it rained – so we changed the plan to go to Philip Island and Wilsons Promontory. Mary booked two tours – one was a... Continue Reading →
The visits from the USA continued – As Steph and Anish left, Annelise arrived on their plane and then 10 days later, Annelise left and Mary arrived on her plane. The United Visa Explorer mileage promotion working out well for people coming to Australia. Annelise prefer hanging out around Melbourne than travelling within Australia -... Continue Reading →
The next day we took a trip to the rainforest town of Karanda with the primary objective of holding a Koala. Karanda is an old logging town that has been converted to essentially a large gift shop with some wildlife venues. Part of the highlight of going to Karanda is the transport – one way... Continue Reading →
We had some friends from our neighborhood bike group, Stephanie and Anish, visit for a couple of weeks, we spent some time in Melbourne and the Great Barrier Reef and they added a Sydney side-trip. Now that we are “locals”, we have our favorite places that we can go in Melbourne and St. Kilda. We... Continue Reading →
The day started in Lake Tenaka watching the Rugby World Cup – 8am local start time with New Zealand and South Africa. We watched from our AirBNB as we were sure where to go in this little town – we found out later we could have gone pretty much anywhere and the game was on... Continue Reading →
Continuing our drive to Mt. Cook (Aoraki historical indigenous name), we passed Lake Puluski which had an incredible blue color (from the glacier tailings) and the initial views of Mt. Cook. We had bright blue sky all day and actually concerned about sunburn. Mt. Cook is about 13,000 feet and the relief is over 10,000... Continue Reading →
After the day at Milford Sound, we took the bus back to Queenstown and got some more spectacular views that we missed on outbound trip earlier in the day due to snow. Got some great sky by Lake Wakatipu at sunset before our feast at The Flame. Drive back to Queenstown from Milford Sound -... Continue Reading →
We took an extended weekend to the south island of New Zealand – we flew into Queenstown and out of Christchurch. Weather in early spring in New Zealand is sketchy, so a couple of days before the trip the weather forecast was 90% rain for the entire trip. When we landed in Queesntown, it was... Continue Reading →
We got lucky in that Paul McCartney decided for another tour down under and we were able to get tickets. The concert was at Marvel Stadium - the second biggest stadium in Melbourne after the Melbourne Cricket Grounds but it was similar in that it was a round field much bigger than a U.S. stadium.... Continue Reading →
After some quality time in the US, we returned to Melbourne and moved into our AirBNB in St. Kilda. St. Kilda is about 3 miles from the CBD but is considered a suburb (pretty much everything outside the CBD is a suburb) and our AirBNB is between the beach town and Albert Park. I had... Continue Reading →
The question some of asked – “Didn’t you move to Australia?” - the answer is yes but we had this trip planned (and paid for) before I knew about the move so we came back for the trip to celebrate our 30th Anniversary. It was our first cruise – we selected Holland America as reviews... Continue Reading →
Since it was winter and coldish in Melbourne, so we had decided back in July that would need to visit a warm place in August – so we headed north to Brisbane and the Gold Coast – I can't figure out if Queensland is the the “Florida” or "Texas" of Australia....very independent and a similar... Continue Reading →
The Great Ocean Road is one of the iconic sites in Australia. The road starts about an hour from Melbourne to the start of the road and it goes along the southern coast of Australia for about 150 miles and is similar to the Pacific Coast Highway in California. Its about 3 hours to get... Continue Reading →
Sharon has arrived so less time to write blogs (which is a good thing). We have been spending time walking around town and getting her acclimated with the Women’s World Cup. Even without the WWC Cup, this is a very busy time of the year in Australia in Sport. The night of the first Australian... Continue Reading →
After a full week back in the USA visiting my parents in Branson and having our going away/Sharon retirement outing in the neighborhood, I flew back to Melbourne. A common theme was “isn’t this your 3rd or 4th going away - you keep coming back”. And I will again. Sharon comes over next week –... Continue Reading →
The biggest difference between Melbourne and Sydney is that I know a lot more people in Sydney. There was a convergence of people in Sydney from my company in Asia-Pacific and I was over for some meetings and was able to see a lot of people that I haven’t seen in a while – even... Continue Reading →
On my first Saturday night, we decided to go we a Australian Rules Football game – “footie”. All I remember from when it was on ESPN in the 1980s is the signal for a goal by a guy in a white outfit. It seems many people have the same, and only, recollection. We picked Richmond... Continue Reading →
Started a six month assignment in Melbourne, Australia – the assignment materialized pretty quickly and I’ll return back to my old position by the end of the year. Sharon will be joining me for a good portion for the time so it will be a good opportunity for both of us to see a part... Continue Reading →
Galway was our last stop – our only 2 night stop and our only city stop. But between arriving very late on Sunday and leaving first thing on Tuesday – we basically had one day – and after all the walking and driving we were ready for a chill day. Successful mobilization into the AirBNB... Continue Reading →
Our AirBNB in Limerick was a bit different – it started off with the host sending a link to go pre-pay the electricity. After I whined, he said he’d do it and I could pay later (it was 10 Euros) and sent me a code to enter into a key pad as you entered the... Continue Reading →
After leaving Blarney Castle, we drove to Killarney which is the gateway to the Ring of Kerry. “Kil” in gaelic is spelled “Cill” and means church – thus all the towns with “Kill” made sense. We did a quick walk about Killarney and then went into Killarney National Park and Ross Castle and started down... Continue Reading →
I had been to Dublin several times, but never made it outside of the city. The focus of this trip was entirely the Irish western countryside and coast. Alexandra has just started a 2 month journey through Europe and we joined her after she had spent some time in Dublin. We landed in Dublin and... Continue Reading →
I connected back through London and I had a couple of hours to kill on a Friday night below my flight back to the USA and decided to go to Barnes where we lived from 1999-2002. It was like travelling back in time - not much had changed. My last trip through was in 2017.... Continue Reading →
Another trip to another company town - Erlangen, Germany - about 30 minutes for Nurnburg. Siemens, the German counterpart to GE, moved here in 1946 from Berlin as they wanted to avoid being under Soviet control (Berlin was in East Germany, except a small section, and Erlangen was in West Germany). Siemens and a university... Continue Reading →
Although Baden was originally famous as a spa town, for the last 130 years it has been one of about 10 company towns globally that is the foundation of the electricity development and manufacturing. In the US, Schenectady, NY is very similar (home of General Electric). The original companies have broken apart into three different... Continue Reading →
I had a work trip to visit some partners in Europe and had some time in Baden Switzerland and Erlangen Germany and I flew into Zurich on a Sunday morning. I booked a “land/sea/air” tour – I didn’t realize that the land was about 10 miles of walking. I had been in London the prior... Continue Reading →
For the logistics to work to fly to Fes, we split the Marrakesh portion of the trip and had two different experiences. On entry to Morocco, we spent just over a day in the suburbs near the airport staying at a Marriott resort property and then after returning 4 days later we stayed in the... Continue Reading →
We got an AirBNB in Fes – whether an AirBNB or a hotel, everything is called a “Riad”. Our AirBNB was great – we had the whole place to ourselves. Like everywhere in Fes – small footprint (less than 400 SF) with no indication on the outside what is inside and near vertical stairs over... Continue Reading →
After finally making it to Fes, we had an all-day tour to Chefchaoun. Started early and it was 4 hours there and 4 hours back, with about 3-4 hours in the town. A friend of my daughter’s (a pretty serious person – not an Instafamous type) had recommended going and glad that we did. Really... Continue Reading →
Although Morocco has been on our list for a long time, it wasn’t until we were watching “Inventing Anna” that we got motivated to do the trip. We picked to go in November as it lined up with a potential break in my work (ended up being exactly the opposite for me but perfect for... Continue Reading →
My first trip to Taiwan. They still had a quarantine on entry for COVID for 3 days at a hotel – I could have a long dissertation complaining about the bureaucracy of the process, but at the end of the day, I chose to go at this time, so no whining. Ended up 3 days... Continue Reading →
First trip to Asia in six years, first stop Vietnam. It was a work trip so I was pretty booked the whole time but did get out a couple of hours for some long walks. I had been to Hanoi several times and spent the first two days there, pretty much in meetings the entire... Continue Reading →
It was about a 120 miles drive from Arenal to Tamarindo Beach, took about 4 hrs with a short detour in the town in Liberia. Not much to see there, but if you are only going to Tamarindo Beach you can fly there directly and save several hours driving. Good beach town, more on the... Continue Reading →
Didn’t do a lot of research on Arenal – just watched a youtube video on Costa Rica and decided to spend a couple of days in the mountains & rainforest to try something different. Even picked out hotel from the video – it was a recommended place to visit because they had hot springs on... Continue Reading →
Sharon and I went to Costa Rica last May. We chose this week back in February 2022 because a) cheap airfare and b) likely the only week I knew I could get off for sure for 2022. We did not investigate the weather situation – we would find that May is the start of the... Continue Reading →
We had gone to the Algarve in winter 2017 (Week 161) and stayed in the old historical town of Lagos. This time, we stayed in two separate places as this part of the trip was less about touring and more about scouting out places we might like to live part-time in retirement (which is still... Continue Reading →
We had mixed views of Porto – I liked Lisbon better but acknowledge that the Praca da Riberia area by the Dom Luis bridge is the best site of both towns. Sharon and Annelise both liked Porto better. We didn’t have as much time in Porto as Lisbon either. We started our Port education in... Continue Reading →
After leaving Sintra, we headed to the coast – about 5 miles as the crow flies but a 30 minute drive down the mounting. Similar the California, a lot of microclimates – it was 95 degrees Lisbon, 85 degrees in Sintra village, and 75 degrees at the Palace at the top of the mountain –... Continue Reading →
We picked up a rental car at the airport and headed out of Lisbon for a short drive to Sintra. I had been focused on the Pena National Palace and the village (which I thought was much closer to the Palace) but Annelise suggested a garden – the Gruta do Labirinto which ended up being... Continue Reading →
By not going to Germany, we ended up with 5 days in Lisbon. The translation of Lisbon to English is “like San Francisco but cheaper”. Very similar in that the hills are endless. A lot of time in one spot for us so after a recovery afternoon, we had a quick of the city in... Continue Reading →
A long trip in the making – starting in February 2019 as a guys trip to Euro2020 which had many changes before cancelling due to COVID. Re-booked the trip for Sharon and I for Euro2021 in central Europe (Munich, Budapest, Prague, etc) using TAP Portugal with a quick stopover in Lisbon on the return. Then... Continue Reading →
I had done a similar trip with a one day layover on my own back in 2014, so when the option came up to have a one day layover from San Jose on Copa Airlines, we took it. To start, we had a rough departure from San Jose – upon arrival they advised we missed... Continue Reading →
We weren’t on a timetable so we stopped in several places – one was Hermosa Beach which is renowned for its volcanic black sand beaches. We parked and had miles of beach to ourselves – it was about 95 degrees and we walked out on the beach. It was clear why we had the beach... Continue Reading →
Pretty simple trip logistics – saw a cheap airfare over holiday weekend that allowed for a stop in Panama City on Copa Airlines, booked first/last night with hotel points and after some research settled on Jaco as it is a 1 hour drive from San Jose and booked two nights in a beach hostel (at... Continue Reading →
Fifth Segment – Bergen to Hemsdel via Hardanger Scenic Route on Hardangerfjord and eventually Flam. The road to Flam pretty unbelievable – similar to Yosemite Valley. Near Tysse — in Frøland, Hordaland, Norway. Another near Tysse — in Frøland, Hordaland, Norway. Steinsdalsfossen - famous because you can walk behind it Steinsdalsfossen - famous because you can walk behind it... Continue Reading →