Category: Travel

  • Sunday Special – Whistler Bungee, Canada

    Hello. Again I do apologize for the missing last week’s Sunday Special. I had  planned to do this post but was so tired after my exhilarating day. Then I was still going strong with several birthday celebrations in the next few days. So  here it is. Today will be about my first experience bungee jumping!…

  • Update

    Hello everyone. I just returned from Whistler, BC which is home to Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort. It is not ski season however Whistler is a year round destination. My birthday is tomorrow so I decided that a great way to celebrate would be to go bungee jumping. That I did just this afternoon. It was…

  • Sunday Special – Aruba

    **Note: I posted this yesterday (Sunday) but for some reason it put it elsewhere in the blog & said it was posted in January. I’m not sure what happened there but I have re-posted it now. Enjoy! ————— Located in the southern Caribbean Sea only 24 km / 15 miles from the coast of Venezuela…

  • Sunday Special – The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia

    On the edge of the Baltic Sea in European Russia is the country’s second largest city – Saint Petersburg – overflowing with history and stunning architecture. So much that many consider it one of the most beautiful cities in the world. UNESCO has named it a World Heritage Site. Among the city’s greatest building is…

  • Sunday Special – Crete, Greece

    Although I disliked Athens as it’s a smelly, loud, smoggy city I do want to see other areas of Greece. After seeing Santorini island hopping these lovely isles has increased its appeal. So today we’ll look at one of the island I hope to visit on my wanderings – the island of Crete. Of the…

  • Sunday Special – The Simpson’s Ride Universal Studios Hollywood

    A number of months ago I was perusing Instagram when I spotted a photo of  travel blogger TheClumsyTraveler in front of “Krusty Land”. She was at Universal Studios Hollywood and they have The Simpson’s Ride. WHHAAATTTTT??!   As I commented on the post – I had no idea such a place existed! I love The Simpson’s. This…

  • Sunday Special – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    In honour of the 31st Olympics we will focus on the host city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The second largest city in Brazil, Rio is known around the world for being a beach city, it’s famous Carnival and Christ the Redeemer statue overseeing this vibrant metropolis. With a population of over 10 million in its…

  • Sunday Special – Kyaut Sae Cave, Myanmar (Burma)

    I first saw a photo of this cave on Pinterest and I thought “hey, a great place to post about for the Sunday Special”. I made note of it and came back to it now. As I often do, I research the web about the place I am posting. Some places reflect my own personal…