Between the Go-Go of Tokyo and the Obon Festival in Kyoto, we took a break at Mount Fuji. Ellie had been told that Mount Fuji was very...

T-Nakameguro restaurant had one huge piece of beef shared by thirteen people over twelve courses.  The type of beef is called Omi...

The Shinkansen "Bullet Train" took us 700 kilometers from Hachinohe to Tokyo in under four hours. By car, it would have taken about...

We took trains from Hakodate to Hachinohe with a long walk uphill to the wrong hotel. Same company, but wrong location. Part of travel....

Got off the ship today to travel overland for part of Japan. Food experiences and rain, and painted manhole covers made an interesting...

We had been sailing up the west coast of Canada and Alaska for the last couple of weeks and have gotten off in several places hoping to...

Getting off the ship was something that just made sense. The ship would be going from San Diego to Seattle, and there was no reason to...

LaPaz Lovers Amanda and RJ had made arrangements for a group of eight to go on a snorkeling excursion in the Sea of Cortez at our stop in...

P I’ve been away from my blog for a bit, but that does not mean that I have stopped traveling.  Since Rio de Janeiro, we have cruised up...

We were supposed to get into Rio de Janeiro after Fat Tuesday, but due to a medical emergency with a crew member, we had to speed into...

In Puerto Madryn, the biggest thing to do is to tour the Valdes Peninsula, about forty minutes to the north. The national park there is a...

Captain Bart had finally gotten the map to find the Island of Gold. It was talked about by many, but no-one knew where it was. He had...

Punta Arenas.  Ruta del Fin del Mundo.  The name of the road translates as The Route of the End of the World, where the road ends at the...

(Note: I realize there is a lot of text at the beginning, but the best pictures are near the end) Scott and I had been talking about...

Chariots of the Gods. What a cool book for a preteen to get beyond Santa Claus and into UFOs and Bigfoot. The turds from Santa’s tiny...

Today, Laura asked if I wanted to go along on a foodie tour of Lima.  It was about 8:30, and they were planning to head out around 9:30. ...

Two and a half years ago, we found paradise. Well, at least for bird watchers who like to travel. In the Andes mountains of Ecuador, cool...

Villa Vie has the purpose of improving the world as we travel. In that spirit, Andy, Alicia, and I were planning on scuba diving, and...

We had decided to take the ferry from Antigua to Barbados even though it was $100 US for each of us.  Basia was going to go birding...

This is another story that I wrote as a project for our creative writing group on the ship. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to...