What a unique, crazy, dynamic, stunning and dramatic city New York is, all of the superlatives rolled into one…and more! You might think you know it as you have already been a few years ago, but the City is constantly changing, growing and re-inventing itself that there will always be something new to do or …
Continue reading “New York – Concrete Jungle where Dreams are made of….”
At the top end of the Eastern Caribbean lies a verdant island that, whilst just under 90 km2 in size manages to pack in two different countries: the constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – Sint Maarten; and the French overseas collectivity – Sint Martin. How this came to be, is a story of centuries …
The final island of the three of ABC for our trip to this part of the world, and we saved the best til last. Bonaire is the most natural of the three islands, you’ll find no big hotels on this island, just raw beauty, air-BNBs, boutique hotels and diving and snorkeling galore. Get ready for …
Curaçao, known as the Island of Healing by early Portuguese sailors – purportedly as ill sailors would be cured from scurvy after a stay on the island owing to the vitamin c fruit diet (and Blue Curaçao cocktails maybe?) that they would consume whilst here. These days all the healing that Curaçao provides is in …
Continue reading “Curaçao – Life is Just Better at the Beach”
Just of the coast of Venezuela is a little piece of The Kingdom of the Netherlands that sparkles in the blue waters of the Caribbean and gives the Dutch and many other nationalities a chance to top up their perfect all year suntans. Bonbini na (Welcome to) Aruba! Along with its neighbours, Aruba sits just …
Back again for our full tour of Cuba, having started in Havana, then moving to the other main towns and cities that the country has to offer, and now Part III will unveil some of the best spots to basque in the sun and take a nice refreshing dip in the sea…it’s time to look …
With a car and chauffeur (Matt) we had the whole of Cuba to see and explore. In the space of two and a half weeks you can pretty much cover all of the western and central parts of Cuba that need to be seen…getting down to Santiago in the eastern tip of the country however, …
So our tour of Cuba’s sights finishes with all of the other sights that you will get to see between the colourful cities and the stunning beaches…the countryside of Cuba. In this part of the trip you’ll see lots of green, rivers, waterfalls and caves; things get a bit more adventurous in this blog, but …
A bit of a travel back in time for our blog posts to 2012 when summers were longer, budgets smaller and our taste for adventure just as hungry as today and we ventured into the unknown of Cuba. Although in a time-warp for decades, Cuba has seen a big transformation over the past few years, …