The Rio de Janeiro Carnival is the biggest carnival in the world with almost five million people attending in 2011. Since 1723 the carnival has been put on 46 days before Easter to prepare for Lent. People flock to the city to join in the street celebrations and watch the incredible costumes, dancing and floats […]
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Over the years, we have come to realize, depending on the nature of a city, some places are better enjoyed without the structure of an itinerary. Cartagena, behind the walls, is just that kind of place, a walking city beckoning you to wander its narrow cobblestone streets and allowing serendipity, and not a tour book,
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When I go back to Apia from Pago Pago to catch my onward flight next day to Tonga, the place is under water, worst rainy season in years, and there’s a major storm coming in Saturday. Hopefully I’ll make it out before the deluge. Hopefully I can find something to eat in Tonga on a
California time is only two hours difference from Apia, Samoa being on daylight savings time, same day even. So the sun rises around 7am and sets 8-ish. I heard people in Fiji say it’s a nine-hour flight from there to LA, but I won’t be so lucky. Mine’s that just to Honolulu, what with a
Pago Pago, Samoa Samoa – Make Mine Americano Read More »
My flight from Fiji to Samoa is one of those God-awful affairs that occurs in the dead of night and is best forgotten. I had assumed it was at this hour because the flight continued on to Hawaii, but no, that’s a different schedule. This one was not even half-full and exists for what reason
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Are you looking to treat your loved one by taking them away on romantic Valentine vacations this year? Going on a romantic sojourn for Valentine Celebration can certainly be a good way to show just how much you care about that special someone in your life and with so many places making fantastic romantic destinations
Best Valentine Celebration Places around the World Read More »
The term ‘South Pacific’ conjures up many images, most of them exotic and alluring, evoking images of booty-twitching girls, deep-sea diving, and exotic rituals, snapshots gleaned from the S. Pac mega-malls of Hawaii and Tahiti. What it does NOT usually evoke are images of incredible vastness and diversity. We’re talking about a third of the
Fiji on the Installment Plan – Piece of Cake, Split Two Ways Read More »
This trip’s more than half over already, and the real meat of it is still yet to come, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands in a radius from Fiji. The hardest part- Papua New Guinea- is long gone by now, and I seem to have survived it with little or no trauma. I spent a couple
Solomon Islands – Tanggio! Disfela Bilong Amerika Likim Tumas Read More »
Ten days in Argentina including the top attractions of Buenos Aires, glaciers near El Calafate, and wildlife of Peninsula Valdes. Day 1 – Buenos Aires • Arrive in Argentina. Day 2 – Buenos Aires • Hlf day City Tour of Buenos Aires and and its top attractions, visit Retiro, Palermo, 9th of July Avenue, Downtown,
Glaciers, sea lions, sea wolves, sea elephants, penguins & best of Buenos Aires Read More »
On the Costa Verde, Green Coast of Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil, about four hours south of Rio itself, is found Paraty. Costa Verde coast was one of the first areas of the long Atlantic seashore of Brazil visited and inhabited by the Portuguese. Set in a scenic bay and guarded by a fortress
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