The Palace of Versailles was something big for my wife to see on our Paris vacation and we had to go there. The challenge was getting there from the center of Paris, Guard du Nord Central Train Station, to the Palace. After doing some research with google maps, we saw that we could get to the palace from the yellow RER train line. See our map link below to get more details on the train line. The trains were a…
Exploring Washington DC our nation’s capital was a fascinating experience whether you love politics, religion, culture, history, arts, or science, there is something fun for everyone to do in Washington DC. On our short vacation we visited the Smithsonians, The Capital and National Archives, War Memorials, Thomas Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials. My husband and I decided to spend four days in Washington for a mini vacation and we were not disappointed. We stayed in Maryland, which is 30 minutes away…
My family and I went on a Carnival Cruise in December 2011. One of the cruise ship stops was the Roatan Island Honduras. Most people I spoke with on the cruise had never heard of Roatan Island. We all thought it would be a small island that was mostly all beaches, but we were all wrong as the Roatan Island has so much more to offer. My husband wanted to the Swim with Dolphins tour, so he did a separate excursion,…
The United States of America has many spectacular natural and wondrous sites to visit. Sometimes people travel outside the United States without ever exploring what America has to offer. When I visited Las Vegas, my husband and I decided to visit one of the wonders of the world the illustrious Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, 18 miles wide and the Colorado River and its tributaries run through layers of its rock. Although the subject of debate…
My wife and I stayed near Angel Station Underground station in Northern London. We decided to take the double decker bus into the heart of London and take the Underground on the way back. We purchased the all day pass from the Underground station for 4 pounds, which is pretty good deal. You can ride the bus or train till 12 midnight as many times as you want. We took the double decker bus from Angel station to the London…
Traveling 8 hours on the plane from Miami to London is never easy. Especially traveling with novice travelers, like my wife, my mother-in-law, and brother-in-law, so coming to Europe was a big thing in all our lives. We decided to purchase pre-package 10 tour from Trafalger Tours, which is a combination of helping us plan our travel and with a lot of freedom to do what we want. We The part they helped us out with, was planning our…
Does the term ‘El Salvador’ make you uneasy? Some are overcome with a negative feeling when hearing the words, associating it with the civil war that occurred there in the 1980’s. Many are surprised to learn that today’s El Salvador is actually an alluring and rewarding place to visit. The country is in peace. The only chilling feature it touts is its volcanoes. Only three months ago, Santa Ana Volcano erupted after 100 years in dormancy, only forty miles from…
The trip from Belize City to Ambergris Caye takes 15 minutes on a puddle jumper and about 1 hour by boat. The flight over beautiful emerald green water is breath taking. The islands that run along the mainland are called Cayes pronounced Keys, are contained by the Great Barrier Reef, which makes for spectacular snorkeling and diving.
Airplane Wrecks, Cenote Car Wash, Descending God, Columbia Gardens, Barracuda Wall. What do all of these ear-catching words have in common? You can see them all in Mexico’s Yucatan state of Quintana Roo. The semitropical, scubby-jungled Quintana Roo became an official state in 1974. The state is a dichotomy of sorts, with the Americanized party atmospheres of Cancun Mexico and Cozumel Mexico on one hand, and the archaeological marvels of the Maya ruins only a stone’s throw away. Make sure…
Bill Beard has been one of the pioneers of diving in Costa Rica, while diving since 1954 in his native state of North Carolina. Bill has taken a love for a sport and has exposed many travelers to wonders and beauties of a different country like Costa Rica. Originally Bill took his diving skills to the shores of Cuba but things got too hot there politically and then headed back to the states and lived in Miami. Believe it or…