Travel Quiz 11 answer

Ready to check your guess? If you are the least bit familiar with the Mayan culture you probably are right. To recap, here is the photo we are talking about. It was taken at a resort in the hotel zone of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The dance is a moving traditional Mayan dance about a deer. […]

Travel Quiz 11 Where in the World?

Welcome back fellow travelers (armchair travelers or real time travelers…no difference). Can you identify where in the world this photo was taken? Very distinctive, isn’t it. Hint: Click on the photo to enlarge it. You really will be able to see details clearer. Usually I give some clues, but in this case the scene is […]

Milford Sound, New Zealand part 2

Well, we made it through  the narrow, dramatic fjord to open water (click here if you missed part one) and now we get to see everything from a different perspective as we take the return trip through the fjord. Oh, by the way…I found out the name of the open water. Tasman Sea     […]

Rotorua, NZ Rainbow Springs

Rainbow Springs is Rotorua, New Zealand‘s 22 acre nature park. Come…visit with us. Hint: Click on any photo to enlarge it. Guides met our tour group with a Maori greeting. The fellow in front later remarked it takes four minutes in the Maori language to say what takes ten seconds in English. So…welcome to Rainbow […]

Puerto Vallarta entertains

Of course there are all kinds of water activities…swimming, riding a banana boat, para-sailing, fishing, sailing. Or perhaps you are more like me and just enjoy people watching at the beach.                 Or you might enjoy taking an excursion and join the pirates on the Jolly Roger.   […]

Answer to Travel Quiz 10

Hello armchair travelers. Got the answer, have you! So where in the world was this photo taken?                   Yes, it is in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. (Hint: Click on the photo to enlarge it so you can see details more clearly) The Millennium statue is at the north […]

Travel Quiz 10 Where in the World

Where in the world were we when we took this photo?                   Think you know already? Then click here to check your answer …otherwise these clues may help you.  Clue 1:The statue survived Hurricane Kenna in 2002. Clue 2: Named The Millennium, this statue celebrates two thousand […]

Iceland, this and that

Q: What do you do when there are photos and memories that just did not seem to fit anywhere else? A: You put them on a website named This and That       The Icelandic language is delightful to listen to…but not that easy to speak, or read. Aside: Did you know Iceland is […]

Thingvellir National Park, Iceland aka Pingvellir

An area of geological and historical significance is how some of the tourist brochures describe this area…and they are correct. The unique geography of the place hits you first. Where else on earth can you say “this is what it looks like at the bottom of the ocean” (other than being on the bottom of […]

Waterfalls, Geysers, and Glaciers

Where is the perfect place to see waterfalls, geysers and glaciers all in one afternoon? Why, Iceland, of course! Let’s start with the waterfalls. There are many, many of them in the most unexpected places…but probably the most visited one is  Gullfoss.             Gullfoss waterfall is part of the Golden […]

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