When I was traveling in South East Asia on two long sojourns (11 months and 18 months), I learned about the fantastic low cost airline, AirAsia. I am happy to report that as of June 28, 2017 AirAsia will be flying to Hawaii. This is such great news. I love everything about AirAsia especially their tagline “Now … Continued
Thank you to Valentina Valentini for including me in your article for Departures, Top Scuba Diving Sites Around the World! The article went live the day before my 49th birthday. I am honored to be quoted as a Dive Expert. This year I am focused on doing 50 new or adventurous things before I am 50. One … Continued
Zipkick Blogger: Dave Brett from Travel Dave 1- Where was the first place that you traveled that made you think WOW—travel is amazing (think history book come to life or …..) Has to be my first trip to Finland, it changed everything. This was my first time travelling solo on my own, first time encountering a … Continued
Zipkick Bloggers: Vanessa Workman from The Island Drum Where was the first place that you traveled that made you think WOW—travel is amazing (think history book come to life or …..) 1- Where was the first place that you traveled that made you think WOW—travel is amazing (think history book come to life or …..) The … Continued
The karst landscape of Gunung Mulu was inscribed in 2000 as Malaysia’s second UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site. Among many natural sites already present in the prestigious list, Gunung Mulu easily stands out as it is one of the few that is inscribed on all four natural criteria set by the World Heritage Committee. These are: 1. it being an outstanding specimen … Continued
While sitting in our guesthouse in Fortuna, Costa Rica last Fall, I was imagining our upcoming trip to Volcan Arenal when I found a housesitting assignment in Langkawi, Malaysia in the Caretakers Gazette. After nearly a year and a half on the road, staying in one place for three weeks sounded like heaven. I wrote … Continued
Melaka, Malaysia is not a city in the traditional, busy sense — there’s this sense of history and charm that breathes through the place and keeps you captivated for days. Life goes at a slower, deliberate pace and while you’re just about 2 hours from the traffic and hawking and noise of Kuala Lumpur, you may as well be worlds away.
The world was black and far away as we waited on the summit of Mount Kinabalu; a ghostly memory suspended four thousand metres below. High up in the night-time sky we huddled for warmth against the bitter cold and watched for the sunrise, the murmurs of success and relief as climbers reached the summit mingling … Continued
Traveling in Asia has been our life for the last eighteen months. George and I love to fly on Air Asia, they have great fares and fly everywhere we want to go. They are to Asia what Southwest Airlines is to the United States; a reliable low cost carrier with many flights. During a recent … Continued
I have never understood how anyone can like January. The sad, sinking feeling caused by limp, leftover tinsel hanging in shops, braving the dreary weather without any promise of a mulled wine stop, realising that everyone you know has vowed to lose weight, save money or quit drinking- it is a real slog of a … Continued