Posts in Tag: cruises
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Hvar Island Croatia – Cycling Through an Ancient Landscape
We’ve just spent our first night on board the Azimut in the small village of Milna on one of the Dalmatian islands, Brac at the beginning of a week long cycling trip through the Dalmatian islands with Pedal and Sea Adventures. As I wrote in the last post there is only Alison and me and one […]
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Dalmatian Islands by Bike and Boat with Pedal and Sea Adventures
In the last post I described how and why Alison and I ended up sailing the Dalmatian islands on the motor yacht Azimut with a crew of seven and only four passengers. This Dalmatian odyssey is organized by the Nova Scotia based Pedal and Sea Adventures which offers six different Croatian itineraries. We dropped our luggage […]
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Trogir Croatia – Start of A Dalmatian Islands Odyssey
It’s finally here. After months of anticipation we are finally going to start our cycling trip of the Dalmatian coast by boarding our ship, the Azimut, this afternoon in the nearby city of Trogir. By way of background, Alison and I landed in Split, Croatia three days ago and have been enjoying that wonderful city, particularly […]
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Delft – Home of Vermeer and Other Reasons to be Daft about Delft
In the last post we wrapped up our bike and barge tour of Holland with Cycletours and then took the train to Delft to join in the first ever Dutch celebration of Koningsdag. Alison and I both agreed it was one of the most interesting days of our lives. Today we will take the time […]
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Molokini and Turtle Town – Snorkelling Maui’s Most Famous Dive Sites
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip Alison and I and friends took to the four main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we did some exploring in the Ioa Valley and saw where King Kamehameha defeated […]
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Hawaii Shark Encounters – Not as Scary as You Might Think
This is one of a continuing series of posts on a visit to Hawaii’s four main islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we settled in at Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s laid back North Shore, played some golf […]