Posts in Tag: Hotels
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The Fairmont Orchid – Finding Green Turtles and Green Sand
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip Alison and I took a few years ago to the four major Hawaiian islands. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we toured the Kohala Coast and visited Pu’ukohola, the site of King Kamehameha’s rise to power. […]
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Pu’ukohola – Visiting the Site of King Kamehameha’s Rise to Power
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip that Alison and I took to the four main Hawaiian islands a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. It was time for one final move on our epic (at least to us) Hawaiian tour. We packed up […]
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Pu’uhonua O Honaunau – Visiting Hawaii’s Place of Refuge
This is the final post of more than two dozen from a trip to the four major Hawaiian islands that Alison and I and friends took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and marvelled at the Big Island’s […]
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Kilauea Crater – Crown Jewel of Hawaiian Volcanoes N.P.
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip to the four main Hawaiian islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited Maui’s Mount Haleakala National Park which features a dormant volcano. In this post […]
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Palmer Course at Turtle Bay – Wonderful Golf on Oahu’s North Shore
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip 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 went swimming with sharks off Oahu’s North Shore. The fact that I am able to […]
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La Seu d’Urgell – Finding Marilyn Monroe in this Ancient Spanish Town
Spain abounds with well preserved small cities and towns that, if they were located anywhere else, would draw a large number of tourists to their unique sites and atmospheres. However, with the irresistible pull of the Toledos, Segovias, Rondas and other better known places, they just get lost in the shuffle. Such a place is the […]
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The Royal Hawaiian – Royal Treatment at Waikiki’s Pink Palace
This is the first of twenty-five posts on a visit to the four main islands of Hawaii a few years ago. All posts have been updated and the information in them is correct as of 2021. So let’s get started in Honolulu and our first stop at the Royal Hawaiian on Waikiki. We left a […]
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Freeport, Maine – Why February is the Best Time to Visit
For many years we have made an annual ski pilgrimage to New England and skied at Stowe, Sugarbush, Wildcat, Waterville, Smuggler’s Notch, Jay Peak and other lesser known resorts. However, by far the favoured destinations have been those in Maine – Sugarloaf and Sunday River. However, after a long absence this year we are returning […]