Packing for a 50-Day Journey Across Climates See my blog on Amazon, South Georgia, Antarctica on Seabourn Venture Packing Strategy Packing for our 50-day adventure was uniquely challenging, as we traveled through environments ranging from humid tropical regions to freezing polar climates. While I am an experienced traveler—typically taking four to five trips per…...

Seabourn Venture — Life at Sea Where Luxury Meets Adventure Part 3   November 11- December 9 From the Amazon to Antarctica: The Journey Continues Our adventure aboard the Seabourn Venture picked up where our Amazon exploration left off. Having booked two segments—spanning from the Amazon to Antarctica—we were excited to embark on the second leg…...

Seabourn Venture — Life at Sea Where Luxury Meets Adventure Part 2 Amazon – Rio de Janeiro See part 1 – pre cruise stay in Belem Ship information A voyage from Amazon to South Georgia and Antarctica took us for amazing 42 days on our bucket list journey. We sailed about Seabourn Venture, Seabourn’s first…...

On October 28, 2025, we embarked on a 50-day adventure aboard the luxury expedition cruise ship Seabourn, bound for South America and Antarctica. The journey began in Belem, Brazil, a city renowned as the gateway to the Amazon and, just one week after our arrival, host to the COP30 UN climate change conference. Day 1.…...

June 2025 South Korea has been at the top of my travel list, and I finally got to experience it!    Opportunity to attend a travel event came by for few days in Seoul so I jumped on it, and when my trip to South Korea finally happened and I have few days before and after…...

April 5. We flew from Namibia to Cape Town on Airlink. See my Namibia blog. We arrived in Cape Town and got transferred to Alphen Hotel.  That will be our home for next 5 days while I am attending ILTM – a flagship luxury tradeshow in Africa. It is a small gathering, only 64 people…...

Namibia March - April 2025 We flew to Cape Town on March 26 from Tampa via Washington DC. Our first destination was Windhoek, Namibia, however the best flights value was through Cape Town on United. We arrived in Cape town at 4pm and overnighted in the delightful small hotel Palm House, set in the Eastern…...

Alaska February 2025 It’s magical in any season and I would encourage you to not think of Alaska as a “bucket list trip”, and instead think of it as a destination worth exploring again and again!  I am personally not a cruise person, but I did experienced Alaska on a cruise. I enjoyed it, don’t get…...

Discover South Tyrol: A Journey Through Italy's Alpine Gem Where Cultures and Sceneries Collide I've been invited for a familiarization trip by local company to experience South Tyrol. The northern area of Italy was on my list to check out for a long time. South Tyrol (Alto Adige in Italian) aka Sudtirol in…...

I spent 5 nights in Lyon, December 2022. I’ve been in France many times, but I overlooked Lyon. It is easy to get to Lyon from Paris by TGV train, or fly from different cities in Europe. I arrived Frankfurt from  JFK on Singapore Air, business class on A380 was excellent – comfort, food and…...