Our Travel Plans 2023 & 2024 My wife and I are well into our seventies so we’re sort of in a race to get more of our bucket list checked off. As you get older the urgency seems to grow and delays seem devastating. We’re back to major trips after covid and so far thisContinue reading “Around The World In 30 Days”
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Shooting Penguins
A Short Story About 2 BC (Before Covid) we spent a couple of weeks sailing in the South Atlantic around the Antarctic (Souther Ocean). One of the first things that caught our attention were the penguins in the water around the ship. They weren’t easy to spot at first but after awhile we caught onContinue reading “Shooting Penguins”
How To Save When Booking A Cruise
Getting the best deal on booking a cruise is a process very much like getting the best airfare. Like all businesses, cruise lines want to get the most for every cabin and, like the airlines at the moment of departure, anything unsold has no future value. Economists call these items non-fungible, meaning they cannot beContinue reading “How To Save When Booking A Cruise”
Casual Fashions For Ship N’ Shore
We’ve been traveling the world most of our lives and posting as The Intentional Travelers for over five years and we have also done a good deal of cruising. Since 1999 we have taken over sixty five cruises stopping in more than one hundred ports. Five years ago in conjunction with The Crafts Mart we’veContinue reading “Casual Fashions For Ship N’ Shore”
Cruise Port Victoria, BC Canada
The port of Victoria, Canada is located on Vancouver Island in southwest Canada. Victoria is a popular cruise port of call on many Alaska itineraries partly because it’s located not far from the city of Vancouver. It is a beautiful city with a number of things to see and do and is only a shortContinue reading “Cruise Port Victoria, BC Canada”
Ketchikan’s Infamous Creek Street
Creek Street is a historic boardwalk in Ketchikan, Alaska that was once the city’s red-light district. The street is famous being built on pilings over Ketchikan Creek, and many of the original buildings have been restored and converted into shops, galleries, and restaurants. Dolly’s famous brothel pictured above in green Creek Street has a colorfulContinue reading “Ketchikan’s Infamous Creek Street”