Why Cruise?

Cruising has been the fastest growing segment of the travel industry with an estimated share approaching 20% of revenue. 2017 saw 27 million cruise passengers embark on cruises utilizing 537,000 beds across 314 major cruise ships worldwide. In 2019 there was an estimated increase over 2017 of 14% with a majority of ships operating atContinue reading “Why Cruise?”

An Urban Hike In St. Thomas USVI

A St. Thomas Walking Path From Havensight into Charlotte Amalie This is more an urban hike with a special interest to passengers on cruise ships tied up at the West Indian Company docks. Centered on an area known as Havensight it is only about a mile walk into the west end of downtown Charlotte AmalieContinue reading “An Urban Hike In St. Thomas USVI”

In Barbados, A Walk Along The Sea

A Great Beach Hike (Stroll) In Barbados This island nation is blessed with some of the worlds best beaches and has a beach to meet virtually everyone’s taste and budget. North along the coast from the Capital city of Bridgetown on the central west coast is a long stretch of beaches washed by the CaribbeanContinue reading “In Barbados, A Walk Along The Sea”

Images of Ireland

Photographic impressions collected from near and far… The Giants Causeway Northern Ireland • A geological marvel of myth and nature. A place where spectacular basalt columns formed through the rapid cooling of lava from an underwater volcano, or, as legend says created by the mythical Irish Giant Finn MacCool? For centuries people have visited theContinue reading “Images of Ireland”

Winter Garden – In The Shadow Of Orlando

A Cute Town With A Juicy Past Orlando is a massive metroplex with dozens of suburban towns that include Walt Disney World in the west and Winter Park in the Northeast. Within the Orlando orbit and located twenty miles due north of Disney World is the town of Winter Garden. It was a thriving townContinue reading “Winter Garden – In The Shadow Of Orlando”

Old Spanish Sugar Mill, De Leon Springs, Florida

The Old Spanish Sugar Mill, A Griddle House Restaurant Located ten miles north of DeLand Florida and only twenty five miles west of Daytona Beach is a Florida park named De Leon Springs and inside the park is a truly unique restaurant. The Old Spanish Sugar Mill must be doing something right since they haveContinue reading “Old Spanish Sugar Mill, De Leon Springs, Florida”