This is part of a series called Morocco 2026 Getting to Marrakech from the Canary Islands should be easy — it’s not. While less than 60 miles away from Morocco, we had to fly back to Madrid and then on to Marrakech. That’s when we got our first surprise — vans from the airport can’t…
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This is part of a series called Canary Islands 2026 Our last 1.5 days in the Canary Islands was spent in Gran Canaria, the third largest and second most populous island in the archipelago. While we really didn’t spend any time in Tenerife, the over 860,000 residents on this island are noticeable in the major…
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This is part of a series called Canary Islands 2026 Today we visited what I believe is the most unusual of the Canary Islands — Lanzarote. It is very different than the other islands we have visited so far, but it is also a story about resiliency. It is the easternmost of the Canary Islands,…
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This is part of a series called Canary Islands 2026 We spent the last two days visiting Portugal’s Autonomous Region of Madeira, a 250 mile detour from our journey around the Canary Islands. On our first day, we spent our time wandering around the capital city of Funchal. On the second day, we toured around…
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This is part of a series called Canary Islands 2026 Today we visited the island of La Palma, the fifth largest of the Canary Islands, coming in at around 273 sq. miles with a population of near 85,000. Quite a difference from yesterday at La Gomera. While both are volcanic islands, La Gomera is quite…
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This is part of a series called Canary Islands 2026 Today, we made our first stop at the island of La Gomera which is only 18 miles away from the west coast of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. While geographically close, it is worlds away in terms of its way of life. It’s the smallest of…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 So here we are, finishing up nearly four days in Bora Bora and we achieved our goal in coming here — chilling out and having a good, unrushed time. We stayed at the Intercontinental Thalasso Resort and Spa, located on one of the narrow islands (Motu…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 Today was our last stop on the cruise — Huahine, part of the Society Islands and Leeward Islands. It was a pretty exciting ride getting into the town and, luckily, the ship was able to get in closer for our return. So let’s dispense with this…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 Today we visited Raiatea, the second largest of the Society Islands, only behind Tahiti) in French Polynesia. While all the Society Islands were colonized from Tonga and Samoa as early as 200 BC, Raiatea (the traditional name for the island is Havai’i — sound like anyplace…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 Today we visited Aitutaki, the second most populated island (around 1700 people) in the Cook Islands, only behind the more well known Rarotonga. It’s known as an “almost atoll,” consisting of a lagoon within an encircling atoll with a significant area of high land on one…
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