Sunday in Nice France ~ Never on Sunday?
Sunday in Nice France : Never on Sunday? Read our previous posting “British Airways : Pure Enjoyment!” International travel during weekends can often be very relaxing and hassle-free, with both airports and planes operating at much less than capacity. In fact, as we were going thru Washington Dulles Airport yesterday (a Saturday), I was reflecting…
Yangtze River Cruise and the Yangtze Gold One !
Yangtze River Cruise. Read our previous posting at “Cruise Ships: The Yangtze Gold One!” Our first day cruising down the Yangtze river towards the Three Gorges was rather quiet and uneventful. I had purposely selected the three day (in reality two and a half days) downstream Yangtze river cruise, rather than the four day upstream…
Hot air balloon, elephants and peacocks – Jaipur !
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The peacock is the national bird of India, and our hotel, the Oberoi Rajvilas in Jaipur, has several of them running around freely on the property. They are not only beautiful, even though it is early in the year and their annual “plumage” has not grown yet, but, as I found out…
Bahrain, Persian Gulf island of one million palm trees!
Read our previous country posting: “Bahamas, 3000 islands Caribbean playground!” COUNTRY ROLL No 14 : Bahrain, the Persian Gulf island of one million palm trees! Photo Gulf Hotel Bahrain Read our related posting: “Best of Bahrain food: Machboos Dijaj, delicious spiced chicken with rice!” Read our next country posting: “Bangladesh, populous land…