Tag: Travel

Throwback Thursdays – Drake Passage & Antarctica

ByMinion-Chris August 19, 2016 0 Comments
Recounting some of my adventures while not on the road. I traveled through Argentina on my way to Antarctica in early 2015, After Iquazu and Ushuaia we boarded the Akedemik Ioffe en-route to Antarctica  We set sail out of the Beagle Channel on our way to Antarctica!  We would need to cross the Drake Passage first though. In my research I learned that the crossing of the Drake would either...

Throwback Thursdays – Iguazu Falls & Ushuaia

ByMinion-Chris August 11, 2016 0 Comments
Recounting some of my adventures while not on the road. I traveled through Argentina on my way to Antarctica in early 2015, After Buenos Aires I visited Iguazu falls before arriving in the port city of Ushuaia.   We flew from Buenos Aires to Iguazu falls to spend two days exploring one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Iquazu falls spans across the border of Argentina and Brazil. ...

Wrapping up our Africa trip and GALLERIES!!

ByMinion-Chris July 23, 2016 0 Comments
This will be my last post about our travels in Africa. Firstly off, I want to thank you for following me on this journey through Africa.  While it was often a "chore" to write about what we did each day, I have truly enjoyed documenting my travels in this way and am hoping to do more of this in the future! I have also updated every post with a gallery of photos so for those into pictures,...

Reflecting on Africa – Gimpy!

ByMinion-Chris July 9, 2016 1 Comment
Now that we've had a little over a week to to settle back at home, I thought it would be great to give my travelling companions an opportunity to share some of their thoughts on this great adventure we've been on. I sent them a list of  questions for them to talk about and so without further adieu here' Gimpy's take on this amazing trip! Gimpy will be the first so give us her take on this...

Return to Cairo, Travel to London, and an ENGAGEMENT!

ByMinion-Chris June 29, 2016 3 Comments
  I woke up in the sleeper train refreshed about an hour outside of Cairo and I was greeted with the attendant giving me a tray for breakfast. I got changed and enjoyed four different servings of bread (It seems like this is the standard breakfast when it comes to Egypt!). We arrived a little late into Cairo due to another train on our track having some issues and having to switch tracks, so...

Valley of the Kings, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Statues of Colossi, Lunch with local Luxor Family, Final Dinner

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 0 Comments
We woke up early again today, we wanted to beat the midday heat again so we set off early to cross the Nile to the west bank of Luxor. We hopped in a water taxi to cross and caught some great views of the Luxor water front early in the morning. To get up a hill and closer to where we would meet our bus, Mudi had arranged for us to try riding donkeys, It wasn’t very different from riding a...