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Road trip around Florida Key West – Day 3

We had planned to leave Key West early. However, we couldn’t leave without visiting the southern point of mainland USA marker. All fine, but realizing that there had been a big running marathon on this weekend, the line-up for the teams was about an hour long, so we jumped in front for a 2-second photo […]

Road trip around Florida Key West – Day 2

Spending the night in our comfortable hired vehicle was quite an awesome experience. I should feel proud of myself for getting a comfortable air bed for me and my son. However, I realized that there are so many free-roaming chickens and roasters in the streets of Florida Keys. They made too much noise that might […]

Road Trip around Florida

How our road trip all began The greatest moments during our trips have been made by the interactions we have had with strangers, the random acts of kindness from us, and the beautiful sceneries we have spotted along the way. As we land in Florida, we know that this is the very same experience we […]

Golf Family Funtime USA

My son loves golf. In fact, he was taking golf lessons when he was just 4-years-old, and so he is no stranger to the golf course. Now we are in the USA we haven’t had much of an opportunity to play golf, though we have heard the USA has some amazing Golf Clubs and Golf Courses.  […]

Falmouth Jamaica, and Montego Bay

Falmouth Jamaica and Montego Bay We were meant to fly to Montego Bay, Jamaica from Cuba a couple of weeks ago. But due to a Cuba visa error (Cuba stamped our visa 2 days before we entered, so it expired when we went to leave – we didn’t notice when it was 1 a.m. after a […]

Labadee Haiti for a Day on a Cruise

This morning started as a perfect day.  As the sun rose, and I knew I wanted to see Haiti. I was hoping to explore more, but Labadee is privately owned, meaning that we could wander anywhere and it was owned by the cruise company. Explorason woke just on time as we docked, and the jet […]

Royal Caribbean Cruise line to Jamaica & Haiti

Royal Caribbean Cruise line to Jamaica & Haiti – Review Where do I start? We had received a voucher for a discounted cruise a year ago. We had always planned on visiting Jamaica as part of our world trip, but when we couldn’t get there from Cuba, I was so disappointed. Then when we were […]

Fort Lauderdale Florida for a day

Fort Lauderdale Florida for a day – Single Mum travels As we fly in from The Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale, we see all the ships setting out to sea. We are pretty excited to be here. We catch a cab from the airport ($25 US) and are really pleased with the hotel – see separate […]

Fort Lauderdale Discovery & Science Museum

Fort Lauderdale Discovery & Science Museum – Florida, USA Attraction Name: Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Science – Florida, USA Location:  401 SW 2nd St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 Telephone:  (954) 467-6637 email: information@mods.net Website: http://www.mods.org/visit/ Child-friendly: yes Review: We only have one day before our cruise to explore Fort Lauderdale, so we decide it is time for Explorason to select what […]

Sea Beach Plaza Hotel Fort Lauderdale Florida

Sea Beach Plaza Hotel Fort Lauderdale Florida – Review Accommodation Name: Sea Beach Plaza Location:  3081 Harbor Drive, Fort Lauderdale, USA 33316 Telephone:  954 761 1777 email: info@seabeachplaza.com Website: www.seabeachplaza.com Date stayed: January 2014 Breakfast: Not included, but coffee and tea is available in reception Bar: no Kitchen: a kitchenette with full fridge and microwave is in the room Wi-fi:  yes […]

Birthday in Nassau Bahamas

Birthday in Nassau Bahamas We just had an eventful and stressful last few days trying to get out of Cuba. It cost us hundreds of dollars I never budget on. But the good thing is we did get a really cheap flight to The Bahamas. So as we fly over, I’m pretty excited! When we […]

Holguin Cuba & a coloured glass beach Gibara

Holguin Cuba & a colored glass beach Gibara We have been in Cuba for near four weeks and decided to come to Holguin so we could fly to Jamaica. BUT… why is there always a BUT ????? BUT in this case, it was when we checked on our last day at our Casa Particular. A […]