Antigua is famous for its 365 beaches. The locals proudly claim that a visitor can enjoy one different beach every day of the year. We didn’t know much about this Caribbean isle prior to our visit, but a week on Antigua quickly rectified that. The highlights of our Antiguan vacation included a visit to Devil’s…Continue reading Antigua
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St Martin
St Martin (St Maarten) is a super friendly Easter Caribbean island that is shared by two countries, France and the Netherlands Antilles. Out of all the Caribbean islands we visited, St Martin definitely won the “tourist-friendly” award hands down. We only had two days here, but ended up enjoying all that St Martin had to…Continue reading St Martin
Seychelles
The Seychelles have a fantastic public relations department that advertises its islands as some of the most idyllic and gorgeous in the Indian Ocean, and we can attest that this is indeed true. As beach lovers, we have to agree that the Seychelles have some of the most magnificent beaches in the world. SCUBA diving…Continue reading Seychelles
Papua New Guinea
We have both dreamt of visiting Papua New Guinea for as long as we can remember, and this finally became a reality for us in the fall of 2005. We heard that the best time to visit was during one of the highland sing-sings, and after a bit of research on the Internet, decided to…Continue reading Papua New Guinea
French Polynesia
Tahiti is paradise on earth! We emerged weary eyed and exhausted after our 20+ hour flight from Frankfurt to Papeete but were instantly rejuvenated by choruses of “Maeva” or “welcome”. Tahiti covers over 2 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean and is made up of over 118 islands. We felt blessed to lounge around…Continue reading French Polynesia