Island Hopping Part 6 - An Evening in St. John

On the last full day of our trip, we lazed around a bit and headed out for one final adventure: back to St. John. A (free) resort shuttle brought us to the ferry dock in...
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Island Hopping Part 5 - 5 Islands in One Day

Our first full day on St. Thomas we met our soon-to-be BFF, Captain Patrick of Privateer Charters when he picked us up at the hotel for a day on the water. The Mann had b...
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Island Hopping Part 4 - St. Thomas

...The final leg of our Caribbean adventure was St. Thomas. Unfortunately, while close to Vieques, there is no quick way to get from one island to the other without chart...
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Island Hopping Part 3 - Can't Get Enough of Vieques

Continued from: here... ...But there is more to do on Vieques then just eat and we managed to add a few hours of beach time to every day. After our brief adventure at Pu...
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Island Hopping Part 2 - Birthday on Vieques

Continued from here.... The following day was my birthday and the treats started coming right at the airport. Flights from San Juan to Vieques are on tiny puddle jumpe...
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Island Hopping Part 1 - Old San Juan, PR

Because we can't seem to get enough of Puerto Rico, we went back for the third time in a 13 month period. It's a quick and easy flight and there is so much to explore. La...
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Dive Bars, Greengos and Goodbyes

After lounging at our beautiful hotel, exploring the forts and sailing, we spent the little time we had left walking around the streets of Old San Juan and Condado and ea...
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Forts, Dungeons, Cemeteries & Sailing

While I would have been happy to stay at O:live the whole time we were in San Juan (both times!), we spent part of each day exploring the streets, restaurants and forts o...
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Welcome to the Jungle

It was time to leave Fajardo and head back to San Juan but not before stopping at El Yunque, Puerto Rico’s National Forest Reserve and rain forest!! El Yunque takes up a...
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Rum Diaries

While the Waldorf Astoria in Fajardo is beautiful, it was time to get off the property and explore the area. As you’ll remember from part 1 of our PR adventure, the Mann...
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Mann-Pirates of the Caribbean

The Mann and I have always loved to travel. At first it was un-sophisticated and perhaps somewhat irresponsible: we were young, we had credit cards and jobs, we did whate...
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Aurora Borealis Comes in View

When we returned to Reykjavik after our South Coast photo tour, we roamed around the main drag, Laugavegur, looking for a late dinner. It was 9pm on a Sunday night so not...
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Where the Hot Springs Flow

This summer, a few of our friends were talking about taking advantage of some low fares on WOW airlines and heading to Iceland. They invited us along and a couple of mont...
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

2016 has been the year of the road trip for the Mann and me. You already know about our most recent drive up the California Coast. (Wait, what? You haven’t read it yet? N...
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