Snapshots from the City of Santa Cruz – California
A photo feature on Santa Cruz, CA a seaside town on California’s Central Coast.
Happy Halloween at ‘Happy Hollow’
In an earlier post about Happy Hollow Park and Zoo I had sworn that the name was appropriate for this place; with all its reds, yellows, oranges and greens, and…
Fiesta plan flops :(
With Halloween just around the corner, we’d heard of the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin festival. So I looked it up on the internet and all I wanted to do was…
Hawaiian Sands: Black Sand Beach, Salt and Pepper Beach…
I had only heard about black sand beaches, now I got to see one. Quite a visual treat it was. I’d say that the black sand is another must-see on…
Volcano tour on Hawaii’s Big Island
The highlight of my Hawaii Holiday was making it to Volcanoes National Park on Big Island. How could we go to Hawaii and not see a bit of the volcanic…
Happy, friendly and touristy Kailua-Kona
Is that Mr. Prsident with a Ukulele? I was disappointed by the fact that we had missed the opportunity to see Hulihe’e Palace. I had the palace as point no.…
Some lessons in Hawaiian Culture
It was our first full day on Big Island, HI. What we had planned for the day was a Hawaiian culture tour on the west coast of the island: A…
Waikoloa Beach Resort – a destination within a destination
Waikoloa Beach Resort in itself is a destination. This premier area on Waikoloa Beach Drive is known for its Golf courses, a couple of hotels, some villas and some upscale…
The spirit of Aloha
It is not very often that you begin to enjoy a place even before you get to it. In the case of my Hawaii trip, that was exactly what happened.…
Anything to beat Hawaii?*
Aloha my dear readers, Another wedding anniversary came and went. This one, we thought should be marked with a holiday because it was anniversary 5. It wasn’t a so-called romantic…