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We had a smooth flight and arrived in Miami. I thought I had booked a hotel in South Beach. Turned out to be a nicer hotel on Miami Beach. Here we are at the airport – executive lounge breakfast.   … Continue reading →

We took a couple of days trip to San Diego. The drive took us through the mountains and into the hoards of people and cars that populate the area from Los Angles to San Diego. Leaving Palm Springs area is … Continue reading →

My last blog e were on our way to Palm Desert. We have been here for a few days now and enjoying some great times with Ross and Nancie. They have a lovely place in Sun City Palm Desert. Here … Continue reading →

Easy flight here and now we are in the Houston airport for 6 hours! I had researched options ahead and bought a “priority pass”. Costs $90 a year and gives 2 people access to various VIP lounges for a per … Continue reading →

While our hotel in San Jose was the best  yet, the Internet didn’t work too well so this is covering our last few days in Costa Rica. We spent Saturday enjoying the grounds and food at the Arenal Kioro hotel … Continue reading →

We spent today at the hotel – walking, swimming, hot tub, reading. The grounds re beautiful with lots of nice plantings, places to relax etc. Here are some pics.   The view from our table at breakfast    Bamboo orchid    … Continue reading →

Today we did a boat ride on the Frio river which is just south of the Nicaraguan border. On the drive to the river we passed fields of sugar cane, pineapples, citrus groves, yucca fields, plantain groves and passed through … Continue reading →

We made arrangements with the hotel for someone to be at our room at 6:45 am to pick our bags and transport them to the lobby. No way we could manage that! So after about 7:30 and at least 4 … Continue reading →

We had an interesting morning on a coffee tour. The plantation we toured is a small working farm that gets most of its income from tours to explain coffee, chocolate and sugar cane growing and production.  The farm is family … Continue reading →