Category: Travel

Australian Politicians Do Not Agree on Vaccine Passport

The premiers of Queensland and New South Wales (NSW) have rejected Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s idea for what is being called a CCP virus vaccine passport that would exempt fully vaccinated people from restrictions or lockdowns and allow them to cross borders without quarantine. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, who has long been against internal border…


Soak Up the Island of Hawaii

Some vacationers soak up sun on beaches with white or black sand. Not far away, divers suit up for a deep dive to get up close and personal with a variety of denizens of the deep. Other people check out a surreal moonscape of hardened pitch-black lava, then hike through a lush tropical rainforest.  …


Morrison Flags Vaccination Plan for Those Who Want to Travel

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that he wants to see fully vaccinated people not be subject to any domestic CCP virus restrictions put in place by state and territory governments as part of a roadmap to more travel freedoms. The prime minister noted that opening and closing the borders for unrestricted travel couldn’t…


Australian PM Flags Vaccination Plan for Those Who Want to Travel

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that he wants to see fully vaccinated people not be subject to any domestic CCP virus restrictions put in place by state and territory governments as part of a roadmap to more travel freedoms. The prime minister noted that opening and closing the borders for unrestricted travel couldn’t…


Wine Brings Visitors to Once-Sleepy Cottonwood, Arizona

Arizona’s burgeoning wine industry has put the once-sleepy Cottonwood on the map. Nowhere is that more apparent than the Historic Old Town, an area listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its commercial architecture from the first half of the 20th century. Many of the old storefronts lining Main Street have been repurposed…


Scotland’s Eccentric Isle of Eigg

“If you’re going to get sick, be sure it’s on a Wednesday,” my Isle of Eigg tour guide/driver Brian Greene said. “That’s the day the doctor arrives by ferry from Skye.” Greene was filling in for Charlie Galli, this Scottish island’s usual taxi driver (and only source of public transportation), who was stuck on the…


John Wayne Airport Partners with Hoag to Vaccinate Travelers

Orange County’s John Wayne Airport has partnered with Hoag Memorial Hospital to introduce a new Fly Well Clinic that will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to air travelers. The airport-based clinic was created to provide convenient vaccine access for frequent travelers, officials behind the initiative said. Outside security in Terminal B, Hoag also has a COVID-19 testing clinic for travelers and the general public….


Finding Hidden Greece, From Unnamed Islands to the Heart of Athens

I’m not sure this place even has a name, and I know you’d never find it online. Tucked away, just off the village’s main square, I can’t even recall, for the moment, how we got here from the ship. Disembarking from our gulet, a big, wooden sailboat that looks like it could carry pirates, walking…


Crescent City, Florida: Small Town Charm With Historic Houses Galore

Upon arriving in the small town of Crescent City, you will feel like you’ve stepped back in time. Filled with old Florida charm, it is a picturesque community full of beautiful turn-of-the-century homes and churches. Crescent City is a town comfortably nestled between two lakes: one shaped like a crescent moon, called Crescent Lake, and…


Good Times and Quiet Moments in Kent County, Delaware

The sound of slot machines competes with the excited cries of winners sitting at the nearby gambling tables. Meanwhile, silence reigns at farms where horses—rather than tractors—pull plows. Welcome to Kent County, Delaware. Dover, the state capital, retains the charm that William Penn envisioned when he laid it out in 1683. The graceful Dover Green…