I always suspected that Kauai, known as the Garden Island, might end up being my favorite Hawaiian Island. It was a sneaking suspicion based solely on what others had to say about it. It was the greenest island. It has the most beautiful beaches. It is more laid back and less touristy than the other […] Read more…
Islands of the World
Hitting an Emotional Low on Hornby Island
My time on Hornby Island should have been different. I envisioned lying on the famous white sand beach and swimming in the clear waters of Tribune Bay. Hiking through the temperate rainforest and enjoying carefree summer days on a beautiful island paradise. Unfortunately my experience there couldn’t have been further from what I imagined. It […] Read more…
Fitzroy Island: A Tropical Escape on the Great Barrier Reef
[lwptoc] It was hard choosing an island to visit during our short four day stay in tropical North Queensland. Really hard. First World problems, I know. On one hand there was Green Island, a sand island with white sand beaches and offshore snorkeling. Then there was the larger, mountainous Fitzroy Island with its rainforest walking […] Read more…
Island Time in Florida’s Quirky Key West
I had been excited to visit Key West ever since I heard that it is full of social outcasts that don’t fit in anywhere else in the US. It even has the nickname ‘Key Weird’. People are accepted here for who they are, eccentricities and all, and that appealed to me. Along with the island’s […] Read more…
Falling For Denman Island: Off the Beaten Path in Canada
Volunteering on Denman Island only became part of our plans at the last minute because of our bad experience at Osoyoos. It is funny how the unplanned parts of your travels, and in life in general, can sometimes turn out to be the most satisfying. After arriving by ferry from Vancouver to Nanaimo on Vancouver […] Read more…
Discovering the Red-Soiled Beauty of Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is famed for its beautiful beaches, abundant seafood, bucolic farmland, red soil and cliffs and of course: Anne of Green Gables. I never read the books myself but obviously a lot of people did as everywhere you look in PEI there is some reference to Anne. In fact the main reason that […] Read more…
Maritime Life on Grand Manan Island
After the 1.5 hour ferry crossing from Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, we arrived on Grand Manan Island, and we loved the island from the very beginning. Grand Manan Island is truly stunning. Making our way past houses draped in colorful buoys and fields of wildflowers, we arrived at the Hole in the Wall Camping ground, […] Read more…
Caye Caulker: The Island Jewel in Belize’s Crown
Our first glimpse of Belize was our 30 minute stop on Ambergris Caye to clear Customs and Immigration. It is the first country I have been to where you can go through Customs with bare feet; the building is a shed and the floor is sand. On arrival on Caye Caulker, we were greeted by […] Read more…