Deluxe Room at Sheraton KauaiDeluxe Room at Sheraton Kauai We spent one week at the Sheraton Kauai. It’s about a 25 minute drive from the airport to the Sheraton. At checkin, we were pleasantly surprised to find out that because of all the problems we’d had in Maui, we got

Oceanview of Hana Kai Maui ResortOceanview of Hana Kai Maui Resort We decided to overnight in Hana, so we didn’t have to drive there and back in one day.  We had a hard time finding a moderately priced hotel room in Hana, and we ended up at Hana Kai Maui Resort, an oceanfront co

View of Kaanapali BeachView of Kaanapali Beach We stayed at the Sheraton, which is at the end of Kaanapali Beach.  It faces Black Rock, a popular spot for locals who want to try cliff diving.…

Oceanfront Room at the Sheraton KanapaaliOceanfront Room at the Sheraton Kanapaali Our first 5 nights on Maui were spent at the Sheraton Maui, on Kaanapali Beach. The property is very large, with hundreds of rooms of different types.…

A view climbing down towards Herod's Palace, Masada Well, yesterday morning we woke up at 4 am like good little tourists and drove to Masada, where we hiked up the "snake path" 1500 feet (400ish meters) in time to see the sunrise over the Dead Sea.  Gorgeous, but al

"Welcome Mr. Ian" - a welcome sight, indeed! We took a night train from Varanasi to Jabalpur.  Shortly after leaving the Ghats, we realized that you can take Wendy out of Varanasi, but it’s a little more difficult to take Varanasi out of Wendy.…

We visited Bahia Principe Tulum / Akumal during Thanksgiving (late November) 2005. Bahia Principe Tulum, view from the lobby.We bought our tickets through a local travel agent. (!!) We NEVER buy tickets through travel agents, but in this case, the package deal through Apple Vacations

This was our chalet in the Perhentian Islands. We stayed at the Coral View Island Resort in Pular Perhentian. It wasn't really a resort, but it was nice enough. Our bad luck continued at our hotel.  The Coral View Resort seemed to have a somewhat reasonable price, but the non

We spent two weeks at Club Med Kani, Maldives from Dec. 15th to the 30th 2001.  Kani is a new Club Med resort, but it is not actually a new hotel.…

Note that the following was written in 2001. Note that the Club was badly damaged during HurricaneWilma in 2005. Since then, Club Med have spent 20 million dollars for repair and refurbishments and are scheduled to re-open the club in the fall of 2006.…