“San”-yonara Segou!
After a late 10am breakfast at our hotel in Segou, we further explored a Somono neighbourhood – a place filled with adobe mud brick buildings, a traditional architectural style house found mostly in Segou that help keep the family inside cool during intense...
Gone in 60 “Segou”-nds
After minimal sleep getting in last night, we tried to enjoy an 8am breakfast at our hotel in Bamako where everyone finally got to meet for the first time. By 8:30 am we began our 4 hour drive to Segou, a town built on the banks of the Niger...
28 Hours in IST Airport for Bamako, Mali
It was a surprisingly easy visa acquisition last week at the local consulate to Mali in the Upper East Side of NYC. They didn’t even ask for my flight itinerary or a copy of yellow fever vaccine as suggested on their website. All I had needed to drop off...
You’re Going to Miss … Martinique, Saint Lucia & Guadeloupe
If the photo is really really professional looking, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo.PRESS play and read the post with the music . . . “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A....
The Pointe-Á-Pitre is to Guade”loupe” You In
If I’m in the photo or the photo is really really professional, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo. After 7 days on the water, we settled back in readjusting our sea legs onto our first bed on land. After checking out and saying our goodbyes to...
Sainte-Anne-versary
If I’m in the photo or the photo is really really professional, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo. It’s our last day but that doesn’t mean we can’t make the most of it! After a night off and following morning at Pigeon Island,...
Landed Like a Pigeon Island
If I’m in the photo or the photo is really really professional, then the photography credit goes to Paul Woo. Today we rested up at Pigeon Island, an islet located in Gros Islet in the northern region of Saint Lucia. Once...
Find a Pot of “Marigot” At The End of the Rainbow
After a day by the Pitons, we set sails later in the evening for Marigot Bay, often described as 'the most beautiful bay in the Caribbean'. A historic landmark, Marigot Bay has been the site of a number of battles between the French and the British...