Meet The Bae-laric Islanders!
Next week 3 new monsooners will join Jeanette “Energizer Bunny” (who's returning with us again after Cyprus!) for a last minute arranged trip to all 4 Balearic Islands! Here are our next generation of monsooners: And...
Meet The Sardinians!
This will be our biggest monsoon since Cuba 2014. Let's start with the return of nearly EVERYONE from our recent Cyprus monsoon only 2 months prior: Mihaela “I Am The Captain Now”: 10 time monsooner (across at least 20 countries!) to the Trans-Mongolian (Mongolia...
OPorto-nity Awaits!
After nearly 3 days in Madeira, we flew out on a late night flight back to the Portuguese mainland, arriving into Porto at midnight. Then Uber'ing straight to our lodgings at Ribeira São João Apartment in the city center, we arrived by 1am. I immediately...
Madeira About You
After 3 days in the Azores, I took the 8:10pm flight from Ponta Delgada to Funchal, arriving at 11:15pm local time. As long as you upload a copy of a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of your arrival, proof of recovery, or your vaccine card...
Extr-Azores-dinary: São Miguel
If you're planning to visit anytime soon, don't forget to fill out the required health screening info at My Safe Azores! If you can't get a negative RT-PCR test for COVID-19 within 72 hours, they'll test you when you at arrivals. I planned...
Lis-“bon” There…But Haven’t Done That!
Yes I've been to Lisbon before! But that was back in 2011 after my first ever group monsoon and spent only 12 hours wandering. Didn't even make it to Belem Tower then. So this is a return for a proper visit. After our successful trip last month to...
You’re Going to Miss … Cyprus
Press play and read the rest of this post with the music . . . You’re going to miss the feeling of being born again, the old habits of dusting off old passports, filling out documents, packing, unpacking, and repacking. You’ll even miss the anticipation of...
“Varosha” Upon A Star: The Best exCYPRIOTnces Are Those You Least Expect
Despite a successful border crossing attempt via the Ledra Pedestrian Street UN Buffer Zone in Nicosia from the southern side to the northern side of Cyprus without any of the required materials 3 days ago, it seems that the border guards at northern side...