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African Safari Adventures with andBeyond

African Safari Adventures with andBeyond

  African Safari Adventures with andBeyond By Ethel DeMarr WAVEJourney contributor, Ethel DeMarr, and her husband, Terry, share their story from a trip with andBeyond to see the great migration in Africa. “I had a farm in Africa.” by Karen Blixen Africans say that once the dust of Africa enters your nostrils, you will return […]

Notes from Africa: Visiting an Elephant Orphanage in Kenya

Notes from Africa: Visiting an Elephant Orphanage in Kenya

Notes from Africa: Visiting an Elephant Orphanage in Kenya By Ethel DeMarr Today’s highlight was visiting this elephant orphanage. Since 1977, this amazing place has been rescuing baby elephants whose mothers have died, usually, killed by poachers. There are currently 26 little kids here now, ranging in age from one week to three years. At […]

Notes from Cornwall: Food and Random Thoughts

Notes from Cornwall: Food and Random Thoughts

Notes from Cornwall: Food and Random Thoughts By Ethel DeMarr WAVEJourney contributor, Ethel DeMarr, and her husband, Terry, share their notes on food and random thoughts from their 2012 summer-time stay in Cornwall, England. With only days left in Cornwall, I am pondering what I will remember most of the weeks spent here. Certainly, the […]

Notes from Cornwall – National Trails and National Trust

Notes from Cornwall – National Trails and National Trust

Notes from Cornwall – National Trails and National Trust By Ethel DeMarr WAVEJourney contributor, Ethel DeMarr and her husband, Terry, share a few notes from their 2012 summer-time spent in England. In addition to Cornish pasties, scones, clotted cream, sticky toffee pudding, great ales, scotch, an amazingly sane election system, there are two other things […]

Discover The Isles of Scilly

Discover The Isles of Scilly

Discover The Isles of Scilly By Ethel DeMarr It all started with puffins. I became acquainted with these comical little sea birds several years ago when we were living in Scotland. They are stumpy, little black and white birds, with bright orange feet and large multicolored beaks. Flying looks difficult with their short little wings […]

Chamonix, France | WAVEJourney Travel Tip

Chamonix, France | WAVEJourney Travel Tip

Chamonix, France | WAVEJourney Travel Tip We would rather be gazing in awe at Mont-Blanc from Chamonix in the Rhone-Alpes region of France! Bordering Switzerland and Italy, this town in the Alps is a delight to visit at anytime of year. Site of the first winter games in 1924, Chamonix offers access to a multitude […]

WJ Tested: Review of Planet Zen City Spa in Prague

WJ Tested: Review of Planet Zen City Spa in Prague

WJ Tested: Review of Planet Zen City Spa in Prague By Jill Hoelting During a visit to Prague, WAVEJourney’s Jill Hoelting had the opportunity to visit the Planet Zen City Spa and experience the “Bali Blossom” treatment and the Floatarium. Tucked away in Prague’s marvelous Hotel Maximilian, you’ll discover true Zen Asian Wellness at Planet […]

Tracking Rhinos in Zimbabwe

Tracking Rhinos in Zimbabwe

Tracking Rhinos in Zimbabwe By Deborah “Koala” Vandruff The rhinos had been allusive on the trip thus far; in the Serengeti, we saw some small dark shapes far in the distance. When they moved, we could barely make out the shape of a large horn on the head of a bulky animal. We took the […]

Overland Truck Safaris in Africa

Overland Truck Safaris in Africa

Overland Truck Safaris in Africa By Koala Vandruff and Susan Moeller It’s not luxury, but it is a step up in comfort… that’s one difference between a regular African bus and an Overland truck. At least that’s what we found as we boarded the “African Travel Company” truck with our fellow travelers who had congregated […]

WAVEJourney Cruises The Rhine Gorge

WAVEJourney Cruises The Rhine Gorge

WAVEJourney Cruises The Rhine Gorge We would rather be waking up to castles and vineyards on the steep terraces along the Rhine Gorge! The beautiful 65 km section of the River Rhine between the German towns of Koblenz and Bingen is known as the Rhine Gorge. The steepness of the slopes upon which vineyards are […]

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