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Festive Season Fiji Style

Festive Season Fiji Style

by Irene Butler – Click Our Fiji Photo Gallery – A whole month in Fiji! How “bula” is that! After a solo press trip to this tropical paradise a few years ago, my husband Rick made me promise we would come back together someday – and here we are! A fine start is settling into our clean, cozy room at Jetset Accommodation in New Town on Vita Levu (the largest of the Fiji’s 333 islands). This is to be our home base for the month. After a refreshing dip in the hotel’s pool, we walk a block to Wailoaloa...

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Christmas Wishes from Fiji

Christmas Wishes from Fiji

Irene and Rick send warm wishes for a wonderful Christmas, and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! MERRY CHRISTMAS! Click below to start watching our 3 Christmas Videos

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Skyscrapers Souqs and Sandscapes of Qatar

Skyscrapers Souqs and Sandscapes of Qatar

By Irene Butler - Since tales of Aladdin swept my imagination away on a magic carpet in grade school, my desire to journey through the Arabian Peninsula has not waned. Sixty years later, I am to realize this dream. My husband Rick and I...

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Transylvania – A Melding of History and Lore

Transylvania – A Melding of History and Lore

by Irene Butler.- Published in Travel Lady Magazine - I have long been intrigued by Romania’s mysterious folklore. Images flash through my mind of free-spirited Roma (gypsies) moving across the countryside, gifted with musical abilities and with psychic powers to tell fortunes or bring on...

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Poland… at last!

Poland… at last!

By Irene Butler. Back in 2001 we entered Poland via train from Budapest, or attempted to…at 4 a.m. we were escorted off the train by armed guards at the border between Poland and Slovakia….why? We thought since our United States neighbours did not require...

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Kiev – A Marvel of Churches and Monuments

Kiev – A Marvel of Churches and Monuments

By Irene Butler… The ancient city of Kiev (Kyiv), believed to be at least 1500 years old, is known as the cradle of Slavic civilization. Three brothers and a sister are the legendary founders of Kyiv, named after the oldest sibling Prince Kyi. This...

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Our Poland Adventure

Our Poland Adventure

Enjoy the sights and sounds of Poland that we experienced on our trip to this awesome and history rich country. View our Photo Gallery of Poland. And view our Video of Poland below -

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Surf’s Up – Tree Surfing & Other Adventures In Fiji

Surf’s Up – Tree Surfing & Other Adventures In Fiji

By Irene Butler Published in Canadian Traveller/ Visit our Fiji Photo Gallery/ A craving for adventure led me to southern Vita Levu’s Pacific Harbour, proclaimed “The Adventure Capital of Fiji”. The Uprising Beach Resort, not only has dorm accommodations that are ubiquitous to the...

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Kyiv and Odesa Ukraine

Kyiv and Odesa Ukraine

Enjoy the Sights of Kyiv and Odesa Ukraine through our Camera Lens.

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Souqs, Sandscapes, Oases & Endangered Turtles of Oman

Souqs, Sandscapes, Oases & Endangered Turtles of Oman

by Irene Butler, Published in WhatTravelWritersSay E-Zine. and Travel Writers Tales A sense of tranquility wraps around us as we gaze at white latticed buildings and mosques wedged between charcoal mountains and the royal blue Gulf waters. The heat of the sun is tempered...

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Elephanta Island, the Place of Caves

Elephanta Island, the Place of Caves

Mumbai, India, By Irene Butler, Published in Senior Living Magazine/ Check out Our India Photo Gallery/ Two colossal elephants once stood regally at the entrance of the island’s temple caves, hence the name coined by the Portuguese when they landed on its shores in...

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