This category is for updates on our adventures. As this site was primarily intended to be an update on where and what we’re doing for family and friends, this category is for that purpose.
When you think of South Africa you immediately think of Cape Town. In January 2024 Dog and Dragon were fortunate to have an unforgettable adventure, experiencing the delights of Cape Town for the first time. Cape Town is a modern metropolis nestled between the ocean and the mountains. It is a world renowned vacation and […]
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Early 2024 provided us the opportunity to explore Buenos Aires several times. Living and travelling on a cruise ship we arrived in Buenos Aires at the cruise terminal and ventured out into the city from there. This is our standard operating procedure while Dragon is working aboard the ship. Travel Log: Buenos Aires shares our
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 – It has been a few days since our last post so we wanted to say hello and provide a brief status update about our ongoing travels around South America. Today is Dog and Dragon’s wedding anniversary and we’re dropping you a happy hello from deep down the South Atlantic. Sea
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January 2024 we spent several days in George, a town in the Garden Route of South Africa. We were fortunate to be invited to stay with our friend Louis and use his house as a base to explore the area. Louis was actually pretty stoked to act as our unofficial guide on our first visit
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Due to some undiscovered circumstance the website was down for close to a week. After multiple hours of support from the webhost we were able to get the site restored from backup. Thank you for your understanding. Onward! The last few travel log posts have shared memories of our adventures in Portugal at the end
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December 19, 2023 Dog and Dragon did a full day excursion to visit Sintra, Regaleira, Pena Palace, and Cascais. This is a must do outing if you are staying for any length of time in Lisbon. You can use this (sponsored) link to book the same Get Your Guide trip we did to enjoy this
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December 2023 led Dog and Dragon to the beautiful country of Portugal. Having never been to Portugal and knowing very little about the country we set up our home base in Lisbon and ventured outward from there. We had recently discovered that our friend Anna had made the bold move to emigrate to the seaside
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Portugal has recently been featured regularly on the internet expounding on the virtues of visiting and/or moving there. Sorting out the details when planning to visit a new, unknown place can be challenging. If you’ve never been to Lisbon, we’re here to help you with some insight into your first visit. A week in Lisbon
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In January 2024 we embarked on the Holland America cruise ship Oosterdam for a four day Antarctica expedition. While the Oosterdam may be somewhat small by modern cruise ship standards, it is very large in comparison to most ships headed to Antarctica. There are also strict international restrictions governing anyone setting foot on the southern
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We spent four nights in Lagos, Portugal at the end of 2023. We discovered Lagos to be a delightful place to enjoy in late December. Amazing scenery, good food, exciting activities, friendly people, awesome street art, and a charming atmosphere made our trip to Lagos a perfect way to end the year. Lagos was easily
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