Bucket List Holidays

04/21/2025

Quick stop in Doha on the way home. Spent the afternoon beating the heat in the museum and stuffing our faces with delicious local food and mocktails before the long flight back to SFO.

04/18/2025

I am really excited that this hotel is opening in time for our hosted trip next year!! Will make the experience even more convenient and comfortable!

If Antarctica is on your message me to join us on this epic adventure!

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04/16/2025

The underwater world in Maldives was 😍😍😍 🐠🐢🦈 🐟🐡🪸!!!

Aside from Tikeheau, a remote French Polynesian Atoll which Jacques Cousteau declared the fishiest place in the world, I have never seen so many schools of different fish.

04/08/2025

did not disappoint. Looking for any excuse to stopover again soon! Any takers?!

Platinum Heritage Dubai took amazing care of us in the desert on a cultural experience unlike any of the other desert safaris around.

04/06/2025

Touchdown! Headed to our hotel, lemeridienminaseyahi and crashed after the long flight. Today was a day of -ests… we dined in the world’s highest restaurant, atmospheredubai, shopped at the world’s largest mall, thedubaimall and cooled off in the windiest hotel pool (okay, that one was a stretch).

So far Dubai is giving Vegas at a gigantic scale!

04/05/2025

2nd in line for takeoff! Follow our latest adventure to and .

After a busy we’re excited to be visiting 3 brand new destinations to share with all of you. Follow along, ask questions as we go, like, share, and book a trip!!

03/28/2025

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01/28/2025

This is exciting news! Looking forward to one of our preferred ocean cruiselines expanding into the river cruise market. 🛥️ 🥂

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12/12/2024

Day 9 was our last day on Safari before we head back to Nairobi for our international flights home. Our morning game drive was ALL about lions. In all we saw 49 of them (and one cheetah), including a pride of 15 females that I spotted from the car and alerted our guides too (apparently I have a new job 🤣).

We watched a young male devour the insides of a huge eland. I won’t post the video but if you’re interested in what the inside of an eland looks like, lmk. 😬

We found another pride with 2 small cubs, cooling off under a tree. I’ve been practicing using my camera through the binoculars since the zoom on my 13 mini is non-existant. I think they turned out pretty cool.

On our way back to the lodge, we passed by the lion with his eland, and watched a standoff between him and a pack of hyenas. It was incredibly fascinating to watch, and the adrenaline rush is something the images can’t capture. Thank goodness for the car bar to help take the edge off!

After returning to our lodge, we were treated to dinner and a show at the specialty restaurant, and es**rted back to our rooms. At least one of my travel-mates was glad for their es**rt when they saw a lion on the lower trail by her room.

All in all, a pretty amazing last day. Tomorrow begins the long journey home. I’ve just woken up for the day and won’t be home in California until Friday afternoon. 😵‍💫

12/11/2024

On Day 8 while driving from the airport to our next hotel we had an up close encounter with a Masai Giraffe, totally unbothered by us, living its best life in the Serengeti national Park. With more to come on our afternoon game drive, we are acutely aware that time is running out on this incredible experience.

As our trip nears its end, I’ve been reflecting on how fortunate we have been to witness the natural world around us, untouched by humans. We are the ones in the cage, as it should be. I don’t think I can ever go to a zoo again.

12/10/2024

On Day 7 we descended from the rim at 8100ft, into the ngorongoro_crater basin for a full day game drive. It did not disappoint! We got up close with 2 male lions using our car for shade and a family of elephants out for a stroll along the road. We saw dazzles of zebras, confusions of wildebeests, bloats of hippos and leaps of gazelles.

We were treated to delicious bush lunch with a variety of salads, gazpacho, beef, chicken, tuna and even Indian Ocean lobster, a first for me (I have to say I still prefer cold-water lobster with big claws, but the tail was delicious). While I was lounging in one of the daybeds, finishing my champagne, a zebra stopped by to say hi.

Back at the ngorongorolodge we went for a leisurely swim before dinner where we were greeted by a buffalo I named Ferdinand, who, just like his namesake, ‘liked to sit just quietly and smell the flowers’. Don’t be fooled… these buffalo have the most human trophies, as my safari director George put it. Ohhh Myyy!
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12/10/2024

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12/09/2024

Day 6 was a travel day as we left Kenya and headed for Tanzania. As we were driving out of the camp to the airstrip we came across our first Black Rhino. It was a short encounter as we had a bush plane waiting for us, but we were promised there’s a greater chance of seeing them in our next stop.

So we carried on to the airstrip where we were met by our two female pilots (heck yes!!) who flew us past Mt Kilimanjaro to an airstrip near the Tanzanian border. We had a 30 minute drive through rural areas and town centres along the main road to reach the border crossing. Lucky for us it wasn’t busy and were through fairly fast, then kept driving to the airstrip nearby to board our flight and drive the Ngorongoro Crater.

We finally got some much needed downtime and visited the pool, where we were greeted by a super vivid rainbow! Thanks to my new friend Pasindu, we were able to capture the moment!

12/08/2024

Another camp we visited was andbeyondbateleurcamp, where all rooms overlook the maasaimaranationalreserve. The hotel is stunningly beautiful with colonial antiques everywhere. There was even a National Geographic magazine from 1945 in my room! It will be hard to top the charm of this place!

12/08/2024

On Day 5 we woke up early for a hot air balloon ride over the Masai Mara, followed by a champagne breakfast, then set off on our first game drive where we spotted our first male lion. On the way back for lunch, we happened upon 2 male impalas fighting for dominance, and then were treated to a bath drawn by my fabulous butler at bateleur.safari.camp. What a treat! The night ended with a bush dinner prepared by our chef.

12/07/2024

A major part of any travel advisor FAM (familiarization) trip, is visiting hotel properties and conducting site inspections. This is a video of the room at Loisaba Tented Camp, one of The Elewana Collection properties we visited in Loisaba Conservancy in Northern Kenya.

12/07/2024

Day 4 we spotted the endemic Homo sapiens. The Masaii village we visited was fascinating. We were greeted by the chief’s son, treated to a welcome song and a jumping competition, then we sat down with him to learn the traditions of village. He es**rted us into the village, showed us the huts they live in, and then we were treated to a song from the women.