Where to go to be in the know...about travel
If you visit the Ring of Kerry and Dingle Peninsula in southern Ireland be sure to visit the Foynes Flying Boat Museum in County Limerick. Here you’ll learn about the nostalgic era when Foynes was the center of the aviation world, from 1939 to 1945. Housed in the original terminal building, the Flying museum opened in 1989 and features the only full scale replica of a Boeing B314 in world.
From the heights of plunging mountain vistas at the top of the world in northern Vietnam to the watery depths of the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam, a tour through this long, skinny country is ever-changing. two areas stand out above all others: Sapa and the Mekong Delta. Unfortunately for the visitor with limited time, they are on opposite ends of the country, 1,270 miles (2,047 km) apart.
The last of the big potteries making all pieces exclusively in Ireland, Louis Mulcahy designs and makes each individual piece at his workshop and retail store on Dingle peninsula.
Although not as heavily visited as other natural wonders in Peru, the Colca Valley offers stunning views of the Andean landscape, and it’s a welcome change in elevation from heights reaching 12,000 to 14,000 feet we traveled through on the way here. It’s a popular spot for hikers, backpackers, kayakers, and mountain bikers, but what brings most people to this region is the opportunity to see the powerful Andean condors.
It was an auspicious start to our second day of touring Bali with our driver, Gusti, on our Bali Blues Adventure tour. The waters of the Bali Sea looked glassy, like a quiet lake, but our boatman said even the gentle waves lapping at the sand were more than they would see in July—it was hard to imagine a sea any flatter. We donned mask and snorkel and flopped into the bathtub-temperature water.
Before leaving Arequipa, Peru for Colca Canyon, we stop at a roadside store to buy coca leaves (an antidote for altitude sickness) and a bag of hard candies to give to children at remote locations along the way.
