Diabetic travel blog articles, tips and insights for safe and happy travel. I’ve created many slide shows to music (videos). This page shows them all, regardless of the country.
We designed the itinerary of our entire Australia and Japan trip around attending the Takayama Autumn Festival. It was advertised to be one of the top three festivals in Japan. We were also enticed by the promised small-town atmosphere and the nearby UNESCO World Heritage Shirakawa-go villages of traditional houses.
I had read that many people rate Kyoto as their favorite city, so I did not hesitate to dedicate four days and five nights to finding out why. Kyoto is not a city of Ferris Wheels and crazy neon lights – it’s a city of beautiful temples, historic buildings and
Both Nara and Himeji are popular day trips out of Osaka and Kyoto. We visited Nara in October 2019 as a day trip out of Osaka, and then stopped in Himeji as a detour on our train journey from Osaka to Kyoto. We were very surprised by the huge number
For so many, Osaka Japan is a day-trip out of its more famous nearby cousin, Kyoto. But since we flew into Osaka from Cairns, Australia, we made Osaka our first home-base city in our October 2019 tour through Japan, staying there four nights. What an excellent decision! As a first
Near the end of September 2019 we visited Heron Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, a part of our three week Queensland tour. I hope you enjoy the show and feel as if you are there… What is not apparent in the video, since I had no desire to immortalize
Lady Elliot Island on the Great Barrier Reef, a “bucket-list” destination, lived up to our very high expectations! The news out of Australia in these past few years has been the horrific bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef coral. I learned that the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef
In mid-September 2019 we embarked on a 40-day ‘other-side-of-the-world’ trip. Queensland, Australia AND Japan seems an odd combination, but it worked for us. We rented an SUV and spent three weeks touring Queensland, Australia, visiting not one but TWO Great Barrier Reef islands for the ultimate ‘see-it-before-it’s-gone’ trip. We flew
During Part 1, we worked and worked and worked. Starting with Part 2 our family guests began to arrive, first Mom and Dad, in February, then Kyle, Greg’s son, also in February. We finished the winter off with Ian and Susan McConnell, from Tranent, Scotland, in April. In spite of
This past winter we regaled our friends and family with daily Facebook posts as we renovated and redecorated our new Puerto Rican beachfront penthouse apartment. However, all our friends and family are not Facebook fans, so I have put together this music video to entertain them. (Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod)
Our visit to Germany was quick – we drove from Cesky Krumlov, in the South Bohemia section of the Czech Republic to Munich via Passau, and checked out the Munich historic downtown area. Then we took a day trip to Zugspitze which is a ski area very near the Austrian
Cesky Krumlov is a small town in the South Bohemia area of the Czech Republic. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its preservation of 14th to 17th century buildings. Most people visit it as a day trip out of Prague, however we stayed there for two nights,
Prague was our favorite city in our 33-day trip from Romania to Germany. The atmosphere in the town square, with its characters, living statues, BBQ, trdlenik and astronomical clock, was addictive.
Prague Castle was so interesting that it merits a video of its own! From St. Vitus Cathedral to St. George’s Basilica and the Golden Lane to a horrifying array of implements of war and torture, our cameras just kept on clicking.
In Prague we took a half-day “Communism and Nuclear Bunker” tour. It was just a glimpse of the 40 years of Communism rule. Related Links Here’s the link to the Prague Communism Tour website. We highly recommend the tour.
We visited Vienna for three amazing days in early October 2018. What did we choose as our top sights to see? Arrival in Vienna from Bratislava on the boat Twin City Liner. St. Charles Church Schonbrunn Palace and the Imperial Carriage Museum, and the tram around the grounds Belvedere Palace
We visited Bratislava for just 24 hours in early October 2018. We arrived around noon by train from Budapest, and left around 4pm by Twin City Liner to Vienna. The Hotel Carlton (Radisson Blu) had the softest bed we found in our thirty-three days in Eastern and Central Europe! Enjoy!
We visited Budapest and the Danube Bend in late September 2018. Here’s our You-Tube video. I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you to our excellent guide Valeri Grigorov. He is one of the best guides we have every had! I can provide his email address, if you write to me. Check out this article of mine too: Bulgaria Travel Blog – Itinerary, Reviews and Diabetic Travel Tips
Here’s our 11-day driving trip throughout Romania. What a colorful and beautiful country to visit, from Bucharest to Bucovina! Related Links: Compass Travel Check out this article of mine too: Romania Travel Blog – Itinerary, Planning and Diabetic Travel Tips
In 2016 we visited Portugal for nine days – a couple of days in Lisbon, several day trips out of Lisbon, and then a three night trip to historic villages of central Portugal. What an amazing trip through a history we had never known. We visited villages named Idanha-a-Velha, Monsanto,
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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Scotland Sand and Sea - an unusual view of the Islands and Highlands of Scotland in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Antarctica: Voyage Beyond the End of the World Glimpses of penguins, seals, whales and ice collide with fragments of shipboard life and cold feet. in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Amazon - The River Grows on You - My top three Amazon experiences? The amazing mud cliffs and boats along the huge Amazon ... in paperback from Amazon |
