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Galleries

Video Clips from various trips : Some amazing travel video clips we have taken on our journeys. Click on the still picture for a brief explanation and then click on the video following it.

Video Clips from various trips

Some amazing travel video clips we have taken on our journeys. Click o ...

Updated: May 30, 2008 3:19pm CST

Russia 2009 : A great trip exploring Russia aboard the Viking Pakhomov sailing from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

Russia 2009

A great trip exploring Russia aboard the Viking Pakhomov sailing from ...

Updated: Nov 12, 2009 8:53am CST

Mediterranean 2009 -  Athens to Rome aboard the Azamara Quest : This trip was a very pleasant 2 week Mediterranean cruise aboard the Azamara Quest July 26, 2009 to Auugust 9, 2009. We sailed from Athens, Greece to Rome, Italy. Our ports after leaving Athens were; Volos, Greece - Chios, Greece(didn't make port due to high winds) - Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey - Bodrum, Turkey - Santorini, Greece - Valletta, Malta - Taormina, Sicily - Sorrento, Italy - Olbia, Sardinia - Florence/Pisa, Italy - Rome, Italy

Mediterranean 2009 - Athens to Rome aboard the Azamara Quest

This trip was a very pleasant 2 week Mediterranean cruise aboard the A ...

Updated: Aug 17, 2009 6:34pm CST

Ecuador - 2009 : We left for our Galapagos Islands cruise a few days early so we could have a little more time to see some of Ecuador. We arrived in Quito on April 14 and spent the night at the Radisson. The next morning we went by taxi to Otavalo where we stayed at the Ali Shungu Hotel (great place). In addition to the Indian market in Otavalo which was only a few blocks from our hotel, we visited several other great sites using a private taxi that was arranged by the hotel. All in all a great prelude to the cruise. After we returned to Quito we joined up with our fellow cruisers at the JW Marriott as part of the 10 day Xpedition cruise package.

Ecuador - 2009

We left for our Galapagos Islands cruise a few days early so we could ...

Updated: Jul 20, 2009 6:03pm CST

Galapagos Islands - 2009 : This was a fantastic 7 day cruise around the Galapagos Islands aboard Celebrity's Xpedition. Excellent tours, excellent naturalist guides, excellent food, excellent drinks, excellent ship. Trips don't get any better than this.

Galapagos Islands - 2009

This was a fantastic 7 day cruise around the Galapagos Islands aboard ...

Updated: May 08, 2009 3:33pm CST

New Zealand/Australia 2009 : This is a gallery of two great 14 day back-to-back cruises (Auckland to Sydney to Auckland)  aboard Celebrity's Millennium. New Zealand and Australia both definitely merit return land visits to better appreciate their beauty and grandeur.

New Zealand/Australia 2009

This is a gallery of two great 14 day back-to-back cruises (Auckland t ...

Updated: Apr 29, 2009 4:30pm CST

Vietnam - 2008 : 13 days in Vietnam as part of a 19 day trip to Cambodia and Vietnam with Smartours.

Vietnam - 2008

13 days in Vietnam as part of a 19 day trip to Cambodia and Vietnam wi ...

Updated: Jun 09, 2009 3:59am CST

Cambodia - 2008 : 3 days in Cambodia as part of a 19 day trip to Cambodia and Vietnam with Smartours.

Cambodia - 2008

3 days in Cambodia as part of a 19 day trip to Cambodia and Vietnam wi ...

Updated: Dec 08, 2008 9:58pm CST

Bangkok, Thailand - 2008 : A stop in Bangkok Thailand as part of a 19 day trip to Cambodia and Vietnam with Smartours. We were lucky to narrowly avoid the massive protests which closed the Bangkok airport for several days.

Bangkok, Thailand - 2008

A stop in Bangkok Thailand as part of a 19 day trip to Cambodia and Vi ...

Updated: Dec 07, 2008 1:24am CST

Puerto Rico 2008 : This was a 2 week trip to Puerto Rico in April 2008. We stayed in 2 different condos on the island. One highlight of which we have no photos was night kayaking in a bioluminescent lagoon - very cool.

Puerto Rico 2008

This was a 2 week trip to Puerto Rico in April 2008. We stayed in 2 di ...

Updated: May 11, 2008 3:18pm CST

Antarctica - 2008 : This gallery is the Antarctica segment of a fantastic 37 day cruise aboard the Marco Polo in which we visited Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands. The beauty of Antarctica is unsurpassed and definitely should be a must on any traveler's list.

Antarctica - 2008

This gallery is the Antarctica segment of a fantastic 37 day cruise ab ...

Updated: Apr 06, 2008 7:14am CST

Argentina - 2008 : This gallery is the Argentina segment of a fantastic 37 day cruise aboard the Marco Polo in which we visited Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands.

Argentina - 2008

This gallery is the Argentina segment of a fantastic 37 day cruise abo ...

Updated: Mar 28, 2008 4:53pm CST

Chile - 2008 : This gallery is the Chile segment of a fantastic 37 day cruise aboard the Marco Polo in which we visited Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands.

Chile - 2008

This gallery is the Chile segment of a fantastic 37 day cruise aboard ...

Updated: Mar 16, 2008 8:41am CST

Falkland Islands - 2008 : This gallery is the Falkland Islands segment of a fantastic 37 day cruise aboard the Marco Polo in which we visited Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands.

Falkland Islands - 2008

This gallery is the Falkland Islands segment of a fantastic 37 day cru ...

Updated: Mar 19, 2008 1:03pm CST

Uruguay - 2008 : This is the Uruguay segment of a fantastic 37 day cruise aboard the Marco Polo in which we visited Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands.

Uruguay - 2008

This is the Uruguay segment of a fantastic 37 day cruise aboard the Ma ...

Updated: Mar 20, 2008 8:48am CST

Kruger National Park, South Africa - 2007 : This gallery is a photo collection of our amazing second 17 day visit to this marvelous wildlife preserve in South Africa..

Kruger National Park, South Africa - 2007

This gallery is a photo collection of our amazing second 17 day visit ...

Updated: Dec 05, 2007 10:02am CST

Victoria Falls, Zambia - 2007 : This gallery focuses on the five days we spent in Zambia at Victoria Falls as part of a 25 day trip to Africa in August 2007. The falls are simply spectacular but you must actually be there and feel the spray in your face and hear the roaring of the falls to fully appreciate this fantastic creation of mother nature.

Victoria Falls, Zambia - 2007

This gallery focuses on the five days we spent in Zambia at Victoria F ...

Updated: Sep 04, 2007 7:07pm CST

Botswana - 2007 : These photos are from a one-day trip we took to Chobe National Park in Botswana during our stay in Zambia in August 2007.  You will see lots of elephant pictures as the resident elephant population in Chobe National Park is approximately 120,000.

Botswana - 2007

These photos are from a one-day trip we took to Chobe National Park in ...

Updated: Sep 08, 2007 2:20pm CST

Barcelona, Spain - 2007 : Part 1 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Barcelona, Spain - 2007

Part 1 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe ...

Updated: Jul 29, 2007 8:12am CST

Alicante, Spain - 2007 : Part 2 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Alicante, Spain - 2007

Part 2 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe ...

Updated: Jul 24, 2007 1:30pm CST

Malaga, Spain - 2007 : Part 3 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Malaga, Spain - 2007

Part 3 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe ...

Updated: Aug 02, 2007 2:24pm CST

Cadiz, Spain - 2007 : Part 4 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Cadiz, Spain - 2007

Part 4 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe ...

Updated: Jul 29, 2007 8:47am CST

Lisbon, Portugal - 2007 : Part 5 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Lisbon, Portugal - 2007

Part 5 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe ...

Updated: Aug 03, 2007 12:50pm CST

Leixoes (and Porto), Portugal - 2007 : Part 6 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Leixoes (and Porto), Portugal - 2007

Part 6 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe ...

Updated: Jul 31, 2007 5:40pm CST

La Coruna, Spain 2007 : Part 7 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

La Coruna, Spain 2007

Part 7 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe ...

Updated: Jul 29, 2007 9:04am CST

La Rochelle, France 2007 : Part 8 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

La Rochelle, France 2007

Part 8 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe ...

Updated: Jul 29, 2007 11:59am CST

St. Malo (and Mt. St. Michel), France 2007 : Part 9 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

St. Malo (and Mt. St. Michel), France 2007

Part 9 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe ...

Updated: Jul 31, 2007 1:01pm CST

Brugge, Belgium - 2007 : Part 10 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Brugge, Belgium - 2007

Part 10 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 29, 2007 3:53pm CST

Dover, England - 2007 : Part 11 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo except for today. It was cold, very windy, hard rain (typical English summer day :( ) so we never left the ship.  The white cliffs of Dover were very gray. We were going to take a train to Canterbury but it will have to wait for another trip.

Dover, England - 2007

Part 11 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 24, 2007 8:28pm CST

Le Havre (Rouen), France - 2007 : Part 12 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Le Havre (Rouen), France - 2007

Part 12 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 29, 2007 6:54pm CST

Amsterdam, Netherlands - 2007 : Part 13 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Amsterdam, Netherlands - 2007

Part 13 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 29, 2007 10:20pm CST

Flam (and Gudvangen), Norway - 2007 : Part 14 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Flam (and Gudvangen), Norway - 2007

Part 14 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2007 8:33am CST

Kristiansund (and Grip), Norway - 2007 : Part 15 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Kristiansund (and Grip), Norway - 2007

Part 15 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2007 8:48am CST

Alesund, Norway - 2007 : Part 16 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Alesund, Norway - 2007

Part 16 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2007 1:45pm CST

Geiranger (and Hellesylt), Norway - 2007 : Part 17 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Geiranger (and Hellesylt), Norway - 2007

Part 17 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2007 4:12pm CST

Bergen, Norway - 2007 : Part 18 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Bergen, Norway - 2007

Part 18 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2007 7:23pm CST

Stavanger, Norway - 2007 : Part 19 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Stavanger, Norway - 2007

Part 19 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Aug 03, 2007 8:40pm CST

Oslo, Norway 2007 : Part 20 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Oslo, Norway 2007

Part 20 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Aug 02, 2007 5:12am CST

Skagen, Denmark 2007 : Part 21 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Skagen, Denmark 2007

Part 21 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2007 10:58pm CST

Copenhagen, Denmark 2007 : Part 22 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europe aboard the Marco Polo.

Copenhagen, Denmark 2007

Part 22 of 22. A wonderful 30 day cruise of Western and Northern Europ ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2007 7:01pm CST

Borneo - 2007 : A great 17 day trip to Borneo and Penang island with SmarTours. Let us know what you think at philndi@tx.rr.com  :)

Borneo - 2007

A great 17 day trip to Borneo and Penang island with SmarTours. Let us ...

Updated: Mar 12, 2007 12:04pm CST

Panama Canal Cruise - 2006 : Panama Canal cruise on Celebrity's "Summit". San Juan to Los Angeles with ports in Curacao, Aruba, Panama, Costa Rica, and Mexico.

Panama Canal Cruise - 2006

Panama Canal cruise on Celebrity's "Summit". San Juan to Los Angeles w ...

Updated: Dec 19, 2006 12:30pm CST

Kruger National Park - South Africa - 2006 : We are back from our fantastic three-week trip to South Africa and finally over the accompanying jet lag. This was one of the most memorable trips we have taken.  We shot about 4000 photos plus some video. It will be several weeks before we get them edited and posted on our website. In the meantime, I am in the process of posting a day by day trip report on the Kruger National Park forum. If you're interested, you can read along at:  http://www.sanparks.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11035 
 
The title is Texas to Kruger - A First Timer's Experience-September 2006 and my forum name is TXDrifter.

Kruger National Park - South Africa - 2006

We are back from our fantastic three-week trip to South Africa and fin ...

Updated: Nov 03, 2006 8:34pm CST

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center - Glen Rose, Texas - 2006 :

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center - Glen Rose, Texas - 2006

Updated: Aug 19, 2006 4:47pm CST

Western Caribbean Cruise - 2006 :

Western Caribbean Cruise - 2006

Updated: May 29, 2006 4:01pm CST

China - 2005 - China Focus Journey of a Lifetime : These are photos of our wonderful 21 day trip to China in October 2005.

China - 2005 - China Focus Journey of a Lifetime

These are photos of our wonderful 21 day trip to China in October 2005 ...

Updated: Jul 10, 2006 8:48am CST

Glacier National Park - 2005 :

Glacier National Park - 2005

Updated: Feb 02, 2006 1:48pm CST

Europe - 2005 :

Europe - 2005

Updated: Mar 19, 2006 7:36pm CST

Maui - 2004 :

Maui - 2004

Updated: Mar 02, 2006 9:06am CST

Hong Kong - 2004 :

Hong Kong - 2004

Updated: Dec 25, 2006 6:56pm CST

Bali - 2004 : 10 days in Bali

Bali - 2004

10 days in Bali

Updated: Jul 09, 2006 6:28am CST

ST. Thomas, USVI  - 2004 :

ST. Thomas, USVI - 2004

Updated: Aug 07, 2006 5:10pm CST

Peru (& the Amazon) - 2004 :

Peru (& the Amazon) - 2004

Updated: Jul 09, 2006 6:44am CST

Machu Picchu - 2004 : This was part of our Peru trip.

Machu Picchu - 2004

This was part of our Peru trip.

Updated: Apr 07, 2007 4:12pm CST

Portugal and Spain - 2003 :

Portugal and Spain - 2003

Updated: Mar 28, 2006 7:13am CST

Western Mediterranean Cruise - 2003 - On the Noordam :

Western Mediterranean Cruise - 2003 - On the Noordam

Updated: Mar 28, 2006 8:45am CST

Egypt - 2003 :

Egypt - 2003

Updated: Mar 23, 2006 10:51am CST

Costa Rica - 2003 :

Costa Rica - 2003

Updated: Aug 19, 2006 4:51pm CST

Kauai - 2002 :

Kauai - 2002

Updated: Aug 07, 2006 4:45pm CST

Thailand - 2002 :

Thailand - 2002

Updated: Jul 10, 2006 10:30pm CST

French Polynesia Cruises- 2000 and 2001 - On the R3 : Of our many trips, this cruise in French Polynesia ranks among our very top experiences. Our  2000 French Polynesia cruise was so good that we repeated it in 2001. On both trips we flew from Los Angeles to Papeete Tahiti and boarded the Renaissance R3 for a 10 day cruise.  From Tahiti we sailed to Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Bora Bora, and back to Tahiti. Words can't describe the beauty of the islands and their wonderful beaches and motus. The snorkeling was superb. It just doesn't get any better than a trip like this.

French Polynesia Cruises- 2000 and 2001 - On the R3

Of our many trips, this cruise in French Polynesia ranks among our ver ...

Updated: May 10, 2007 11:43am CST

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