New Zealand

Feb 24, 2022 | Travels

New Zealand is one of my favorite places in the entire world … particularly the southern Island city of Queenstown. This is the world’s adventure capital and I just love the place! When I first traveled there in 1992, I visited AJ Hackett’s bridge,...

Tuvalu

Feb 23, 2022 | Travels

This is the tiny island of Tuvalu, which is located about half way between Honolulu Hawaii and Sydney Australia, next to the international dateline … where today is tomorrow in Tuvalu, 17 hours ahead those of you on the east coast of the USof A! According to the...

Australia

Feb 22, 2022 | Travels, Uncategorized

If you ask me what’s my favorite place on planet Earth, one of the two countries / places that would likely come out of my mouth would be Australia … Lizard Island in Australia specifically. I was there in 1992, and haven’t forgotten about it since. photo credit...

Antigua and Barbuda

Feb 22, 2022 | Travels, Uncategorized

Country Information: Christopher Columbus came to Antigua in 1493 and the Spanish settlers grew sugarcane and tobacco there. It was colonized by the British in 1632 and remained a British possession until 1981. Jim’s Perspectives: In 1993, my wife (who I was...

Bahamas

Feb 14, 2022 | Travels

Have been to the Bahamas more than any other country … probably 50-75 times! In 1987, I started a travel business specializing in group tours to the Caribbean and Freeport, Bahamas was our primary destination. We contracted with Discovery Cruise Lines and...

Jordan

Jan 5, 2022 | Travels

Spectacular sunset over Petra Beautiful sunset falling on Petra Country Information: The capital of Jordan is Amman. About 8 million people live here, and the official language is Arabic. Most inhabitants are Muslim, with about 92 percent Sunni and 1 percent Shia or...