momandmetravels Blog Posts
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Travel Advice for Seniors: Guilin Our final stop in mainland China before heading to Hong Kong was in Guilin. We had been traveling China for three weeks experiencing their unique culture and seeing awe-inspiring...
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Travel Advice for Seniors: Shanghai Shanghai is an interesting mix of colonial and Chinese architecture. It was originally founded in 1292 as a port city. However, in 1842, the Treaty of Nanking opened Shanghai...
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Travel Advice for Seniors: Luoyang Our first stop outside of Beijing was in Luoyang. Luoyang is in Henan province and is said to be where Chinese civilization originated. It was China’s ancient capital for...
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When to go: April – May for Spring or September – October for Fall Immigration and Visas: You will need a visa to visit China. Apply for a visa through the Chinese Visa Application...
Practical Travel Advice for Seniors: Seward, Alaska Seward was our last stop on the cruise-portion of our Alaskan tour and believe it or not, eleven days was enough on board a ship and we...
Practical Travel Advice for Seniors: Valdez, Alaska The Hubbard glacier is truly a marvel at 76 miles long and 400 feet high! It is one of the glaciers that is still advancing instead of...
Practical Travel Advice for Seniors: Sitka, Alaska Our last stop within the Inside Passage before setting sail for the Hubbard Glacier, was Sitka. Long inhabited by the native Tlingit people, Sitka was settled by...
Practical Travel Advice for Seniors: Skagway, Alaska Skagway is where the Alaskan Gold rush began around 1897. Gold was discovered in the Alaskan Klondike the year before and Skagway was the nearest jump off...
Practical Travel Advice for Seniors: Juneau, Alaska Juneau was one of our favorite stops, not because of our short walk through the city, but because we had signed up for a float plane ride...
Practical Travel Advice for Seniors: Icy Strait Point, Alaska Second stop on our Inside Passage cruise, was Icy Strait Point, a re-created fishing village by the town of Hoonah, a Tlingit community. The the...
Practical Travel Advice for Seniors: Wrangell, Alaska Wrangell is one of the oldest settlements in Alaska, the only Alaskan town to have been ruled by four nations: Lingít, Russia, Great Britain and the United...
Practical Travel Advice for Seniors: The Inside Passage An Alaskan cruise is on most American’s bucket list…and ours as well! We chose a small ship cruise because we don’t like huge crowds and smaller...
Travel Advice for Seniors: Dublin Ireland….land of leprechauns and rainbows, breathtaking views of the Atlantic, lush green hills with grazing sheep as well as stark craggy cliffs, Irish stew and Guinness beer. It has...
Travel Advice for Seniors: County Kerry and Dingle Peninsula Now, for the big finale: The Wild Atlantic Way and all of the incredible sights on the western coast of Ireland. We started by traveling...
