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Port Douglas, Australia 0

Port Douglas

Travel Advice for Seniors: Port Douglas Port Douglas and Cairnes are well-known as the jump off points to explore the Coral Sea and the Great Barrier Reef, both treasures and reason enough on their...

Barossa Valley, Australia 0

Barossa Valley

Travel Advice for Seniors: Barossa Valley Australia’s Barossa Valley is one of the major players in the world’s red wine market. At about 225 square miles, it has some of the oldest continuously producing...

Adelaide, Australia 0

Adelaide

Travel Advice for Seniors: Adelaide Adelaide was the next destination on our three-week trip through eastern and central Australia. We started in Melbourne and were making our way to the red center and then...

Great Ocean Road, Victoria 0

Great Ocean Road

Travel Advice for Seniors: Great Ocean Road: About four and half hours outside of Melbourne lies the Great Ocean Road, a magnificent scenic drive highlighting Victoria’s southeastern coast. The road not only features fantastic...

Yarra Valley, Australia 0

Yarra Valley

Travel Advice for Seniors: Yarra Valley One of the principal reasons we were visiting this part of Australia was to visit the outstanding wine country here and to taste my personal favorite, Shiraz, as...

Phillip Island 0

Phillip Island

Travel Advice for Seniors: Phillip Island There were so many favorite things on our trip to Australia, but this day trip was definitely one of the top. We set off for Phillip Island from...

Melbourne 0

Melbourne

Travel Advice for Seniors: Melbourne We bypassed Sydney to start our Australian holiday in Melbourne, as we would be revisiting Sydney at New Years. However, we did have a surge of excitement flying over...

traveling to Guilin, China 2

Guilin

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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Shanghai

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...

traveling to Luoyang, China 1

Luoyang

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...