Visions of Aphrodite — via Ultimatetravel

This travel blog by Ultimatravel highlights some of the treasures of the Cyprus Museum. The photos are very high quality. Check it out!

If you are looking for ancient culture, diversity and wealth the Cyprus Museum is the place to visit. The country of Cyprus is quite small, but it has cultural influences from the Aegean and Near East as well as Anatolia and Egypt and this is reflected in the museum’s collection. Extensive excavations throughout the island […]

via Visions of Aphrodite — Ultimatetravel

Opinion – Unmissable adventures around the world – Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet proposes hiking,  climbing, cycling, surfing, canoeing, as a few of the countless ways to explore a country, if you’ve got a taste for adventure. Then it answers the question, ‘But which of these pulse-quickening experiences fall into the ‘don’t-leave-without’ category?’

Source: Unmissable adventures around the world

To my surprise, we’ve done four of the nineteen proposed adventures – not bad for a couple of seniors.

What about you?

Of course, there are different types of travel, for example:

  • Independent travellers
  • Adventurous independent travellers
  • Group travellers
  • Cruise lovers

Much depends upon your passion, fitness, interests, available time, budget, independence and risk profile.

Marilyn and I are passionate independent travellers with a controlled taste for adventure. For example, one of our most previleged travel experiences was working with Giant Pandas in Sechuan, China (our blog was translated in Mandarin and Japanese to share with others lovers of Giant Pandas)

For more of our adventures, see our travel blogs:

Discover the Orient & the Pacific

Taking the Slow Road to Cyprus

But many people of our age prefer group travel or cruises – good luck to them but it’s not for us.

Thoughts?