If you ask a couple of gardeners, one of the best things about visiting the Big Island of Hawai’i is a chance to see amazing tropical flowers and plants you’ll rarely see anywhere else.
Hawai’i in Bloom
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Packing for a Couples’ Beach Vacation
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I’m off today for two weeks, on three back-to-back island adventures: Hawaii’s Big Island and Lana’i, and the Turks & Caicos.
For the Hawaii portion(s) of the journey, Adam’s coming along — and here’s some of the best stuff we’re bringing along with us.
Ngorongoro Crater: Way Beyond the Rim
In Tanzania’s Ngrorongoro Crater, we saw some things that to us were absolutely incredible…
…but to the Crater itself, were just part of the neighborhood.
Ngorongoro Crater: Survival of the Fittest
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In order to visit the legendary national park at Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater, you’re required by law to be accompanied by an official safari guide.
This is a brilliant idea — for three reasons:
1) While someone else does the driving, you can both concentrate on the incredible scenery.
2) An expert guide can put all the amazing things you’ll see into a historical, geological and zoological context.
3) Someone will have your back if a lion strolls into the public bathroom…while you’re using it.
Ngorongoro Crater Lodge: Africa’s Amazing Hobbit Shire
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Outside our room at Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
Where’s the best placed you’ve ever stayed?
Here, I’ll give you a minute to think…and then I’ll top it.
The best place we’ve ever stayed is northwest Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, an African fantasy with a flourish of chandeliers and zebras to mow the lawn. Since I left it seven months ago, I’ve thought about it every single day.
