Category: Travel

  • Established: 1921 Population: 1,885,400 Religion: 48% Protestants, 45% Catholics  Language: English Capital: Belfast Order of Visit: Fifth First Visit: 15 February 2000 Last Visit: 20 February 2000 Duration: 6 Days Must Do: Exploring Belfast murals of the Troubles, Irish pubs, Experience the Giant’s Causeway, The green countryside Cities: Belfast, Giant’s Causeway, Derry Northern Ireland Journal…

  • When visited: January 2020 Time of day: Late Afternoon to early evening Rating: 4.5 / 5

  • Official Name: Republic of Fiji Established: 10 October 1970 (from the United Kingdom) Population: 912,241 (2018 estimate) Religion: 64.4% Christianity, 27.9% Hinduism Language: English, Fiji Hindi Capital: Suva Order of Visit: Thirty-Sixth First Visit: 1 November 2010 Last Visit: 5 November 2010 Duration: 5 Days Must Do:  Gardens of the Sleeping Giant, Viseisei Village, Vuda…

  • Established: 1840 (Treaty of Waitangi) Population: 4.47 million Religion: Christianity  (47.65%) Language: English Capital: Wellington Order of Visit: Second First Visit: 11 November 1999 Last Visit: 21 January 2010 Duration: 31 Days Visit Highlights: Explore Waitomo Caves, Visit Bay of Islands, Remember Lord of the Rings at Hobbiton, Hike anywhere in New Zealand (but beware changing weather), and have fun in…

  • Established: 1581 Population: 14.4 million (2018 estimate) Religion: Non-religious (51%), Catholic (21%) Language: Dutch Capital: Amsterdam Order of Visit: 12 First Visit: 6 May 2006 Last Visit: 10 May 2006 Duration: 5 Days Must Do: Stunning flowers at Keukenhof, Model Town of Madurodam,  Amsterdam Red Light District, Anne Frank House, Bike ride around Amsterdam, Marijuana…

  • Established: 1965 (As Rhodesia with White minority rule) / 1980 (As Zimbabwe with universal enfranchisement) Population: 14.4 million (2018 estimate) Religion: Christian (84.1%) Language: 16 Languages – most used languages are English, Shona, and Ndebele Capital: Harare Order of Visit: Sixty Seventh First Visit: 29 December 2017 Last Visit: 01 January 2018 Duration: 4 Days…

  • Established: 1810 Population: 48 million (2019 estimate) Religion: Catholic (70%) Language: Spanish Capital: Bogota Order of Visit: 71 First Visit: 10 August 2019 Last Visit: 25 August 2019 Duration: 16 Days Must Do:  A coffee farm experience, Cocora Valley, Rock of Guatape, Rosario National Park, Tayrona National Park, Medellin Comuna 13 visit Cities: Tayrona, Santa…

  • The tourists and guide deaths on White Island, Whakaari / New Zealand is very tragic and sad.

  • Tour Title: Classic Colombia Tour Company: G Adventures Tour Leader:  Miguel Gonzalez Cities Visited: Bogotá, Armenia, Salento, Medellín, Cartagena, Minca, Taganga, Tayrona, Santa Marta Countries Visited: Colombia Dates: 10 August 2019 to 25 August2019 (Duration 16 days) Tour Type: Classic Tour Itinerary (PDF) and World Trip 2019 Places Visited & Highlights.

  • Sunday 1 September 2019 Highlights: First Class flight, Welcomes home from my cats Today this short but intense trip was over. I finished with a seven hour overnight first class flight home from Singapore which is a nice way to return home.