Our this summer 2014 itinerary: St. Petersburg, Russia-Calgary (Canada), from Calgary-Dublin Irish Airlinges-Lanzarote (Spain), Madrid (Spain), Doha (Quatar Airlines), Tokyo (Japan)-Dubai Emirates Airlines)-St. Petersburg, Tokyo-Paris (France Airlines)-Vienna (Austria)-Amsterdam by KLM-Calgary (Canada). Summarizing our trip routes, one needs to mention that it was covered thousands of kilometers by distance, at different altitudes: from Northern Pole, Greenland,…

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Rather than sit at home and watch TV for hours, we’d better fly to Jerusalem as Lyuda did and met her family, grandchildren Shani, Benjamin, Roni. She was happy to see them healthy, full of energy, beautiful and nice. What is the best gift for real Gramma like this?! Now Lyuda is back to Calgary…

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People look for adventures in some very strange places, and the adventures as a rule look for them. It is a mutual attraction. The vivid example was the lethal adventure of the world famous Australian crocodile hunter and TV environmentalist Steve Irwin: meeting with a string ray in September, 2006 in a marine accident off…

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It is necessary to sail so far from your home to meet your compatriot just in Honduras, Roatan Island, Mahogany Bay Center, like Janko did, at the Crafts Store, where the owner of the Honduran masks and his wife were welcoming us in a friendly way. “Your masks are wonderful”, said Janko to this guy….

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Great works of art in minutes exploring the renowned history, wildlife and marine treasures of this beautiful country of Belize. We came to the official building of government post office of Belize and found there a brief history of post office and a wonderful collection of postage stamps of Belize of which I took pictures…

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Tender took us a long way to the shore of Belize City on August 13-th, 2013.                                                                              …

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Legend the 1-st. Ixchel as a Young Woman.  Ixchel is the Mayan goddess associated with the moon, sex, chidbirth, disease, beekeeping, planting, water, writing, and weaving. She is also the wife of the Mayan sun-god Itzamna Kinich Ahau and together they had 13 sons, 2 of which created the world and everything in it. Her…

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First of all, we were given by “Сarnival” providers the brochures “Fun Ashore (Your Guide to Shore Excursions)”, where they introduced the schedules, themes and prices per person. In Cozumel with one short day here’s what we can’t miss: 57 excursions with prices less or more than 100 dollars per person. That means: if we,…

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The Carnival Liberty ® team: captain Roberto Leotta, chief engineer Sergio Sciolla, hotel director Jose Pisa, cruise director Karl with a K, and the whole crew is welcoming us aboard for a second August fun week. We’ve been before on cruises with the other cruise lines. With “the Carnival” for the first time. So, a new…

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Every day Larisa’s intentions were : “let’s go to the Ocean to-day!” And it was understandable because in spite of all forecast predictions the weather was excellent, nice and warm. So, the Miami South Beach seemed alive. People like to swim there although the shore looks to be shallow: one needs to walk along the…

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