October, 2019 - Passports Overloaded

Portland, Maine

October 14, 2019

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire

October 12, 2019 – October 14, 2019

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Cool Irish Pub used to be a bank

XV Beacon Hotel – Boston, Massachusetts

XV Beacon Hotel

October 11, 2019

Boston, Massachusetts

October 11, 2019

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Boston Public Library

Mapparium @ Mary Baker Eddy Library

The Chanler at Cliff Walk – Newport, Rhode Island

The Chanler at Cliff Walk

October 10, 2019

View from the balcony

The Gentleman’s Suite

The Suite with a Jacuzzi Tub

Castle Hill Inn – Newport, Rhode Island

Castle Hill Inn

October 9, 2019

Afternoon Tea

Newport, Rhode Island

October 9, 2019 – October 11, 2019

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Doris Duke Mansion – Rough Point

The Marble House

Rosecliff Mansion

The Breakers Mansion

Fort Adams

Intercontinental Hotel – Johannesburg, South Africa

Intercontinental Hotel

September 20, 2019

Royal Chundu Island Lodge – Katambora, Zambia

Royal Chundu Island Lodge

September 17, 2019 – September 20, 2019

September 17, 2019 – Today we flew to Zambia and took a helicopter to Royal Chundu Island Lodge. After getting settled in we went for our afternoon sunset cruise and sundowners. We met Johnny and Penny who are unbelievable. We had such a great time with them we decided to have dinner all together.

September 18, 2019 – Today we decided to just relax until we had to leave for our trip to Victoria Falls. We met up with Nano at the falls took some pictures and had lunch and drove back. After the sundowners, we all met up for dinner once again and we had a blast. Unfortunately, while we were at the lodge I got bit by the Tick.

September 19, 2019 – Today John and I relaxed on the deck of our room until we were ready to have our canoe lunch on the island. The lunch spread was unbelievable. They had so much delicious food set up. It was lovely! After lunch, we went back to our chalet and relaxed until the Sunset cruise. After the cruise, John, Nano and I had a nice dinner.

September 20, 2019 – Today we check out of Royal Chundu and fly to Johannesburg. We checked into the Intercontinental Hotel and had one last dinner with Nano since tomorrow we are heading in different ways. Unfortunately, we have an 8-hour flight to Dubai and a 2-hour layover and a 15.5-hour flight to Ft. Lauderdale.

If you would like to see what we ate while at Royal Chundu.

Our helicopter ride to and from Royal Chudhu

Helicopter Videos to Mpumalanga Airport

Victoria Falls

Johnny and Penny’s unbelievable video of the Elephant encounter

Sala’s Camp Safari – Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Narok, Kenya

September 13, 2019 – September 16, 2019

September 13, 2019 – Today we checked out of Angama Mara and got picked up by our next camp tour guides. The camp is Salas Camp and our tour guides’ names are Daniel (Driver) Masek (Spotter). They are also very nice, knowledgeable and very patient. The drive to Salas Camp was about 2 hours. Along the way, we were lucky enough to see a Secretary bird kill and eat a lizard which was really cool. The bird got that name because they stomp on their prey like typing on a keyboard.

Upon checking into Salas Camp we got a tour of the property and after getting settled in and having lunch we decided to go for an afternoon game drive. We ended up seeing 2 sets of a different lion pride. After driving around for an hour we met up with the other people who are at Salas Camp and had sundowners.

After the sundowners, we went back to the camp and had a few drinks by the fire pit and had dinner which was really good.

September 14, 2019 – Today we got up at 5:30 am and I barely slept because there was a buffalo and a couple of elephants eating right by our window and they were making a lot of noise. Our game drive started out with the best thing you could ever see a rare sighting of a Cheetah killing a wildebeest. We saw this female cheetah attempt to get one three times and she finally did which was amazing! The poor guy held on for about 5 minutes. We watched the cheetah eat her meal for about an hour. It’s pretty amazing to see that happen in person and hear the tearing of the meat and crunching of bones.

After the cheetah kill, we decided to park by a tree and have our breakfast. Daniel and Masek cooked us an amazing breakfast. The Land Cruiser was equipped with a grill so they were able to cook us a warm fresh meal. We had coffee, tea, apple juice and they made pancakes, egg omelets with bacon and sausage. All cooked on the grill that was part of the Land Cruiser.

September 15, 2019 – Today we went out in the morning and once again it was freezing in the morning. We got a chance to see 5 male cheetahs which are very rare because cheetahs travel alone. Afterward, we had a really nice breakfast once again. Daniel and Masek are great chefs. They made us French toast and eggs and minced meat. It was delicious!

Once breakfast was over we visited a Maasai Village and it was interesting to see how they live and find out what they do to survive with all the wild animals living around them. After the village, we went back to the camp to have lunch and relax before the afternoon game drive.

In the afternoon game drive, we saw the usual animals nothing really exciting but the sundowners were really nice. We got a chance to get to know our tour guides more which was cool.

September 16, 2019 – Last night was really insane there was a male lion circling our tent looking for his pride of females and he kept grunting and it was pretty loud. Today we checked out of Salas Camp and headed to the airstrip to catch our flight back to Nairobi.

If you would like to see where and what we ate while visiting Sala’s Camp.