Luxury train requires winning a lottery to book….One day and counting…
From today's news in Travel + Leisure online magazine. "This Ultra-luxury Sleeper Train Is So Exclusive You Need to Enter a Lottery...
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Immigration Archive
A collection of our daily travel stories, food discoveries, wildlife encounters, and life on the road.
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Day 41…Still out to sea…Heading to Australia…Immigration and many time changes…
Tomorrow morning, the ship will ease its way into Darwin, Australia, gliding into yet another port on this long voyage. Even...
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Figuring solutions for potential obstacles…
The most imminent topic on our minds right now is getting our passports renewed as soon as we arrive in the...
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Part 1…A shocking and totally unexpected situation…We aren’t in Seychelles on the cruise…What???…
I don't know where to begin to tell this convoluted story of sheer travel frustration and dismay. In many ways, the details...
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Immigration has an answer for us…
Yesterday afternoon, we received an email from the law firm representing us in our request for a visa extension that the decision...
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Early morning trip to Nelspruit…
Our guide was prepared to begin backing up as this male elephant in musth moved closer and closer to us. Musth or...
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Summer solstice today in the Southern Hemisphere..Again, we made a decision about our visas expiring in a month…
This morning, when checking the news for any relevant topics to share today, other than the news-hogging Omicron variant, I stumbled across...
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The immigration issues unfolded…Hearts pounding, holding our breath!…
The flight from Livingstone was delayed. We later discovered it was due to a mechanical issue before it took off for...
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Impossible visa documents…Have to use the pricey option…Lion and a snake…
We spent all afternoon for two days attempting to apply for an e-visa for Kenya from the government immigration website. No matter...
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Knocking down the “to do” list…Contacted an immigration attorney in South Africa…
One year ago today... Tom and I hid in the bedroom, and once the others arrived for Don's birthday, we suddenly appeared...
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