Las Vegas – The real and the unreal!

My first visit to Las Vegas was in June 1997.   With two kids in tow, my hubby and I took a flight from Dallas and landed during ‘Fight Week.’ It was not just any fight but THE fight - the legendary one between Mike Tyson and Holyfield, when Tyson in a fit of fury, bit … Continue reading Las Vegas – The real and the unreal!

OMAN – Follow your heart to a great destination!

Why should you visit the Sultanate of Oman? Why ever not? This is the water trail that leads the dolphins, whales and giant turtles from oceans far away, guiding their nesting instincts to the mysterious depths of the Arabian Ocean and the expansive ‘Gulf Coast’ of Oman. The birds come too, migrating in considerable numbers … Continue reading OMAN – Follow your heart to a great destination!

EGYPT – The Cairo Experience

THIS time, THIS place and THESE people – this is a civilization that has always fascinated me.  Over time, the fascination has been heightened, thanks to the Egyptian mythology that has come alive on celluloid and between the pages of a Wilbur Smith novel – a racy imaginary sojourn through the land of the Pharaohs, … Continue reading EGYPT – The Cairo Experience