On The Road With The YaYa's

Travel

  • I’m Over It!

    It has been 2 1/2 years since I traveled to Africa with my YaYa’s. Covid put a major crimp in my travel plans but I am making up for it. On Friday, April 1 I leave for 2 weeks in… Continue reading

  • Victoria Falls

    We arrived at our hotel, Shearwater, after a short drive from the small airport In Vic Falls, Zimbabwe. The rooms that we stayed in were only two months old. We dropped off our luggage and went to Victoria Falls Park… Continue reading

  • Lake Caribe Boat Cruise

    On our drive to Lake Caribe that was to be our home for the next three days we stopped in Binga, Zimbabwe at a local well. We watched women pumping water into 20 gallon buckets and then placing them on… Continue reading

  • Kwange National Park

    We had a short drive to the airport for our flight to Zambia. We arrived early at the airport for plenty of time for shopping. Lots of African made products. Our guide gave us all name tags with African names… Continue reading

  • Kruger National Park

    The first night both Jude and Sallyanne slept in their clothes. Being a former Girl Scout I took an extra blanket, folded it in half and put it between the sheets. I slept in between the blanket like a sleeping… Continue reading

  • Our first day in Africa

    We had another beautiful flight on Emirates Air. No goodie bag this time but still champagne on arrival and all you could eat and drink. We arrived in Johannesburg at 9:00 PM and the limos were waiting to take us… Continue reading

  • Abu Dhabi, Our last day in Dubai

    Our last day in Dubai was a day long trip to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the U.A.E. or United Arab Emirates. Interesting tidbit is that native Emirati only make up 20% of the population. If two natives marry they… Continue reading

  • Camel Safari

    We were not due to be picked up for our desert camel adventure until 4:00 PM so we decided to check out the Mall of the Emirates.This was a very upscale mall with every designer you could ever think of.… Continue reading

  • Dubai Day Two

    Up early this morning with plans to go to the gold and spice souks (markets). Basically they are narrow passageways with small shops on each side. If you got lost you might not find your way out. Quickly I learned… Continue reading

  • Our First Day in Dubai

    We checked into our beautiful hotel, The Rove, where we paid an amazing $44 per night with a view of the Burj Kalifa, the highest building in the world. Beautiful lobby that has comfortable seating for a 100 people. The… Continue reading