The last resort of our Bora Bora trip: Conrad Bora Bora Nui. It was a last-minute change when we saw award availability for more than 3 rooms; usually you need to book months to almost a year in advance to book the room with the standard redemption rate of 89,000 Hilton points per room. We… Read More Bora Bora 2021 – Conrad Bora Bora Nui
Our 4th resort – Intercontinental Bora Bora Thalasso – it has been almost 7 years since our last visit! When we arrived, the hotel staff were there waiting for us with this guy playing music. He was one of the happiest staff we came across, he even play his mini guitar when driving the golf… Read More Bora Bora 2021 – Intercontinental Bora Bora Thalasso Villa Teremoana Review
Happy New Year, 2022 is here! Traditionally, I have been creating a collage to summarize the countries I have traveled to the past year but due to the pandemic, our travel has been limited. In 2021, we had been to Greece and French Polynesia only, both I have visited multiple times. I am glad that… Read More Happy New Year!
From the Four Seasons to St. Regis only took like 5 minutes as they are next to each other. We are back to St. Regis again! Our butler, Paul, is Chinese and he greeted us at the dock. We walked over to the lobby to check-in. Unlike Le Bora Bora or the Four Seasons where… Read More Bora Bora 2021 – St. Regis
The 2nd resort of our Bora Bora hopping – the famous Four Seasons Bora Bora. Their boat is spacious and comfortable! In 15 minutes or so, we arrived at the Four Seasons Bora Bora, I much preferred the view of Mount Otemanu from this side of the lagoon. Once the boat docked, we were greeted… Read More Bora Bora 2021 – Four Seasons Bora Bora
The first resort of our Bora Bora resort hopping – Le Bora Bora by Pearl Resorts. Once we landed Bora Bora airport, we proceed to the Le Bora Bora counter where ladies received a crown and guys a lei. We tagged our luggage and onboard Le Bora Bora’s boat to the resort; the one-way transfer… Read More Bora Bora 2021 – Le Bora Bora
I couldn’t believe that we are back in Bora Bora just over 2 years since our last visit! We were originally booked for Hawaii to use our Alaska Airlines companion vouchers but when we saw United’s 40 years anniversary special one-day award sale for just 40k United miles roundtrip to Tahiti, French Polynesia; it was… Read More Bora Bora 2021 – Resorts Hopping
We planned to go to Vermont for foliage last year but due to COVID restriction, we had to cancel our plan and go to New Hampshire instead. We tried again this year and made it! I reserved a room at the Holiday Inn Club Vacations Mount Ascutney Resort with my annual free night certificate from… Read More Vermont Foliage 2021
Meteora, Greece has been on my bucket list for years and after 3 times visiting Greece, we finally made it. Back then, self-driving wasn’t as easy as today, thanks to Google Maps and T-Mobile’s free 2G international data with our phone plan, the 4 hours drive was straightforward. We flew from Paros to Athens early… Read More Incredible Landscape of Meteora
Day 3 in Paros, we took the bus to visit Parikia, the capital and main port of Paros. Unlike the bus to Lefkes, our bus was full and I should say overpacked. There were people standing; a lot of young passengers had luggage so I am guessing they were heading to the ferry to go… Read More Paros – Day Trip to Parikia
