by Mike Wood | May 27, 2026
Madagascar was our final country In Africa (save for another trip back to Kenya to take our kids on Safari). And Madagascar didn’t disappoint. We had originally planned to come here in December. But due to political unrest (they ousted their president – Hey...
by Mike Wood | May 27, 2026
This month was entirely spent in South Africa except for the first day and flight were from Namibia and the final day was a flight and a night in Madagascar. It was a good month for travel with pretty much all of it being free other than small towns (no point options...
by Mike Wood | May 27, 2026
The Westin hotel in Capetown is outstanding. The 19th floor houses their executive lounge, gym, indoor pool and sauna. While we’ve been in other lounges, gyms and pools with a view, this was the first time that we’ve been in a sauna with a view. The sauna...
by Mike Wood | May 27, 2026
People often ask me what has been my favorite country in Africa. I usually flippantly reply Italy, because during our nine months of living abroad we ended up going to Italy for two weeks since we couldn’t go to Jordan because of the war . But having spent...
by Mike Wood | Apr 26, 2026
This probably qualifies as our best value redemption ever, costing us only a mere 75,000 Citi points, (they transferred to Preferred Hotels at a 1 to 4 ratio <Citi has since reduced this to a 1 to 2 ratio>). So 75,000 Citi points yielded 300,000 Preferred...
