Prior to the beginning of our sojourn to the South Pacific, we saw a feature on CBS Sunday Morning ( … Continue reading Shangri La…The Doris Duke Foundation Museum of Islamic Art, Culture, and Design

It has been about 20 years since Mrs Bear and I visited Oahu. On that visit, we brought our family … Continue reading Pearl Harbor

Flying from New Zealand to Honolulu is a red eye experience. We actually flew back to Sydney, and then nonstop … Continue reading Hawaiian Sunrise and Sunset

After nearly three weeks of gradually making our way south, we reached our terminal New Zealand destination of Queenstown.  As … Continue reading Queenstown, New Zealand

So, after four hours of driving through pieces of Paradise, we finally made it to Milford Sound. This ten mile … Continue reading Cruising Milford Sound

Our last days in New Zealand will be focused on activities based from the town of Queenstown, located on the … Continue reading The Road to Milford Sound

Mount Cook is located on the western side of New Zealand’s South Island. We were told that if a tunnel … Continue reading Mount Cook to Queenstown, via Dunedin

From the relative flatlands of Christchurch, we drove across the South Island to Mount Cook National Park.  We gradually rose … Continue reading Mount Cook, New Zealand

Let’s start where I left off…getting off the ferry from the North Island in Picton. I looked at the mountains … Continue reading New Zealand, South Island, to Christchurch

The main transit from North to South Island is by ferry. Ours from Wellington took about 3.5 cruising hours. We … Continue reading Transit to New Zealand’s South Island