Our group included my wife and two daughters (18+) and a fiance, five in total. We had a great time with Captain Shane and Lily on the Guiding Light. Explored…
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Welcome to the Guiding Light cruising & travel blog
I love travel!!! Regardless if it is sailing the Guiding Light to new islands or grabbing a backpack and flying somewhere. The thing I like almost as much is sharing travel experiences. With that said, welcome to my cruising & travel blog where you will find information and entertainment in blogs, podcasts, photos of the day, travel videos, and fun videos. I would love if you make comments and join the discussion. đŸ™‚
You can read about a specific location in the travel guide section, check out one of the following catagories (cruising, food & drink, guest’s post, life ashore, misc, offshore, published works, sailing school, working on the boat), or check out all the blogs below.
We started the cruising season in the Rio Dulce, Guatemala. While we really liked cruising the river and the community that is there, we were not impressed with the may…
On this occasion we had to renew our visas in Belize (they only give you 30 days at a time), so we took the dinghy a couple miles across the…
Back in February of this year you might remember that Lily and I had her daughters join us for a week as we cruised the southern coast of Puerto Rico….
As I wrote earlier, we loved cruising the Rio Dulce in Guatemala. One place we had a blast playing at with our guests was Restaurante El Viajero, located just inside…
Last month Lily had to go back to Mexico for a week and she was very excited when she got back, because she brought a Mexican flag to fly on…
We got back to Guiding Light after leaving her on the hard in Rio Dulce, Guatemala during the 2022 hurricane season on November 3rd. Once we left my friend’s house…
For our last blog about South Korea I want to write about a variety of places and stores. First is where we spent our last morning since our flight was…
To pick up from the last blog, we are on a subway heading north to Seoul with our luggage in tow. We chose to spend our last night in South…
Yesterday I wrote how we took the subway up to Seoul from my friend’s place on the Air Force base south of the metro area. Well it turns out is…
Now that we were back at my friends house south of Seoul it was time to to go up and check out this fascinating and humongous city…..but the question is…
Lily and I made it back to the base my college room-mate and his family are stationed at in order to visit the DMZ (Demilitarize Zone), which was high on…
On our way back from a side trip to Gyeongju in South Korea, we took a couple trains and buses to the Baekje Historic Areas. It is located in the…
The last of three World Heritage Sites we saw near Gyeongju, a town in the southeast part of South Korea was the Bulguksa Temple & Seokguram Grotto. Seokguram Grotto and…
Last blog I wrote how we had traveled by train to Gyeongju in the southeast part of South Korea. As soon as we got there we took a bus up…
As you read in the last post, Lily and I head out for a South Korean adventure after spending a couple days with my college roommate and his family. To…
A few weeks ago Lily and I got back from visiting my college roommate in South Korea. He and his family are stationed there for a couple years and we…
Photo by Nick Karvounis on Unsplash Portugal is a great destination for a relaxing holiday. With its mild climate, miles of sandy beaches and continental Europe’s furthest south-west point, the…
Did you follow our adventure as we cruised the Dominican Republic? Lily posted some great entries on Instagram and Facebook, so everyone could follow along. She has been doing the…
{I wrote an article about cruising the Dominican Republic that I am going to submit to several magazines to see if they are intersted in publishing it. Before I do…
{I wrote an article about cruising the Dominican Republic that I am going to submit to several magazines to see if they are interested in publishing it. Before I do that…
{I wrote an article about cruising the Dominican Republic that I am going to submit to several magazines to see if they are interested in publishing it. Before I do…
I had a bunch of video clips that I put together for various social media applications that we ended up not using and I thought it would be a shame…
Did you follow our adventure as we cruised the south coast of Puerto Rico? Lily posted so great entries on Instagram and Facebook, so everyone could follow along. She has…
I found a very seldom visited place on the south coast of St John in the US Virgin Islands. To get to it you need to hike from the bridge…
For the last 11 years I have run crewed charters aboard Guiding Light, a Lagoon 410, in the Virgin Islands with several years down in the Leeward and Windward Islands….
I wrote an article about a DIY project I completed last year where I made a new cover board for the navigation station. I am going to submit it to…
It’s no question: biking is booming. From the increase of bike sharing programs in urban areas to the rising popularity of biking during the pandemic, people are two-wheeling more than…
Last month Lily and I left the Virgin Islands to start our westward bound adventure. Our first stop was in Puerto Rico to pick up her daughters who flew in…