I am, but need a substantial cash inflow before I can afford one of these three fabulous West Africa Cruises. Just because I can’t take one doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t hear about it and, hopefully, have the resources to go. Judging by my travel magazines, offering a plethora of hotels beginning at $1,000 a [...]
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Are you Interested in a Luxury Cruise?
May 11th, 2012 
Sheila Simkin 
Posted in Africa, Cruises, Featured 
Tags: adventure, africa, cruise, culture, destination, event, india, log, nature, sightseeing, transportation, travel, West Africa 
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Hotels and Hostels. Is there a difference?
May 7th, 2012 Sheila Simkin Travelers don’t need an explanation of what a “hotel” is (or isn’t, depending on the hotel) but most of us tend to think of a hostel as a cheap, grungy, dormitory place to lay one’s head, usually found in bad neighborhoods and for backpackers only who don’t care where they sleep as long as it’s [...]
Posted in Featured, Sheila's Tips for Travelers Tags: accommodation, adventure, destination, event, hostels, hotels, transportation, travel No Comments »
What you should know about foot surgery!
May 4th, 2012 Sheila Simkin I unusually don’t write about health issues unless it pertains to “Montezuma’s Revenge,” “Tut’s Tummy,” “The Flying Whazoos,” or similar. But having experienced foot surgery eight months ago that impacted running, hiking, trekking and travel, I thought you should really hear what online reading and Orthopedic Surgeons never tell you. Pre-surgery evolved over at least [...]
Posted in Featured, Sheila's Travel Soapbox Tags: feet, foot, medical advice, shoes, surgery, travel 4 Comments »
Hot Travel Deals for Travelers
May 3rd, 2012 Sheila Simkin I just received an e-mail from Adventure Center who represents many different tour operators: Peregrine, Gecko and Intrepid to name a few. Steve and I have traveled with Adventure Center and their tour operators many times and I had to pass on these offers to you; a real moment of madness sale in my opinion. [...]
Posted in Featured, Sheila's Tips for Travelers Tags: accommodation, adventure, cambodia, culture, destination, events, Italy, Laos, log, nature, sightseeing, tours, travel No Comments »
Travels With Sheila Basic Packing List
May 3rd, 2012 Sheila Simkin ex-Marine (husband, Steve) and I really do have it down to a science when it comes to packing. It helps that neither of us object to looking like the travel version of “street people” and don’t mind that no one has ever said that we are “smartly put together” when on vacation. I do own [...]
Posted in Sheila's Tips for Travelers Tags: china, culture, destination, estonia, event, events, shanghai, tallinn, travel No Comments »
“Gutsy” Thea Has Equally Gutsy Women Friends in The Democratic Republic of The Congo
April 30th, 2012 Sheila Simkin Travels With Sheila thinks that only a special breed of women can possibly survive in The Democratic Republic of The Congo. Thea went back home to South Africa for a while and this is from an e-mail when she drove back to the Congo: – The long ride back to the Congo. Can you believe [...]
Posted in Featured, General Tags: adventure, congo, culture, democratic, destination, event, log, republic, sightseeing, travel No Comments »
Abundant, Delicious and Scrumptious Food Aboard The MS Midnatsol
March 6th, 2012 Sheila Simkin Perhaps you are considering a Norwegian summer cruise even as we speak. As wonderful as our winter cruise on the Midnatsol was, days of endless sunlight have to be an experience. ex-Marine (husband, Steve) and Travels With Sheila are not really cruisers. Why? Because we are two anal, obsessive-compulsive eaters when faced with abundant and [...]
The Pacific Coast of Mexico is A Fast and Easy Destination
February 17th, 2012 Sheila Simkin Mexico is not only so easy to get to from anywhere in the world and comparatively inexpensive, it is sometimes forgotten when it comes time to plan a vacation. Not only that, there are so many choices. Take a cruise along the coastline, stopping at multiple, fun resorts. Stay in a hotel, an all-inclusive, guesthouse, [...]
Posted in Cruises, Featured, Mexico Tags: adventure, cruises, culture, destination, events, hotels, Mexico, nature, sightseeing, transportation, travel No Comments »
Ten Tips: How to Score Free Plane Tickets and Hotel Rooms
February 15th, 2012 Sheila Simkin I have almost earned my PhD in airline rules and hope you can benefit from what I’ve learned. Free Airline Travel? Tip #1: Airlines now allow you to book one-way tickets. This makes an “Open Jaw” ticket so much easier. “Open Jaw” is when a person flies into one city and flies back out from another. Tip #2: Once [...]
Why Cruise Norway in The Winter?
January 10th, 2012 Sheila Simkin Family and friends thought that Travels With Sheila was beyond insane when I announced plans to spend my 70th Birthday cruising winter Norway. “Why in this big, wide world would any normal person choose to cruise in the cold with infinite destinations available? Cruise the Caribbean. Head to South America, Asia. Plant yourself in an [...]
Posted in Cruises, Featured, Norway Tags: adventure, arctic, cruise, cruising, culture, destination, event, events, food, Hurtigruten, lights, log, MS Midnatsol, Nidaros Cathedral, northern, Norway, sightseeing, transportation, travel, Trondheim 3 Comments »
