About Us
We are Kim and Denis and we LOVE to Travel! Kim runs our travel business, Explore the World Travel, and Denis works as an independent IT consultant in the Healthcare industry. Our home base is the city of Toronto, Canada and we spend several months of the year travelling and working on the road.
This amazing journey started in 2007 and in that time, we have explored 77 countries. Our initial forays were in and around the Caribbean, but after taking a trip to Europe in 2008, we fell in love with the food, culture and history there. This lead us to buy a property in Collioure, a small medieval seaside town in the South of France. This location is our base for several months each year to travel around Europe, and as a jump-off spot for Africa, India and South East Asia.
Why Do We Blog?
As a mature couple we love to share our experiences and encourage people to push the envelope, get out of their comfort zone and explore the world. Our passion focuses on unique places, bucket list destinations and adventures like swimming with sea turtles in Galapagos, trekking with the mountain gorillas in Rwanda, floating above the Serengeti in a hot air balloon and taking a ski plane to land on a glacier in Mt Cook, NZ.
We also love to do food tours, wine tasting tours and dive into the history and culture of the places we visit. We aren’t interested in cheap travel – our focus is on quality experiences that will provide life long memories. This is your invitation to join us and be inspired to Explore Your Bucket List!
Where Have We Been?
Africa
Botswana – Chobe, Kasane
Egypt – Abu Simbel, Alexandria, Aswan, Cairo, Hurghada, Luxor
Eswatini (Swaziland) – Mbabane
Kenya – Nairobi
Morocco – Casablanca, Fez, Marrakesh, Rabat
Mozambique – Maputo
Rwanda – Kigali, Lake Kivu, Musanze, Nyungwe
South Africa – Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, Franschhoek, Pretoria, Soweto, Stellenbosch
Tanzania – Arusha, Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Tarangire, Zanzibar
Zambia – Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe – Hwange, Matobo, Victoria Falls
Antarctica
Barrientos Islands, Charlotte Bay, Deception Island, Flanders Bay, Palaver Point, Neko Harbour, South Shetland Islands
Australia
Sydney, Hamilton Island, Port Douglas, Uluru, Melbourne, Hobart
Asia
Cambodia – Angkor Wat, Siem Reap
China – Hong Kong
India – Agra, Cochin, Delhi, Goa, Jaipur, Ranthambore
Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur, Penang
Singapore – Singapore
Sri Lanka – Colombo, Ella
Thailand – Bangkok, Phi Phi Islands
Vietnam – HaLong Bay, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang
Europe
Andorra – Andorra de Vella
Austria – Durnstein, Salzburg, Vienna
Azores – São Miguel
Belgium – Bruges, Brussels
Croatia – Dubrovnik
Czech Republic – Cesky Krumlov, Prague
Denmark – Copenhagen
England – London
Finland – Helsinki
France – Aix En Provence, Annecy, Arles, Avignon, Arcachon Bay, Beaune, Beziers, Bordeaux, Chateauneuf de Papes, Collioure, Grenoble, Grignan, Lyon, Marseille, Narbonne, Nimes, Paris, Perouges, Perpignan, Sete, Strasbourg, Tain l’Hermitage, Viviers
Germany – Cologne, Heidelberg, Koblenz, Passau, Rudesheim
Gibraltar – Gibraltar
Greece – Athens, Corfu, Crete, Mykonos, Rhodes, Santorini
Hungary – Budapest
Italy – Cinque Terre, Genoa, Florence, Naples, Positano, Ravello, Rome, Sicily, Siena, Sorrento, Venice
Ireland – Dublin, Killarney, Kilkenny, Galway
Latvia – Riga
Liechtenstein – Vaduz
Luxembourg
Malta – Camino, Gozo, Marsaxlokk, Mdina, Rabat, Valletta, Vittoriosa
Monaco – Monaco, Monte Carlo
Netherlands – Amsterdam
Northern Ireland – Portrush, Belfast
Norway – Tromso
Poland – Gdansk, Gdynia
Russia – St Petersburg
Scotland – Dornoch, Edinburgh, Inverness, Isle of Skye, St Andrews, Thurso
Spain – Barcelona, Girona, Granada, Malaga, Ronda, Seville, Tarragona
Sweden – Stockholm, Visby
Switzerland – Geneva, Zurich
Turkey – Istanbul, Kusadasi
Vatican City
North America
Canada – British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland
United States – Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Kersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Mexico – Cancun, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres
Caribbean – Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, St Kitts, St Vincent & the Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands
South America
Argentina – Buenos Aires, Iguazu Falls, Puerto Madryn, Ushuaia
Brazil – Iguazu Falls, Rio de Janeiro
Chile – Puerto Montt, Santiago, Valparaiso
Ecuador – Mindo, Otavalo, Quito
Uruguay – Montevideo
Venezuela – Caracas
Central America
Belize – Belize City, Corozal
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda – Hamilton
Iceland – Akureyri, Blonduos, Hofn, Reykjavik, Vik
Pacific Ocean
Cook Islands – Avarua
Fiji Islands – Lautoka, Suva
French Polynesia – Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti
Galapagos Islands – Baltra, Isabela, North Seymour, Rabidia, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santiago
Hawaiian Islands – Big Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu
New Zealand – Auckland, Blenheim, Christchurch, Hawke’s Bay, Napier, Queenstown, Rotorua, Wellington, Whitianga
American Samoa – Pago Pago
Samoa – Apia
Tonga – Naku’Alofa
Middle East
Israel – Akko, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Tiberias
Palestine – Bethlehem
Qatar – Doha
United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah
What Do We Currently Have Planned?
Well, it seems that our bucket list never seems to decrease! Each year we pack a lot in!
For 2025, we will be in Costa Rica, on a cruise from Cape Town up the western side of Africa and later in the year to Japan. Make sure to follow along!