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Planning a move to Hawaii involves more than booking flights and finding a place to stay. If you are relocating with your family, you may also need to arrange transportation for your car, furniture, appliances, and other household belongings.

Unlike a typical road trip or interstate relocation, moving to Hawaii requires ocean transportation. This means coordinating vehicle shipping, household cargo, port handling, and final delivery before settling into your new home.

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When you´re on holiday, it is always a great idea to mitigate your budget by adding in a mix of free things to do in every city you visit. Incorporating some free things can help you achieve the holiday you want within the budget you can afford. Most cities have a list of things that you can do for fun that are free. Sydney, Australia is no exception; there are plenty of free things to do while in the capital city and surrounds. All you have to do is grab a car hire from Budget,

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There is a version of Australian winter that involves grey skies, heating bills and the particular misery of a Melbourne morning in July. The capital of Queensland has nothing to do with that. May and June in the southeast of the state sit in a temperature range that most popular holiday destinations charge serious money to replicate. Dry days around 20 to 24 degrees, skies that show up reliably enough to plan around, humidity that has dropped well below the summer peak. Moving aro

This country does not compress. Neither should your itinerary.

You have probably seen - and maybe done - this itinerary. Two nights in Sydney, fly to Cairns, see the reef, fly to Melbourne, tick off the laneways, maybe squeeze the Great Ocean Road in if the hire car still has kilometres on it. Fourteen days. Five or six cities. And you come home exhausted with a camera full of photos that look exactly like everyone else's photos from the same trip.

I did that. Most people who go to Australia do

Sydney and Melbourne sit roughly 900 kilometres apart and yet feel like they belong to entirely different ideas about what a city should be. Sydney wears its beauty without apology — the harbour, the beaches, the light. Melbourne earns its reputation slowly, through coffee and laneways and a cultural life that fills every month of the calendar regardless of season. Visiting one without understanding the other is a bit like reading half a book.

Both cities reward travellers who arrive at the rig

Narooma is nestled along the Sapphire Coast, offering an unbeatable combination of rugged terrain, glittering waterways, and genuine coastal experiences. This is a paradise for nature enthusiasts looking for activities that pit them against the elements or provide them with experiences that bring them face-to-face with nature. Narooma appears almost untouched and provides experiences that are all about immersing oneself in the best of nature without being surrounded by the trappings of human civ

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With a population of roughly 933,000 people, this lush archipelago of more than 330 islands (about of them 110 inhabited) is a byword for tropical paradise, famous for turquoise lagoons, coral reefs, and an especially warm, welcoming people and their Melanesian-Polynesian culture. Touristically speaking, it´s considered a mid-range, but there are plenty of budget and luxury options, as well. Here´s a quick overview of its main islands, towns, and attractions:


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In recent years, Oz has seen a notable surge in the popularity of ice baths within its vibrant surf communities. Dubbed "ice bath culture", this emerging trend is revolutionising how surfers approach recovery and overall wellness in their sport. From elite athletes to weekend warriors, individuals are embracing the physical and mental benefits offered by these icy plunges post-surf session. This article delves into the rise of ice bath culture in Australian surf communities, explorin

For many, Australia is a dream destination. Its unique wildlife, vast landscapes, and modern cities offer an experience like no other. But one of the biggest highlights for travelers is the Great Barrier Reef, a natural wonder that attracts millions of visitors every year. Stretching over 2,300 kilometers along the coast of Queensland, this is the world’s largest coral reef system and one of the most breathtaking places you can visit.

Why the Great Barrier Reef is So Special

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The "Big Island" of Hawaii is the largest of the state´s eight islands, and full of extraordinary natural, historical, and cultural wonders. and here are ten not to miss on your visit here:

´Akaka Falls State Park

Visiting this 11 miles from Hilo involves a half-mile hike to a pair of lovely waterfalls, Kahuna Falls and the spectacular ´Akaka Falls, plunging from a cliff into a pool 442 feet below. A natural must!

Anaeho'omalu Bay

In the island´s northwest, 20 minutes or so north of Kailu

Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory   
 

When you come to the Aloha State, go beyond the mai tais and and enjoy some divine, locally grown chocolate!

The Hawaiian islands are home a number of chocolate-making companies, and most are bean-to-bar businesses. Hawaii is the only U.S. state which grows cacao, then processes and makes it into bars and other cocoa products. I've done my share of eating chocolates on the different islands, and I find the chocolate confections not overly sweet and with

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“Ve vere bored in Hamburg,” Eva Kafsack mused to me as I had at a plateful of her divinely creamy chevre. Had I made a wrong turn at the sugarcane factory and ended up in a Monty Python sketch (“blessed are the cheesemakers…”)? Nein, mein Schatz, this very German-looking retired teacher sitting across from me, along with her former software entrepreneur husband Thomas, was the real deal: a goat farmer in the fertile “upcountry” of Maui. Sugar may once have been king hereabo

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As an ex-flights attendant for 25 years, Bonnie is well traveled.  Today, we both enjoy tying work and leisure working in the U.S, where I am from and Hong Kong, where we have been visiting Bonnie’s family and friends several times a year, pre-Covid.

Over the years operating here, we have met couples and people from all all over the world – As far as Siberia!  We have met client’s who were not given the best information and their trip could have been better.  For those of

When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

-When Harry Met Sally

Having attended & photographed many weddings here in Bora Bora and abroad, we know couples and perhaps more so the bride can feel a certain stress on this very special day. Weddings in Bora Bora are typically couples who decided to Elope and while the day is certainly as important to the couple, not having the pressure from parents and friends c

In these slow times and now that we can go out a bit, it is a good time to experiment and learn new techniques. Here is a 360 Pano, created with a DSLR - View of Bora Bora from the Bloody Marys Pier. For the full panoramic effect, click here.


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Winter has begun across most of the United States, Canada and northern Europe. As chilly winter weather freezes the north heading into Christmas, you are not alone if you have started dreaming about a sunny tropical holiday.

Escape this winter to the land of summer in Costa Rica – the “happiest country in the world”. It’s hard not to be happy with blue skies, warm sunshine, tropical breezes, rainforest, warm surf and soft sand. Sounds pretty good if you are looking out the window at freezing rai

You’ve been to Costa Rica on vacation, and you’ve thought: “Wouldn’t it be great to live there?” Or, invest in a vacation home that you can rent out and visit frequently?

Besides being one of the top five best places in the world to retire according to the 2015 International Living Retirement Index, a lot of people from other countries invest in real estate in Costa Rica for vacation homes and rentals.

But where do you start to look for property in Costa Rica?

Location is most important. Two of the

People in other countries pay big money for audio programs like this, while here at Portasol Rainforest & Ocean View Living eco-community it’s real. The sounds of the Costa Rica rainforest: crickets chirping, big bullfrogs burping and booming, Common Tink Frogs “tinking”, myriads of other insects whirring, and the Portalón River bubbling over stones and boulders.

I returned to Portasol Living eco-community on Costa Rica’s Central Pacific Coast a couple of months ago for a much-needed weekend get

Time to get away from it all, but you want something different than the usual packed beaches and crowded hotels? What if I told you there was a tropical paradise of rainforest and beach with bright sunny days and warm balmy nights, and you could have it all to yourself? No crowds.

You’d probably think: now hold on, I can’t afford a private island or multi-million dollar hard-to-get-to swanky hideaway. So what if I told you this place is completely affordable, easily accessible, and brand new in