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27. Back to my favorite tropical island retreat on Bonaire

Sun Jan 31, 2021, 11:20 AM

Jan 2021

where I was last March celebrating my birthday when COVID hit. My son and his partner literally cancelled joining me from the airport on March 7th. No refund on their tickets or week I'd booked for them. The resort did reimburse me when I left a week early, for fear I'd get stuck with flights being cancelled.

And France. I want to go back to visit friends in France.

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When you can use your passport again. [View all] alphafemale Jan 2021 OP

Hoping can go to Scotland and Ireland with daughter, sil, and young grandkids. elleng Jan 2021 #1

I need to do mine this year. alphafemale Jan 2021 #4

Thanks for the reminder, now gotta FIND mine! elleng Jan 2021 #6

been trying to get to Australia for 10 years Kali Jan 2021 #2

You can go to Mexico without the Passport. alphafemale Jan 2021 #3

oh I know, but the border is closed for unessential travel right now so haven't been since 2019. Kali Jan 2021 #7

Funny story about my great grandfather.. LeftInTX Jan 2021 #13

I've only been to Tijauna alphafemale Jan 2021 #34

We had major immigration issues in 1925. LeftInTX Jan 2021 #38

Scotland in August, but pdxflyboy Jan 2021 #5

Maybe next August. NT alphafemale Jan 2021 #35

I just renewed a couple years ago, hoping to travel when I retired captain queeg Jan 2021 #8

Implants require follow-up visits... flor-de-jasmim Jan 2021 #10

Mexico has excellent dental care (basically up to US standards) Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #20

Thanks. I'd heard that but many years ago I went to see a doctor in Mexico and that memory scares me captain queeg Jan 2021 #25

Nogales, I think. yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #29

New Zealand... LovingA2andMI Jan 2021 #9

Great Britain... SergeStorms Jan 2021 #11

Home Thyla Jan 2021 #12

I had a trip booked to Ethiopia and Kenya for next month. It will now be in 2022 dhol82 Jan 2021 #14

I was all set to spend 5 weeks overseas when covid hit. Phoenix61 Jan 2021 #15

The Netherlands PJMcK Jan 2021 #16

If you go, go to the small towns. DFW Feb 2021 #52

I got my first passport in 1970. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #17

I want to go to Toronto to see my daughter. murielm99 Jan 2021 #18

I'm going on safari spinbaby Jan 2021 #19

You'll love it. I was there, in 6 countries, in Nov.-Dec. 2019. sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 #24

Although I'd rather go to France, I suspect my next trip will be to India. n/t. NNadir Jan 2021 #21

A triip all planned but cancelled: Barcelona CTyankee Jan 2021 #22

A word for when you get there DFW Feb 2021 #51

Thank you. May I email you as my trip draws closer for a bit more info? CTyankee Feb 2021 #55

Sure! DFW Feb 2021 #56

Lovely! I'll give you a copy of my new book, The Gladdened Heart: the ART of music. CTyankee Feb 2021 #58

I ask nothing in return DFW Feb 2021 #61

I think you will enjoy it. Artists going WAY back in time have sought to paint that which is CTyankee Feb 2021 #62

Comparing our respective books DFW Feb 2021 #63

If yours is fiction, like a novel, I am jealous. I'd love to be able to write a good novel. CTyankee Feb 2021 #64

Oh, it's fiction, alright ! DFW Feb 2021 #65

Um, tell me if I am getting warm: Maa Shalats, Martial Arts??? CTyankee Feb 2021 #66

Warmer than most, even! DFW Feb 2021 #69

Well, since Australia and New Zealand have had $25K of my money since sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 #23

I remember Anthony Bourdain doing a program from Damascus, Syria alphafemale Jan 2021 #32

I think passports are good for 10 yrs now, just renewed mine a couple years ago. Nt captain queeg Jan 2021 #26

Back to my favorite tropical island retreat on Bonaire mnhtnbb Jan 2021 #27

Places I recommend where I have traveled in the US alphafemale Jan 2021 #28

I have passed through El Paso many times and even stayed overnight yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #30

My boyfriend at the time on the Keys highway. alphafemale Jan 2021 #31

And the Mutter museum. alphafemale Jan 2021 #33

Me too! I've read "Dr. Mutter's Marvels" Laffy Kat Jan 2021 #37

That may be one of the first places on my check list. alphafemale Jan 2021 #40

Take my sons to Canada because they've never been. Laffy Kat Jan 2021 #36

You have to experience Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side to really see it. alphafemale Jan 2021 #41

Stay after dark to see the Falls and wnylib Jan 2021 #43

Oh, I did when I was around eleven. Laffy Kat Feb 2021 #45

The town smells like Bourban Street NOLA alphafemale Feb 2021 #46

The Falls smells wonderful, though. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2021 #48

I'm using mine right now Generic Brad Jan 2021 #39

Norway, probably. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #42

However great you think the scenery might be DFW Feb 2021 #53

England first. Have never been there. wnylib Jan 2021 #44

William might be a King. alphafemale Feb 2021 #47

Must be something in the genes. wnylib Feb 2021 #49

Charles is a putz alphafemale Feb 2021 #50

Why apologize to me? I'm not a Brit. wnylib Feb 2021 #54

Watching The Crown made love choices seem to have a jagged edge for them. alphafemale Feb 2021 #59

Never watched it. wnylib Feb 2021 #60

My biggest worry wasn't using my passport, but getting it renewed DFW Feb 2021 #57

I'd go back to Ireland's west coast. Harker Feb 2021 #67

New Zealand sarcasmo Feb 2021 #68

At my COVID job I worked with a cook in a deli alphafemale Feb 2021 #70