Welcome to Mike's Trip Reports

Hello. Thanks for stopping by. This site is my collection trip reports and more in which I write about my impressions of the places my wife and I visit on our mission to travel the world. Feel free to have a look around. Contact me if you have questions or comments.

Places I've Been

Most Recent

• Jackson, Mississippi (Flora, Jackson) [February 23 - February 27, 2023]
• Birmingham, Alabama (Birmingham, Cullman, Oakville) [February 10 - February 12, 2023]
• Los Cabos, Mexico (Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo) [November 28 - December 3, 2022]
• Full Timeline or Cruise-Only Timeline

By Region

• Alabama: Birmingham (Birmingham, Cullman, Oakville)
• Alaska Cruise (Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, Vancouver)
• Arizona (Phoenix, Sedona, Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest)
• Arkansas (Hot Springs, Little Rock)
• Canada: Ice Hotel
• Canada: Quebec City
• Colorado/Wyoming Road Trip (Boulder, Golden, Colorado Springs, Great Sand Dunes NP, Breckenridge, Laramie, Cheyenne, Loveland, Denver)
• Georgia: Savannah (Savannah, Hilton Head Island, Tybee Island)
• Hawaii: Oahu
• Mexico: Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo)
• Michigan: Detroit
• Mississippi: Jackson (Flora, Jackson)
• Missouri: St. Louis
• North Dakota: Fargo
• Oklahoma: Tulsa
• Pacific Northwest Cruise (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Victoria)
• Southwest U.S. (San Diego, Sante Fe, Durango, Albuquerque)
• Tennessee: Memphis
• Texas: Fort Worth
• Virginia: Chincoteague Island
• Virginia (Natural Bridge, Luray)
• Washington State (Spokane, Leavenworth, Mt. St. Helens, Hoh Rainforest, Seattle)
• West Virginia (Harper's Ferry, Shepherdstown)
• Wisconsin

• Argentina: Buenos Aires
• Argentina: Ushuaia
• Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
• Brazil: Salvador da Bahia
• Falkland Islands
• Uruguay: Montevideo

• Bahamas: Atlantis Resort
• Bermuda Cruise
• Capital Jazz SuperCruises
• Capital Jazz SuperCruise XI (Bermuda)
• Capital Jazz SuperCruise X (Bahamas, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts)
• Capital Jazz SuperCruise VIII (Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica)
• Capital Jazz SuperCruise VII (Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Curacao)
• Dominican Republic (Punta Cana)
• One Love Gospel Cruises
• 3rd Time (Bahamas, Dominican Republic)
• 2nd Time (Belize, Mexico)
• 1st Time (Key West, Mexico)
• Puerto Rico: San Juan
• Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage Cruises
• 5th Time (St. Maarten/St. Martin, St. John, Bahamas)
• 4th Time (San Francisco, Victoria)
• 3rd Time (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Bahamas)
• 2nd Time (Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti)
• 1st Time (Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Lucia, Barbados)

• Belgium (Brussels, Bruges, Ghent/Gent)
• France: Marseille (Marseille, Avignon)
• France: Paris (Paris, Versailles, Rouen, Mont Saint Michel) - [1st Visit (London, Paris, Versailles)]
• Greenland (Nuuk, Ilulissat, Kangerlussuaq)
• Iceland (Reykjavik, Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon)
• Ireland (Dublin, Kinnitty, Galway, Northern Ireland)
• Mediterranean Cruise (Spain, Italy, Greece, Croatia)
• Spain: Barcelona
• UK: London
• UK: Scotland, England (Edinburgh, Loch Ness, London, Stonhenge, Salisbury, Bath)

• Ethiopia
• South Africa (Johannesburg, Kapama Game Reserve, Durbin, Cape Town, Sun City)
• Tanzania (Mt. Kilimanjaro Climb, Moshi, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti)

• China (Hong Kong, Beijing, Xi'an, Yangtze River Cruise, Shanghai)

• Australia (Sydney, Uluru, Kings Canyon, Alice Springs, Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Kuranda Rain Forest, Melbourne)

• Antarctica Cruise (Buenos Aires, Ushuaia, Antarctica, Falkland Islands, Uruguay)

• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
• Alice Springs, Australia
• Anchorage, Alaska, USA
• Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas
• Avignon, France
• Ayers Rock, Australia
• Badong, China
• Barcelona, Spain
• Basseterre, Saint Kitts
• Bath, England, UK
• Beijing, China
• Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
• Belize City, Belize
• Birmingham, Alabama, USA
• Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
• Boulder, Colorado, USA
• Breckenridge, Colorado, USA
• Bruges (Brugge), Belgium
• Brussels, Belgium
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Bunratty, Ireland
• Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
• Cairns, Australia
• Cañon City, Colorado, USA
• Cape Town, South Africa
• Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
• Chimayo, New Mexico, USA
• Chincoteague Island, Virginia, USA
• Chongqing, China
• Churchill Island, Australia
• Coco Cay, Bahamas
• Colon, Panama
• Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
• Corfu, Greece
• Costa Maya, Mexico
• Coupvray, France
• Cullman, Alabama, USA
• Dearborn, Michigan, USA
• Denali National Park, Alaska, USA
• Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Dublin, Ireland
• Dubrovnik, Croatia
• Durango, Colorado, USA
• Durban, South Africa
• Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
• Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
• Fargo, North Dakota, USA
• Fengdu, China
• Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
• Flora, Mississippi, USA
• Fort Worth, Texas, USA
• Galway, Ireland
• Gent (Ghent), Belgium
• Golden, Colorado, USA
• Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
• Great Barrier Reef, Australia
• Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, USA
• Hamilton, Bermuda
• Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA
• Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA
• Hong Kong, China
• Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
• Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
• Ilulissat, Greenland
• Jackson, Mississippi, USA
• Johannesburg, South Africa
• Juneau, Alaska, USA
• Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
• Kapama Private Game Reserve, South Africa
• Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
• Keflavik, Iceland
• Kings Canyon, Australia
• Kinnitty, Ireland
• Ko Olina, Hawaii, USA
• Kuranda, Australia
• La Romana, Dominican Republic
• Laramie, Wyoming, USA
• Labadee, Haiti
• Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
• Leavenworth, Washington, USA
• Limon, Costa Rica
• Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
• London, England, UK - [2nd Visit] [3rd Visit]
• Luray, Virginia, USA
• Marigot, St. Martin
• Marseille, France
• Memphis, Tennessee, USA
• Mont Saint Michel, France
• Montserrat, Spain
• Montevideo, Uruguay
• Moorhead, Minnesota
• Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
• Mount St. Helens National Park, Washington, USA
• Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
• Moshi, Tanzania
• Natural Bridge, Virginia, USA
• Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
• Nuuk, Greenland
• Oakville, Alabama, USA
• Ocean City, Maryland, USA
• Ocho Rios, Jamaica
• Olympic National Park (Hoh Rainforest), Washington, USA
• Oranjestad, Aruba
• Panama City, Panama
• Paris, France - [1st Visit]
• Philipsburg, St. Maarten
• Phillip Island, Australia
• Playa del Carmen, Mexico
• Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
• Quebec City, QC, Canada - [Ice Hotel/Hotel de Glace]
• Rainforestation Nature Park, Australia
• Reykjavik, Iceland
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Rouen, France
• Saint George's, Bermuda, UK
• Saint John, US Virgin Islands
• Saint Louis, Missouri
• Salisbury, England, UK
• Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
• Samana, Dominican Republic
• San Diego, California, USA
• San Francisco, California, USA
• San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
• San Juan, Puerto Rico - [3rd Visit]
• Sandouping, China
• Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
• Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Savannah, Georgia, USA
• Seattle, Washington, USA
• Sedona, Arizona, USA
• Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
• Shakaland, South Africa
• Shanghai, China
• Shepherdstown, West Virginia
• Silverton, Colorado, USA
• Sorrento, Italy
• Spokane, Washington, USA
• Stanley, Falkland Islands
• Stonehenge (Wiltshire), England, UK
• Sun City, South Africa
• Sydney, Australia [On Our Own] - [via Package]
• Taormina, Sicily, Italy
• Taos, New Mexico, USA
• Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
• Tybee Island, Georgia, USA
• Ushuaia, Argentina
• Vantage, Washington, USA
• Venice, Italy
• Versailles, France - [1st Visit]
• Victoria, BC, Canada
• Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA
• Willemstad, Curacao
• Xi'an, China
• Yichang, China
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UNESCO World Heritage Site Visits

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Places I'd Love To Visit

This section of my travel page contains a list of places I would love to visit (in no particular order).

• Bolivia
• Peru
• Egypt
• Russia
• Rome
• Santorini
• Tahiti
• Dominica
• Banff
• Prague
• Switzerland
• South Dakota
• San Antonio
• Tristan da Cunha
• Ascension Island
• St Helena Island
• Outer space
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