Ottsworld Travel Experiences

Kailua Kona – Lodging with a Personal Touch

5 Comments 19 January 2012

Big Island – Accommodation – Kona Hula Girl When I first wrote to the Kona Hula Girl owners to learn more about their rental property the owners said, “I do want you to be aware that this is not a traditional hotel in any way”. They clearly knew exactly what to say to me to [...]

America, Experiences

The Birth of Land on the Big Island Hawaii

8 Comments 17 January 2012

I stand looking out over the jagged landscape; toppled-over trees without bark and a silver sheen provide a contrast against the dark petrified sea of lava. Occasionally I see a tuft of green sprouting up as if it was trying to reach to the sun. I imagine these scarce green leaves sprouting out of the [...]

America, Featured, Photo Documentaries

Drive to Mauna Kea

5 Comments 13 January 2012

As I drove the gradual incline, the car downshifted to a lower gear, jerked and slowly inched up the road; I could feel just how hard it seemed to be working to get up to the Mauna Kea visitor center. Hawaii has the tallest mountain on earth. No, I haven’t lost my mind, and no, [...]

America, Featured, Lodging

A Place to Call Home on the Big Island

3 Comments 12 January 2012

As a solo traveler I look for smaller, intimate places to stay. I feel lost in big resorts and quite frankly it’s just not my style. I was combing the internet in search of a small, local place to stay near Waimea on the Big Island and I came across Annette at the Aloha Vacation [...]

America, Experiences, Featured

Farm to Table – Vanilla on the Big Island of Hawaii

4 Comments 10 January 2012

Ice cream, chocolate chip cookies, coffee, cakes, and shakes – these are all places where you expect to find vanilla beans or vanilla flavor. But what about lemonade, BBQ sauce, chutney, cornbread, maple syrup, jelly, or salad dressing? And would you expect to find a vanilla farm (the first & only commercial vanilla operation in [...]

Inside My Head, Solo

I Suck at Goodbyes

16 Comments 09 January 2012

Crying is not a weakness, nor does it mean I’m unhappy. At least that’s what I try to tell myself every time I find the tears welling up and streaming down my face as I say goodbye to someone. I have no explanation for how terrible I am at goodbyes. It makes no sense to [...]

America, Photo Documentaries

Hawaii From Above Photography

12 Comments 06 January 2012

When I first started my career break travels in 2006, I stumbled across a photography exhibition in Melbourne Australia called The Earth From Above; aerial photography from all over the world. I fell in love with it immediately; it provided such a unique perspective that few people get to see. The exhibit inspired me [...]

Adventure Travel, America, Experiences

The Big Island from Above

9 Comments 05 January 2012

After driving around the entire Big Island for a week I could appreciate the diversity of landscapes, however today is when the all of the puzzle pieces come together. The lava field piece connects with the rainforest piece. The brown desert piece connects to the turquoise waters of the coast. The towering mountains connecta with [...]

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Travel Blogging Year in Review

Added on 19 December 2011

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My Holiday Video tradition lives on! Holiday Greetings to everyone has stumbled by my little online home in 2011. It was a really busy travel year – I go through the staggering numbers in the video – so watch closely! In making this video it was a good time to reflect upon my 2011 travels. [...]

I'm Sherry, a corporate cube dweller turned nomadic traveler. I travel to off-the-beaten-path destinations to bring you travel experiences and photography from parts of the world seldom seen. But it's not just about travel. It's also about life experiences of a middle age wanderer. New here? Then be sure to Start Here. You won't be disappointed.

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