Margolis Travels

Travel Stats

Countries visited so far: 63 out of 195 UN countries
Continents visited: 7 (all of them)
Favorite airline: Delta (of course)
Favorite hotel: Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria (Sorrento, Italy)
Most wine samples in one day: 18 (Queenstown, New Zealand)
Most trips with the same couple: 8 (Debi and Andy)
Best cooking class: Tuscany, Italy
Best coffee: Melbourne, Australia
Street Food Leap of Faith: Silkworms (Bangkok)
Place we’d return to tomorrow: Japan
Closest dangerous animal encounter: Cobras (Bangkok)
Place we’re glad we saw once: Antarctica
Glad We Did It When We Did: Cuba
For the Story (and Mild Anxiety): Rio de Janeiro Favela Tour
Longest Trip in Shortest Time: Dakar, Senegal (Africa, 2 Days)
Trip requiring the most recovery: Mount Everest Base Camp Trek
Best scuba diving: Bora Bora, French Polynesia with Manta Rays
Low on Smiles, High on History: St. Petersburg, Russia
Same Outfit, Different Days (Lost Luggage): Venice
Best Dance Class: Tango in Buenos Aires
Where Going Outside Requires a Rifle: Svalbard (beware of Polar bears)
Countries where we didn’t speak the language: All of them, but confidence carried us.

- The Azores and Madeira (Portugal)

- Central Asia Five Stans: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan

- Antigua, Guatemala

- Indian Ocean: Mauritius, Reunion (France), Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya,

Seychelles, Ethiopia

- Africa: South Africa, Botswana, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Rwanda

- The Balkans: Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania,

North Macedonia & Bulgaria

- Southern Caribbean: ABC Islands and Lesser Antilles