I was one very lucky guy in 2015, checking out magical places all around the world from Easter Island to the beaches of Lake Huron and tea plantations in The Azores. It takes a lot of work to travel this much, and there are a lot of people in the business who make it all happen for me; tourism boards and airlines and hotels and tour guides and more. So thank you to those folks. I’ve been compiling some of my favourite travel moments for year, and here’s another version of the annual Jimmys; awards for just about anything from
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Ace Hotel,
adventure travel,
Big Island,
Bonne Bay,
brewpubs,
Canoeing,
Captiva Island,
celebrity chefs,
chefs,
cocktails,
Conrad Hotel,
craft beer,
Expedia,
Fairmont Kea Lani,
Gasparilla Island,
Giada de Laurentiis,
Gravenhurst,
Gros Morne National Park,
Hawaii Food and Wine Festival,
hot air balloons,
JW Marriott Rosseau,
key lime pie,
Key West,
Kyle Chandler,
London Ontario,
Loopy Doopy Bar,
Los Angeles,
Mai Tais,
Mama’s Fish House,
Merriman’s Kapalua,
Napili Beach,
Napili Kai Beach Resort,
New York City Wine and Food Festival,
Newfoundland,
Palm Springs,
Phoenix,
romance,
Sarnia,
snorkelling,
Southwest Ontario,
Standard Hotel,
Steely Dan,
swimming,
The Florida Keys,
Travaasa Hana,
Woody Point
KEY WEST – The Florida Keys have always been a favourite for me. I’ve always driven down from Miami in the past and enjoyed watching the colour of the water change and checking out the odd tiki bar along the way for a beer and a blackened fish sandwich. Usually I drive, but this time I flew in with some other Canadian travel writers, landing on the short runway at the airport in Key West. Someone on our very short bus ride into town was telling me they find it hard to describe the feeling of coming from a cold
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airport ratings,
animals,
aquarium,
Aquarium Encounters,
Calgary AIrport,
California,
Duval Street,
Florida Keys,
Key West,
La Guardia Airport,
LAX,
Los Angeles,
Montreal,
Montreal Trudeau Airport,
New York,
Newark Liberty AIrport,
Oregon,
Palm Springs,
Portland,
Robbie’s Marina,
sharks,
Southwest Florida International,
toronto. Pearson Airport,
Turtle Hospital,
turtles,
Vancouver International AIrport
