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Saigon – Definitely Not Ho Chi Minh City
In the last post we wrapped up our time in central Vietnam by visiting the fascinating city of Hue and now it’s time to head to the south of the country for our final few days of this wonderful Adventures Abroad tour. Accordingly we take the 90 minute flight from Hue to Ho Chi Minh […]
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Epirus – Zagoria, Vikos Gorge & Ioannina
This is my fifteenth and final post from the spring 2023 Via Egnatia Tour sponsored by Adventures Abroad and led by our friend and fellow birding enthusiast, Victor Romagnoli. It has been a wild ride from Istanbul to Ioannina with many amazing sites along the way that are seldom offered on most tours of Greece and […]
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Santiago with Chris Whatmore
This is the first of what will be many posts from the South American country of Chile which Alison and I will tour from almost top to bottom including a visit to Easter Island with our preferred tour company Adventures Abroad. However, before meeting up with the other members of our group we have come […]
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Hue – Vietnam’s Royal City
The Adventures Abroad tour of Vietnam continues to go from one highlight to another with the last two stops Hoi An and My Son both being UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Well the hits just keep on coming as we head for our third World Heritage Site in a row, the former royal city of Hue. […]
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Meteora and Kastoria – Essentials in Northern Greece
The Adventures Abroad Via Egnatia tour is making its way westward in northern Greece as we leave behind Mount Olympus and the world of Alexander the Great and the ancient Macedonians. Our destination today is the fabled fur trading city of Kastoria, but on the way we will re-enter the world of the Byzantines once […]
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My Son – Spiritual Capital of the Champa Empire
In the last post from the Adventures Abroad tour of Vietnam we settled in for a three day stay in the wonderful little city of Hoi An. On the second full day there we left the city to visit the archaeological site of My Son which like Hoi An is also a UNESCO World Heritage […]
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Dion & Mount Olympus
In the last three posts from the 2023 Adventures Abroad Via Egnatia tour led by Victor Romagnoli we have been ensconced in the world of the ancient Macedonians. First in the city of Thessaloniki, then Pella, birthplace of Alexander the Great and thirdly Vergina where we were dazzled by the wealth found in the tomb […]
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Monfrague – Birding in Extremadura
This is my fifth and final post from the 2023 SATW trip to the Extremadura region of Spain. In the first post I highlighted the many reasons to visit this off the beaten track destination in western Europe. In the second I focused on the amazing Roman ruins in and around the city of Merida. […]
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Hoi An – Vietnam’s City of Wood
In the last post from the Adventures Abroad Vietnam tour we visited two very different sites in Da Nang, the Museum of Cham Sculpture and the pagodas of Marble Mountain. It was yet another eye opening day in this fascinating country as I had no idea who the Cham people were and their important role […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz