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Ballestas Islands – Peru’s Offshore Birding Paradise
In the last post we got the Adventures Abroad Kingdoms of the Andes tour off to a great start with a fly over of the mysterious Nazca Lines. In this post we’ll stay in the Paracas area, but take a boat rather than a plane to explore the birding haven of the Ballestas Islands where […]
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Paraparaumu Beach G.C. Hole by Hole
In 2025 Alison and I were fortunate enough to play three great New Zealand golf courses, Kauri Cliffs, Cape Kidnappers and the Coronet course at Millbrook Resort. Returning to the North Island in 2026 we only had the chance to play one course, Paraparaumu Beach, which is considered to be the spiritual home of Kiwi […]
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Nazca Lines – See Them to Believe Them
In my last post I gave my many reasons for visiting Peru and Bolivia with Adventures Abroad and one near the very top was a flyover of the mysterious Nazca Lines. In this post I’ll give the details of that flyover and why, for me, it was not the anticlimax that others, including some close […]
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Peru & Bolivia with Adventures Abroad
I have just completed a 17 day tour of Peru and Bolivia with Adventures Abroad, in my opinion Canada’s leading tour operator for 50+ travellers. In this post I’ll explain why Peru and Bolivia should be on every ardent traveller’s bucket list, why Adventures Abroad is the company to travel with and the things you […]
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Miraflores – Lima’s District of Love
This is the first of many posts to come which will feature the great South American country of Peru which I will be touring with Adventures Abroad. It is the first AA tour out of over twenty in which I will be travelling solo. My wife Alison does not handle high elevations well and this […]
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Marrakech – Magical, Mysterious and Maddening
This is my 18th and final post from the October 2025 Quintessential Tour of Morocco by Adventures Abroad. It will feature Morocco’s most popular tourist destination, Marrakech which at over 10 million overnight stays in 2024 accounts for fully 40% of all overnight stays in Morocco. As I have noted in previous posts, Morocco is […]
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Essaouira – My Favourite Moroccan City
In the last post from the October 2025 Quintessential Tour of Morocco by Adventures Abroad we returned to the Atlantic coast at Agadir and stopped at the surfing mecca of Taghazout before ending the day at Essaouira. In this post we’ll explore Essaouira, the only city I can think of that has all five vowels […]
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Taghazout – Morocco’s Surf City
In the last post from this October 2025 Adventures Abroad Quintessential Tour of Morocco we explored the almost tourist free city of Taroudannt and learned about how argan oil is extracted from the nuts of that exclusively Moroccan tree into a variety of products. In this post we will travel through the area where argan […]
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Taroudannt – A Medina Without Tourists
Chances are that when you think of the tourist hot spots in Morocco, Taroudannt would be far down the list. In fact, I bet it wouldn’t even be on the list; I know it wasn’t on mine. And yet, this turned out to be one of the most interesting days on this Adventures Abroad Quintessential […]
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