Posts in Category: Africa
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Sossusvlei – Namibia’s Wondrous Sand Dunes
Having just returned from a 12-day trip through Namibia with Canadian travel company Adventures Abroad, I can say without hesitancy that the visit to some of the world’s largest sand dunes at Sossusvlei in the Namib Desert was one of the highlights of the trip. For someone who left a Canadian winter with temperatures dipping below […]
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Namibia – Exploring It With Adventures Abroad
Alison and I just completed a twelve-day tour exploring Namibia with Canadian travel company Adventures Abroad with whom we have traveled many times. Originally Namibia was not high on our travel priority list. Our first trip in 2019 was supposed to be to Southeast Asia, but Alison’s work commitments changed and we had to alter our […]
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Namibia Independence Museum – See it First
Almost every visitor to Namibia starts by touching down in Windhoek, the modern and clean capitol of this amazing country. Windhoek is not per se a tourist destination, but it does have a couple of attractions that will foster your understanding of Namibian history and culture and make your journey through the country more fulfilling. Foremost […]
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Hatshepsut and Her Temple at Luxor
This will be my final post on the fantastic trip Alison and I took to Egypt last February with Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad. You can find another dozen on this website including visits to the Pyramids and the Temple of Karnak. The west bank of the Nile across from the city of Luxor contains […]
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Alexandria, Egypt – An Unforgettable Day Trip
It’s a cool, rainy day in August and I’m sitting in front of my computer looking at a piece of greenish sedimentary rock that may or may not be a piece of Cleopatra’s palace. I picked it up on the cobble beach of Alexandria’s waterfront not far from the site where the legendary palace is […]
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Valley of the Kings – Prepare to Be Amazed
This is my fourth post on the many, many important Egyptian sites in an around the city of Luxor and I’ve hardly scratched the surface. So far our Adventures Abroad group has been confined to the east bank of the Nile and the city of Luxor proper where we’ve visited the Temple of Luxor and the temple […]
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Karnak – Egypt’s Greatest Temple
Karnak – the very word sounds mysterious, arcane and yet somehow entrancingly inviting, almost as if it is beckoning one as from a dream to come visit this hallowed place that has stood for millennia. Does that sound hokey? Not to legendary horror writer and all round literary genius, H.P.Lovecraft who was inspired by the ruins […]
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Luxor Museum – A Must See Site in Egypt
This is my second post on the many fabulous monuments to be found in and around the Egyptian city of Luxor. In the first post I gave some background on the city and described a magical night visit to the Temple of Luxor. Later today Alison and I and our fellow travellers with Adventures Abroad will visit […]
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Luxor – The Quintessential Ancient Egyptian City
This is the first of several posts on the many world class ancient sites that make the city of Luxor a focal point of any trip to Egypt. While undoubtedly the pyramids and sphinx are at the top of most tourist’s Egyptian bucket list, the Temple of Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, the Valley […]