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Konya – Home of the Whirling Dervishes
In the last post our Adventures Abroad western Turkey tour made its final stop on the Mediterranean coast at the city of Side. It was now time to turn inland and cross the Taurus Mountains to the high plateau of Anatolia where the fabled region of Cappadocia awaits us. But, before we get to Cappadocia […]
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Rio Mar River Course Hole by Hole
This is the final post from my whirlwind tour of three of Puerto Rico’s top golf destinations. In the first two posts I visited the Wyndham Palmas Beach & Golf Resort where I played the Flamboyan and Palm courses. In the last post I rhapsodized about the great course at the El Conquistador Resort which […]
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Side – Greco/Romans Ruins Amid a Modern Town
Today marks our final journey along the Mediterranean Coast on this Adventures Abroad trip through western Turkey led by expert Turkish guide Yasemin Reis. In the last post we visited the wondrous ruins of Perge, one of the first places where St. Paul preached the new Christian religion. We will depart from the city of […]
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Tahiti Circle Part II
This post is a continuation of the Tahiti circle tour which I began in the first post on the Adventures Abroad French Polynesia trip that Alison and I took earlier in 2022. In that post we visited the Papeete market and the most complete marae or temple site in the entire territory. In this post […]
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El Conquistador GC – A Caribbean Icon is Reborn
After the May 2022 North American Tavel Journalists conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico I set out to play some golf. With the help of Discover Puerto Rico and it golf PR agency Dan Shepherd PR I was able to secure tee times and rooms at three of the island’s best golf resorts. In the […]
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Perge – Walking in the Footsteps of St. Paul
In the last post from this ongoing series on western Turkey with Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad we visited the great theatre of Aspendos and marvelled at the Roman engineering feat of the inverted siphon aqueduct that brought water to that city. In this post we’ll visit Perge, a much larger archaeological site not far […]
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Tahiti – Circling the Island, Part I
This is my fourth post from a recent trip to French Polynesia, but the first one where we actually get down to sightseeing with our Adventures Abroad group led by veteran guide Martin Charlton. In the last post I recommended a self-guided walking tour of Papeete as there is plenty to see there that is […]
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Palm Course – Wyndham Palmas Beach Resort
In my first post from the Wyndham Palmas Beach and Golf Resort I reviewed the resort in general and provided a hole-by-hole analysis of the Flamboyan course designed by Rees Jones. In this post I’ll do a hole-by-hole description of the Palm Course designed by the legendary Gary Player. However, before I hit the links […]
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Aspendos – The World’s Greatest Ancient Theatre
During our second day in the great city of Antalya we used it as the base from which to explore two of Turkey’s most important archaeological sites, Aspendos and Perge. In this short post our Adventures Abroad tour of western Turkey will visit the best preserved theatre in the ancient world. We’ll also get a […]
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