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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 […]
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Wyndham Palmas Beach & Golf Resort
In May of 2022 I attended the North American Travel Journalist’s conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was my first time on the island and after staying an extra day in old San Juan (which I’ll write about in a later post) I wanted to play some golf. After making some enquiries with Discover […]
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Antalya – Visiting Another Great Turkish City
Our western Turkey odyssey with Adventures Abroad continues as we depart the site of ancient Phaselis and head for the city of Antalya where we will spend a few days exploring both the city and the surrounding area. It is the largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast (Izmir is on the Aegean Sea) with […]
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Papeete – Walking Tahiti’s Capital City
This is my third post from a trip Alison I took with Adventures Abroad to French Polynesia. In the first post I gave my reasons for both visiting French Polynesia and why Adventures Abroad was my tour operator of choice. In the second I described the great relaxing atmosphere at the Te Moana Resort where […]
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Phaselis – Romantic Forested Ruins by the Sea
In this post we continue our journey through western Turkey with Adventures Abroad guide Yasemin Reis as we enter the Province of Antalya. It is as rich in archaeological sites as any area in Turkey as we will find out over the next few days. Our first stop in the province was a visit to […]
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Myra – Visiting the Home of St. Nicholas
For the past two days our western Turkey Adventures Abroad tour has been stationed in the small Mediterranean town of Kas. Yesterday we enjoyed an outing by boat on the Turquoise Coast which will surely be one of the highlights of the entire trip, but it’s time to move on. Today we have several interesting […]
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Te Moana – A Great Introduction to Tahiti
This is my second post from a recent trip Alison and I took with Adventures Abroad to French Polynesia. The first post was an overview of the entire trip and gave the reasons why I thought it was pretty well unique in terms of what tour operators are offering in this area of the world. […]
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The Turquoise Coast by Boat
In the previous post we arrived in the small town of Kas having stopped at Fethiye along the way to view the Lycian rock tombs. A few years ago Alison and I and some friends embarked upon a week long Blue Cruise that took us along the Turquoise Coast of Turkey to some of the […]
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Fethiye to Kas – Lycian Tombs and a Great Market
In the previous post on this Adventures Abroad trip to western Turkey we toured Bodrum Castle with its unique Underwater Archaeology Museum. I love Bodrum and never get tired of visiting it, but alas, it is time to move on and continue our exploration of Turkey’s beautiful Turquoise Coast. Today we are headed to the […]
From the road
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August 12th, 2022
I’ve been waiting a long time to do this.
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August 8th, 2022
Monday’s post describes life a board the passenger/freighter #Aranui5 to the Marquesas Islands.
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August 5th, 2022
Friday’s post is from the Cappadocian underground city of #Derinkuyu where Christians and others hid from invaders… https://t.co/IaHmVByYjO
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August 2nd, 2022
After a brief stop in Switzerland I’m back in French Polynesia.
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