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The Matterhorn – A Perfect Day in the Alps
This is a post I have been eager to write since experiencing one of the best days of hiking in my life last June in the Swiss alps with the Matterhorn looming in the background on every step. Alison and I are well into our Swiss hiking tour with Adventures Abroad led by our good […]
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Bora Bora Can’t be Beat
Okay I know the title to this post sounds like the last line in a high school cheerleaders chant, but the fact is Bora Bora can’t be beat, at least in my book. Equalled maybe, but in all my travels I found no place I enjoyed more than Bora Bora. It was absolutely the right […]
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Royal Dornoch Hole by Hole
This is the second of six hole by hole posts from a recent golf trip to northeast Scotland organized by Platinum Golf Scotland. In the first post we played the underrated course at Nairn where we received a warm welcome and I was given a private tour of the course archives. In this post we’ll […]
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Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Zermatt
In my last post from this trip to Switzerland with Adventures Abroad our group started our hiking portion of the itinerary with a bracing ramble in the Engadin Valley high above St. Moritz. Now it is time to enjoy one of the many exciting train trips that was one of the main attractions for signing […]
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Rangiroa – Black Pearl Paradise
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad tour of French Polynesia we made our final stop in the Marquesas Islands at the stunning Hanavave Bay (aka Bay of Virgins) on Fatu Hiva. The Aranui 5 then set sail for our final destination on this cruise before returning to Tahiti. After more than 24 hours at sea […]
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Nairn Golf Club Hole by Hole
This is the first of a series of hole by hole posts I will be putting up over the next little while from a golfing trip to Scotland that I took along with seven friends in late September, 2022. Each will feature a hole by hole description of the six links courses we played on […]
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Engadin Valley – Hiking Above St. Moritz
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad walking and hiking tour of Switzerland we took the train to St. Moritz and enjoyed a walk around this fabled resort town. We later paid a visit to the famous Heidi Hut and walked back down into St. Moritz from it. In this post we’ll undertake our […]
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Fatu Hiva – Last Stop in the Marquesas
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad tour of French Polynesia we visited the scared marae of I’lpona on the island of Hiva Oa. In this post we will head for our final destination in the Marquesas, Fatu Hiva where we will have two stops, first at Omoa and then at Hanavave. Those so […]
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Oxford Walking Tour with Andrew Parker
In my last post from England my friend Don Harding and I enjoyed travelling along the Thames by boat to Greenwich and back on what turned out to be a great day in London. The next morning we were driven to Oxford by private car which turned out to be much quicker and more efficient […]
From the road
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March 29th, 2023
@Going4theGreen If it really is a 35 minute drive at any time, then yes. But if it might take an hour in rush hour, then no.
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March 28th, 2023
With some time before leaving Saigon for Phnom Penh I managed to finish this post on Isabela in the Galapagos.… https://t.co/w0XaqcG8Q3
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March 27th, 2023
Vietnam has its own version of Angkor Wat at the ancient Cham site of My Son. Unfortunately the Americans bombed th… https://t.co/GlhMvlVS09
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March 24th, 2023
I didn’t know they still had re-education camps in Vietnam until we got sent to one.
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