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The Acropolis of Athens Without the Crowds
My last post from Greece featured the final days of the Via Egnatia tour led by our good friend Victor Romagnoli for Adventures Abroad. However, it was not the end of trip for Alison and me. We are going to spend a few days in Athens and then at Victor’s suggestion, head to the Pelion […]
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Phnom Penh – More Than the Killing Fields
In my last post from Southeast Asia our group concluded our visit to Vietnam by visiting the Mekong Delta where we spent a day exploring this watery wonderland. However, this epic journey through three countries with Adventures Abroad has not come to an end as we will now head to Cambodia for the final five […]
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La Rabida Monastery & the Columbian Routes
The spring 2024 meeting of the Canadian chapter of SATW (Society of American Travel Writers) took place in Seville, Spain and included a number of very interesting post-trips, none more so than to the province of Huelva. Here I learned for the first time of a building that might be the most important in the […]
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Valparaiso – Chile’s Faded Superstar
This is my third post from Chile and the first one that deals specifically with a day on the Adventures Abroad itinerary. In the first post I described a day in Santiago with local guide Chris Whatmore that I recommended as a warm up for the AA tour. In the second I gave an overview […]
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Mekong Delta – Vietnam’s Endangered Lowlands
This is my ninth and final post from our 2023 trip to Vietnam with Adventures Abroad. In the last post our group toured Saigon and found out that the entrepreneurial spirit there marks it as quite different from Hanoi. In this last post we’ll head down to the Mekong Delta where the majority of Vietnam’s […]
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Chile with Adventures Abroad
Alison and I have just returned from a phenomenal trip to Chile with our preferred tour provider Adventures Abroad which has never failed to deliver memories and newfound friendships that last a lifetime. In this post I’ll give a general overview of the trip, including the highlights, some tips on getting prepared and why we […]
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Saigon – Definitely Not Ho Chi Minh City
In the last post we wrapped up our time in central Vietnam by visiting the fascinating city of Hue and now it’s time to head to the south of the country for our final few days of this wonderful Adventures Abroad tour. Accordingly we take the 90 minute flight from Hue to Ho Chi Minh […]
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Epirus – Zagoria, Vikos Gorge & Ioannina
This is my fifteenth and final post from the spring 2023 Via Egnatia Tour sponsored by Adventures Abroad and led by our friend and fellow birding enthusiast, Victor Romagnoli. It has been a wild ride from Istanbul to Ioannina with many amazing sites along the way that are seldom offered on most tours of Greece and […]
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Santiago with Chris Whatmore
This is the first of what will be many posts from the South American country of Chile which Alison and I will tour from almost top to bottom including a visit to Easter Island with our preferred tour company Adventures Abroad. However, before meeting up with the other members of our group we have come […]
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