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Exploring Isabela – A Natural Wonderland
This is my third post from the largest of the Galapagos Islands, Isabela. In the first one we marvelled at the unique Galapagos wildlife found both on and below the surface of the waters of Tintoreras Islet. In the second we sought out the famous giant tortoises for which the islands are known. In this […]
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Bangkok – A Very Quick Overview
This is the first of what will be a fair number of posts from a trip to Southeast Asia in March, 2023. Most of it was centred around a 27 day tour of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia with our usual tour provider Adventures Abroad. However, as this was our first foray into this part of […]
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Tortoises of Isabela
This is the fourth post from the Galapagos Islands on this Ecuadorian odyssey with Adventures Abroad. In the first three we encountered many of the most famous species for which this unique archipelago is renowned such as Darwin finches, Galapagos penguins and sea lions and of course the one of a kind marine iguanas. However, […]
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Reading – Definitely Worth a Visit
Reading is usually not even close to the top 10 cities to visit in the United Kingdom when most tourist’s prepare their itinerary for this great country. It certainly wasn’t on mine as Alison and I prepared to spend a few days in Bath, a city that is definitely on the top 10 list. We […]
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Bern – Walking Switzerland’s Capital
This is my final post from a June 2022 tour of Switzerland with Adventures Abroad led by our good friend Victor Romagnoli. Although over nine months have passed since Alison and I took this trip with Victor, I can remember each day of it as if it was last week, the trip was that remarkable. […]
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Isabela – Galapagos’ Largest Island
In the last post our Adventures Abroad group enjoyed a day on the water visiting famed Kicker Rock on the island of San Cristobal. Our two days on the island were just enough to get a taste of what makes the Galapagos archipelago so unique and now we will continue to find out more about […]
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Mount Rigi – Queen of the Mountains
This is my penultimate post from the fantastic June, 2022 trip to Switzerland with Adventures Abroad, led by our good friend Victor Romagnoli. It is listed as one of the company’s Top 10 favourite tours and it has lived up to that standard in every way. In the last post I made some suggestions for […]
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Kicker Rock – San Cristobal by Boat
In the last post on this Adventures Abroad Experiental tour of Ecuador we landed on the Galapagos island of San Cristobal and immediately were immersed in the amazing wildlife for which the archipelago is so famous. In this post we’ll board a small boat and continue to look for more unique species on land and […]
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Exploring Lucerne – What You Can’t Miss
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad hiking/walking tour of Switzerland we arrived in the beautiful city of Lucerne and joined city native Yvonne Bieder on a walking tour of the older parts of the city including the two famous covered bridges. In this post we’ll continue exploring Lucerne by visiting a few more […]
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