Posts in Tag: Adventurers Abroad
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Canberra – Australia’s Surprising Capital City
This is my fifth post from the March 2026 tour of Australia with Adventures Abroad, led by fellow Nova Scotian Brandi McCarthy. In the last post we spent the day exploring Victoria’s most popular tourist destination, the Great Ocean Road which was definitely a trip highlight. Prior to that there were two posts from the […]
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Great Ocean Road – Why You Must Drive It
This is my fourth post from my and Alison’s 2026 trip to Australia. The first post was a recap of the entire trip with Adventures Abroad guide and fellow Nova Scotian, Brandi McCarthy. The second and third both featured the city of Melbourne and included portions we visited both on our own and with Adventures […]
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La Paz Bolivia – What an Eye Opener
Well the day has finally arrived when I must bid adios to my fellow travellers on the Adventures Abroad Kingdoms of the Andes tour. This will be my final post from that amazing February, 2026 trip that featured one highlight after another. In the penultimate post we visited the pre-Incan archaeological site of Tiahuanaco and […]
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Tiahuanaco – Bolivia’s Top Archaeological Site
This is my third post from Bolivia from the February 2026 Kingdoms of the Andes tour by Adventures Abroad. In the last post we had a magical visit to the Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca and were blessed by an Aymara shaman. It was an experience I think we all will remember vividly for […]
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Isla del Sol – Birthplace of the Incas
In the last post from the February, 2026 Adventures Abroad Kingdoms of the Andes tour we said goodbye to Peru and crossed over to Bolivia where we had a very enjoyable day exploring the small city of Copacabana with its fabled shrine to a sacred statue of the Virgin Mary. Today we are going to […]
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Copacabana – Bolivia’s Sacred City
This is my first post from Bolivia as the Adventures Abroad Kingdoms of the Andes tour enters its final stage in the Altiplano, the world’s second highest plateau. With an average elevation of 3,750 metres (12,300 feet) it is where most of the country’s population resides even though it covers less than a third of […]
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Lake Titicaca from Peru
It’s hard to believe, but after just eleven days the Peru portion of the Adventures Abroad Kingdoms of the Andes tour is coming to an end. It seems we have been here much longer as there have been so many highlights packed into that short period of time including the city of Lima, the Nazca […]
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Raqchi and Tambomachay
In the last six posts from the February 2026 Kingdoms of the Andes tour by Adventures Abroad our group has been exploring the heartland of the Inca Empire including Cusco, the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu and enjoying a Carnival celebration in Pisac. Looking back it really has been an exceptional few days that I will […]
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Pisac – Carnival Time in the Andes
In the last post on the February 2026 Kingdoms of the Andes tour by Adventures Abroad I described one of the all time great days of travel on a visit to Machu Picchu. It certainly will be hard to top that, but we are going to give it a try. In this post we’ll visit […]