Posts in Tag: adventures abroad
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Rapa Nui – Here at Last
Alison and I originally signed up for Adventures Abroad’s extensive Chile trip before Covid and when trips to Chile resumed after Covid there was no guarantee that the Rapa Nui would be included so we decided to wait. That was hard – Rapa Nui has been right up there with the Pyramids, Angkor Wat and […]
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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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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 […]
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Meteora and Kastoria – Essentials in Northern Greece
The Adventures Abroad Via Egnatia tour is making its way westward in northern Greece as we leave behind Mount Olympus and the world of Alexander the Great and the ancient Macedonians. Our destination today is the fabled fur trading city of Kastoria, but on the way we will re-enter the world of the Byzantines once […]
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Vietnam with Adventures Abroad
This is my first post of many to come from our 2023 trip to Vietnam with Adventures Abroad. Alison and I did this trip in conjunction with visits to Laos and Cambodia as well, but you can also do it as stand alone trip. We spent the first nine days of the trip in Laos […]
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Alexandroupoli & the Turkish Border
This is my fifth post from the Adventures Abroad Via Egnatia tour led by our friend Victor Romagnoli in the late spring of 2023. The first four posts were from Turkiye including the last one from Edirne, which turned out to be a very interesting and untouristy place. As noted in the previous posts the […]
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Luang Prabang World Heritage Site
In my last post I weighed the pros and cons of visiting Laos with Adventures Abroad and concluded that the pros far outweighed the cons. In this post I’ll begin zeroing in on the wonderful sights that await the visitor to this exotic country starting with the former royal capital and religious centre of Laos, […]
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Laos with Adventures Abroad
This is the first of many posts to come reporting on a trip to Southeast Asia last March with Adventures Abroad. The trip started in Laos and ended in Cambodia with two weeks in Vietnam in the middle. It was our first trip to this area of the world so we started a bit early […]
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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 […]