Posts in Tag: adventures abroad
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Abu Simbel – A Magical Day Trip from Aswan
Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel – there is just something magical about those words, or at least there has been to me since I was a teenager and first learned of the herculean effort by UNESCO to save the most famous of Ramses II many Egyptian temples from inundation by the Aswan High Dam. […]
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Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Alison and I were very fortunate to recently spend three days in the Masai Mara National Reserve in the southwest of Kenya. The trip was through the auspices of Adventures Abroad, the Canadian company we often travel with, and their Kenyan based provider Discover Safaris. There were only five of us all told and we […]
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Lake Nakuru, Kenya – Not Just for the Birds
This is my fourth post on a recent trip Alison and I took to the fantastic country of Kenya courtesy of Adventures Abroad and their Kenyan representatives, Discover Safaris. Originally I was going to do a post on each game drive, but decided instead to post a comprehensive photo gallery with shots from all of the parks […]
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Sweetwaters Camp – A Game Drive to Remember
My last post on Kenya was Sweetwaters Tented Camp- A Fantastic Introduction to Africa, but that was a bit of a misnomer. There was so much to write about Nairobi and the journey to Sweetwaters Camp that I ended the post just as we arrived at the camp. In this post I will describe the […]
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Sweetwaters Tented Camp – Welcome to Kenya
Alison and I have just returned from an unbelievably amazing trip to Egypt and Kenya courtesy of Adventures Abroad, the Canadian company we recommend to all adventuresome travellers. Dollar for dollar I’ll put AA, as frequent return guests call it, up against any mid-range travel company going. While the Egypt portion of the trip was […]