Posts in Tag: Archaeological Sites
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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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Machu Picchu – Here at Last
In the last post on this Adventures Abroad Kingdoms of the Andes tour we arrived by train at the underrated town of Aguas Calientes, the gateway to Machu Picchu. In this post, after a lifetime of expectation, I will finally get to visit this most famous of all Incan archaeological sites and one of the […]
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Aguas Calientes – Gateway to Machu Picchu
In the last post from my February 2026 Kingdoms of the Andes tour with Adventures Abroad we left the Incan capital city of Cusco and entered the Sacred Valley making our way to the amazing town of Ollantaytambo. The excitement was growing among our group as we came nearer and nearer to what for most […]
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Cusco – Capital of the Inca Empire
This is my sixth post from the February 2026 Kingdoms of the Andes tour with Adventures Abroad. For the first week of the tour we have been exploring the capital city of Lima and the coastal area below it including flying over the fabled Nazca Lines. In this post we’ll leave the lowlands behind and […]
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My Son – Spiritual Capital of the Champa Empire
In the last post from the Adventures Abroad tour of Vietnam we settled in for a three day stay in the wonderful little city of Hoi An. On the second full day there we left the city to visit the archaeological site of My Son which like Hoi An is also a UNESCO World Heritage […]
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Ayutthaya – Thailand’s Forgotten Capital
This is my fourth post from Thailand which Alison and I visited on two occasions in early 2023. In the last post we ventured out of Bangkok to visit the celebrated Bridge on the River Kwai and the museum associated with the Death Railway. In this post we’ll also leave Bangkok and head up the […]
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Puamau, I’lpona Marae & Tahuata
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad tour of French Polynesia we arrived on the South Marquesas island of Hiva Oa where we visited the graves of Paul Gauguin and Jacques Brel in the town of Atuona. In this post we weigh anchor and cruise to the farther end of Hiva Oa and the […]
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Via Egnatia with Adventures Abroad
Over the past five years I have written almost one hundred and fifty posts from seventeen different countries that Alison and I have journeyed to with our favourite tour operator Adventures Abroad. Many of those posts appear under the blog heading on the Adventures Abroad website. What they all have in common is that they […]
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Perge – Walking in the Footsteps of St. Paul
In the last post from this ongoing series on western Turkey with Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad we visited the great theatre of Aspendos and marvelled at the Roman engineering feat of the inverted siphon aqueduct that brought water to that city. In this post we’ll visit Perge, a much larger archaeological site not far […]