Posts in Tag: Great Train Journeys
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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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River Kwai – Visiting a Legendary Bridge
This is my third post from Thailand. In the first one I gave a general overview of Bangkok and in the second Alison and I visited the amazing Grand Palace. In this post we are going to leave the city and visit a site that is iconic in both fact and fiction. The Bridge on […]
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Jungfraujoch – The Top of Europe
In my last post from a June, 2022 trip to Switzerland with Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad our group took a gondola up from Grindelwald to First where we did an alpine hike to Bachalpsee and experienced the Cliff Walk. In keeping with the one day on one day off hiking schedule of this tour, […]
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Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Zermatt
In my last post from this trip to Switzerland with Adventures Abroad our group started our hiking portion of the itinerary with a bracing ramble in the Engadin Valley high above St. Moritz. Now it is time to enjoy one of the many exciting train trips that was one of the main attractions for signing […]