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I amworking ona story about a rivr trip up the Amazon and I am seeking information Re; the distance from Manaus to Macapa in river mikes.
I like to keep my stories accurate and the 130 craft i am using cruises at 10 knots pr hr.
Thank you
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Great to be home Hi Tom and Alice, Good to hear from you. We are glad that you are enjoying
Morgan Creek. Have you played the course yet Tom? Alice I'm sure you
are having a ball shopping!! And isn't it awesome to be so close to your
grandchildren. I am trying to hold Eric as much as I can everytime I see him,
however he still doesn't let me feed him!
Linda and Ken
Calgary Hi Tom
Great to hear from you and great to see you in Calgary .
Hope to see you again before too long . I was in White Fish Montana
with two buddies for three days . That is the extent of my world
travels this year .
Take care
Your Buddy
Freddie
Fabulous........................ ALEXANDER THE GREAT...... Marvelous, wonderful and exiting city.There are some historical thoughts living in this country.People who should know the importance of the Egypt in this world, espesialy Alexandria.
Hi Alice and Tom;
You have had a fabulous year, I am sure that I am not the only one who has envied you.
Keep me posted at to where you settle, who knows, I just might tract you down.
Best regards,
Mike
We booked all of our guides, and most of the individual country trips, through Travel Companies. There is some security in this as they know who to deal with. For the most part we have been very happy with our guides in every location except a few. We did most of the bookings on-line and checked with several companies for price and "what's included" before choosing one.
Look very carefully at the itineraries and when you are with the guide. We went with mostly "Private" tours. Us and a guide and driver or Driver / Guide. We did have a few small group tours ( 6 - 8 passenger bus but no Big buses except for long road trips with no stops for sight seeing etc.
Have fun !! It's been quite the adventure for us.
Tom and Alice
Hiring Guides How do you get your guides? Do you use an agency? Do you wait until your arrival in a major city to hire a guide?
I have enjoyed reading your blogs. You have had a fascinating trip. Thanks for sharing it with the world.
the weather I think we were lucky because between 13 and 22 june we had some sunny days... the prices for food are HIGH indeed (40eur per person) but was good...we stayed in 3 stars hotel..no complain.
We visit some little island (Coco Island, Felicite Island, Sisters Island) but the ocean was terrible ...we were so scared in a little boat...
some pictures here:
http://picturesfromtravels.blogspot.com/2008/08/la-digue-island-seychelles.html
Victoria Falls I recently went to Africa for my honeymoon. I saw Victoria Falls from the Zimbabwe side and it was amazing. When you go to Johannesburg try to eat at Boma. It is a traditional African buffet. It was great to ab able to sample all different types of African food. You can check out my trip to Africa on www.baraaza.com, it is a site that I just started using to document my travels and find information about places I am going to. It is still in Beta, but its a cool site. Hope you have fun in Africa.
Melissa
South Africa Your trip reminds me very much of the one we just came back from in May. We went to a couple of places you went as well. I thought SA was beautiful and would go back in a second!
http://mycheckedbaggage.blogspot.com/
Place to visit in Prague The thing in Prague, that should not be missed in Prague is Petrin Observation Tower, a smaller version of Paris's Eiffel. It is 60m tall, which doesn't seem to be that high. But adding the Petrin hill, which is 318 m high itself! Imagine overlooking the whole of Prague with panoramic view, which is just magnificent. The only thing that it takes 299 step climb to reach the viewing platform. When the weather is good and air is clear you can see the highest peak in the Czech Republic.
There is a funicular service, which I really enjoyed too, from Ujezd street in Mala Strana which takes passengers up to the summit of the Petrin hill and the Observation Tower.Prague is good place for tourism actually. I didn't spent that much money and managed to have a really good hotel in the city center booked from www.prague-hotels.org.uk. Prague is the place to be!
Visited Florence I just returned from a trip to Italy and visited Florence. Too bad that you did not make it to the top of the Duomo. It is a great view. However you can also get a great view from the Tower next to the church and it is easier to climb. Check out my blog for some more information on the places I visited in Italy including Florence, the Chianti Region, Luca and Pisa.
Hi from Andorra Glad you are enjoying our comments. We will follow you trips as well.
We only stayed in the Kyiv in the Ukraine. Stayed at the President Hotel. Rated 4 or 5 star but service wise a good 3 star. Good location and decent rooms.
Very good hotel, if you are in Barcelona, was the Hotel D'Icaria. Very good 4 star. Decent location ( not downtown though )
In Madrid we were very comfortable at the Senator Espana. Great rooms and good location. We were at the Vincci Capital in Madrid for a few days but it's not nearly as nice as the Senator Espana.
We booked on Expedia and got very good rates.
Travel safe.
Tom and Alice
We love to travel.
For the past 20 years or so we have been fortunate to have had the desire and resources to travel to over 40 countries around the world.
We recently retired and have spent the last 18 months traveling around most of the USA and Canada, almost full time, and living in our 40" Monaco Motor Coach.
We have started a 9 1/2 month world trip on Jan. 13, 2008 and are looking forward to new adventures, visiting new places, trying new food and meeting new people.
Ready, Set, Go !!!
Pictures at: http://picasaweb.google.com/TravelswithTAG ... full info
Ted
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Hello I amworking ona story about a rivr trip up the Amazon and I am seeking information Re; the distance from Manaus to Macapa in river mikes. I like to keep my stories accurate and the 130 craft i am using cruises at 10 knots pr hr. Thank you land lock prisoner