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31st January 2013
Eastern Hotel in Tanah Rata - Cameron Highlands

Neil Morton
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Eastern Hotel CH
Hi Stayed at the Eastern in 1960 just before we moved back to Canada. Glad to see that somebody else in the world knows about it. Neil
From Blog: Malaysia and Thailand Summer vacation
31st January 2013
Eastern Hotel in Tanah Rata - Cameron Highlands

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Wow! How did you find my blog about my time at the Eastern Hotel?
And what were you doing in Malaysia in 1960? It sounds like you have had an interesting life. How about writing some Travelblogs like I did?
From Blog: Malaysia and Thailand Summer vacation
24th January 2013

TeoYongSheng
Teo Yong Sheng

Your travels are inspirational! :)
25th January 2013

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Thanks for reading my blogs!
I know that you were already inspired to travel, but hope mine inspire you to travel more...and find interesting places to go. In March I will be traveling from Beijing to Xian and then following the Silk Road as far as Bukhara, Samarkand, and Tashkent, then flying to Riga, Latvia to see the Baltics and Finland, stopping in London on the way home to Colorado. Around the world in one month...my travels tend to be short and intense due to responsibilities at home!
20th January 2013
Bob pushing Rosanna on the swing, and Tamara

Rosanna
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Wow Dad, you are pushing me very high!
From Blog: Spring in Bath, England with Robin and Rhonna
20th January 2013
Bob pushing Rosanna on the swing, and Tamara

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Glad to see you are finally reading my blogs...
after the 12 that apply to England you only have 171 to go! Rea at least all those that include you...after 1987.
From Blog: Spring in Bath, England with Robin and Rhonna
20th January 2013
Bust of Shakespeare in his home

Rosanna
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Where?
Where was Shakespeare's home? I would love to see it!
From Blog: Switzerland, Bavaria, and Great Britain Summer Vacation with my parents
20th January 2013
Bust of Shakespeare in his home

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Where is Shakespeare's home?
In Stratford on Avon. Stay the night and see a play.
From Blog: Switzerland, Bavaria, and Great Britain Summer Vacation with my parents
12th January 2013

Connie
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Pleasant afternoon reading your blog.
I stumbled into your blog following a link for Christian Alliance Guest house. I spent a pleasant afternoon reading your early history and time in Europe. For 4 years now my husband and I have lived in Chiang Mai, Thailand, after nearly 30 years in Fairbanks, Alaska. The winters go much faster here! We met at a Christian boarding school in Eastern Kentucky, so some of your experiences parallel ours (i.e., dorm life before college). We are Christians, so I particularly enjoyed reading some of the early missionary stories. Tom, my husband, worked as a construction superintendent, so I could even follow stories about building and concrete. By the way, the 3rd and 4th generations Morse family are still in Chiang Mai. My first year here I kept running into people who would say, "Do you know the Morse family?" And there is still a Christian farang community somewhat woven together. We have studied Thai and can converse. Not sure we'll ever make it to Europe (especially after cheap Thailand), but your blog/photos give so much information about what to see and make me want to go!
12th January 2013

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Thanks for introducing yourself...
and for enjoying reading my blogs. Chiang Mai was one of the two places we enjoyed living during our life...the other being Woodland Park, CO where we now live. Linda wanted to live in Anchorage after retirement, but I thought that was too remote. I hope you will give our greetings to the Morse family...they should remember us. I hope you can also visit the top of Doi Inthanon just southwest of Chiang Mai...I wrote blogs about surveying the top of the mountain in my senior year of high school, and then returning after college to construct the road and radar installation on top. If you ever need any travel advice for Asia or Europe, let me know. My son is currently teaching English in Bangkok and his contract will end in March. He will meet me in Beijing, where we will then follow the Silk Road across China to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, before then flying to the Blatics and back home...around the world in four weeks. I will be blogging that trip too. You should join Travelblog and write about your travels...you don't have to go back to childhood!
27th November 2012

liliram
liliram

NZ in my list
Not for now or anytime soon, but definitely in my bucket list. With a sister and her children based in Sydney, I've long planned on hopping over to NZ for a week or 2. Obviously, it never happened. But I never realized it's quite expensive there. Gotta save up!
From Blog: New Zealand in Two Weeks - Here's How!
11th November 2012
Auckland Travelblogger get together

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Another TB Get-together
Great to see another happy TB pic. NZ is a beautiful country...glad you got into it & even experienced some Tolkien!
From Blog: New Zealand in Two Weeks - Here's How!
12th November 2012
Auckland Travelblogger get together

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

The best part of our vacation...
was visiting with you and the other TBers!
From Blog: New Zealand in Two Weeks - Here's How!
10th November 2012

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Looks like you did get to see most of what you had on your list
NZ is an amazing country and you always need more time than you have. Love your photos. You've had a wonderful celebration. We loved the pancake rock area. ....well all of it!
From Blog: New Zealand in Two Weeks - Here's How!
8th November 2012
Pancake Rocks with Betty, Mike and Linda

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Ohh, I do like your plant pics Bob....
Several huge stands of Phormium tenax and a lovely Nikau palm, Rhopalostylis baueri, if I'm not mistaken. Both are endemic to New Zealand :) It looks like you both had a wonderful time! Here's to your next trip :)
From Blog: New Zealand in Two Weeks - Here's How!
8th November 2012

Jo Trouble
Jo McCarthy

It was a real pleasure to meet you, Linda and Will. Hopefully next time you get to see Milford Sound, and maybe even an ABs game live! :-)
From Blog: New Zealand in Two Weeks - Here's How!
7th November 2012

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

nice one;-)
great itinerary!!! it might be what we need when we are back home and plan some holidays;-) I can see you have Poland in your future plans... Fall is the best time to visit...I love our golden landscapes and Krakow is just lovely this time of a year;-) Closer to date let us know your plan and we may be able to give you some tips;-) Beata
From Blog: New Zealand in Two Weeks - Here's How!
7th November 2012

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Thanks for your comment...
and willingness to share some ideas on an itinerary around Poland! I'll be in touch.
From Blog: New Zealand in Two Weeks - Here's How!
27th October 2012

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Travelblog reunions rock
We have been fortunate to meet several travel bloggers and each of them have been charming. We have so much in common and as you say it is an easy friendship. Non-stop talking so we are happy to hear about this gathering, thanks for sharing. Love Rachel's apartment. Looks like a beer or two for everyone!
From Blog: Sunny Sydney with Dave, Denise and Rachel
25th October 2012

Jo Trouble
Jo McCarthy

Another family reunion!
I can only say "ditto" to the previous comments, and add "I wish I had been there too!". Hope you're enjoying NZ so far :-)
From Blog: Sunny Sydney with Dave, Denise and Rachel
23rd October 2012

Liondragoncustom
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That's my dream
Your blog is very helpful for me,thank you,this let me konw more.
From Blog: Treking the Bush with David and Denise

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Bob Carlsen
Home and Away
Home and Away
I started blogging on Travelblog in 2009, entering trips beginning in 2007. My intention has always been to document my years of travel since my birth...how else was I to save all the slides my Dad took of my childhood! Most bloggers write about their trips away from home. Mine, and eventually Linda's, homes have usually been where people travel to. So the idea eventually percolated to name our blog "Home and Away." The blog is not intended to be an autobiography, although I spent my entire life traveling, with Linda joining me after college, it may appear to be that way. As this... full info
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Trips
My early years in China and Thailand from January 1949 to August 1956
January 11th 1949 -» August 1st 1956
School years in Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia from August 1956 to July 1968
August 4th 1956 -» June 15th 1968
College, marriage, and trips while living in Thailand from August 1968 to August 1975
August 1st 1968 -» July 1st 1975
Trips while living in Virginia from July 1975 to August 1977
July 11th 1975 -» August 14th 1977
Trips while living in Ramstein, Germany from August 1977 to February 1980
August 15th 1977 -» February 29th 1980
Trips while living in Boblingen, Germany from March 1980 to July 1984
March 1st 1980 -» July 12th 1984
Trips while living in Brussels, Belgium from July 1984 to November 1995
July 13th 1984 -» November 2nd 1995
Trips while living in Falls Church, Virginia from November 1995 to August 2005
November 3rd 1995 -» August 12th 2005
Trips while living in Woodland Park CO from August 2005 to the present
August 15th 2005 -» ongoing
New Years Vacation to London and Paris with Tamara and Rosanna 2006
January 1st 2006 -» January 15th 2006
Thailand with Tamara, Rosanna, and Will
May 16th 2007 -» June 15th 2007
China, Thailand and Vietnam with Will and Mom
May 13th 2009 -» June 21st 2009
Spring Break with Tamara and Will in Italy and England
March 20th 2010 -» March 30th 2010
40th Anniversary Trip to the South Seas, Australia, and New Zealand
September 15th 2012 -» November 15th 2012
Following the Silk Road and the Baltics in 2013
March 1st 2013 -» April 30th 2013
South and Central America in 2014
April 30th 2014 -» May 13th 2014
2015 Trip to the Balkans
April 15th 2015 -» April 30th 2015
My Camino de Santiago
September 1st 2016 -» October 9th 2016
England in 2019
April 1st 2019 -» May 22nd 2019
Ancestral Visitations to Scotland and Sweden
July 1st 2022 -» September 30th 2022

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