Goa February 1st 2014 Panjim was where I met Terry 26 years ago on the last night of the Festival of Ganesh and was keen to see if I could remember anything about it. It’s a long time in any city’s life and I am sure no different in this one. Then train does not go into the city but stops about 40 kilometers outside at a place called Vasco and we took a taxi into town. The terrain was now hilly with coconut covered ... read more
Asia » India » Goa » Palolem The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more
trying to get to grips with travelblog is the first step of this adventure to china and i am trying to get it sorted out before i leave!! hope 5 weeks will be enough time???
just some location of where cape town actually is: its situated on a peninsula with the most well known landmark icon of Table Mountain - Hoerikwagga in local language- and has been declared a World Heritage Site. Not far from Cape Town (about 2and a half hours) is the real tip of Africa - Cape Aghullas the southerly most tip of this continent.
Since I first started this blog i have traveled extensively with Terry to C... full info