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11 days ago - lexispence10 published a blog
Antarctica! - Day 7, Cuverville Island and Patagonia Bay
March 12th 2024
Every day just kept getting better and better and today was amazing. We had an earlier breakfast than usual and our group D was among the first to board the zodiacs around 9:30am. The weather condi ...

11 days ago - beentouring published a blog
Letters from Nigeria - Orientation in London, Ontario, Thursday 1972 August 3 - 6
August 3rd 1972
19720803 This was the last day for our “groups” so we had to evaluate. Mostly we just sat around and talked about ridiculous things we had said or done. Evan tried to get a political discussion ...

12 days ago - Katha Turbostern published a blog
Glacier Express and Other Panoramic Trains in Switzerland, Part 2: From Basel to St. Moritz
August 28th 2023
My mum and I had booked a journey on panoramic trains in Switzerland. We had arrived in Basel a day before the actual journey would start and had spent an afternoon and a morning doing sightseeing in ...

12 days ago - onthegogirl published a blog
Barcelona - 6
April 16th 2024
April 15 We arrived in Spain this morning to a clear sunny day with a brisk breeze. My plans today are self indulgent, first a long shower , than lunch followed by sunning by the pool, a full ...

12 days ago - Yeti published a blog
Laos: maybe our love affair is unsustainable?
April 15th 2024
On the 7th of October, just prior to my solo return to Laos, we witnessed Hamas slaughter and kidnap, crazily initiating what was sure to be, and was/is a terrible retribution. As heinous as the Hamas ...

12 days ago - ozray published a blog
Day 10 - Kiyomizu-dera, Nanzen-ji Temples, Philosopher's Walk and Ginkakuji Temple
April 16th 2024
Today was a day of beautiful scenes. Set off early to find a cafe for breakfast but the one we were thinking of was closed so we decided to head to the bus stop to go to Kiyomizu-dera. We ended up buy ...

12 days ago - lexispence10 published a blog
Antarctica! - Day 6, Berthelot Island and Lamaire Channel
March 11th 2024
This morning, our first excursion of the day was a zodiac ride around the ice crusted bay near Berthelot Island. The swells were pretty good, but the waves and wind were minimal, so it was actually a ...

12 days ago - MarcieKingsbury published a blog
Marcie's Big Adventure - Day 9/Sea Day
April 15th 2024
Hi Everyone, Today started out differently for me. The Cruise Critic website that I had joined for this specific sailing organized what is called a "Cabin Crawl" and they included a Poker Run. Ther ...

12 days ago - JenGog published a blog
Turkey 6 - Istanbul - mint tea/Serkeci station /the Orient Express and fighting in the street
April 16th 2024
Our body clocks were all over the place . The two hour time difference from home was playing havoc with bedtimes and waking up. We did not seem to be able to get around the feeling of not knowing what ...

12 days ago - John Miranda published a blog
Words Worth Writing
April 7th 2024
After the torrential downpours on the coast, the weather forecast was an an improving picture for the following few days. We are in the Lakes though I thought to myself, as I watched the clouds initia ...

12 days ago - MarcieKingsbury published a blog
Marcie's Big Adventure - Day 8/Sea Day
April 14th 2024
Hi Everyone, Hard to believe that today is the start of the second week of the cruise. Am in a nice routine of having a totally leisurely day, every day. Lots of reading and people watching. Am goi ...

12 days ago - Maisondubonheur published a blog
Melbourne, back to Australia after few hours on the plane...
March 30th 2024
Here we are, back on some blogging! hope your travelling is bringing you to amazing places! After Cairo came a big week in Congo followed by a lot of wine, golf and friends at home in South Africa. ...