We started today thinking about the climb to the Cruz de Fiero and how rough it was going to be from Foncebadon. It turned out the worse parts, for sure, were from Rabanal del Camino and the vicious climb, and from the Cruz de Fiero downhill... I mean downhill. We left just after 6am, and for the next hour and a half, we climbed, and I mean climbed! It was brutal. When we reached Foncebadon, there Read on...
SUN, 10 JUL 2022 – HOTEL TRANSFER: My Globus La France tour ended after breakfast, so I checked out of the hotel and made my way to Htel du Lion dOr Louvre for a stay my visit to Paris and to relax a bit before I embarked on an adventurous, independent journey to London, ahead of my next tour. This evening, as I was signing up for the La France Facebook Group one of my opened, I saw a post f Read on...
Breakfast was available between this morning. Bernie felt recovered enough to venture down with me at about for a glass of orange juice and a slice of toast. Even though we felt we left it quite late to make our way down for breakfast we were certainly not the last to arrive in the dining room this morning.
After breakfast we headed upstairs to the sun deck. The signal is strongest on the sun Read on...
We have made it a habit to have breakfast at 7.30 and to get on the road by 8.00. Why 7.30? Because that is the time kitchens seem to open here. Fortunately for me, kitchens do not open earlier!!
The day proved to be a heavy one with a lot of climbing. In total, we climbed almost 1.300 m. As I explained in previous notes, climbing generally requires more battery usage. Today that certainly was tr Read on...
When I started writing this blog, I started of tour v/s organized tour as Ladakh is still fresh in mind. Then I decided to keep that chapter at the end.
It is interesting to know that Sikkim was an independent State / Nation protected by India till 1975. After internal political turmoil, a referendum was held and by overwhelming majority, people of Sikkim decided to a part of India. Sikkim beca Read on...
This blog was supposed to be about our trip to Ireland and Scotland that we had planned for May/June. That of course was rescheduled due to and the severe travel restrictions. It is tentatively set for October/November of this year, but if the quarantines are still in affect in Ireland and Scotland, that is likely to get rescheduled yet again.
We do have a Plan B and Plan C for out October tri Read on...
Singapore is famous for its street food and Unesco has decreed that its hawkers centers have special cultural significance and are now on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. According to dining and culinary practices in a multicultural urban context is present throughout Singapore. Hawkers prepare a variety of food for people who dine and mingle at the centers, Read on...
On our second trip to Istanbul I put myself down for a tour of the Spice Market followed by a visit to the the Hamam (a turkish bath).
The Spice Market or Egypt Market was very busy and at every corner vendors called you inside to try their product. Its was very hard to resist and by the fifth stall I was convinced I needed to buy some tea. But before deciding on the right tea they made me taste Read on...
I had a long day in Colorado and wanted to camp on the Colorado River in Utah. Westbound on Interstate Hwy 70, the first exit on the North Side of the highway in Utah is a very nice large viewing area. Cuz of the wildfires in California the haze over Utah (and Arizona) was thick and nice pics were hard by. I did not stop at the view area on this trip, but wish to show the pics from my 2017 visit. Read on...
Driving from Cheyenne to Colorado Springs on took about three and a half hours. We stayed in Colorado Springs on Sunday night. Colorado Springs is right at the foot of the Rocky Mountains and close to Pikes Peak. Our objective was to travel to the summit of Pikes Peak, 14,115 feet (4302 m), on Monday.
Pikes Peak is a poplar destination which one can ascend by train, by road or by hiking. The Man Read on...