Only 8 years in the UK and Devon will have been the farthest West, along the south coast, that we would have been. We always say we want to get to Cornwall, we will eventually and over the years we are gradually getting there! It also helps that we have our own car! we can finally go to places without having to worry about renting and public transport.
We based ourselves at a campsite near Modbur Read on...
Avery House. Built in 1879 by Franklin and Sarah Avery. Franklin to Fort Collins in 1873 as a surveyor and platted the town. He was later a banker. Members of the Avery family lived in the house until 1962. 328 West Mountain Avenue. National Register of Historic Places 72000274 DSC_0018
Saturday began by meeting Drew downtown for brunch at Snooze. It was one of several restaurants in the historic Read on...
Saudi Arabia has only just opened up to tourists, the first visas available in 2019 for just a few months before Covid struck. We start in the capital city of Riyadh where the temperature when we land on a November evening is 25c.
Riyadh is still a work in progress. There is already some great modern architecture but the citys metro is just a series of bridges and holes in the ground. The only wa Read on...
again. Next, I called her cell phone #. She had just returned to the airport... with my telephone! My day
other Go International team members. We introduced ourselves and chatted as we waited for the flight.
Customs, a video kept playing. It showed before and after photos of the San Pedro Sula airport. It had
For supper, we agreed upon the local Pizza Hut. There are 3 varieties of pizza... Good Read on...
Tuesday July 5 – I woke up at 4:45am and wasnt able to fall back asleep. Part of it was that Id signed up for a snorkeling tour to see Manta rays this morning but I wasnt sure if the weather or sea would be good (it was really windy) and part was that I have no idea what Im doing with the Camino walk Ill start next week and ITS NEXT WEEK. And Im in the Maldives not preparing. I had hoped a frien Read on...
Not quite as windy as yesterday but not far off. Colder and a few hail showers too. From Four Lane Ends to Pendleton, then Wiswell, Whalley, Mitton, TT triangle, Waddington, West Bradford, Chatburn, Worston and back to Four Lane Ends.
Our virtual journey would be leaving Thoissey to continue south on the banks of the Saone passing more and grand Chateau until we arrive in the small town of Ville Read on...
When the explorer Hiram Bingham III encountered Machu Picchu in 1911, he was looking for a different city, known as Vilcabamba. This was a hidden capital to which the Inca had escaped after the Spanish conquistadors arrived in 1532. Over time it became famous as the legendary Lost City of the Inca. Bingham spent most of his life arguing that Machu Picchu and Vilcabamba were one and the same, a the Read on...
We woke up and met with Cherry for breakfast, then headed to the bank to exchange some money, and have a wander around town. We checked out the sights of Leon, then came back to gather up our stuff, say goodbye to Cherry, and continue on our journey.
We had decided wed do a couple stops on the way to the beach house- at Masaya to see the volcano and market, and at San Juan del Oriente to see pott Read on...
Our bus left the hotel in Seville at 9am and we were on our way to Granada. On the bus, Vera passed out dark chocolate covered figs to tease us about the sweets at our next stop. She told us that bus drivers, by law, must stop at least every 2 hours. Therefore we had frequent bathroom and refreshment breaks. We stopped at an Autogrill in a pleasantly rural farmland region where Vera suggested we p Read on...
The day started with breakfast delivered to our room, but we didnt realize we would have to cook it ourselves! Heading out in the chilly, raining morning (AGAIN), we followed the scenic route down Alaska Hwy 1 to go on our glacier cruise. Alaska Hwy 1 South runs by Turnagain Arm (named when Captain James Cook was forced to turn again in 1778 when he realized it was not the NW Passage like it was b Read on...