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Gardens and Galleries

Posted by on Dec 7, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places, Photos, Slider Blogs, Tours and Itineraries | Comments Off on Gardens and Galleries

Never again will I look at Degas ballerinas eyes and imagine innocence.  Learning that for the less successful the corps de ballet was a...

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Four Days in Paris

Posted by on Dec 7, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places, Slider Blogs, Tours and Itineraries | Comments Off on Four Days in Paris

Paris planned before the attacks. I heard the news driving up the M6 early the morning following.  Shocked.  There but by the grace of...

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Son Doong

Posted by on May 5, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Slider Blogs, Walking | Comments Off on Son Doong

Son Doong, the world’s largest cave, Phong Nha national park, Quan Binh province, in the central highlands of Vietnam. There’s a...

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Random Review – last few days in Vietnam

Posted by on Apr 30, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Nature, Other Places | Comments Off on Random Review – last few days in Vietnam

  I have to leave Vietnam.  More accurately I have to go home.  I had one of the kind of message we all dread. so my travels have...

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Moments in Hoi An

Posted by on Apr 30, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places, Photos | Comments Off on Moments in Hoi An

  Little things paint a bigger picture.  Colour only one number and the painting is incomplete.  Fill in all those shapes to paint...

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A Gray Day in Hue

Posted by on Apr 12, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places, Tours and Itineraries | Comments Off on A Gray Day in Hue

Today I am in  Huế.  Today it rained.  Pretty much all day, till after 3.30 at least.  Which is when I gave up being a tourist and retired...

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