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Photos from Frankfurt to Budapest

Leaving Frankfurt by Train The Steinerne Brucke in Regensburg Danube Travel Choice – Bike  or Boat Rad Weg (Cycle Path) Birds on the  Danube Passau Coffee and Strudel In Austria Melk Wachau Wine District Egon Sheile Berm Cycling Sturovos from … Continue reading

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Into South East Europe

It has been a year and a half since posting travel experiences on this site.  I am sorry for that and have no excuses.  In the months that have slipped by I have hiked in Iceland and Norway that should … Continue reading

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Kerala, Birds & Backwaters

 Nov 18-21 Jungle Bird Home Stay – Thattekad, Kerala My hesitant introduction to what will become my home away from home in India, began at about 11:00 am when Sudha, the beautiful 57 year old owner of the Home Stay … Continue reading

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The Nilgiri Hills

 Nov 9 – Forest Hills Resort near Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu Boy, do I know how to screw up a great day. I got away from the Parklane in Mysore after a good breakfast before 8:00. Actually, breakfast was funny. This … Continue reading

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Goa to Mysore

 Nov 3,4, – Panjim, Goa It is a luxury for us, after six days on the move early every morning, to read the paper and dawdle over breakfast. But we still have the early morning habit and so we were … Continue reading

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Mumbai to Goa

 Oct 29 – Murud We had scouted out the ferry crossing that would get us out of Mumbai, and I had confirmed on the internet that the way on south was possible from the ferry. We were starting out to … Continue reading

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Birds and Game Viewing

Oct 18,19 – Bharatpur We left our hotel in Agra at 7:30, and for almost an hour followed the GPS directions out of town. Unfortunately our hotel was on the east end and we had to get out of the … Continue reading

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KKH – Cycling with Escort

Sept 29 – Gilgit We had breakfast and left Karimibad in cool clear weather, as we have had every day so far, knock on wood. From our hotel it was a 2.5 km switchback down to near the river bottom … Continue reading

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Pakistan – The Hunza

Sept 25 – Passu After a deep sleep I was unable to sleep past 6:00 and so walked the street (only one) of Sost for a bit, before anyone in our hotel was up. Sost is a border town in … Continue reading

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KKH – Kashgar to Pakistan

Sept 19, 2012 – Kashgar The best thing, for me, about Kashgar are the street markets in Old Kashgar, the Uyghur part of town. The winding streets are alive with vendors, often in clusters by product. The women dress in … Continue reading

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