Tag Archives: travel

NW Coast – Cinque Terre

Posted on October 22, 2026 by kenmyhre

Oct 16 I left my hotel in Siena for the fast downhill plunge to the valley bottom, across the little bridge and then I got off Friday before the really steep short climb.  I hate having to try to stop … Continue reading →

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Tuscany – The spirit is willing but…

Posted on October 15, 2026 by kenmyhre

Oct 15, Siena During the last week I cycled from Florence to Siena through the Chianti region.  I stayed at Impruneta for two nights and one each at Panzano and Gaiole before arriving at Siena where  I will have spent … Continue reading →

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Florence

Posted on October 10, 2026 by kenmyhre

Oct 10, Impruneta – near Florence I have now  been in Italy for five nights, enroute for six, the first spent on the plane somewhere over the Atlantic.  Landing in Rome about 11:30 am, Oct 5 kicked this trip off.  … Continue reading →

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Off to Italy

Posted on October 2, 2026 by kenmyhre

Most of my travel adventures to date, particularly my bike travels, have involved long continuous journeys: Circling Iceland, Taiwan, New Zealand, Ireland, the Baltic,…, or End to End Japan, Vietnam, Norway or across Canada, US, China … These adventures have … Continue reading →

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London

Posted on November 6, 2025 by kenmyhre

This is being written mostly on my laptop at home in Calgary.  It is a bit more wordy than my other posts from this trip, in reaction to the struggle of writing on a 15 year old tablet that I … Continue reading →

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East Africa Birds – 1

Posted on April 25, 2025 by kenmyhre

For seven weeks Rich King and I visited Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, largely in search of birds.  Rich is a casual bird lister, I try to be a bird photographer.  I hesitate to give either of us these labels … Continue reading →

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Ethiopia

Posted on February 26, 2025 by kenmyhre

We are now home from our seven week four country Africa trip Our Ethiopian venture began February 10th with our flight from Dar Es Salaam. We were picked up by Tefera Alemu who had put together Rich’s trip before Covid … Continue reading →

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Tanzania

Posted on February 11, 2025 by kenmyhre

We arrived in Tanzania on Feb 1, settling in for two nights in a hotel in Arusha.  Arusha is the centre of tours into the northern highlands, where most of the animal parks are situated.  Rich has visited this part … Continue reading →

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Kenya

Posted on February 2, 2025 by kenmyhre

I saw a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. Actually I have seen many farms so far on my trip to Africa, even some in the Ngong Hills as we passed through on the way to … Continue reading →

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Birding in Uganda

Posted on January 24, 2025 by kenmyhre

The first part of this note was sent off as an email Jan 17 after 8 days of travel.  I include it now to simply keep my notes together. The remaining days of our two weeks in Uganda with Mamaland … Continue reading →

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