In stark contrast to Greece & Turkey, Bulgaria was dark with grey skies, brilliant with food and immature with tourists.
- Plovdiv – Thracian and Roman ruins
- Veliko Turnovo, Arbanassi and Ruse
- Sophia, Rila and the Boyana Church
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- Climbing the Great Wall and walking amongst the Ming Tombs
- Cruising the Yangzi
- Exploring the Gobi Desert – Jiayuguan to Dunhuang
- Guilin – our first tourist city
- Guilin to Yangshuo on the Li River
- Hongzhou and West Lake
- Lanzhou & Xiahe – cultures crossing
- Modern Shanghai & Ancient Suzhou
- Turpan – Oasis in the desert
- Urumqi – last days in China
- Xi’an and those warriors
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- Iran
- Istanbul is always a favourite stop
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- Kyrgyzstan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
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- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Guatemala
- Mexico
- Cancun to Tulum – upmarket to low key
- Celestun – orange flamingos
- Chichen Itza – Premium Mayan ruins
- Cobá – Maya ruins in a jungle
- Copper Canyon – a train journey to remember
- La Paz on the Baja peninsula
- Mérida – loveliest place in the Yucatan
- Mexico City – home of the Aztecs and Frida
- Mexico City farewell
- pre-Easter festivities in Guanajuato
- Sayulita Reunion
- Teotihuacán Pyramids & Guadalupe tour
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- USA and Canada
- Boston, Rhode Island, Milford to New York
- California, here we come
- Catching Up in Vancouver
- Curious attractions:Wall Drug and Mitchell Corn Palace
- Go west – Idaho & Oregon
- Looking up in New York
- Los Angeles without a car
- Mardi Gras and Biosphère in Montreal
- Mesa Verde and the 4th of July
- Monument Valley
- Niagara Falls
- Ravines, Lighthouses & Bridges in Oregon
- Route 66 to Arizona
- Searching for family in Salt Lake City
- South Dakota – Easyrider on a Grand Scale
- Starting our Second Journey in Seattle
- Taking in New York’s galleries
- Teton & Yellowstone of Wyoming
- The Arches of Utah
- The Glitz of Vegas
- The Grand Canyon
- Whistler, Lytton, Crawston
- Wining & dining in Napa & San Francisco
- Central Asia
- Europe 2005
- Europe 2007
- Europe 2008 – on the 40th Parallel
- IndoChina 2011
- New Zealand 2009
- Nomads in 2012
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Dubai
- Egypt
- England
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Jordan
- Malaysia
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Antalya
- Cappadocia
- Fethiye
- Gallipoli Peninsula
- Istanbul – around the ancient city
- Istanbul – Galata Tower, İstiklâl Avenue, Taksim Square
- Istanbul – the palaces
- Istanbul Again
- Pamukkale and Hierapolis
- Safranbolu & Amasra
- Scrambling over History in Ephesus
- Selçuk – more than Ephesus
- Troy and Pergamon and a lot of road
- Nullarbor 2011
- Past Headers
- The Orient 2013
- Hong Kong
- Japan – thirty years in the planning
- A Sunday drive to Nikko
- Becoming Japanese in Beppu
- Castles, mansions and volcanoes in Kumamoto
- Introducing Japan in Fukuoka
- Kamakura – another ancient capital
- Kyoto – the old capital
- Meeting Expectations in Hiroshima
- Miyajima Island – Japan’s treasure
- Nara – the ancient capital
- Okayama – castles, gardens, bridges and old towns
- Samurais and gardens in Kanazawa
- Takayama – an old world
- The hunt for Mt Fuji in Hakone
- Tokyo – the ultimate capital
- South Korea
- Tonga 2014
- Asia to America 2014-15
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