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Trip to Puerto Rico April 2015

Trip to Puerto Rico Me and RobDay 1 April 25thOur flight out of Knoxville was delayed so we had to run to catch our connecting flight in Charolotte. We barely made it. Luckily our luggage made it too. I was concerned about that. We got our re




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Time Zones Here and Russia

What do we really know about US time zones History.com When you run a railroad you need to maintain a schedule and that works a whole lot better when everyone agrees on what time it is including stations in farflung locations and crucially other




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Singapore 28 30.04.19

Early in the morning the other couchsurfers were still asleep I got up to catch an early bus to Singapore. I knew it was gonna take all day to get there and didn't want to arrive too late. After my experience from the other night.. No way Unfortunately




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No particular place to go

Crusin' and playing the radioWith no particular place to goChuck Berry After leaving Doubtful Sound we had to make a long drive to the Fox Glacier area. We planned to see the glacier while we were there but also had hoped to have great vi




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Quietness at the TP Resort

Shhhhhhhh. What can we say Nothing The question of the day is whats new Answer nothing. The next question of the day is what are you going to do today Answer nothing. Last question of the day is what did you do today Answer not




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An extraordinary journey to.....our HOMES

Negativity is like burning plastic while destroying itself it annoys everyone with its stench. Charbal TadrosNo point kicking off with WHO statistics on Covid19 as it is very easy for anyone to access the data on their websit




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Derbyshire 100 Chesterfield my five a day challenge100 who would have believed it closed footpaths

Reaching Blog 100 on Chesterfield who would have believed it Not me. Sometimes I would write something about my home town. Most of the time though blogs were about somewhere else . Covid 19 has scuppered any chance of a blog from out of town for a whil




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Boy's Day Now Children's Day May 5

This year Children's Day is May 5. Of all the childrencentric holidays I miss Children's Day the most. Why I felt it was special for Japanese American children in a culture that cherishes tradition family and outright spoiling of children. Writ




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Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

COMMUNITY PRIDEWinnemuccca is a bustling five brothel railroad town in north central Nevada. When you next visit there and perhaps might grow weary of drinking and carousing make your way the northwest corner of Bridge Street and 4th




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Lighten the Mood

I will try a few jokes to entertain you as well as lighten the mood. I hate being cooped up during the shelter in place but at least I can go to work a few days a week. Thanks to my dear friend Barry the V I once knew a grape which could have been




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Half way to Mustang

Driving trip from Siliguri to Mustang Nepal1st March Day 1 Drive along Asian Highway 2 across Bagdogra to Panitanki and crossed over the Mechi River bridge into Nepal. Obtained Vehicle permit from the transport office after paying INR 2200. Mercif




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55.den presun lisabon

Posledny den na ostrove a prezieracka nech spotrebujem este dost jedla co mam.Okrem jedla nic zaujimave len polehovanie na ubytku.Kupujem cez w6 letenku na 11.5 lisabon vieden kupil som si hned aj clenstvo. Ono ak to aj nepreletim nic sa nedej




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Derbyshire 101 Chesterfield 7000 steps by 9.30 from frost to blue skiesSkype. Risk assessments and telekits will life ever be the same again

Surfacing this morning was difficult . It is a work day today . Last night we had a frost . Not a heavy one . Not the sort of frost you get in the Winter . Not the sort of frost that you have to scrape off the car windscreen. But a frost nevertheless . The




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Warsaw 1 Jewish Quarter and Old Town Walking Tours

After arriving the previous evening I was ready to head out and explore Warsaw. I had booked two free walking tours for today. The first one started at 10 am and was a walking tour around the Jewish part of Warsaw. The starting point was about a 20 minute




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Civil Rights Tour

Nancy and I usually seek to break up the winter and travel somewhere in February. This year we decided to travel south. With the recent anniversaries of boycotts marches and actions organizations offer Civil Rights tours these days. We thought we could




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56.den lisabon

Na moje pocudovanie ked som siel tak neskoro spat zobudil som sa dost skoro o 915.V cene ubytka su aj ranajky ale ziadne velke terno dva toastove chleby platok sunky syru jablko jedna wafla alebo si clovek moze spravit musli s mliekom. Som zvedav




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A Brew for My Bro

It is not secret among our family and friends. My brother is the kind of beer drinker not so much for the volume of beer but the fact that he is often photographed with a cold beer in his hand. And on these coming hot days of summer a cold beer sounds




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Planning a Road Trip to Pai for Our Family Visit in November

I'm so excited to be planning a road trip to Pai this coming November My husband and I are planning a trip for his family when they visit from Australia and I'm so excited to show them around We'll be driving from here in Chiang Mai to




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No Ed and Michele are not traveling

Like hopefully the rest of you we are home keeping a low profile. And with no travel plans in the foreseeable future i have had a chance to start going thru 35 yrs of travel pics and at least 20 journals of various trips that were written the old fash




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Derbyshire 102 Chesterfieldwe might be able to go out and exercise twice a daythe story of the Napoleonic prisoners and the 1 and a half mile milestone

It is dark when I wake . It is Day 48 of the lockdown . The sun has not risen and the birds have not woken. It is Thursday . Sage are meeting today with our government . Sage used to be that herb that you stuffed up a chicken together with onion . Now it i




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More Snobby Wine Facts

Since you seem to like my wine emails here is a subject near and dear to us Californians. French wine. Let me start out by saying this about the French. They love to bad mouth Napa Valley after their BIG loss decades ago. On most wine tours in Franc




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57.den lisabon

V posteli sa prevalujem uz od 830 na ranajky idem nakoniec o hodinu neskor.Opat rovnake jedlo no cul som si dal uz i maslo na chleba a na waflu dzem.Po jedle este mini relax a potom smer obrovsky park v okoli monsanto.Cesta rovnaka ako vcera




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Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

OLD HICKORYAndy By God Jackson was our fine countrys seventh President. He was a war hero too by virtue of defeating the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend and stealing their land and then by defeating the pesky Redcoats at the Battle of New Orleans.




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20204 Long Beach California USA

Long Beach California 411NOW PLAYING WATCH LATER




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Bali Indonesia 2020

YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT RECOMMENDED THEN GO BACK TO THE BLOG OR GO THROUGH THE 67 PHOTOS CLICK ON NEXT OR PREVIOUS IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. I PUT LOTS OF INFORMATION IN THE PHOTO CAPTIONS SO YOU CAN SKIP THE NARRATIVE JUST LO




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Derbyshire 103 Chesterfield Day 49 another bridge another country VE day celebrations or is it remembering

I woke early again . The bedroom was still in darkness . Tossing about I found I could not get back to sleep. My mind was going round and round . Odd thoughts . Day 49 how many hours have we been locked down. 1176 hours or thereabouts. I could have begun




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Back to More Bubbly

My love for sparkling wines has not wavered. My trip to Champagne several years ago remains one of my wine tasting highlights. Here is more information should you decided to visit. Champagnes not hurting for name recognitionbubbles are nearsynon




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bonfire

Well we're still well and truly locked down but I'd been busy this week waging war on the brambles which were encroaching on the field so we decided to have a bonfire tonight as our contribution to V.E. day. And this morning I spotted some bunting in Me




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A Short Evening in Marrakesh

Marrakesh just the name conjures up images of the exotic. A colorful tapestry weaving together not only the old and the new but an intoxicating blend of cultural influences derived from the continents of Europe Asia and Africa. Marrakesh has been cal




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Mt Kilimanjaro Dec 2001

DEC 26 2001 It was another difficult time for all of us in the US. 911 had just occurred and we were trying to understand and I guess adjust to the impact of it. We had already accepted a 30 day assignment in Uganda to begin mid N




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Derbyshire 104 Chesterfield Smocked cloudstodays plan is mostly about washing the car

Morning she shouted across the road . Morning I replied . Busy isn't it I thought it was lockdown Yes seems like a lot of people still travelling in their cars was my reply. We agreed the lady on her morning walk and I that this was a lovel




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If You Could Go Anywhere Right Now Where Would You Go

So during this shelter in place or quarantine period many friends have asked me this question. My short answer is I would go anywhere it is safe and happy. Narrowing it down I would say New Zealand Thailand and Cape Town. Why If things were s




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Auckland and the Northland

The next chapter of our trip started with a few problems getting out of Australia. We found ourselves standing at the checkin desk listening to the lady behind the counter tell us that she could not check us in until we had our visa sorted to return into




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The not so small summer cottage.

Well this weekend has been an absolute blast for me and my family First after a long drive we arrived at this cottage that wasn39t really a cottage more of a large Cabin. Lasse39s friends were there and it was their cottage. His friend designed an




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Less than 24 hours

We leave the house in about 26 hours...Bill is busy packing the bikes in their boxes...discovered that the clips for the front bags are on the touring bikes at the bike shop so will have to pick them up later today. The bike ride free so long as they weig




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koh chang and the end of the trip is almost nigh..

Koh chang has been all about the relax and what a beautiful island to have picked. Its very laid back with lots of cute little towns to explore we defo needed a motorbike to do this as the taxi service is very expensive and seen no sign of a local bus ser




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Callan Waterford

Somehow I missed this entry so adding it a month later.After a leisurely start to the day we headed off on a scenic route which would take us through Waterford along the coast and back to Callan. Apart from the motorways there is no fast way to get




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Salty soak in Salt Lake City

We came close to learning the meaning of life in Salt Lake City. Visiting the Mormon capital of the world of course we had to check out some Mormon activities at their headquarters Temple Square. There is a building called Tabernacle which has very spe




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Charlottetown Confederation Bridge Cap Pele 113km Total 4962km

SPAl final hasta las 10 no he salido del hostal ya que habia desayuno incluido. De ahi por la carretera transcanadiense directamente hasta el puente. Un seor puente 13 km de largo hubiese sido divertido recorrerlo en bici pero esta prohibido y




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Wanderings through Little India

alskdfjdsjiw bangs head on computer. Okay I was just about done with this entry when my hostels crappy internet failed and I lost everything I39d written so here we go again.So since classes have started I haven39t had much time to explore




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Day 30 Torino

Slow start again we started packing everyone was sharing photos etc. After lunch of rolls tomato prosciutto and cheese we headed into the Antonettiano Mole one of the symbols of Torino and home of the Museum of Cinema. The museum was very cool with a




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Methuselah on The Move Blog Update.

Hi All Just to update you I have converted my Travel Blog from Private to Public as several people could not register with their email addresses. Not all addresses are accepted for some reason. Anyway now public. This time next Sunday I will




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Hot Springs Arkansas Days 67

Wayne had the FULL bathmassage experience at the Buckstaff Bathhouse this morning. He loved it I shopped around downtown while he was there. The nicest shop I found is called Girlie Girls. They design their own jewelry and it is beautiful. If you are th




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Marseille Arles Avignon in Southern France 9 and 10 Aug 2013

Marseille Arles Avignon in Southern France 9 and 10 Aug 2013 After driving towards Marseille pronounced Marsay just before lunch we hit the bumper to bumper traffic of the French Riviera in summer holidays again. We crawled along but finally got




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Hot Springs Arkansas Days 45

We played a lot of cards today and just lazed around. We went out to eat lunch at Colton39s Steakhouse as there was a coupon in the paper for 2 lunch entrees for 12.99. It was a great deal as most of our entrees were over 9 originally. I made a Mock L




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8 Quick visit to Latacunga Rotary

After last day in Banos including one last visit to guitar shop traveled to Latacunga which is Capital of Cotopaxi Province and home to Latacunga Rotary local club supporting efforts in Malinguapamba MP and having excellent track record on many project




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Royal Temples at Polonnaruwa

19th Feb Pollonaruwa part of the Cultural Triangle. Today we went to a museum to see lots of statues of the person Buddha. There were lots of beautiful beads. Then we went to some Buddhist houses and palaces. The homes had lots of statutes of the Buddha




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The rest of New Zealand what an incredibly beautiful country.

Hello everyone I hope you are all well and enjoyed the half term break. Since I last wrote I have been busy exploring more of New Zealand so let me fill you in on what we have been up to whilst visiting the South Island. Mount CookWe spent a n




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Yangshuo

Yangshuo Aka Western backpacker heaven.Yangshuo is an outdoors enthusiasts dreamworld. It39s located 40 km downstream from Guilin where the Yulong joins the Li River. Popular activities include bike riding rock climbing river hiking raftin