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Jah Glory Rendiamo grazie a Dio in Africa

Capita spesso in Africa di trascorrere tutta la giornata compressi su di un sudicio e surriscaldato taxi in compagnia di un'altra decina di sventurati passeggeri nel disperato tentativo di riuscire a percorrere senza intoppi quella decina di chilometri c




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Ireland 2019

When planning my trip to Ireland I didn't want to just go to Dublin I wanted to visit a small town in Ireland so after some research I stumbled across a town called Killarney. Now that I knew where I was going it was time to look for a hotel to stay at. I




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Covid 19 got me thinking

I don't believe it's been 5 years since I last posted anything. I guess Life got in the way but I promise travelling never stopped. The current Pandemic got me thinking about what freedom really means Freedom of movement freedom of choice freedom t




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Bangkok has gone to the Dogs

If Dogs make you all warm and fuzzy inside Bangkok is the closest to heaven youll ever get. Add free Cheesecake Coffee and all the puppies you can carry and chances are youve transcended beyond heaven right into the pearly gates of Thailands Do




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Having a Travel Playlist

It happens to every traveler You wake up in another dorm or hotel you wipe the sleep off your eyes and you take one foot out of bed but you just dont have the juice to get your through another day of travel.Sure these are the moments that you dre




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Lake Ohrid 1 A Walk in the Rain

The bus ride from Skopje to Lake Ohrid took about 3 and a bit hours. I enjoyed the views from the bus window as we made our way through Macedonia. I was a bit disorientated when I got out of the bus station but soon got myself sorted on the right path to




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An extraordinary journey to......our HOMES

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings hope too can be given to one only by other human beings. Elie WieselThere is no doubt social media has had a strangely perverse impact on this whole Covid19 pandem




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34.den madeira cristo rei

Na ranajky spravena omeleta z cukiny a fazule. Po jedle zbalenie rozpadajuceho batuzku voda salam syr eps chleba paprika susene hrusky a smer cca 8km vzdialeny cristo rei v casti garajau.Maps.me a mapu.cz mi ukazali dve odlisne trasy nakoniec s




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George Town 22 24.04.19

My trip to Georgetown was a real adventure indeed. And not the kind I would like to repeat..I took the ferry from Ko Phi Phi to Krabi and as I got to the port hitchhiking I thought it would be just as easy to get a ride back into town. I did get one




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Derbyshire 80 Clay Cross the other side of the A61the industrial side of Chesterfield

Sometimes you have to try something different . Chesterfield area is not all Peak District pretty . Nor is full to the brim with pretty stone cottages . Stone walls fields and Bluebell Woods . There is another side . The A61 divides the two halves . The P




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Last days with ABC

I was down to cook lunch on Sunday but there was so much food left over after the Braai I had a very easy job I did help Remi make veggie tempura for supper which we deep fried once in the afternoon then refried after the evenings survey. As it was Re




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Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

THE LION OF MISSOURIAs part of the Missouri Compromise in 1820 the State of Missouri was admitted to the union as a slave holding state. Slavery was part of their statehood charter. When the Civil War fetched loose in 1861 Missouri did not have




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Tax Day 123

Most of the time we dread April 15th. For those of you outside of the U.S. it is the day our income taxes are due. But this year is a little different due to the Covid19 crisis. I went ahead and paid my Federal but still await a small refund from t




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Antarctica.....The Land of Ice Whales and some Seals

With sadness weve left the South Georgia Islands behind. We can imagine that many a passenger have felt similar emotions and in an effort to buoy our spirits Quark threw a BBQ on the aft deck What kind of craziness is this A bit frigid but stimulati




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Derbyshire 81 Chesterfield Hills Hills and more hills Sometimes you just get lost Head west young woman head west .

Snuggling up inside the duvet it was hard to make the decision to wake up fully and rise . The sun was slowly rising above the trees . There was a hint of a chilly morning out of the sun . Walking early is a pleasure before the rest of the world has woken




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Lake Ohrid 2 Robev Family Museum and Samuel's Fortress

After one of the best night's sleep I'd had in a long time I woke up to find my clothes all dry from the night before. Great start to the day and when I looked out of the window it looked like the rain had stopped whether that would last I wasn't too s




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35.den madeira

Po dlhom case na ranajky vajicka.Po jedle trosku surfovania na nete a potom smer mesto a oddych pri mori oproti lanovke co ide na monte.Ludi v meste normalne ruska sa tu furt moc nenosia i ked postupne ich nositelov pribuda. Dnes som videl 5ludi.




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Where the City Lights Are Bright

I wrote this back in 2013. I am reposting in the hopes that you might donate to City Lights Bookstore as they struggle through the quarantine in San Francisco. It is by far the most historic and unusual bookstore I have ever visited. They have been r




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36.den madeira

Ranajky opat vybavene vajickami tentoraz aj s fazulou.Ono sa ide dnes cvicit von treba energiu resp neake tie podporne vetry ked budem potrebovat podvihnut.Jasne ze rano zas octavia aj s jej prijebanymi problemami co mavaju deti na zakladnej sko




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Derbyshire 82 Chesterfield Gabby is still parked up I spy Another three weeks of lockdown

The brain this morning does not want to function . One side is saying get up get moving get out . The other side replies in a negative fashion . Let me stay in bed a bit longer. My foot aches . Underneath and on top. Shoes are rubbing toes from so much




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You Must GO Now

For those of you who must travel right now it must be a daunting experience. Fortunately planes are not full airports nearly empty and most of the people you encounter are wearing a mask. I could foresee problems with rental cars luggage carts airl




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Day 11 It's Safari Time

Morning safari at Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game ReserveToday we had to wake up extra early and leave Bibs Backpackers by 430 am to get on the bus to arrive at Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve for the morning safari. We had a packed breakfas




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Day 11 Nature walk through iSimangaliso Wetland Park

iSimangaliso Wetland Park In the afternoon the VESA African Unearth group headed of to the nearby iSimangaliso Wetland park for a nature walk with Johan one of our group leaders at the Crocodile Centre in St. Lucia. Johan is very k




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Day 12 Welcome to Swaziland

Welcome to SwazilandToday we left St. Lucia and started to make our way to Swaziland. At the border because we were Canadian citizens we did not need to get a visa. However one of the volunteers of the VESA African unearth group from Thailand h




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Shelbyville Texas Shelby County USA

I took TX State Hwy 7 East to Center Texas for a good day. I took TX Hwy 87 SE to Shelbyville the first brief county seat for Shelby County and the Fire Department is my first pic in the City of Shelbyville. A block West of Fire Department is the First




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Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

BAPTISM OF FIREOur sixth cousin four generations removed was a fellow named Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain from up in Maine. At the beginning of the Civil War Joshua was teaching the German language at Bowdoin College conducting Sunday school le




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Day 13 Our Day at Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary

Mlilwane Wildlife SanctuaryWe woke up from our accommodation at Sondzela Backpackers to discover in our backyard warthogs grazing the grass. It finally dawned on us that we were in a sanctuary where animals had the right of way. The Mlil




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Day 15 Welcome to Munich

Munich StopoverWe left Johannesburg South Africa on May 16th and arrived in Munich on May 17th. We had approximately 8 hours in Munich before we needed to head back to the airport for our flight to Toronto. Marienplatz




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37.den madeira

Z ubytka vykopanie okolo 1100 a smer cvicisko.Cestou tri zaujimavosti.Chodim okolo polikliniky. Ludia sa vybavuju medzi dverami. Obsluhuje ich sestricka odena v plasti rukaviciach navlekoch na topankach ruske a ochrannym plexisklom na hlave.




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Derbyshire 83 Chesterfield the brain argues with itself againthe weather has changed the walk planned changed

Are you getting up The navigator woke early this morning . I never heard him getting up . He was standing at the bottom of the bed What about your walk Are you bothering this morning I had made plans yesterday for todays walk . On the way home




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Staying in one place no choice

Stuck isnt a word I think of often Its for children who get their arm wedged in the fence at a playground those idiots at bream sands who get stuck in the sand or that annoying jar lid that won't budge but we have had to accept that for the last few




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Cancel Or Book It Danno

We are all caught in the dilemma between planning and reserving future travel and vacations or cancelling. I have done plenty of both recently but perhaps more cancelling than booking. All of my February April and May trips have been cancelled or po




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A Rough Ride to Dudhsager Falls

Today our last in Goa finds us up early and waiting outside for our driver at 6.30am as we're heading to Dudhsager Falls. These falls form part of the border between Goa and Karnataka and are India's 5th highest waterfall.At around 120klm for the re




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Madagascar at Pace

I awake in my small room and slip out under the mosquito net that cocoons my bed. I know the layout so don't need to light a candle. My pack is ready where I left it last night I sling it over my shoulder and disappear into the equal darkness outside. Th




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Day 05 Coffee Museum visit in Kobe Jun 2019

Thursday 27th June 2019It was raining in the morning as I made my way to the city of Kobe. The train ride to JR Kobe Station from Himeji took about an hour and very soon I was making my way out of the station towards the direction of Kobe Harbo




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Saint Petersburg

A birthday and Christmas present to my mum had been a trip to St Petersburg and in September 2019 we finally went there. Since I did not want to fly my mum by herself I had caught a train from Dortmund where I live to Stuttgart where she lives a few




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Derbyshire 84 Chesterfield The Hideawaythe missing cast iron marker how many views If I had walked a straight line I would mostly be in ......................

It is Sunday. The shine is shining . It is a day of rest . But each day feels like a day of rest . Everyday feels like a Sunday. I could turn over fall asleep and have a late breakfast . Somehow along the way over the last 30 days walking has become an




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COVID19 in Cusco Quarantine Week 5

Sunday 12 April 202028 days of quarantine down 14 more to goLike every Sunday in the new world of Peru under quarantine nobody is allowed to leave their homes today except for emergency medical services. All grocery stores pharmacies a




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38.den madeira

Nuz rano sa poberam klasicky na hradzu oproti cvicisku.Tu este vychutnane slnko.Odtial pokracujem k budke rodoeste pri pekarni na nabreznej ceste. No ta zavreta na budke vycapene ze je otvorene len cez tyzden od 930 do 1900 co mi je hovno platne




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Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

WE HAVE RUN AGROUND CAPTAIN RANEYThe Arkansas and Colorado Rivers originate only a few miles apart in the Rocky Mountains near Leadville Colorado. They are however on opposite sides of the Continental Divide. Snowmelt in the Arkansas River d




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Around the Adriatic Bosnia Sarajevo Saturday 2019 April 6

From Mostars mountainous hills we drove to Sarajevo where snowcovered high mountains showed why it was host to the




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39.den madeira

Sunka a vajicka z toho moze vzist len hemendex.Plny energie na cvicisko pri lanovke.Dnes ma byt krasny den.No ten mi je pokazeny hned po prichode k predajni listkov horarios company na bus pri lanovke.Chlapik vravi ze tu sa nepredavaju




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Desert Botanical Gardens

The Desert Botanical Gardens are really pretty in the springtime. The garden is an easy walk and is on the East side of the city close to the airport Papago Park and the Zoo




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Derbyshire 85 Chesterfield Every cloud and the bald man and the comb Where to head for now from Skeggy Week 5 Day 32

Morning all I guess you will all be up and greeting the dawn . Sleep did not come easy last night . Tossing and turning . You get nights like that at times . Hoping that once your head hits the pillow you will fall asleep . Some nights you do. Others the




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Better Not to Shelter

As coronavirus spreads across the U.S. Americans in some of the country's hardesthit regions have stepped up to foster and adopt animals keeping them out of shelters. NBC News contacted shelters and animal advocacy organizations with facilities in Calif




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Bitola

My guesthouse owner gave me a small breakfast before leaving. I had coffee and polenta with cheese. After eating quite a lot of polenta in Romania and finding it pretty bland I wasn't expecting it to be amazing. However my hostess has found a way to make




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Rameshwaram facts from Ramayana times Heritage blog

Rameshwaram is a holy town located on Pamban island and is separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel. It is just 40km from Mannar island Sri Lanka.




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Derbyshire 86 Chesterfield 768 hours what is the connection between hairdressers barbers and SpaceX Starlink

The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough Rabindranath Tagore one of my favourites. I saw the first butterfly of the season today . A Cabbage White the scourge of gardeners who love their cabbages . The pretty white things lays




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An extraordinary journey to....our HOMES

Whoever originated the clich that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil and very little about human beings. Eric Hoffer21st April 2020 and the dashboard on the World Health Organis




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Your Check Is in the Mail

So have you received your stimulus check or deposit yet On tax day April 15 we received ours tax free. And I promised to donate to Joe Biden which a check that has Orange man's name on it. Remember in 20082009 when Obama p