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"They're Taking Me to Marrakesh All Aboard..."

We had arrived in the city of Ouarzazate the name meaning without noise in late afternoon the previous day. We spent our one and only night here at the lovely Ksar Ighnda which had been a memorable experience for me the beautiful architecture of




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Jordan roadtrip a glimpse of Lebanon

31st May 16th June 2019 This is our first blog post since coming back from a yearlong trip in 2012. Since then we have visited many amazing places but our trip to Jordan is the first one which we decided to blog a




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40.den pico areeiro levada do barreiro

Vymotanie sa z ubytka okolo 930 bus c.56 do poiso od lanovky ide o 1030.Zajtra ma byt tiez prijatelne pocasie v horach nuz zastavka v budke rodoeste pri pekarni opan na nabreznej ceste.Chlapik len zaklady ang ale neako sme sa dohovorili a v ruka




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ON TOUR Woche 342 Indonesien

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ON TOUR Woche 343 Indonesien

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Derbyshire 87 Chesterfield I won't lie to youa morning telekit and joy that the carrots are coming through Covid Blue

I won't lie to you. My brain was Ok this morning accepting the fact that a walk was on the way after breakfast . It also knew that today was shopping day . The day of a telekit from work. It was my feet that were complaining . Complaining loudly at that




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41.den pico grande

K budke rodoeste pri opan pekarstve prichadzam za pat osem bus ide 8.05.Vonku opat nadherne slnecno v uliciach to zije. Opat viac ludi s ruskami. Sa tu spustila masivna kampan aby ich ludia zacali nosit. A cul prichadza otazka. Kde ste boli doteraz




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NOTRE MARIAGE ET NOS LUNES DE MIEL

01 juin 2019 Nous retournons Chelva car je fais une crise d'allergie. Nous allons donc la pharmacie chercher des antihistaminiques 02 juin 2019 A 11H00 nous allons la messe Calles et refaisons une petite promenade dans le village.




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NOTRE MARIAGE ET NOS LUNES DE MIEL




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Plovdiv 1 Walking Tour

I headed to the main bus station in Sofia to take the bus to Plovdiv. I had done a bit of research online and found that buses leave fairly regularly and there were a few different companies to choose from. I had hoped to make it to the bus station for the




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Farewell Arcadia

Farewell Arcadia Day 57 Wednesday 8th April 2020 Today well be anchoring out at Tenerife.When we opened the curtains we were still sailing but by breakfast time we were anchored. Looks like a nice day but only forecast abou




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Chasing The Tide

For a celebration which I will not go into we thought we would treat ourselves to a couple of days in Cornwall. We left work early and headed down the evening before but we had completely underestimated how far away Cornwall is and it was well past midn




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Tea With a View

Once we had had another fullCornish and checkedout of the hotel we went for a walk back down to St Ives' harbour to see it in daylight. We circled round past the beach where the surfers were braving the cold around St Ives Head and then around the nar




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Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

THE GREAT SPACE ALIEN MICROBE CONSPIRACYIt remains a mystery how space alien microbes arrived on the planet. It seems likely that they may have hitched a ride on cosmic radio waves. Rotation of the planet as it revolves on its axis and orbits ar




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JOHNNY'S JOURNEYS CALIFORNIA and NEVADA 1980

JOHNNY'S JOURNEYS CALIFORNIA and NEVADA 1980 November 26 1980 Wednesday My dad has temporarily transferred to Oakland California. The Bell South Telephone Co. inMontgomery AL will pay for him to fly back home every three weeks. Or




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42.den madeira

Silne ranajky vo forme omelety s cukinou a slaninou. Cili papricka nesmela chybat. Cele to posypane syrom tak de luxe ranajky.Rucne preprate ukoristene kratase a zvesenie oprateho pradla.Zimna ciapka neako nezniesla pracku a je taka divna ale poho




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2018 Bucharest to Amsterdam

July 27 2018. Passau Germany. We docked on the Danube just upstream from the Inn and Ilz Rivers and across from the hill where the Veste Oberhaus a 13th century hilltop fortress sits. Our guided foot tour of the old town ended at the beautiful Baroque




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Quarantined in Florida

What a life changing experience. More so for some than others. Our personal situation is doable. We arent struggling by any means. It is those with family friends or even themselves who have become ill with this coronavirus that are the ones dealt the




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Wine in the Bible

Would you believe there are 231 references to wine in the Bible Wine is an element of the JudeoChristian concept of the Eucharist or Holy Communion during Mass when wine is offered as representing the blood of Christ or the presence of Jesus on Earth




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Guatemala soul of the earth part 12

After one week in Belize I left San Ignacio by bus towards the border with Guatemala. The crossing and procedures at the migration went smooth and without any issues. Guatemala is the second largest country of Central America after Nicaragua but has the m




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Survival Tips for Expat in Thailand During the Outbreak

Hi everyone.hows life during COVID19I'm now in Brisbane visiting Archie. I know this is a challenging time for us. Many people have to stay away from family some people have to work from home and some might lose their jobs. I have




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We might call this town our second home been here so many times Kuala Lumpur

It was another amazing 3 hours flight over beautiful Indonesia. We spotted Mount Agung on Bali the crater lake of Mount Ijen and Mount Merapi on Java. There were no clouds no wind just sunshine when we touched down in Kuala Lumpur at 10 am. It was the 6t




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Derbyshire 88 Chesterfield Day 34 what to do today The sounds of silence Ground Control to Captain Tom

The early morning dawn light was streaming in through the window . The time seemed irrelevant . It was still not quite light enough to rise . Looking at my watch I hoped the green luminous fingers would give me a clue to the time . It felt like 5am. The fi




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Plovdiv 2 Around the Hills

After a good night's sleep in the lovely warm room I headed down to the breakfast room to get breakfast. I love that this guesthousehostel is in a traditional old building and is full of character. The breakfast room is no exception as it has the origina




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Top Ten Weird Fruit

From 2012. Having done a fair amount of travel around the world some of the fruit on this list were new to me as well. Of course the mighty durian is on the list. Sheri loves it as do most Thai Malaysian Chinese and New York Chinese. It is howeve




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Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple

Madurai was originally a forest called Kadambavanam i.e. a Vanam forest of Kadamba trees.One day Lord Indra spotted a farmer praying to a Shiva linga in the forest and told King Kulasekara Pandya about the linga. The king built a temple around the




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Day 06 Off to Yashima Shikoku Jun 2019

Friday 28th June 2019I headed to the city of Takamatsu on the eastern end of Shikoku island this morning. This is as far as my railway pass could take me given that I had only purchased the limited SanyoSan'in Area Pass rather than the all Jap




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Derbyshire 89 Chesterfield guinea fowl and chickens Top middle and bottom scones or are they scones

Yesterday it was horses birds coots on the pond rabbits and squirrels . Today chickens. Guinea Fowl a bit of an odd sight around the village as they walked alongside me. My plan was to head out into the countryside . Luckily living on the spine of Eng




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Kuala Lumpur 25 28.04.19

I arrived the next day early in the morning. My next host picked me up from the train station close to his home. His apartment looked more like a hostel. It was only small but there was a living room a kitchen and apart from his own room there were 2 ot




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Day 06 Off to Takamatsu Shikoku Jun 2019

Friday 28th June 2019 From Yashima I made a trip back to the city centre where the Takamatsu Symbol Tower is located. Towering 30th stories above ground level there is a public observatory where free views of the city could be had. Following




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43.den madeira

Rano si robim cholesterolovu bombu. Hranolky vajicko slanina.Po velmi vydatnych ranajkach teda smer cvicisko treba to dostat z tela von.V meste velke prekvapenie. Strasne moc ludi ma rusky.Na bilbordoch odfoteny rozny ludia rozneho veku s ru




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Rock the Ct B

Rock the Cat BaHalong Citys out Catba Islands in The words echo all throughout Vietnam. Since the cameo of Cat Ba island in King Kong Skull Island Travellers far and wide have flocked to the Island to witness first hand the beaut




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Houhai and the Former Residence of Soong Ching Ling

When I visited China for the first time many many years ago. I remember going to a place that I really liked but couldn't remember what it was called. I remember me and one of the guys I travelled with sat at an outside bar by a lake and it was really nic




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Derbyshire 90 Chesterfield the work of fiction got it right first thingroman miles and a milestone

The work of fiction known as the weather forecast has been giving us a sandwich message the last few days. The good news the bread of the sandwich has been that April has been a lovely month . No April showers. Wall to wall sunshine. Then came the fillin




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RUSSIA...Dmitry on the Blood

Russia's first Tsar Ivan the Terrible had 7 wives...3 died resulting in his remarriage following their demise and 3 were sent to a monastery.G. Manaev in an Article The madness of 3 Russian Tsars and the truth behind it says 3 wives that die




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Using Your Noodle

When dining with neophytes at a Japanese noodle bar the question always comes up. What are the various types of noodles and which one will I like The short answer try them all. Or just order what I order So basic flour and water like most pasta




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44.den levada de moinho

Uz klasicky idem k budke rodoeste pri pekarni opan.Ako skuseny harcovnik prichadzam 5min pred odchodom busu.Naskakujem na rovnaku linku ktorou som siel do corridy.Cesta rovnaka ako minule az na jednu zmenu. Ludia presadaju do ineho busu na ino




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45.den madeira

Dnes sa ide po case opat na cvicisko tak vydatne ranajky slanina vajicka cuketa.Vonku nadherne slnecno na cvicisku opat latino chlapci. Inak vymakany.Davam si klasiku zhyby robim vsak len raz vytiahnutie a pomale spustanie.Par ludi sa slni




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Dining Out Happenings

Bored yet Dont worry we have a few treats for you to keep you entertained. So settle in for a pleasurable time. Remember were all in this together. Lets start out with the biggie.Sandy Foreman had her 22nd birthday last Thursday. Happy Birt




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Around the Adriatic Bosnia Mostar Sunday 2019 April 7

We had a leisurely breakfast this morning cold cuts cheese fresh bread banana although I left early to write sketchy travel notes. This tour is so full I cant record it all before the next day. Not a bad thing.Our guide Boris met us at our




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Walking in My Own Footsteps in Singapore

My friend Mizzi who lives in Melbourne Australia and I had decided to meet somewhere halfway between Germany and Australia for a holiday. I had suggested Borneo since I had wanted to go there during my year in Singapore but had never made it there. Mizz




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An extraordinary journey to....our HOMES

Im very much a believer that its action that matters much more so than you know the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political discourse. Christine LagardeThe WHO dashboard as




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Derbyshire 91 Chesterfield Borage Blue another weekend has come and almost gone a phone app to track our movements The Archers

Thankyou to my travelblog friend you know who you are for introducing the colour Borage Blue to my collection of colours . She told me that the plant I struggled finding a name for yesterday was Borage . An electric blue and a stunning plant .Anothe




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COVID19 in Cusco Quarantine Week 6

Sunday 19 April 202035 days down 7 more to goIve been looking forward to today all week My housemates and I have been planning a picnic on the roof today. I chose Sunday because were not allowed to leave the house and I wanted to h




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Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

SPORTS HEROESIf I had to make a list of family sports heroes it would be a short list. Jim Forsberg would be on it for football. Jim is also a war hero. Jims brother Richard and Richards son Andy would be at the top of it for over 50 yea