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Sunday, 18 Aug 2013 | Photo Gallery
Moscow/St. Petersburg 2013
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Sunday, 18 Aug 2013 | Views [404]
Visited with Clint for 2 weeks in August 2013. Most of the time was spent in Moscow but we did get to spend a weekend in St. Petersburg. It was a great trip. My favorite tourist sites were:
Peterhof in St. Petersburg
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Thursday, 7 Apr 2011 | Views [400]
This trip will include Beijing, a cruise along the Yangtze River, Xian, and Shanghai. I will visit The Forbidden City, see many venues from the 2008 Olympics, Three Gorges Dam, The Great Wall of China, and several other sites. It should be interesting!
Thursday, 7 Apr 2011 | Views [366]
Thursday, 1 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
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Saturday, 27 Mar 2010 | Views [568]
Our final day of fun was going to Botswana for a safari ride in Chobe National Park. We had to cross the border and so again, we were reminded not to take any pictures. We had to walk across the border to the immigration offices in Botswana. We were ... Read more >
Saturday, 27 Mar 2010 | Views [605]
Day 14 started with a morning trip to Victoria Falls. We were told to be sure to have a raincoat, umbrella, and shoes with rubber soles. I would sugges that a person visiting the falls wear a bathing suit, tennis shoes, and bring a towel. There is ... Read more >
Wednesday, 24 Mar 2010 | Views [560]
I don't really know what day of the trip this is. Actually, on Sunday, 3/21, we flew from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls, Zimbawe. The airport in Zimbawe is a long runway and an old concrete building. It's a little unsettling. But anyway, the Victoria ... Read more >
Sunday, 21 Mar 2010 | Views [544]
Day 12 Today was the last day for the entire group to be together. Tomorrow, 26 of us are going to Zimbawe and the rest are heading home. It has been a good and interesting time with people from various parts of the States. We are very different! ... Read more >
Saturday, 20 Mar 2010 | Views [558]
Day 11 We left Kruger National Park around 7:30 a.m. and began our trip to J'burg. It's only 320 miles but we had many stops. Unfortunately, it was too cloudy/foggy to see God's Window, which is a rock formation that frames a canyon. We were able ... Read more >
Friday, 19 Mar 2010 | Views [477]
The open air game ride this morning resulted in a seeing a
herd of elephant cross the road (to get to the other side, of course) and it
was wonderful to watch the babies hanging on to mamas. An additional surprise ... Read more >
Friday, 19 Mar 2010 | Views [530] | Comments [1]
I’ve had some Internet problems so I wasn’t able to post for a few days. I hope I can remember all that we have done.
We did a game ride in Hulhulwe Park where we saw elephant, rhino, zebra, giraffe and a variety of birds. It is a lot of fun to go ... Read more >
Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010 | Views [466]
Day 5 was an entire day of travel by plane and bus. We arrived in Durban and then bused up to Hhluhluwe Game Preserve. There are 200,000 acres of preserve. Day 6, we left at 5:30 a.m. for a 3 hour safari. It was raining but we still saw giraffe, ... Read more >
Sunday, 14 Mar 2010 | Views [893] | Comments [3]
Today was the day to get out of the city and do the wine
country tour. The wine was not
remarkable but the towns and vineyard grounds were totally beautiful. Two towns were especially nice--Stellenbosch
and Franschhoek. The Dutch influence ... Read more >
Saturday, 13 Mar 2010 | Views [706]
Capetown: Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday
My baggage arrived Wednesday night so once that occurred I
was able to put the 20 hours of travel behind me. The hotel, Protea President, is fine. My room has a view of a pretty street and the
ocean.... Read more >
Tuesday, 9 Mar 2010 | Views [426] | Comments [1]
The journey began today with a flight to JFK in New York. The weather was perfect but it was obvious from the very long line of snow plows on the tarmac that they have been battling the snow, as we all saw on TV. Arriving at the hotel, we met up with ... Read more >
Thursday, 11 Feb 2010 | Views [392] | Comments [1]
This week I began preparing for my trip to South Africa. I am not
really excited about this phase, as it requires shots and pills.
However, I would rather be a little inconvenienced now that have the
whole sick thing fall down on me when I return.... Read more >
Tags: safari, south africa
Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 | Views [414]
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 On Monday the museums are closed so I had a perfect excuse to go shopping. I made my way to an area I hadn’t visited, Principe Pio. I don’t know why, but there is only one way to get there. I had to walk ... Read more >
Monday, 5 Oct 2009 | Views [521] | Comments [1]
Photos: Clint's twin https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/anita_81/18985/Alphonso.jpg My roomate Blanca (in white, of course) and Miriam https://s3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads.com/anita_81/18985/DSCN1220.jpg A stork's nest (protected ... Read more >
Saturday, 3 Oct 2009 | Views [412]
The biggest deal today was the wait for the word about hosting the 2016 Olympics. This was Spain's first attempt and they were very excited to be in the final 2. We stopped for a break on the way back to Madrid and it was then announced that they were ... Read more >
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