We have been to Budapest a few times, including Christmas 2017, but our first visit was in 2016. It’s a beautiful city with the Danube running through its heart dividing the place into two “entities”, Buda and Pest. Clean, historic,… Read More ›
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Travel memories #2.3 USA Monument Valley
It was another long bus ride, miles and miles of flat land rushing past us as we sped on our way towards Monument Valley. We weren’t really sure what to expect, a deep valley or gorge with steep sides? Surely… Read More ›
Travel memories #2.2 USA Durango
Still on our 3 weeks across America rail trip and a couple of days I was really looking forward to ……. Something that seemed to be a real part of America’s past and culture ……… a wild steam train ride… Read More ›
Travel memories #2.1 USA Grand Canyon
In 2017 our major holiday for the year was to the USA, a rail trip West to East, starting in San Francisco and ending in New York spread over 3 weeks. This simple map shows our itinerary, a quite hectic… Read More ›
Travel memories #1 China
We have actually booked a short break holiday for ourselves next week starting Monday, our first real “getaway” since Autumn 2019! We are visiting Winchester (U.K.) and the surrounding area, Alfred the Great’s capital in Saxon times previously called Witanceaster…. Read More ›
How modern day Nepal was formed
If you’ve travelled to Nepal recently or are hoping to visit you will probably spend some time in Kathmandu and visit one or both of two other cities in the Valley. Most tourists do, but apart from marvelling at the… Read More ›
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