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 |   ON THE WRITE PATH: travel journal for Around-the-World in 2015, 16, 18. |
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For there are many paths.  A tlog. A travel blog. A keeping-track of my trials, er.. travels. February 26, 2015 until ... June 18,2015. January 12, 2016 until February 15, 2016. November 13 to 30 2018 ... 2019, 2020: Taiwain. I went nowhere in 2021. 2022: Portugal, Thailand. Will include: Hawai'i, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Untied Arab Emirates, Portugal, Norway, Ireland and... (2015) ... Norway and Estonia (2016), México (2018), Taiwan, Balkans, Baltics, Turkey, Costa Rica, Nicaragua. Vi får se.  "Where I have traveled, stayed and visited. Over 181 places."     |
| I'm leaving this open but will add as I go along. 2025 is tricky... will there be some kind of government shut down affecting travel or will Tsar Vladimir and Dictator Donald make holders of american passports vulnerable to being persona-non-grata? Emperor Xi is a wild card. Me personally... 1. multiple short trips versus a couple longer trips? 2. visit old friends and places I've missed. 3. make a list of places I haven't been to / experiences I haven't had. Anyhoo: Costa Rica (Central or south America) Morocco (and SW Europe or Afica) Thailand (SE Asia) USA (Alaska, Kentucky, North-East) Alaska: Inland ferry (cheaper than a cruise) or fly? Possible destinations: Sitka, Petersburg, Fairbanks. SIT (Sitka) as cheap as $197 one-way but stops in Juneau or Ketchikan and possible overnight in Seattle? KTN (Ketchikan) 7 hours and $263 one-way. JNU (Juneau) $233 and 5 hours. JNU - SIT $109 JNU - KTN $143 KTN - SIT $183 direct; $113 through JNU (2 1/2 hours) SIT - KTN is similar. JNU - FAI $285 thru ANC (5 hours) JNU - ANC $181 direct JNU - ANC (through YAK (Yakutak) and CDV (Cordova) $176 4+ hours. ANC - FAI $112 direct Lodging is very expensive. Very little under $100/night. Juneau/Ketchikan around $90/n; Petersburg $200+; Sitka more. Nothing listed in Yakutat or Cordova. Billie's in Fairbanks is $46/n. No direct flights to Iceland. Alaska cruise: Norwegian Jade: 542/7days April 28 Viking: 5,000. Ferry: Alaska Marine Highway Year-round but season begins in May March 7, 14, 21... $968 Bellingham-Skagway $435 Juneau March 9 $182 Wrangell-Juneau 6726 |
| An answer to my friend Jean when I asked about her favorite places in México: "So... a thumbs up to Mérida and a thumbs down to Guadalajara. Extra points for mentioning the Mayan train. I don't do groups nor tours but as I age I may have to consider that. I try to stay as close to the historical center as possible as I prefer to walk. In Taiwan I prefer Tainan and Chaiyi. In Thailand I fell in love with the smaller cities of SiSaket and Roi Et (Udon Thani was home). In Costa Rica, I really liked Turrialba and Orosi (Pérez Zeledón was home). In Norway, Solvorn and Lillehammer. In Portugal, Lagos and Évora. Lagos is the only beach town on my list; although, I also like Montezuma, CR. Two I would avoid: Prague (too touristy), Cape Town (lovely but a sense of hostility; I didn't feel safe)." Other places to revisit: Tromsø & Trondheim & Ålesund, NO; Göteborg & Ystad, SE; Tallinn, EE; Vilnius, LT; Delft, NL; Paris; Turin, IT; Porto & Lisboa & Tomar & Tavira, PT; Phimai & Nong Khai, TH; Georgetown & Taiping, MY; Luang Prabang, Laos; Gdansk, PL; Lincoln, UK; Cashel & Cork, EI, Beograd, SRB; Sofia, BG; Kotor, MN; Brisbane, AUS; Puebla, MX; Ciudad Quesada & Quepos & La Cruz, CR; Granada, NI; Nara & Yamagata, JP. Why bother? Førde in Norway (nothing there); Luxembourg Ville (beautiful but cold people); Sydney (not my cuppa) & Melbourne (meh), AUS. 6686 |
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