{"id":18,"date":"2019-07-03T12:41:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T12:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-10-22T09:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:53:49","slug":"departure-lounge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"Travel Diaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Were we out of our minds to search along the corniche in Aswan for a felucca to take us on a three-day sail down the Nile?<\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Walking through Waterland <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

October 2016<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The Fen Rivers Way follows the Cam and then the Great Ouse for fifty miles . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fen Rivers Way<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Walking the Norfolk Coast <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

May 2013<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Heavy rain was forecast, apart from a strip along the East Anglian coast . . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norfolk Coastal Path<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Burma by train<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

December 2012<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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In Myanmar you can only buy a ticket at the station you\u2019re leaving from.. . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myanamar<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The Isle of Mull, Scotland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

August 2013<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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On the overnight sleeper to Glasgow we got into the mood in the bar with a couple of wee single malts . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isle of Mull<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Postcards from Andaluc\u00eda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

September 2012<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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After months of drought the rain in Spain descended as we set out along the Via Verde de la Sierra . . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Via Verde<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Judith Gets Her Just Desserts in Syria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

April 2011<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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It was late. The souk was closed. Some musicians beckoned us down a dark passage . . .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cuba by train<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

December 2013<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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. . . and the same frustrating regulation applies in Cuba as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santiago to Havana<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

An epic of endurance!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

April to August 2012<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The British weather meant it took us several months to complete our 10-day walk along the South Downs Way . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South Downs Way<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Staying in a Syrian Monastery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

April 2011<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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When you reach the top of the stone stairs you are at 1300 metres. There is an unmarked door 40 inches high . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar Mousa<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Mexico – a Feast of Culture and Tradition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Oct – Dec 2005<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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We stay up all night on the Day of the Dead and sample Aztec, Mixtec & Mayan cultures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Judith’s just desserts<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mexico<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Along the Andes <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dec 2002 to Feb 2003<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Peru, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Is Albania Safe? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

September 2002<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Within sight of Corfu lies an isolated crumbling cultural mix.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Along the Andes<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Round the World I: Around India<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Oct 2000 to Jan 2001<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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A three-month journey through southern India, down the Ganges by rowboat, and chasing wolves in Gujarat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RTW I: India<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Round the World III: Australia, Fiji & USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

April 2001<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Australian cities, the Indian Pacific railway, Fiji, skiing in California and family and friends in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RTW III: Australia, Fiji & US<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Peru <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

April 2013<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Is Albania Safe?<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Round the World II: Southeast Asia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jan to Apr 2001<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Down the Mekong and up the Nam Ou in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Sumatra and Bali in Indonesia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RTW II: Southeast Asia<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Journeying down the Nile by Felucca <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

October 1999<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Were we out of our minds to hunt along the corniche in Aswan for a felucca to sail for three days down the Nile?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Down the Nile<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

African Safari<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

October 2013<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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A journey around Peru with Mike Ewart & Sally Anderson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mike & Sally find plenty of animals and G&Ts in the Okavango Delta. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Peregrinations in Peru.<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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South African Safari<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Were we out of our minds to search along the corniche in Aswan for a felucca to take us on a three-day sail down the Nile? Walking through Waterland October 2016 The Fen Rivers Way follows the Cam and then the Great Ouse for fifty miles . . . Fen Rivers Way Walking the Norfolk … <\/p>\n

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