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Bahrain: Amwaj Island

Amwaj Island, Bahrain. March 2015 Final hours in Bahrain I started my short time in Bahrain with my Saudi friends from Abha, but ended...

Malaysia: Batang Ai

Longhouse, Batang Ai, Sarawak, Malaysia. February 1997 Headhunters!!! On the Big Borneo Adventure we ended up at a Hilton property in...

Morocco: Voyageurs Station, Casablanca

High speed rail terminus, Station Casa-Voyageurs, Casablanca, Morocco. December 2019 The Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station was directly...

Hungary: Palatschinke

Palacsinta, Baross Gábor utca, Györ, Hungary. April 2019 [from FB post: May 16, 2019] "Palatschinke" - this brought back great memories ...

Czech Republic: Brno

Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Brno, Czech Republic. April 2019 Pivovar Lucky Bastard, Brno. April 2019 When I was kid, I think in...

Italy: Livorno

Latte macchiato, Mediterraneo, Quartiere la Venezia Fortezza Vecchia Fried Calamari, Il Chiosco del Porto February 2019 Leghorn Leave...

France: Colmar

Old City, Colmar, France. March 1993 On the visit to Strasbourg, France on Matt's First Great German Adventure, we drove south a short...

Germany: Danube Gorge

Danaudurchbruch bei Weltenburg, Bavaria, Germany. 1996 On another of Matt's Great German Adventures (the first spawned two more visits),...

Philippines: Mia-gao Church

Mia-gao Church, Panay Island, Philippines. January 2016 Santo Tomás de Villanueva Parish Church was actually the inspiration for my...

Spain: Carmona

Cordoba Gate San Pedro Church, Carmona, Spain. January 2017 Anyone based in Seville looking for good day trips will come across Carmona....

USA: Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles

Millenium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angles, CA. April 1990 The start of something big Back in the early '90s, law school students from the Ivy...

Australia: Sydney

Harbour Bridge, Sydney, NSW, Australia. January 1993 "Time, time, time - look what's become of me" - Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon &...

USA: Key West, Florida

Biplane ride over Key West. Winter 1990. Aerial Joy Ride I don't know if I can count my first trip to Key West as a true travel memory...

Philippines: Iloilo Riverwalk

Sunset, River Esplanade, Iloilo. January 2016 After Roxas City [see: Roxas City], JRC and I were based in Iloilo for a few days exploring...

Morocco: Asilah

Coffee by the sea, Asilah. December 2019 Street art, Asilah. December 2019 One of the recommended day-trips from Tangier was the little...

Malaysia: Penang Hill

Penang Hill View. December 2005 On my first visit to Penang back in 1986 with Masaaki, one of the highlights was Penang Hill. I have...

Italy: Vietri sul Mare

Vietri Sul Mare, Amalfi Coast. January 2019 Cold decisions As per my transportation bad luck on that holiday to Naples, Trenitalia and I...

Oman: palace

Al Alam Palace, Muscat, Oman. March 2015 Qaboos bin Said Al Said The people's Sultan was an absolute monarch and Sultan Qaboos was...

Qatar: Museum of Islamic Art

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha. March 2015 Wow! The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha Qatar proves that old adage - with unlimited money and...

New Zealand: Christchurch Cathedral

Old Cathedral, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand. January 1993 Christchurch, New Zealand was the last stop on our two-week, rushed...

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"A stone with no moss" has been my motto.  My experiences and commentary from travels both near and far.  No hate, unfiltered.

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