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365 Places: Tallinn

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Day 175: Tallinn, Estonia It is now more than 10 years since I visited the lovely city of Tallinn and it remains in my mind as one of the most beautiful examples of… Continue reading →

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St Kevin's Arcade

365 Places: St Kevin’s Arcade

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Day 89: St Kevin’s Arcade, Auckland, Aotearoa NZ Today was our first day exploring K Road, the site of my latest Augmented Reality project: Finding the Ghosts of K Road. We met up… Continue reading →

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Ernakulam Main Boat Jetty Terminal, Image Credit: http://wikitravel.org/en/Kochi

365 Places: Kochi

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Day 86: Kochi, Kerala, India Today, I am staying in the region of Kerala to explore the coastal city of Kochi. Although Thiruvananathapuram is formally the capital of Kerala, Kochi is considered the financial… Continue reading →

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A typical houseboat floating down the backwaters near Alleppey in Kerala. Image Credit: http://wikitravel.org/en/Kerala

365 Places: Kerala

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Day 85: Kerala, India Earlier this year I wrote about Thiruvananathapuram, the capital city of the Kerala region, which is situated near the southern tip of India. This region of India is quite different… Continue reading →

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Fort Agra, Image Credit: http://wikitravel.org/en/Agra

365 Places: Agra

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Day 84: Agra, India No journey to India would be complete without visiting Agra, the home of the Taj Mahal. But the Taj is not the only thing worth visiting in Agra as… Continue reading →

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Udipur Palace at Night: Image Credit http://wikitravel.org/en/Udaipur

365 Places: Udipur

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Day 83: Udipur, India In The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the residents of the hotel in Jaipur venture on a trip to the nearly city of Udipur, famous for its beautiful lake. Udaipur… Continue reading →

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A view of Jal Mahal from the road to Amber fort, Image Credit: Wiki Travel

365 Places: Jaipur

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Day 82: Jaipur, India Earlier this week we watched a wonderful film about a bunch of English retirees who move to this wonderful, falling down, chaotic palace in Jaipur. The Best Exotic Marigold… Continue reading →

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Photo of Ottoman Horse Camp, Photo Credit: Topkapi Palace Library , TSM H2148-8A]

Evliya Çelebi Way Project: 2014 Ride

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Getting ready: 7 August Contributed by Gerald Maclean Donna and I leave from Heathrow for Turkey first thing tomorrow morning. Why are we doing it again? Taking to the saddle to ride horses… Continue reading →

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Ready to Go! Thérèse, Caro and Susan, 22 September, Hersek.

The Evliya Çelebi Way Project: 2009 Expeditionary Ride, Part 4

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The 2009 Ride: On Setting out and Returning… Contributed by Gerald Maclean The core group of riders set out on 22 September 2009, accompanied by our cook and driver, Metin Aker, and Sedat… Continue reading →

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67-69 Princes Street Dresden Building (Capitol Building)

365 Places: Dunedin

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Day 78: Dunedin, Aotearoa (New Zealand) Today I am posting about a place I hope to go to one day soon. I have not yet travelled to the South Island of Aotearoa and… Continue reading →