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Puppets, Pagodas and Paintings in Bagan

June 23, 2013

28 February-4 March 2013. Bagan is all about the temples and pagodas, but I’ll start with the puppets, and the …

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Mad Kings and Mellow Nuns: Mingun and Amarapura

June 13, 2013

24-27 February 2013. There’s an enormous mound of bricks in the small dusty town of Mingun about an hour’s boat …

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People and Pagodas of Mandalay: not like the song!

June 7, 2013

24-27 February 2013. I had such romantic notions about Mandalay from the song I’d known since childhood On the road …

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Fear at the beginning. Unusual for me. Perhaps prescient. I don’t know. Something could go wrong! After one of the flights we’d booked was cancelled and as we continued trying to book flights Don suddenly thought of a reading from the I Ching: Difficulty at the Beginning. At the beginning. It was still difficult in the middle, and all the way to the end. Latest blog post: Wow! What a Ride! An overview of seven weeks in Croatia and Greece. Link in bio.
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Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: Dinner on the balcony of our Airbnb on Vis island, and the incomparable Plitvice Lakes National park. Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another! Three Weeks In Croatia. Link in bio
Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another! Three Weeks In Croatia. Link in bio
Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: The main square in the town of Hvar on the island of Hvar, and the harbour in Dubrovnik. Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another!
Three weeks in Croatia. Beautiful, kind, and welcoming. We had some challenges, but the beauty of Croatia was worth it. These photos: The harbour in Dubrovnik, and the town of Supetar on Brac island. Latest blog post: One Darn Thing After Another! Three Weeks In Croatia. Link in bio

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