Lìjiāng (丽江)
Sunday, April 20, 2014 25kms (15 miles) North of Dàlǐ is the old town of Xizhōu with its Bai architecture. We pulled off the highway to check it out, only to find they wanted ¥60 (USD $10) per person to visit. We…
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Angkor Wat and Siem Reap
Saturday, March 1, 2014 The road from Banteay Chhmar to Samraong was, despite being under construction, quite a bit better than the road under construction from the previous day. And from Samraong to Siem Reap it was fine – apart…
Ayutthaya
Friday to Monday, January 3-6, 2014 Approaching the UNESCO World Heritage City of Ayutthaya it dawned on me that I had actually been here before, albeit for a very short visit, in 2005, on a whirlwind trip to some cities…
Borobudur, Java
Friday, November 8, 2013 Borobudur is about a 1 hour drive from Yogyakarta, and we arrived here around noon. Checked into Rumah Boedi Private Residences. The hotel and grounds were nice, but here, as in some other places (accommodation, restaurants,..) I…
Strahan
Friday, July 26, 2013 The early morning rain stopped as we arrived in the beautiful quaint seaside town of Strahan. We were not planning on staying the day, but quickly changed our mind and signed up for two tours: a…
Solovetsky Island and Monastery
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 We visited Solovetsky Island and Monastery on a cold summer’s day. This spiritual home to the Russian Orthodox Church was the greatest citadel of the church in the far north until it was turned into a…
Thanksgiving 2012 In Death Valley.
Some months ago we decided to spend this year’s Thanksgiving long weekend in Death Valley, for 2 reasons: we love that desert and it would be a good test for our new camping set-up. For some months Stephen had been…
Yosemite Weekend
Caroline and I spent another wonderful weekend in Yosemite. Photos
In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams
Spent another wonderful weekend in Yosemite trying to capture the moon over half dome. Yosemite was inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list in 1984 Photos
Fall in Yosemite
We enjoyed a lovely Indian Summer weekend in Yosemite on Oct 31 and Nov 1. Yosemite was inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list in 1984 Photos
Yosemite in Winter
We went to Yosemite for the President’s Day long weekend and stayed at the Ahwahnee Hotel, which is rapidly becoming my favorite place to stay there. The whole Valley looked magical in the snow. Yosemite was inscribed on the Unesco…
Magda op bezoek – augustus 2008
Caroline’s ma was op bezoek van 14 tot 25 augustus. De weekends deden we uitstapjes in en rond San Francisco. Van maandag tot vrijdag bezochten Caroline en Magda Yosemite National Park en de wijnstreek van Napa Valley. Yosemite was inscribed…
India
I had the good fortune of visiting India for 2 weeks this April; my travel companions were Alison and Ray and we had a blast together! We started off in Delhi where I arrived a day before the others, on…
I can’t believe I’m in Lhasa!
Greetings from very sunny and hot Lhasa. (Sep 14th) After spending 2 days in Beijing we took the train to Lhasa at 9.30pm on Sep 11th. Boarding the train was quite an experience: 4 of us got cut off from…
Geert in the USA
My friend Geert, from Gent – Belgium, came to visit for 3 weeks. I took him on 2 roadtrips and in between he spent time in San Francisco. Our first roadtrip took us from Pasadena (LA), via bits of Route…