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Walking in Val Ferret (20/04/2008) by DezWills
We had taken a bus to the end of the Val Ferret road. Now we are walking up to the Refugio Walter Bonatti. more...

Breakfast in Chennai - India (17/04/2008) by Cath
The lush tropical scenery of India\'s southwest coast gave way to the arid landscape of Tamil Nadu. Our bus raced east towards the city of Chennai (formerly Madras). Our driver dodged oncoming traffic by inches an more...

Manta - Eucador (12/04/2008) by Clairy
Hello everyone...I write this part actually back in Quito having returned yesterday. Ecuador, especially weather-wise, is just an amazing country. I started yesterday in Manta, which is on the coast and rather tropical (at least while I was there). I more...

Warsaw (12/04/2008) by Becks
Here we are in Warsaw at last! Our flights here were all uneventful although all were late getting started. In fact, in Paris our plane sat at the gat for half an hour because the mechanized gateway was broken . Or so we were told. Then our pilot let more...

Belgium (12/04/2008) by Becks
I went, but Shelley has a better description. I was ill with a fever, sore throat, my eyes were super photosensitive and I dropped my glasses i more...

Elephant Sands (26/03/2008) by Jedwards
A couple of days later we were well into Botswana. more...

Land of the Tiger, Day 4 (21/03/2008) by Tfool
In the morning we had another very cold game drive in the Park in search of Tigers. No shortage of herbivores: plenty for tigers to eat, but no tigers. After this fruitless search we visited a local eye hospital before returning to the hotel more...

Land of the Tiger, Day 3 (20/03/2008) by Tfool
Up early today for our first game drive today, departing before dawn. We drove in an open back truck fitted with seats like an old charabanc. Nobody warned us how mercilessly cold it would be when driving at speed around the park in the early hours. more...

Land of the Tiger, Day 2 (19/03/2008) by Tfool
We landed in Delhi very early in the morning and transferred to a hotel for a breather before continuing. The hotel was rather palatial, with a string of small shops on the other side of the road for contrast. Our train l more...

Land of the Tiger, Day 1 (18/03/2008) by Tfool
We flew out with Gulf Air to Delhi with a stop at Abu Dhabi on the way. more...