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Going South to Florida: Cities and a Cave

This is the second of two posts on our road trip to North Carolina and Tennessee in late spring 2022. You can find the first one here. If you just want to see the pictures from this part of our … Continue reading

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Going North from Florida: Trees, Mountains and Rivers

This is the first of two posts on our road trip to North Carolina and Tennessee in late spring 2022. If you just want to see the pictures from this part of our trip go here. Earlier in 2022 we … Continue reading

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Oman 6: Practicalities and Impressions

Arranging the trip Before this year we knew little about Oman and had never seriously considered going there. When our planned trip to Sri Lanka was postponed yet again the wonderful Experience Travel Group (ETG) who had organised it suggested … Continue reading

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Oman Part 5: Salalah and the South

This is the fifth of six posts on our visit to Oman in March-April 2022. If you just want to see the pictures from this part of our trip go here. Salalah Salalah is in the very south of Oman, … Continue reading

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Oman Part 4: Muscat and More Mountains

This is the fourth of six posts on our visit to Oman in March-April 2022. If you just want to see the pictures from this part of our trip go here. Muscat The capital Muscat is by far the largest … Continue reading

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Oman Part 3: Desert and Sea

This is the third of six posts on our visit to Oman in March-April 2022. If you just want to see the pictures from this part of our trip go here. Heading to the Desert Reluctantly we left Nizwa before … Continue reading

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Oman Part 2: Mountains, Villages and Nizwa

This is the second of six posts on our visit to Oman in March-April 2022. If you just want to see the pictures from this part of our trip go here. Jebel Akhdar and the Saiq Plateau Our wonderful guide … Continue reading

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Oman Part 1: Musandam and Khasab

This is the first of six posts on our visit to Oman March-April 2022 If you just want to see the pictures from this part of our trip go here. At the time of writing this (October 2022) we have now … Continue reading

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There’s more to Spain than Beaches

If you just want to see the pictures go here. We’ve been to Spain several times including twice driving across the middle from the Pyrenees to Portugal. Although there is plenty of plain for the occasional rain to mainly fall … Continue reading

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Return to Florida Part 2

This is the second of two posts on our visit to Florida in November – December 2021 written from a Brit’s perspective. It covers what we did while we were there and our return to the UK. The first post … Continue reading

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