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"The true value of travel was not in the strenuous sightseeing.
It was in opening one's heart to feeling." Laurence Sterne - A Sentimental Journey

It is to give importance to the places and their people and to let them touch your soul.

scandinavia

Norge (Norway) - Hurtigruten, Lofoten, Geiranger, Nordkapp, Tomsø, Oslo, Stalheim, Trondheim, Flåm, Kontiki, Bergen

Sverige (Sweeden) - Stockholm

Denmark - Kobenhavn

Iceland - Reykjavik, Thingvellir, Vik,
Skaftafell

japan

Nihon - Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Fuji

central asia

The 5 Stans -

Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Shakhrisabz)

Turkmenistan (Ashgabat, Merv, Kunya Urgench, Nissa)

Tajikistan (Khujand)

Kazakhstan (Almaty)

Kyrgystan (Bishkek, Lake Issyk Kul)

south east asia

Cambodia - Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom,
Pre Rup, Ta Prohm, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh

Thailand - Bangkok, Chiang Rai, Chiang Khong

Laos - Mekong River, Luang Prabang, Vientiane

Myanmar - Yangon, Inle Lake, Mandalay, Bagan, Inwa, Amarapura, Kalaw

Vietnam - Hà Nội, Hạ Long Bay, Huế,
Da Nang, Hội An, Mỹ Sơn, Sài Gòn,
Mekong Delta

Indonesia - Temples, Volcanoes, Cities and Villages, Komodo Dragons, Snowie's Adventures

himalyan kingdoms

Bhutan (Paro, Punakha, Thimphu, Phobjika)

Nepal (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Patan, Everest!)

central asia

Georgia (Tbilisi, Mtskheta, Svetitskhoveli, Ananuri, Jvari Pass, Kasbegi, Mtn Kazbeki, Uplistsikhe, Vardzia)

Armenia (Yerevan, Mtn Ararat - Khor Virap, Noravank, Geghard, Garni)

central america

Mayaland - Copán, Quiriguá, Tikal, Bonampak, Palenque, Uxmal, Chichén Itzá, Tulum

Honduras - Copán Town, Copán Ruinas

Guatemala - Antigua, Lake Atitlán, Rio Dulce, Tikal

Mexico - Campeche, Bonampak, Palenque, Uxmal, Merida, Chichén Itzá, Tulum
Yucatán, Quintana Roo 1995

south america

Iguazu Falls (Argentina & Brazil)

Falkland Islands (King Penguins)

Beagle Channel - The Parade of Glaciers

Cape Horn - where the Pacific meets the Atlantic

Patagonia (Argentina & Chile) -
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Argentina - Buenos Aires, Ushuaia

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Uruguay - Montevideo

Peru - Cuzco, Machu Picchu

Bolivia - Altiplano, Lake Titicaca

Chile- Santiago, Easter Island,
Torres del Paine, Petrohue, Puerto Montt, Valparaiso & Viña del Mar

north america

USA -
The California Missions

The Olympic Peninsula, WA

Hawaii - Maui, Big Island, Kaui, Oahu
Big Island 2105

Chicago, Illinois
New York, New York
Bar Harbor, Maine
Newport, Rhode Island
Boston, Massachusetts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Idaho Falls, Mesa Falls, Idaho
Wellville Mtns, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Canadian Maritime Provinces -
St John - New Brunswick
Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Canadian Rockies - Banff, Jasper

US Parks
Yellowstone National Park
The Grand Tetons National Park
The Olympic National Park
Eastern Sierra - Mt Whitney
Red Rock Canyon
Valley of Fire
Yosemite
Mtn Shasta
Ski Heavenly!
Kings Canyon
Pinnacles
Death Valley
Zion National Park
Bryce Canyon
Arches National Park
Natural Bridges National Monument
Monument Valley
Havasupai Indian Village
Lassen Volcanic
Sequoia
Mammoth Lakes

nz

  North Island
  Auckland, Hobbiton, Whakatane,
  Rotorua, Wai-O-Tapu, Gisborne,
  Napier, Wellington, Cook Strait
 South Island
  Picton, Tasman Bay, Cape Fowlwind,
  Punakaiki, Hokitika,
  Franz Joseph Glacier, Fox Glacier,
  Wanaka, Queenstown,
  Doubtful Sound, Dunedin,
  Moeraki Boulders, Oamaru,
  Aoraki/Mtn Cook, Christchurch

Maroc

Morocco - Atlas Mtn & Kasbahs,
Sahara Desert, Essaouira, Casablanca, Rabat, Meknes, Volubilis, Fez, Rissani, Marrakech

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa, Lalibela,
Tigray, Adwa Mtns, Axum,
Simien Mtns, Gonder, Blue Nile,
Bahir Dar, Lake Tana

Arabian Peninsula

United Arab Emirates - Dubai,
Abu Dhabi, Fujairah

The Sultanate of Oman - Muscat,
Wahiba Sands, Nizwa, Sur, Bahla,
Jebel Akhdar, Al Hamra

baltics

Eesti (Estonia) - Tallinn, Parnu

Latvia - Riga, Rundale Palace

Lithuania - Vilnius, Trakai, Kaunas

europe

Italia - Sicilia, Vaticano, Cinque Terre, Toscana, Liguria, Roma, Sorrento, Ercolano, Pompeii, Napoli, Firenze, Venezia, Pisa, Capri

Switzerland - Zurich, Bern, Luzern, Geneva, Engadine, Glacier Express, Jungfrau, Bernese Oberland

Romania - Bucharest, Targoviste, Sinaia, Brasov, Southern Bucovina, Sighisoara, Sibiu

Montenegro - Kotor, Perast, Zabljak,
Durmitor, Ostrog, Cetinje, Budva, Podgora

Bosnia and Herzegovina -
Sarajevo, Mostar, Lukomir,
Počitelj, Kravica Falls, Blagaj,
Radimlja, Trebinje

Magyarorszåg (Hungary) - Budapest, Szentendre, Hollöko, Eger, Lillafüred, Tokaj, Debrecen

Poland - Kraków, Zakopane, Wrocław, Poznań, Toruń, Gdańsk , Malbork, Wilanów, Warsaw, Białystok

Portugal - Algarve, Porto, Sintra, Pena, Mosteiro da Batalha, Museu de Coches

Hellas (Greece) - Athens, Olympia, Delphi, Meteora, Mycenae, Santorini, Delos, Mykonos

Türkiye (Turkey) - Istanbul, Troy, Ephesus, Bursa, Priene, Dydima, Miletus

Malta - 2022, Valleta 1998

France - Paris 2015, Paris 83, Versailles

Netherlands - Amsterdam 2017 1983

Austria - Wien, Salzburg

Hrvatska (Croatia) - Dubrovnik 2017
2003 - Trogir, Zagreb, Plitvice Lakes, Split, Zadar

Deutschland (Germany) - Heidelberg, Rothernburg

Czech Republic - Praha

Bulgaria - Plovdiv, Kazanlak, Balkan Mountains, Veliko Turnovo, Rila Monastery, Koprivshtitsa, Sofia

Suomi (Finland) - Helsinki

España - Sevilla

Slovenija - Bled, Ljubljana

Albania - Berat, Gjirokastra, Saranda, Butrinti, Korça, Vokospoja, Elbasan, Durres, Kruja, Tirana

Macedonia - Ohrid

moscow

St Petersburg, Moscow

belarus

Belarus - Nezvizh, Brest, Mir,
Minsk, Vitebsk, Chagall, Polotsk,
Berezinsky, Lida, Grodna

UK

The British Museum

Northern Wales

Eurostar eurostart

Cornwall - In Search of King Arthur

middle east

Egypt - Cairo, Luxor, Giza, Aswan

Israel - Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, in 1992

Jordan - Petra, Wadi Rum, Jerash, Desert Castles, Crusader Castles, Mtn Nebo, Madaba, Aqaba, Amman


South America - Cape Horn and Strait of Magellan Cruise

Canada and New England Cruise

Hippo on BigBoat - MV Marco Polo

Hippo treks America


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