Beyond Europe - my travels to other continents

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About this blog

I do love Europe, but there is a whole planet out there and I want to see as much of it as I can. Here is a blog of my various excursions to Australasia, Asia and the Americas. (But not Antartica just yet!). Since this is a bit of mammoth task, I've initially set up blank entries for older trips. I'll fill in new trips as I go and try to backfill the rest in date order - unless I get any special requests to cover an incomplete destination!

I also have a page on Trip Advisor (as Monk San) and there are lots of reviews/pictures there too. http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/MemberProfile?uid=8833BDBBE4BBB32F01D5218B39DE0086&c=pm&public=1

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  City of the Living and City of the Dead   Luxor, Egypt on Oct 3, 1993 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Guantanamera - Best in our town!!   Santiago de Cuba, Cuba on Jul 1, 1996 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Pandas and ducks   Beijing, China on Jun 10, 1997 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Terracotta and the Temple of Heaven   Xi'an, China on Jun 13, 1997 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Avoiding the Guilin Gut   Guilin, China on Jun 14, 1997 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Peaks and troughs   Kowloon, Hong Kong on Jun 17, 1997 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A bit of a Goa   Goa, India on Oct 3, 1997 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Armagedon out of here   Bethlehem, Israel on Feb 7, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Trams and Jams   San Francisco, CA on May 18, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Fresno filcher   Fresno, CA on May 21, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Where you can't see the wood for the...   Yosemite, CA on May 22, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Memorial Day 1998   Los Angeles, CA on May 23, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  It was the joke about paraplegics that did it.   Bakersfield, CA on May 25, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To die for   Death Valley, CA on May 25, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Viva!!!   Las Vegas, NV on May 26, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A Grand Day Out   Grand Canyon, NV on May 27, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Urologists schmurologists   San Diego, CA on May 29, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Going out with a bang   Los Angeles, CA on Jun 1, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  We'll always have lolcats   Marrakech, Morocco on Oct 7, 1998 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Family rendezvous down under   Sydney, Australia on Nov 8, 1999 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Who knew how much the Aussies loved Pam?   Ayers Rock, Australia on Nov 17, 1999 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A bonza town   Alice Springs, Australia on Nov 19, 1999 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Snackie rides again   Cairns, Australia on Nov 21, 1999 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Rail and Skyrail   Kuranda, Australia on Nov 23, 1999 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Not in Portsmouth but still near death   The Great Barrier Reef, Australia on Nov 25, 1999 0 pictures 0 comments
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  But it's raining...   Sandy Cay, Australia on Nov 28, 1999 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Off the beaten track   Cairns, Australia on Nov 29, 1999 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Kukulcan or Quetzacoatl   Chichén Itzá, Mexico on Mar 29, 2000 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The sound of Chaac   Uxmal, Mexico on Apr 2, 2000 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Nade con Delfines   Playacar, Mexico on Jun 5, 2000 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Deer Prudence   Nara, Japan on Oct 2, 2000 0 pictures 0 comments
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  You must be Jo-koen   Osaka, Japan on Oct 3, 2000 0 pictures 0 comments
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  I try to think, to make it slow...   Kyoto, Japan on Oct 4, 2000 0 pictures 0 comments
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  It's a small world afterall   Tokyo, Japan on Oct 7, 2000 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hi and Hello Kitty   Koriyama, Japan on Oct 10, 2000 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Sigiriya, Sri Lanka on Mar 14, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Dambulla, Sri Lanka on Mar 16, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka on Mar 17, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka on Mar 18, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Pinnawala, Sri Lanka on Mar 19, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Kandy, Sri Lanka on Mar 19, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka on Mar 20, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Colombo, Sri Lanka on Mar 21, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Paradise Island, North Male' Atoll, Maldives on Mar 22, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Bodrum, Turkey on Aug 15, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Sousse, Tunisia on Sep 30, 2001 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Auckland, New Zealand on Jan 14, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Wellington, New Zealand on Jan 14, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Wellington, New Zealand on Jan 15, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Napier, New Zealand on Jan 16, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Huka Falls, New Zealand on Jan 17, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Rotorua, New Zealand on Jan 18, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Paihia, New Zealand on Jan 18, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Cape Reinga, New Zealand on Jan 19, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Christchurch, New Zealand on Jan 22, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Greymouth, New Zealand on Jan 23, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Punakaiki, New Zealand on Jan 24, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Blenheim, New Zealand on Jan 25, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Picton, New Zealand on Jan 25, 2002 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   New York, NY on Nov 14, 2003 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago on Nov 26, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Praia do Forte, Brazil on Nov 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Salvador, Brazil on Nov 20, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The attraction of places you have never heard of   Sal, Cape Verde on May 7, 2007 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Johannesburg, South Africa on Sep 29, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Kruger National Park, South Africa on Sep 29, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Cape Town, South Africa on Oct 1, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Pointe Aux Piments, Mauritius on Oct 3, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Bay of Islands, New Zealand on Jan 18, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 28, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Hua Hin, Thailand on Jan 29, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Date & location: Log details to be added   Gros Islet, Saint Lucia on Nov 28, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Smiling Coast   Banjul, Gambia on May 8, 2009 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Hello Mater, hello Pater, here I am in old Grenada   St. George's, Grenada on Dec 3, 2009 9 pictures 0 comments