Archive for September 2025
Spain Vs Barcelona
Travels with Anzie – Spain 2018 March, 2018 Madrid v. Barcelona, the Independence Movement – Gaudi and Other Architectural Marvels – Birthday Treatment in Madrid – Bullfighting Today — Cruising the Tapas Scene in Barcelona – Beach Towns North of Barcelona Nightmare Journey: We drove for eleven hours to Madrid. It’s normally a seven hour…
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November, 2012 Cameroon Due to a somewhat amazing piece of luck, alignment of the stars or whatever, we have landed in Cameroon. A few months ago Anzie broadcasted our newly revised website – 167water.com – to friends and family around the world. One of the many persons who responded was our friend and my former…
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March 25, 2013 Travels with Anzie – Manzanillo, Mexico Meet Jan and Dan. Dan Parker and I were classmates at Hamilton College. We see each other every five years at class reunion. Anzie and I met them both at our 50th last June. Somehow our conversation ran to the subject of vacation spots. We mentioned…
Read MoreHong Kong
HONG KONG We flew out to Hong Kong the next morning. It’s another amazing metropolis. Built on the side of a mountain, it’s a real workout to walk. We walked down to the harbor to take a boat on a guided tour across to Macao, China. On our return we took a series of escalators…
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Vietnam December 2024 Our OAT group landed at the Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, airport for a three-day stay. I don’t know what I expected – bombed-out ruins? starving families begging on the streets? Instead we found a prosperous-looking, clean city with a skyline of skyscrapers and traffic jams to compete with…
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Cambodia – South East Asis The next day we flew to Phnom Penh, the capital. We were surprised how well developed it was –skyscrapers everywhere. Like its northern neighbor, Laos, Cambodia has a varied and sometimes tragic history. It was the Khmer Empire until the mid-1800’s, when it became a colony of France. Rice and…
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Southeast Asia cont’d – Laos Laos Located across the Mekong River north of Thailand, Laos has a colorful and tragic history. It was colonized by France., part of Indochina. In 1964 the US began its air war over Laos, bombing and strafing Communist positions, eventually extending all along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. According to…
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Travels with Anzie – Southeast Asia – Thailand December 2024 When we travel we normally go as a twosome – making our own plans, reserving car, hotels, restaurants. Not this time. Friend Heidi told us about her trip to Southeast Asia with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT). We knew that, in this part of the world,…
Read MoreTurtle Hatchings in Zihuatanejo
Travels with Anzie – Turtle Hatching on the Pacific Coast of Mexico February 1, 2015 Last evening we witnessed 100 newly born Green turtles launched into the ocean. An amazing sight! These turtles, less than 24 hours old, were placed on the wet sand at high tide. As soon as a wave reached them their…
Read MoreMalaga, Alhambra and Gibraltar
November 2003 Spain So, here we are sitting at table at the Marine Ball with our new good friends, Marty and Larry Doggett, when Anzie pipes up, ” we found this great deal in southern Spain — a condo at the Marriott Beach Marbella, two big bedrooms, separate baths, huge living room-dining room, fully equipped…
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