On the go…
Out Hiking Thursday 24 April After breakfast, we went on a preparatory expedition up the road to the Misky Factory Cafe, where we had a most satisfactory coffee and pastry yesterday. The purpose was to arm ourselves with a backup
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The City of Cusco Thursday 23 April After breakfast in the cold breakfast room, we decided to acclimatise to the altitude by devising our own walking tour of Cusco, Peter marching ahead, with Google Maps in hand, with Lynne and
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Arrived Wednesday 22nd AprilWe landed ahead of schedule in Lima and had allowed a good amount of transfer time before our flight to Cusco. This was to accommodate possible delays, navigating immigration, acquiring a SIM card and local currency. Everything
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Preamble It could well have been a safari in the Okavango Delta, or a visit to the polar bears in Svalbard. But, it became the ‘Ultimate Machu Picchu and Amazon adventure’, Lynne’s dream for years, with Peter markedly cooler on
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Cochin and home 30th November – 2nd December 2025 Our first task after checking in to the Malabar House Hotel was to go in search of an ATM as we had not expected to have to pay for extras on
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Kerala backwaters 27th -30th November Houseboat After the five hour drive, we arrived along a narrow lane to join our houseboat, a converted rice barge, for two nights, which was much more lavish than we were expecting AND it had
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Munnar and the Mountains 24th -27th November It was a relatively relaxed departure from our hotel at 8.30 am, avoiding the large puddles left by the previous night’s storm, but not noticeably cooler. After we left Fort Cochin, crossing the
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Cochin (…or Kochi?) Saturday 22nd to Monday 24th November It was a short 1 hour journey on the IndiGo flight from Goa (Dabolim) Airport to Cochin. On the plane, we were served a lovely meal, full of Kerala spices promise
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Bamboo Paradise Tuesday 18th – Saturday 22nd November 2025 The Bamboo Yoga Retreat is nestled at the Southern end of the pristine Polem Beach, right at the most Southern extension of South Goa. Halfway down the over 2,000km Eastern coastline
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Off we go… 17th – 18th November 2025 Our flight to Goa, via Delhi, was to depart at 22.00, so we had a full day to finish off odds and ends before heading off. We had been fastidious in getting
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