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Today is our last day and we’re leaving on a good note. Shopping at Barefoot. A delicious lunch at the Galle Face hotel—in continuous operation since 1864. Situated right on the water and next to a large green and boardwalk. We then met with Tissa, the head of the Fulbright Program in Sri Lanka. [...] Saturday. After spending yesterday bird watching which means a bit of walking and lots of standing and looking, we opted to try for more of a hike today. We went peak bagging! Took a short hike to a peak. Was nice to get above the canopy and see the countryside. It seems like the [...] Off the grid today and tomorrow for sure. Alreeady Friday afternoon and we left Monday morning. We apparently arrived in Colombo Wednesday mornining, Jan. 12. For the first week we’re traveling with Jewings Tour which is well regarded for their birding tours. Louisa and I aren’t particularly birders but we enjour tromping around in [...] We’re picking up our postponed trip to South India and also joining Bob and Anita for a month in Sri Lanka. We plan to post blogs and some photos while on the trip. Presuming WiFi so we can post with our phones and occasionally Internet cafe stops should make it possible. We have two [...] The newer gallery isn’t working at the moment and I don’t know what the problem is. Earlier photos are available here. If the link points to something with gallery3 in the URL, they’re not currently available. Sorry for the inconvenience. Nepal Trek photos here. If you’re having trouble reading this table try downloading and reading in a PDF viewer. A rocky start to another adventure. Nepal, India and Cleveland. I’m leaving for Nepal tonight for my four-week trek. I had thought we were leaving tomorrow night, because the flight is at 1:30 am on Wednesday. So Wednesday was imprinted. I’m on the same flight as a couple who is also going and Louisa [...] Click to see short video of Greg riding the Twenty Mile Trail I needed to pee in the worst way when we arrived at the trailhead for Twenty Mile Trail Loop in Jasper. I found some bushes a little ways from the parking area and just as I was yanking my bike shorts up [...] Finally sitting in a cyber cafe after two weeks on the road and posting. I’ll try to fill in some details. We just arrived in Banff, Canada this morning and easily found a nice campsite a few miles out of town. A rain shower while we were setting up our campsite. Except for yesterday [...] We sent out snail mail and email greetings, but may have missed a few people. You can see it here. |
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