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Author Archives: Sarah

Cape Town to London 2025 Part 6- France & UK

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Cape Town to London 2025 Part 5- Portugal & Spain

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Cape Town to London 2025 Part 4

Day 31 – 32 Cape Verde I first arrived in Praia on April 28, 2015 at the end of a 36-day voyage on Ortelius from Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Verde. I stayed for 18 days and visited six (Santiago, Fogo, Brava, Sao Vicente, Santo Antao and Sal) out of the ten islands. I had fond memories … Continue reading »

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Cape Town to London 2025 Part 3

Day 22 April 24 Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast with an area of 322,460  km² and a population of 31.5 million (2024 estimate), is the third-most populous country in West Africa.  The area became a protectorate of France in 1843 and was consolidated as a French colony in 1893. It gained independence under the leadership of Felix Houphouet-Boigny … Continue reading »

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Cape Town to London 2025 Part 2

Day 13 April 15 At Sea Lecture Day I remained energetic and attended four lectures: “Africa’s Culinary Legacy”, “Connecting with Wildness”, “Principles of Rarity and Extinction” and “Desert to Jungle: African Bird Diversity”. The one on culinary legacy was most interesting. Day 14 April 16 At Sea – Crossing the Equator The original itinerary included a day … Continue reading »

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Cape Town to London 31 April – 1 June 2025

I love the sea and have been able to visit the North Pole, the Arctic and Antarctic region a dozen times. One of the voyages I have longed to take is the sailing along the west African coast following the footsteps of early Portuguese explorers. I therefore signed up for a 40-day expedition on Silver Wind … Continue reading »

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India 2 February 8 – 22, 2025

Footsteps of the Buddha with Plum Village My first pilgrimage to India and Nepal (November 10 to 19, 2017) was organised by the Buddhist Charity of Hong Kong. In seven days, I visited Varanasi, Bodhgaya, Gridhakuta Hill (Vulture Peak), Venuvana (Bamboo Forest), ruins of Nalanda, Vaishali, Kushinagar and Lumbini. I am keen to go on … Continue reading »

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India (1) 28/1-22/2/2025

Why India? Pilgrimage is the primary purpose of this trip: I have joined “The Footsteps of the Buddha” organised by the Plum Village from 9 to 22 February. Though I was in Ladakh from August 5 to 22, 2013 visiting Leh and Alchi, and taking a 10-day trekking tour from Chilling to Stok, I decide … Continue reading »

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Saudi Arabia 17/12/24 -3/1/25 (2)

Day 7: 26 December -Dadan & Jabal Ikmah – Medina We had an early start at 6:30 am and arrived at the visitor centre at Dadan to join a group guided tour by 8 am. Dadan was therefore the capital city of the Kingdoms of Dadan and Lihyan. Some 2,600 years ago, the oasis in … Continue reading »

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Saudi Arabia 17/12/24 -3/1/25 (1)

Why Saudi Arabia? Saudi Arabia which has been open to foreign tourists since 2019, was one of the few Islamic countries that I had not visited in the Middle East. I joined a 13-day Saudia Arabia Explore (20/12/2024 to 1/1/2025) offered by Exodus Travel that I have travelled with many times. I flew from Bergen, … Continue reading »

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