Quirimbas Archipelago, Pemba & Maputo March 23 -30
Enchanting Sunset, Ibo Island, Quirimbas National Park.
Mozambique 4 March 5 – 30, 2018
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Mozambique 3 March 5-30, 2018
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Mozambique 2 March 5 -30, 2018
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Mozambique1: March 5-30, 2018
Maputo, Inhambane March 5-11
Southern Africa includes Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. I have visited all these countries except Angola and Mozambique (both former Portuguese colonies). As direct flights to both countries are available from Portugal, I decide to give it a go. Visa for Angola may be a problem whereas visa for Mozambique can be obtained in Hong Kong within two days. I would start off joining an organised 8-day Nomad Africa tour along the well-developed southern Mozambique circuit before heading to the less-travelled northern Mozambique for two weeks. Read more
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Portugal 5 The Azores & Lisbon Epilogue 2018
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Portugal 4 The Azores February 20-March 4, 2018
Pico & San Miguel February 26 – March 3
Sete Cidades Massif & the Caldera with Blue and Green Lakes, Sao Miguel
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Portugal 3 Azores February 20 – March 3, 2018
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Portugal 2 Madeira February 17-20, 2018
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Portugal 1 – Hiking in Madeira February 10 – 16, 2018
Hiking in Madeira
The archipelago of Madeira and Azores in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean has drawn my attention since my visit to St Helena, Cabo Verde and Canaries in recent years. I have found a direct flight from Stockholm on February 10 and an 8-day hiking trip in Madeira. I would spend three weeks in these islands before heading to Mozambique on March 4. Read more
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Svalbard Norway February 4 – 9. 2018
Trip Plan
I first landed in Svalbard at 78◦ North in 2004 to join an expedition to Iceland via Greenland. I was back a few years later for a circumnavigation of the archipelago before heading to Tromso. I always want to return to experience an Arctic winter. Nothing is impossible: there is a will, there is a way. With luck, I find a reasonable ticket for a long-haul flight to Spitsbergen with SAS and connecting flights to Madeira and Azores, Portugal and from Lisbon to Mozambique, Africa. It’s amazing that I end up having an interesting itinerary to three far-flung destinations places for two months. Read more
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