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24 February 1998 - Arequipa, Peru
We're now in Arequipa, at 1 million inhabitants the second largest city in Peru. We headed off at mid-day on...
June 15-21, 1996 - Southern NorwayWe took the ferry from Newcastle, England to Bergen in southern Norway, quite a nice ferry, almost like a cruise...
After
Central America, we worked awhile in Toronto, then toured New Zealand
for 3 months on our way to Australia.
We arrived in...
30-31 August, 1996 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
We're in a hotel in Amsterdam today, drying out. We lost all of Wednesday
in Germany holed up in...
Baja California, Mexico - April 29 - May 18, 1987Abandoned building in BajaThere isn't a lot in Baja California, other than ocean and desert....
July 28, 1997We crossed the border from Tanzania into Malawi. Exiting Tanzania was pretty easy, just present carnet to the man in the rough timber 3-...
May 4, 1997 - Tripoli, LibyaWe crossed the Tunisia-Libya border at mid-day yesterday, our tour guide Sharif (speaks English, French, German, Italian...
June 29, 1997 - Nairobi, KenyaNairobi has been very pleasant after Cairo (everything is relative), although we haven't seen any of the really...
June 11 - Douglas, Isle of Man
Ramsey Gooseneck, TT Races, Isle of Man
We're on the Isle of Man, where we've been watching the
TT...
October 9, 1996 - Gibraltar
We are currently in Gibraltar, and are looking to stay awhile. We seem
to be able to find most everything we need...
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