26 September to 11 November 2018.
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My partner Jools and I are about to embark on a trip to Uzbekistan, Greece, Spain and north-west USA. In due course I will post for each part of the journey under the maps below. I may produce some temporary posts as I go but only if I have sufficient time. Final posts will appear later (and I still have to finish final posts for Cuba and the Caribbean).
Links for summary posts and then final posts will appear under the maps in due course.
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Uzbekistan
(Tashkent/ (Urgench)/ Khiva/ Bukhara/ Shakrisabz/ Samarkand/ Tashkent)
A country with a long history and the centre of Timur’s (Tamurlane’s) empire in the 14th century.
- Tashkent
- Khiva
- Bukhara
- Shakhrisabz
- Samarkand
- Tashkent
- Monochromes
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Aegean Sea.
(Istanbul/ Athens/ Thira/ Crete)
Istanbul: Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Basilica Cistern
Athens: Acropolis, National Archæological Museum
Thira: Oia, Akrotiri, Ancient Thira
- Istanbul
- Athens
- Thira
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Crete
(Heraklion/ Knossos/ Zakros/ Matalia/ Phaestos and Gortys/ Sougia/ Chania/ (Heraklion))
Home of the Minoan Civilisation and many layers of subsequent History.
- Crete
- Thira to Heraklion
- Knossos
- Heraklion Archaeological Museum
- Heraklion to Zakros
- Zakros
- Zakros to Matala
- Gortyn
- Phaestos
- Matala to Hora Sfakion
- FrangoKastello to Sougia
- Sougia to Lissos
- Lissos
- Sougia and Syia
- Sougia to Chania
- Chania Harbourside
- Archaeological Museum of Chania
- On the Streets of Chania
- Rethymnon Fortezza
- Monochromes from Eastern Crete
- Monochromes from Westrern Crete
- Monochromes from Chania and Rethymnon
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Spain
((Granada)/ Cordoba/ Malaga/ Almeira/ Cabo del Gata/ Granada)
Incudes Mezquita and Alhambra.
Temporary Posts:
Also Barcelona, not shown on map of Andalusia above.
Sagrada Familiar, Gaudi Houses.
Temporary Posts:
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Olympic National Park, Washington.
((Portland)/ Quinault Rain Forest/ Hoh Rain Forest/ La Push/ (Portland)).
Rainforest, coastal seascapes, maybe wildlife.
Temporary Posts:
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Oregon Coast.
((Portland)/ Cannon Beach/ Bandon/ Trinidad/ (San Francisco)).
A wild coastline where development has been banned since the 1960s.
Temporary Post:
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Murray Foote 
I wanna see Jools.
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Uzbekistan is wonderful. We’ve been twice and I could go again tomorrow. Enjoy!
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Thank you. It should be great!
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Are there any more countries left for you to still go to?? 🙂
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Well let’s see. At the end of this trip I will have visited 37 countries and passed through 5. That leaves about 160.
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How do you manage it Murray – I managed Prague this summer ha ha
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Well, I spent probably about three months preparing for this one. And the finances are getting somewhat more strained so I may have to slow down.
Prague should have been pretty amazing though. So’s northern Scotland for that matter.
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Prague? Been there 2 months ago and will ….NEVER GO THERE AGAIN!!! People, people, people, people….as if they never seen anything at all!! Look for exotic places where there are not so many ……PEOPLE!!
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Ah Minoan culture, I remember studying that in junior school (I think it was, it certainly seems a long time ago….)
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