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
  • Tashkent
  • Tashkent to Urgench 
• Khiva
  • Kukhna Ark, Khiva
  • Kukhna Ark, Khiva, Part 2
  • Juma Mosque and Toshkhovli Palace, Khiva
  • Khiva at night
• Bukhara
  • Arrival, Bukhara
  • Trading Domes and Madrassahs, Bukhara
  • Kalan Mosque, Bukhara
  • The Ark, Bukhara
  • Last Night in Bukhara 
  • Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa Palace, Bukhara
• Shakhrisabz
  • Kesh, Sogdia, Timur and a Sufi
  • Ak Seray Palace
• Samarkand
  • Gur Emir (Timur’s Mausoleum in Samarkand)
  • The Registan, Samarkand
  • Bibi Khanum Mosque, Samarkand
  • Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand
  • Ak Saray, Samarkand  
  • Ulugh Beg and Afrasiab, Samarkand
• Tashkent
  • Samarkand to Tashkent 
  • State Museum of Arts,Tashkent
• Monochromes
  • Tashkent
  • Khiva 1
  • Khiva 2
  • Bukhara 1
  • Bukhara 2
  • Shakhrisabz
  • Samarkand 1
  • Samarkand 2

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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
  • Hagia Sophia
  • Topkapi Palace
  • Blue Mosque and Basilica Cistern
  • Bosphorus Cruise
  • Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, and Hippodrome 
  • Monochromes from Constantinople
  • Monochromes from Istanbul (2)
• Athens
  • Acropolis Now
  • Roman Agora in Athens
  • Ancient Agora in Athens
  • Roman Agora in Athens
  • National Archaeological Museum, Athens
  • Monochromes from Athens
• Thira
  • Oia
  • Red Beach and Akrotiri Lighthouse
  • Emporio
  • Perissa Beach to Oia
  • Akrotiri
  • Pyrgos – Bell towers and doors 
  • Thira Monochromes – Emporio and Oia
  • Thira Monochromes – Akrotiri and Pyrgos 

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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:

• Cordoba.
• Cordoba to Malaga. 
• Malaga
• Amuñécar and Cabo de Gata
• Cabo de Gata to Guadix
• Alhambra

Also Barcelona, not shown on map of Andalusia above.

Sagrada Familiar, Gaudi Houses.

Temporary Posts:

• Barcelona 1
• Barcelona 2
• Barcelona 3

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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:

• Washington Day 1
• Hoh Rain Forest
• Second Beach
• La Push to Portland

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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:

• Oregon Coast

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