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 Tamurlane’s empire in the 14th century.
Temporary Posts:
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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
Temporary Posts:
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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.
Temporary Posts:
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Spain
((Granada)/ Cordoba/ Malaga/ Almeira/ Cabo del Gata/ Granada)
Incudes Mezquita and Alhambra.
Also Barcelona, not shown on map of Andalusia above.
Sagrada Familiar, Gaudi Houses.
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Olympic National Park, Washington.
((Portland)/ Quinault Rain Forest/ Hoh Rain Forest/ La Push/ (Portland)).
Rainforest, coastal seascapes, maybe wildlife.
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Oregon Coast.
((Portland)/ Cannon Beach/ Bandon/ Trinidad/ (San Francisco)).
A wild coastline where development has been banned since the 1960s.
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I will put up temporary posts when I can during the next six weeks but that will depend on how much spare time I have while travelling.
