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  • MEXICO.
    • ESCAPE TO MEXICO!
    • THANKYOU MEXICO.
    • PUNTA ALLEN PARADISE.
      • WALKABOUT IN THE REMOTE FISHING VILLAGE OF PUNTA ALLEN.
      • MEXICANS PARTY.
      • RAMBLING IN THE RAIN AND WET DOGS: STRAIGHT FROM MY JOURNAL.
      • A FISHERMANS TALE.
      • THE DRUNK, CRAZY MEXICAN.
      • RAGING STORMS AND BIBLICAL DELUGE AND A MAD OLD DOG LADY.
      • SO FUCKING LOW. LAST DAY IN PUNTA ALLEN CRYING ALL DAY.
    • ARCHAEOLOGY IN MEXICO.
      • BIG HEADS IN THE JUNGLE! VILLA HERMOSA MEXICO.
      • PALENQUE MAYAN MEXICO.
      • XPUHIL.
      • CHOLULA
      • ABANDONED PYRAMIDS Near VILLA HERMOSA then ON TO OAXACA. MEXICO.
      • COBA mexico and name that tree!
      • Itzamná. A MAJOR DEITY AND OTHERS. OLD GODS OF MEXICO.
      • MAGNIFICENT STUCCO ART.
      • PREHISTORIC CAVE PAINTINGS MITLA, MEXICO.
      • EK BALAM. PYRAMID OF ANGELS.
      • Edzná.
      • DESTINATION UXMAL VIa Merida, MEXICO.
      • ABANDONED PYRAMIDS Near VILLA HERMOSA then ON TO OAXACA. MEXICO.
    • DAYS AT THE BEACH. MEXICOS RIVIERA.
      • FABULOUS BEACH LIFE IN MEXICO’S PUERTO ESCONDIDO.
      • LAGOONS AND PRETTY FISH.
      • OF STONE WATERFALLS. HIERVE EL AGUA, MERIDA, MEXICO.
      • CENOTES THE ROUTE TO THE UNDERWORLD.
      • BOATS, SEA, SAND AND WET THINGS.
      • MEXICO CITY, AND OTHER TOP MEXICAN PLACES FOR MUSEUMS AND ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY.
        • JADE DEATH MASKS
        • MYSTERIOUS FAT BABIES. AN ART GALLERY IN OAXACA MEXICO.
        • PUEBLA AND THE FABULOUS MUSEO AMPARO.
        • CRASH LANDING IN Tehuacán. MEXICO 2021.
          • BROKEN OLD BIRD STILL STRANDED IN MEXICO. A RETROSPECT.
          • CHAAC THE MAYAN GOD OF RAIN. (AND THE FOUR CARDINAL POINTS.
          • Itzamná. A MAJOR DEITY AND OTHERS. OLD GODS OF MEXICO.
          • THINKING OF LIFE.
            • FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD. CONNOISSEURS STEAK AND WINE RESTAURANT.
        • Coming home to Tulum.
          • DAY OF THE DEAD IN MEXICO!
          • MEXICO’S MERIDA MESMERISES, AND TEQUILA CONQUERS ALL.
          • ARCHITECTURE AND AVENUES IN MERIDA, MEXICO.
          • BROKEN FOOT IN MERIDA, MEXICO. ONWARDS DESPITE THE PAIN!
          • OAXACA, MEXICO. OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE.
          • MEXICO CITY THEN GOING HOME….(NOW GOING BACK AGAIN!)
          • AWOL OLD BIRD? I’M COMING BACK FOLKS!
          • WHEREVER I HANG MY HAT THAT’S MY HOME…
  • GUATEMALA AND BELIZE.
    • BELIZE CAYE CAULKER.
      • A LIST OF FISH. Belize.
    • TIKAL AND YAXHA. GUATEMALAS AMAZING ARCHAEOLOGY AND SIGHTS.
    • GUATEMALA KEEPS GIVING NEW STUFF.Lake Atitlan.
  • INDIA
    • NEW DELHI MY DOORWAY TO INDIA.
      • DELHI. ART AND ANCIENT OBSERVATORIES OF INDIA.
    • JAIPUR RAJASTHAN INDIA.
      • JAIPUR PALACES. INDIA.
      • JAIPUR CITY PALACE AND MUSEUMS AND “THE TOE”. INDIA
      • TAJ MAHAL AT DAWN. INDIAS JEWEL.
        • NEARLY SUNSET BEHIND THE TAJ MAHAL. INDIAS AGRA BY TWILIGHT.
      • GANGES, INDIA. VARANASI OR VERY NASTY?
        • SARNATH AND BUDDHA. INDIAS HOLY SITE.
    • GOODBYE DELHI AND GOODBYE INDIA, I LOVE YOU.
    • BANGKOK HERE I COME! BYE INDIA!
  • PERU
    • ON THE TRAIN TO MACHU PICCHU….PERU!
    • VIVA MACHU PICCHU! PERU’S WONDER.
    • INCAS AREN’T SCARED OF HEIGHTS. PERU AND WONDER.
    • LIMA, PERU DISAPPOINTS.
    • ON THE ROAD TO TRUJILLO, PERU.
    • ME LOVE CHAN CHAN. WONDER IN PERU.
    • SUMMARY OF COLOMBIA AND PERU TRIP.
    • LAST LOOK AT COLOMBIA AND PERU.
    • SOLO TRAVELLERS BUS RIDES FROM HELL (GUATEMALA) AND HEAVEN (PERU).
  • COLOMBIA.
    • BOGOTA BUENAS DIAS! COLOMBIA.
    • A BURNING RED DESERT AND AN OASIS.COLOMBIA MARVEL.
    • PAINTED TOMBS AND DANGER. COLOMBIA.
    • OF FORGOTTEN GODS AND TOTEMS IN COLOMBIA JUNGLE.
    • LAST LOOK AT COLOMBIA AND PERU.
    • ARE YOU MAD REBECCA?!!!..COLD, COLD PLACES AND HOW TO PREPARE.
  • RUSSIA
    • ST. PETERSBURG? RUSSIA J’ARRIVE!
      • FIRST DAY IN RUSSIA. ST PETERSBURG IS CLOSED!
      • THE STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM ST. PETERSBURG.
      • RUSSIA AND ST. PETERSBURG ROCK!
      • RUSSIA.ON TO MOSCOW.
        • ACROSS RUSSIA WITH THE TRANS SIBERIAN EXPRESS.
          • ACROSS RUSSIA.TRANS SIBERIAN EXPRESS DAY 2.
          • TRANS SIBERIAN EXPRESS DAY THREE
      • THE FABULOUS LAKE BAIKAL, RUSSIA.
      • IRKUTSK AND THE NEXT TRAIN BIT TO ULAANBATAAR. RUSSIA TO MONGOLIA.
        • TRAIN PROTOCOL CROSSING BORDERS. RUSSIA TO MONGOLIA.
      • ULAANBAATAR CAPITAL OF MONGOLIA.
        • MONGOLIA TO CHINA. CROSSING BORDER BY TRAIN
      • TRAIN FROM MONGOLIA TO CHINA.
    • ESCAPE FROM BEIJING TO XI’AN. TERRACOTTA ARMY, CHINA.
      • THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
        • NHA TRANG BEACH AND YACHT CLUB, VIETNAM.
          • FISH, EYE TO EYE, IN VIETNAM
        • GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!
        • STRONG BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. HANOI VIETNAM.
        • TRUMP VISITS KIM IN HANOI SO I’M OFF TO HALONG BAY. VIETNAM.
      • TIANANMEN SQUARE AND IT’S LEGACY?IN CHINA’S BEIJING.
  • THAILAND
SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsNov 6, 202010:40 pm14th Feb 2021
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COMMON LAW. UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS

BRILLIANT EXPLANATION OF COMMON LAW. YOU DO NOT NEED TO CLOSE YOUR BUSINESS YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE SCARED. SEE THIS: View this post on Instagram A post shared by We Are The Mainstream […]

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsNov 4, 20202:15 pm16th Feb 2021
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SARNATH AND BUDDHA. INDIAS HOLY SITE.

After Varanasi this truly felt spiritual to me. Sadly the only pic I have of me is the one where I look like a still traumatised raving loony that I will show you to have a good laugh at.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsOct 29, 20203:00 pm2nd Apr 2021
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GANGES, INDIA. VARANASI OR VERY NASTY?

I know I wanted to scrub out my eyeballs and boil them. It took me days to start to feel clean clean after this visit.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsOct 26, 20201:51 pm14th Feb 2021
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JAIPUR CITY PALACE AND MUSEUMS AND “THE TOE”. INDIA

‘Now all good. No problem’ he said. You’re sure this is going to be OK?’ I said squinting at him suspiciously.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsOct 20, 20202:31 pm14th Feb 2021
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TAJ MAHAL AT DAWN. INDIAS JEWEL.

The Empress was apparently an exotic beauty but died early at only 38 – maybe because of the thirteen children she bore him. Another reason to turn down too many amorous advances or, your bloke, will literally be the death of you.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsOct 17, 202012:51 pm5th Feb 2021
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NEARLY SUNSET BEHIND THE TAJ MAHAL. INDIAS AGRA BY TWILIGHT.

I walked across the field first ignoring, a perfectly good path. I hadn’t checked if there were snakes, I looked back but the driver smiled benignly and waved me on.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsOct 12, 202011:01 am5th Feb 2021
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JAIPUR PALACES. INDIA.

I could imagine myself slumping around on a bejewelled divan groaning at the heat, and dipping my hand in to splash water on my face while inhaling sweet perfume from beautiful flowers I’m sure I had some fabulous palace in an earlier incarnation.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsOct 7, 20201:34 pm5th Feb 2021
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JAIPUR RAJASTHAN INDIA.

There are benches in the shade of the trees there that you can sit at, near the sprinklers that constantly water the well groomed lawns and peruse the mastery of the instruments and ponder the mystery of the heavens.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsSep 30, 202012:21 pm5th Feb 2021
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DELHI. ART AND ANCIENT OBSERVATORIES OF INDIA.

To imagine the little hands lovingly playing with them, seen across the millenia, laughing with joy maybe even having fights about who should have a go next. Also the larger hands that lovingly made these things for the then, apples of their eye.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsSep 23, 202010:45 am5th Feb 2021
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PREPARING FOR INDIA AND BEYOND ‘CARPE DIEM’

‘Seize the day’ is my motto and thank the dear lordy lord I did considering the difficulties now. I do wonder if I sensed something ominous in the air, I was in such a rush to squeeze in as much as possible. I felt maybe it was because I was getting older and wanted to test myself with big adventures but now I believe it was some kind of premonition….

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