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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 oldbirdtravelsJul 20, 202010:56 am9th Jan 2021
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THE TALE OF THE BITING FISH. KOTA KINABALU, BORNEO, MALAYSIA.

At cocktails the tasty food in little bite-size pieces were delicious, much as the bite-size pieces that the cannibal fish had nibbled off me, probably had been to him too.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsJul 20, 202010:45 am9th Jan 2021
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KOTA KINABALU AGAIN BABY! BORNEO, MALAYSIA.

Alert: Rest stops are vital if you start to get run down. If you’re not quite as enthusiastic it’s either fatigue or burnout.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsJul 18, 20201:38 pm
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AIRPORT HOTELS…

Top Tip: Research Airport hotels very carefully. I have made catastrophic mistakes in the past

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsJul 13, 20205:10 pm13th Jul 2020
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FISH, EYE TO EYE, IN VIETNAM

By the third day, I was suntanned and healthy and acclimatising to this totally new way of life. Glug, glug not choo, choo and brr, brr.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsJul 9, 202012:17 pm8th Jan 2021
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NHA TRANG BEACH AND YACHT CLUB, VIETNAM.

Now here’s the thing. As I travel alone I am kinda strict about travel etiquette so if you are going to meet someone they cannot dither or get on your tits,….

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsJul 6, 20206:33 pm8th Jan 2021
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A POCKET OF SANITY IN TIMES OF PLAGUE. CHELSEA LONDON.

Beautiful houses with gardeners watering plants before the heat of the day and maids busily cleaning and dusting. Nannies coming out with bright well spoken small children

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsJul 6, 20205:31 pm8th Jan 2021

MIRACLE MONDAY. DARK DEEP STATE’

OR, WE ARE BEHAVING NORMALLY AGAIN. YES! WE ARE GETTING BACK. The horrendous brainwashing is finally being seen through. No’ we are not all the walking dead and maybe it’s the unpleasant dark forces have […]

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsJul 3, 202010:31 am8th Jan 2021
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ADIOS HANOI, BEEP, BEEP! VIETNAM.

“Yes, yes,” he said now gazing blankly, incredulous that this mad Western old duck keeps quacking on.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsJun 29, 20208:35 am8th Jan 2021
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HANOI AND ART. IN VIETNAM.

Off South next for some snorkelling and a look at the ransacking by the Soviets of the coastline and Nha Trang, a huge change for the more Chinese influence of Hanoi.

SOLO TRAVEL FOR WOMEN by oldbirdtravelsJun 25, 20205:22 pm5th Sep 2025
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OLD BIRDS GOING SOLO. CAN I DO IT? YES I CAN!

My luggage rules are one carry on suitcase and a small under-seat rucksack for ALL trips. I will explain how to make this adjustment in your set thinking of how much to take.

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