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Barb and Baden’s Newfoundland Adventure – Final
3rd and Last Destination We really enjoyed our stay in Bonavista and we felt that two days there was just enough to see everything that we wanted to see and get a taste for the small town. But it was time to move on so Thursday we made our way down the highway to our last destination of the city…
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Barb and Baden’s Newfoundland Adventure – Part 2
The Locals Before we even came to Newfoundland we had heard from numerous sources that the locals were extremely friendly and loved to talk to strangers. We weren’t sure how much of this was true and how much was urban legend. Being in Newfoundland for just 4 days we can say from experience that this is all 100% true. …
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Barb and Baden’s Newfoundland Adventure – Part 1
It was 10 years ago when we were last in Halifax. At that time we had landed here to start a multi-week driving trip through four provinces before returning home. That trip still stands out in our memories as some of the most spectacular sights in our own country. But we left out one important province that we didn’t get…
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Barb and Baden’s India Adventure – Final
Final Destination By Friday morning we once again packed up and the driver that we had hired here in Kochi drove us to our last destination of Munnar, about 130 kilometres away. I felt kind of sad to leave our hotel in Kochi as it definitely stood out for me as the best location of the trip. The hotel staff…
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Barb and Baden’s India Adventure – Part 5
As I was writing the final chapter of our India Adventure, I started to feel that it was getting quite long so I broke it up into two sections, this being the first. The Park It was really cold. It’s what I remember the most. We were sitting in the back of an open top safari car bouncing over bumps…
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Barb and Baden’s India Adventure – Part 4
The Food Let me start out by saying that Barb and I love Indian food. When we were planning the trip we expected that we were going to experience a far greater variety of dishes from various regions of India and so far that has been correct. We have had what many people might refer to as “curry” for breakfast…
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Barb and Baden’s India Adventure – Part 3
Catching Up Although I last posted Part 2 of our India Adventure yesterday, so much has happened in the past day that I want to write about. I’m writing most of this section at about 6 AM on Monday morning. I find that this is the best time for me to write my blog as I often get up much…
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Barb and Baden’s India Adventure – Part 2
A sign at the Delhi airport showing the start of Diwali. Seen when we first arrived in India.Late Night When Barb and I were planning this trip we realized that getting to India from Vancouver was going to be a gruelling couple of days of travel. Sidebar: we’ve heard rumours that there is now a direct Vancouver to Delhi flight.…
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Barb and Baden’s India Adventure – Part 1
New Blog Before I get into our trip to India, I wanted to mention a few things about the new look of my blog. I’ve been running my ExcellentAdventure travel blog coming up on 12 years and I’ve wanted to make some big changes to the blog for several years. Earlier this year I started working on a complete overhaul…
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Our Excellent Big Island Adventure – Final
Most likely will be the last out of town excursion that we’ll make on this trip, last night the four of us drove about 112 Km out to the mountain Mauna Kea. Located at the 2800 metre level is the Visitor Information Centre where we spend several hours taking photos of the clouds in the night sky, brilliantly lit up…
