World-The-Round Trip

In and around World

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler The Highams

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    Iceland

    Reykjavik, Iceland | Jun 10 '05 | Reviews: 0
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    Cycling around France

    Bayeux, France | Jun 24 '05 | Reviews: 0

    Thank you to all who write me.  I am sorry if I do not respond personally, but I am frankly overwhelmed with e-mail.  Please know that I... Continue reading »

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    6E9 is a big number (what?)

    Paris, France | Jun 30 '05 | Reviews: 0

    A quick note to let everyone know we made it to Paris and had a great time seeing the sights.  We really enjoyed Paris.  We are taki... Continue reading »

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    Switzerland

    Geneva, Switzerland | Jul 05 '05 | Reviews: 0
    Everyday starts the same way - Jordan asks "How many miles are we going today?"  To which I reply "We don't know, because we don't know where we... Continue reading »
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    Zermatt

    Zermatt, Switzerland | Jul 10 '05 | Reviews: 0
    There is this very nice hotel across the street from our campground in Zermatt that has a Wi-Fi LAN for their guests.   Nice of them to not... Continue reading »
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    Czech Republic

    Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic | Jul 17 '05 | Reviews: 0
    Once again we have taken the leap from what has become known and comfortable into the unknown.  This time landing in Cesky Krumlov, in the Czech... Continue reading »
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    Krakow, Poland

    Krakow, Poland | Jul 27 '05 | Reviews: 0

    I thought I would give a report from Krakow.  I think the last I wrote we were in Cesky Krumlov, a small town on the Vlata River in the Czech... Continue reading »

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    On being illiterate

    Warsaw, Poland | Aug 03 '05 | Reviews: 0
    I now know where the market for 70's Disco music went to. Polish cab drivers. I don't know where else in the world one can instantly get their fill of... Continue reading »
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    Gdansk

    Gdansk, Poland | Aug 04 '05 | Reviews: 0

    Budget travel has its drawbacks.  Who would have thought that budget travel meant a free show of large and hairy dock workers in their underwe... Continue reading »

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    Visby, Sweden

    Visby, Sweden | Aug 11 '05 | Reviews: 0

    We are now in Visby, Sweden, which is on Gotland Island.  It is very nice here.  I think I'll settle down here and run a bicycle taxi to... Continue reading »

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    The Smelly Train Disaster

    Copenhagen, Denmark | Aug 23 '05 | Reviews: 0

    It has been a while since we last checked in.  I think we were in Sweden and I was complaining that the aroma from Katrina's cast had taken on... Continue reading »

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    Mrs. Happy and Mr. Helpful

    Munich, Germany | Aug 29 '05 | Reviews: 0

    We rented a car Munich, Germany.  We had flown in from Copenhagen and by the time we got to Munich it was dark.  We had made reservations... Continue reading »

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    Touch it, wimp!

    Murren, Switzerland | Sep 13 '05 | Reviews: 0
    With Katrina having a broken leg and getting all the press, I thought I'd give you a glimpse as to what Jordan is up to.  We have spent the last... Continue reading »
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    Miserable in Milan

    Milan, Italy | Sep 14 '05 | Reviews: 0

    Katrina is now on one crutch.  The funny thing is, Jordan is on the other.  Jordan is so desperate to be like his big sister that he has... Continue reading »

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    Venice

    Venice, Italy | Sep 17 '05 | Reviews: 0

    It was still raining when we reached Venice 5 hours later.  I was starting to think I had done something to offend the Roman gods and thought... Continue reading »

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    The Highams discover they are actually Greek

    Athens, Greece | Sep 24 '05 | Reviews: 0

    Recently we found ourselves sitting on an all-night ferry leaving Athens, Greece, heading toward a Greek island near Turkey.  This was my firs... Continue reading »

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    Selçuk, Turkey

    Selcuk, Turkey | Oct 03 '05 | Reviews: 0

    When we finally got to Turkey I didn‚t really know what to expect.  I had never been in a Muslim country before.  We were in a bit of a d... Continue reading »

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    Exploding Postal Scales

    Goreme, Turkey | Oct 07 '05 | Reviews: 0
    We have stepped off of Mother Earth and landed on a alien planet.  It looks like someone transplanted Bryce Canyon in Southern Utah onto the plan... Continue reading »
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    Dubai: A Dangerous Place to be a Chicken

    Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Oct 14 '05 | Reviews: 0

    I am frankly glad to get some distance between myself and Turkey.  I enjoyed our visit, and the children thoroughly enjoyed feeding the thousa... Continue reading »

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    Tanzania

    Дар ес Салам, Tanzania | Oct 23 '05 | Reviews: 0

    Tanzania has been both spectacular and appalling.  It took some effort to find the merely wonderful, but when we did find it, it was well wort... Continue reading »

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    The cats ARE really big!

    Arusha, Tanzania | Oct 26 '05 | Reviews: 0

    From Dar es Salaam we traveled 10 hours by bus to Arusha, where we planned to book a safari.  We researched our options and chose a four-day... Continue reading »

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    Ze Doo Doo and Ze Electric Death

    Port Louis, Mauritius | Nov 02 '05 | Reviews: 0

    As we were clearing the security checkpoint for our flight out of Tanzania to the island of Mauritius, there was the customary large, clear plastic... Continue reading »

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    A bonafide predicament (Stranded by our stupidity)

    Lushoto, Tanzania | Nov 02 '05 | Reviews: 0

    We have met many fellow travelers in Tanzania, and without exception, each has a horror story about traveling in Africa.  These horror stories... Continue reading »

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    Eat First, Ask Questions Later

    Tokyo, Japan | Nov 18 '05 | Reviews: 0

    We have been traveling for just shy of six months now.  Just before we left on our trip, on a whim I downloaded 16 episodes of Malcolm in the... Continue reading »

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    We Made it to Church

    Kyoto, Japan | Nov 24 '05 | Reviews: 0
    Of course no description of Japan is complete without mentioning that the country is completely gadget crazy.  The ubiquitous gadget now is the S... Continue reading »
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    Hiroshima, Japan

    Hiroshima, Japan | Nov 28 '05 | Reviews: 0
    We visited the Peace memorial in Hiroshima, located where the atomic bomb was dropped. Continue reading »
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    Pssst, Hey Buddy...

    Beijing, China | Dec 01 '05 | Reviews: 0

    We arrived in Beijing, China after our two weeks in Japan.  China has been, I think, more different from my preconception than any other place... Continue reading »

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    The Cruise Ship of Pain

    Chongqing, China | Dec 04 '05 | Reviews: 0
    So we headed for Chongqing where we could take a four-day river cruise down the Yangzi River through the famous Three Gorges before the dam that is cu... Continue reading »
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    Special Economic Zone

    Shenzhen, China | Dec 16 '05 | Reviews: 0
    Upon reflection, sometimes it seems a miracle that have gotten this far.  Normally, I am, well, pretty normal.  September, too.  But th... Continue reading »
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    Nipple-Nibbling Fish

    Ko Tao, Thailand | Dec 18 '05 | Reviews: 1
    It is an odd quirk of human nature that the fewer things one has to accomplish in a given space of time increases the probability that nothing gets ac... Continue reading »
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    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, China | Dec 18 '05 | Reviews: 0
    It was time to head to Hong Kong and so we crossed the border from the People's Republic of China (PRC) into the "Hong Kong Special Administration Reg... Continue reading »
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    Home Is Where Your Stuff Is: Around the World with Children

    San Francisco, United States | Sep 17 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Home Is Where Your Stuff Is: Around the World with Children


    So, you’re thinking that someday you’ll settle do... Continue reading »

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