World-The-Round Trip
In and around World
Travel around the world
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler The Highams
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Cycling around France
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?)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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)
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
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
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
We visited the Peace memorial in Hiroshima, located where the atomic bomb was dropped. Continue reading » -
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Pssst, Hey Buddy...
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
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
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
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
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
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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