tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65378032012025998172024-03-18T15:36:54.410-07:00 Hoov's Travel Adventures -------------------------------------------How I travel: Luggage. Costs, and Challenges.Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.comBlogger358125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-65640532378233777472024-03-13T02:53:00.000-07:002024-03-13T07:40:42.008-07:00Chilaxing on Ko Samet—My Favorite Thai Island—2/27–3/72024<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Toward the end of my 2024 Southeast Asia adventure, I returned to my favorite island for about a week and a half—Ko Samet.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrHB2Ekdgrjj-F2J4Ps6ceD5KKuIVx8ygfIEP5sztTKj_35jJ_7qvsjKBIa7Blm2W43ScqArMdZzPpc3zfcW6f3TyUs30B4giBVdAjcMMqn7TyLZrpdbL4OUgl3cYKR6ZX_Cn0SEWbVfjMkL4qFZ6rp_EWKvS2d_ZarHHyqY5K7UF-4jyfTnxXzgq9JQ/s4608/DSCN1454.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrHB2Ekdgrjj-F2J4Ps6ceD5KKuIVx8ygfIEP5sztTKj_35jJ_7qvsjKBIa7Blm2W43ScqArMdZzPpc3zfcW6f3TyUs30B4giBVdAjcMMqn7TyLZrpdbL4OUgl3cYKR6ZX_Cn0SEWbVfjMkL4qFZ6rp_EWKvS2d_ZarHHyqY5K7UF-4jyfTnxXzgq9JQ/w640-h480/DSCN1454.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Again I stayed at the Runa Runa guest house at a cost of $26 per night. It is in the middle of the small village off of the Hat Sai Kaew—White Sand— beach area. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_BjK_1SwcZbIZq08VWQhUGkVAPo_2rNRg8TN-2eMT4BPIIg899z3WoCudP4fVRE2ugW3wLpdalSTyliR2TfkVc23Ed3KHqO9P8o1UOjjlt3KeZuuN_dAFl95UM_E7YzNL9dvzj2wc444HebqB8-S-UQzUWoEuNWkspHyXKh9_UJR17YXp-snYdc5v_U/s4032/IMG_1552.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_BjK_1SwcZbIZq08VWQhUGkVAPo_2rNRg8TN-2eMT4BPIIg899z3WoCudP4fVRE2ugW3wLpdalSTyliR2TfkVc23Ed3KHqO9P8o1UOjjlt3KeZuuN_dAFl95UM_E7YzNL9dvzj2wc444HebqB8-S-UQzUWoEuNWkspHyXKh9_UJR17YXp-snYdc5v_U/w640-h480/IMG_1552.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I no longer wanted to pay the high prices for the privilege of staying right on the beach in a bungalow. Ever since 2004, I had stayed at the Ao Pudsa Bungalows for anywhere from ฿500-฿700–under $20 USD per night for a fan room right on the beach area. These bungalows were torn down during COVID -19 and were replaced by the Samed Tamarind Resort with the cost of those beach bungalows of ฿5,200 to ฿6,000 per night—$170 USD per night.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Most mornings I would first have coffee and orange juice at my guest house and then head to Chilies Restaurant for an “American” breakfast of coffee, toast, eggs and cabbage salad.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghM-67RQ7h3GETodIDePnerqWngxpio5u6zS8yR9KIOPYHsNGXKC6e6wfniuZALG1FwFm6mlggDfk8-cHIchkFC8cm6tX0TntG92kRJh8a1K0H1i7wska5rKS2pna9SALJN2FIwM-q8dkNqTgg-Ypcdnlog1VZCky1f2fCh1y-PJIHrCIXJtUAdkc_GeA/s4032/IMG_1510.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghM-67RQ7h3GETodIDePnerqWngxpio5u6zS8yR9KIOPYHsNGXKC6e6wfniuZALG1FwFm6mlggDfk8-cHIchkFC8cm6tX0TntG92kRJh8a1K0H1i7wska5rKS2pna9SALJN2FIwM-q8dkNqTgg-Ypcdnlog1VZCky1f2fCh1y-PJIHrCIXJtUAdkc_GeA/w640-h480/IMG_1510.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After that I would get my daily oil massage from Da at the Sirion Massage place before heading to the beach for a day of relaxing, exploring and reading on one of the many resort beach chairs. </span></p>
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font-size: large; text-align: left;">I usually bought some pomelo, mango slices, or whole coconut from one of the many vendors that worked the tourists along the beaches. The costs were about ฿60 or under $1.75 USD each.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">One day, I rented a motorbike for ฿400 a day—$11 USD—which included a helmet. I did this mid week to avoid the weekend crowds. It was an automatic and I was not a confident rider so I usually kept it under 20 km per hour. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMc1fnyPbV9QKAphDK51_IuLgEIVSN1GKV8qdN25WZ2HCkHVDF8cT6aWLiuPT6cGxhGzo5nR0Zu1ZzPgJm7pqF79_ZKvVcFTavG2hM9SMnGbHqZYDyfKXrzYV_LHaGDxyO5c0RmEt9OobXDVWmJeswyglT91AmjusTFUtRblcqkGlvgDLwafkzRj_fPM/s4032/IMG_0216.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMc1fnyPbV9QKAphDK51_IuLgEIVSN1GKV8qdN25WZ2HCkHVDF8cT6aWLiuPT6cGxhGzo5nR0Zu1ZzPgJm7pqF79_ZKvVcFTavG2hM9SMnGbHqZYDyfKXrzYV_LHaGDxyO5c0RmEt9OobXDVWmJeswyglT91AmjusTFUtRblcqkGlvgDLwafkzRj_fPM/w480-h640/IMG_0216.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p>
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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While out there, I had dropped my Motor bike keys and spent a nervous half hour retracing my route and luckily found them. I should have put them in my side bag or pocket instead of using the strap around my wrist.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It must be my lucky week because while I was swimming off of Ao Phai Beach, I dropped my GoPro camera. I dove around for about 15 minutes looking for it, and then a fellow loaned me his goggles and I searched for another 15 minutes without success. I returned the goggles to him and went to my lounge chair, and he asked me where I was sitting. I pointed it and then he went back out, and after 10 minutes, he had retrieve my GoPro. It’s just amazing the kindness of strangers. He wouldn’t take any reward for it other than big thanks. I continue to be comforted by the kindness of strangers in all my travels.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On the way back, I headed down some dirt roads to some of the other resorts that also had some beautiful white sand beaches. Mango shakes were my go to favorite drink at these resorts.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxrKoJ-Irw6pJnkkSAWNSlWNWFnOUUXCJAJtAPmkA9E5w44HXYj2eobTUa0dznmeGvG-yrHNAIziwATh2h9yzvey3oDJtTeItf9u6TYIqATvKsgW3rn_fBAfAH9DPF2HYUqciFZBtfP-G_RCFr3dzAVEudkmiccS-XeV7yP0il4ndo_uuPAX8PvzRO9Q/s4032/IMG_1524.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxrKoJ-Irw6pJnkkSAWNSlWNWFnOUUXCJAJtAPmkA9E5w44HXYj2eobTUa0dznmeGvG-yrHNAIziwATh2h9yzvey3oDJtTeItf9u6TYIqATvKsgW3rn_fBAfAH9DPF2HYUqciFZBtfP-G_RCFr3dzAVEudkmiccS-XeV7yP0il4ndo_uuPAX8PvzRO9Q/w640-h480/IMG_1524.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9mvTAatcFNQnIm6F_pKe6pdIYM8BZHr3zn_Ijo577LKKcofltv6pULev3-TzDotKezRsg7XF-YMWJtJ5a8XIz-HbYNcDylLkgy7jkAPLjk-gTuGi7N0uVJ8GyamjnkIRbalFD55zykoZ5fCYKMavwE3Bm9W9g9IIVoz7A2K4pVKoxZ3TX1cssg4F5Hw/s4032/IMG_1535.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9mvTAatcFNQnIm6F_pKe6pdIYM8BZHr3zn_Ijo577LKKcofltv6pULev3-TzDotKezRsg7XF-YMWJtJ5a8XIz-HbYNcDylLkgy7jkAPLjk-gTuGi7N0uVJ8GyamjnkIRbalFD55zykoZ5fCYKMavwE3Bm9W9g9IIVoz7A2K4pVKoxZ3TX1cssg4F5Hw/w640-h480/IMG_1535.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I visited this small Buddhist Monastery near the island village. Early mornings I had seen a few monks walking along and receiving food, gifts and other offerings from the faithful villagers and the monks in turn chanted some prayers and blessings for these villagers.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYcaKgSw2ffew8kCRwEOpbX3fugr6VoR_HZGixZdrZzdA0MBQCw2o_kosDwNA9KmIZe8VxyPcHOqWU_WWCf_fUgvcLoJPYVSfqVhfRRXvNIWdMi4SuRxMrFyRASfqJkN530D5L1MeV4cHJwb1K3gurnqAzAAu6etGwJX3HJyTIplT-lZdeHa7sXYQkus/s2760/GOPR1859.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2071" data-original-width="2760" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYcaKgSw2ffew8kCRwEOpbX3fugr6VoR_HZGixZdrZzdA0MBQCw2o_kosDwNA9KmIZe8VxyPcHOqWU_WWCf_fUgvcLoJPYVSfqVhfRRXvNIWdMi4SuRxMrFyRASfqJkN530D5L1MeV4cHJwb1K3gurnqAzAAu6etGwJX3HJyTIplT-lZdeHa7sXYQkus/w640-h480/GOPR1859.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Every night, there are several fire shows at several of the resorts and the Ploy Talay was the largest and began around 8 pm every evening. These performer teams would stand atop each other while whirling their fiery batons. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyib4NIXYmGKTXMWZH4r8wyvYnHHj4V8tBwT1I4UdXXKwwgByoDtnc65OayoLWCS6lA3azdIIjL1K6h66xh73crYIWgfCk1du-ZOtv9t0wywOW3NdHJRucw8UEkCX3osnlXUaMhnK_PlF3iBCwVsy1vHl0JDhk1zkmqjdOOfugcEoC6iMRFpUB64XhrG0/s4032/IMG_1536.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyib4NIXYmGKTXMWZH4r8wyvYnHHj4V8tBwT1I4UdXXKwwgByoDtnc65OayoLWCS6lA3azdIIjL1K6h66xh73crYIWgfCk1du-ZOtv9t0wywOW3NdHJRucw8UEkCX3osnlXUaMhnK_PlF3iBCwVsy1vHl0JDhk1zkmqjdOOfugcEoC6iMRFpUB64XhrG0/w640-h480/IMG_1536.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv066ZZwwo9vIaoI5x5YGII3OPR9Mpl1XWSvvnfYplqsgigcK4RqZvl0gVAkskBORnOqGWtdWG_4HTAYmvHhEo_3IO7cYhwlyLwzr46y1cvIqbD50FEPq7z7-cGW6F1H7SI6rNnM1AWVik54ZIArr6dY6ZmbJh07DEGYPKfpbckrbZ5-d12BsgaEVvN8/s4032/IMG_1537.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv066ZZwwo9vIaoI5x5YGII3OPR9Mpl1XWSvvnfYplqsgigcK4RqZvl0gVAkskBORnOqGWtdWG_4HTAYmvHhEo_3IO7cYhwlyLwzr46y1cvIqbD50FEPq7z7-cGW6F1H7SI6rNnM1AWVik54ZIArr6dY6ZmbJh07DEGYPKfpbckrbZ5-d12BsgaEVvN8/w640-h480/IMG_1537.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i-jATk58y9Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="i-jATk58y9Q"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The finale was for some of the performers to take large bundles of kerosene soaked steel wool, light them, and then swing them rapidly around creating a cascade of whirling sparks. Quite a dramatic ending.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Af0bGV7A7NI" width="320" youtube-src-id="Af0bGV7A7NI"></iframe></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At the end of my stay, I left on the 9 am big boat that cost ฿60 back to Ban Phe to catch the big bus back to Bangkok. I, instead, ended up on a comfortable minibus for the same price ฿200 for the 3 1/2 hour drive.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZgNMnY-1Tpn-Ohcp23ry2oKOcsfhZpx2Mj7QwEOnTlaWvVhQ3Zh4reTtx9zie8wmSoWBKoNCdlrlHR7GA_zVgntPJ7ARievU0YUTA_Z5csZ1lAhXOk0SPDlMSs29T19SttYMnNgK8ra_4-M7uS-rjqik3w6OSK9eKdn-KSoPq4aIZLuvbgwOVVpfjQg/s4032/IMG_1555.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZgNMnY-1Tpn-Ohcp23ry2oKOcsfhZpx2Mj7QwEOnTlaWvVhQ3Zh4reTtx9zie8wmSoWBKoNCdlrlHR7GA_zVgntPJ7ARievU0YUTA_Z5csZ1lAhXOk0SPDlMSs29T19SttYMnNgK8ra_4-M7uS-rjqik3w6OSK9eKdn-KSoPq4aIZLuvbgwOVVpfjQg/w640-h480/IMG_1555.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSXYt0k0M11NcxynpLQLI1dBwtExaLf7734cHgFQH2dPEisqHVT1fzfCZVxuOUe78veiROGBg0c8Zk42nSHDy1VkkdnJ91CXZeB9MBiQmYsSPxcvmktbDPGFKKcZ2ziKH-4E4LyG_GvDPmFxUP-4EnZ5OhUVli-ZBRKw_pCckS9V2gnC8KQ4y68bzbtU/s4032/IMG_1502.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSXYt0k0M11NcxynpLQLI1dBwtExaLf7734cHgFQH2dPEisqHVT1fzfCZVxuOUe78veiROGBg0c8Zk42nSHDy1VkkdnJ91CXZeB9MBiQmYsSPxcvmktbDPGFKKcZ2ziKH-4E4LyG_GvDPmFxUP-4EnZ5OhUVli-ZBRKw_pCckS9V2gnC8KQ4y68bzbtU/w640-h480/IMG_1502.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcACxuJf79QDcyKEwfLmjoBODa0X_2cEAJ6BKLB7rxmH59Tl__WFkY_R5AceXwYA9nVbNBL52SLMK0RJnD4b5HJl__VmzP7UKfxAHK3Q7D45R_QlDRYa1R8dUYhXbLNLZ4UGVViGc1xyOZO05QcFGQCweFEB_NizcCGtUsDqOJEL-cNsMthKqFuOJVu9w/s4032/IMG_1558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcACxuJf79QDcyKEwfLmjoBODa0X_2cEAJ6BKLB7rxmH59Tl__WFkY_R5AceXwYA9nVbNBL52SLMK0RJnD4b5HJl__VmzP7UKfxAHK3Q7D45R_QlDRYa1R8dUYhXbLNLZ4UGVViGc1xyOZO05QcFGQCweFEB_NizcCGtUsDqOJEL-cNsMthKqFuOJVu9w/w640-h480/IMG_1558.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After a couple days in Bangkok, I took a 2 hour bus at a cost of ฿131 down to Pattaya for a few more beach days. I then ended my time in Thailand by taking the two hour bus ride from there to the Suvarnabhumi International Airport at a cost of ฿190 on March 15th for my Singapore Air flight back to Seattle that included an overnight layover at the Singapore airport.</span></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-43578703522915328502024-03-02T16:39:00.000-08:002024-03-02T16:41:15.882-08:00Sad in Sihanoukville, Cambodia—Feb. 20–25, 2024<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>SAD 😢</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Over 1,000 abandoned Chinese buildings and casinos fill the Sihanoukville skyline</b>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSwNpw_C2pBCp_RT8UqM1FuIT0hFXA_-BVxBQg5bRz7hjcLVVwqnv-sMkU3S3bQcKkw9LYiD3Xu5IyyEWQjS2lMgbEvl0HqC0uJks-Gdn77kJDZGnSHFbDknJzTf6_Pj1E_sEBLy2IkYRh3aPGfpn5VZgswZwRmBgMCTtROM91eISxttdB8zgERwEoGw/s5568/GOPR1706.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSwNpw_C2pBCp_RT8UqM1FuIT0hFXA_-BVxBQg5bRz7hjcLVVwqnv-sMkU3S3bQcKkw9LYiD3Xu5IyyEWQjS2lMgbEvl0HqC0uJks-Gdn77kJDZGnSHFbDknJzTf6_Pj1E_sEBLy2IkYRh3aPGfpn5VZgswZwRmBgMCTtROM91eISxttdB8zgERwEoGw/w640-h480/GOPR1706.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHA_aq6wFiaB_d1nBoMRah4WN0O_l9QqLOGeweX8iD540AWVZiL_AFd9CnIpqWMy5IRmSYN0UkWRuAZ0bOaYKvPLk4Hek6nyQhusJ-tSMukJ7l_WD18mcSMsUFa5Ce992eBRxmBuhHhAdlakLNTU5NLyTlVGovuSTPJqDvIhplCf7FD0i51pdKNIOALo/s5568/GOPR1709.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHA_aq6wFiaB_d1nBoMRah4WN0O_l9QqLOGeweX8iD540AWVZiL_AFd9CnIpqWMy5IRmSYN0UkWRuAZ0bOaYKvPLk4Hek6nyQhusJ-tSMukJ7l_WD18mcSMsUFa5Ce992eBRxmBuhHhAdlakLNTU5NLyTlVGovuSTPJqDvIhplCf7FD0i51pdKNIOALo/w640-h480/GOPR1709.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjh6mTuvD0XW8qez4OF6ehzs3BQuZKLY4MbTskUDPMSVOPgFT1OFHmgUOoOQeEYKI7bT2tF57vMZPsWDpiiv_d40n_WvdLkBp-B6mmvM2T9OMyd8zBUOuXas5uS0R7ymU1fzCHLsi2ERlAOLOrtjYWDxUqguhf3PfBCC6V8gfvFOhZONpM20c_bh7ClfA/s5568/GOPR1749.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjh6mTuvD0XW8qez4OF6ehzs3BQuZKLY4MbTskUDPMSVOPgFT1OFHmgUOoOQeEYKI7bT2tF57vMZPsWDpiiv_d40n_WvdLkBp-B6mmvM2T9OMyd8zBUOuXas5uS0R7ymU1fzCHLsi2ERlAOLOrtjYWDxUqguhf3PfBCC6V8gfvFOhZONpM20c_bh7ClfA/w640-h480/GOPR1749.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKZIky5bGErR4RtTF6jjFrAD4uxEPCy4V07eiyPbnJ6NbO-Afzmq1sgV-BEnc6GWBrenT3ilrr4vlzccUEpwZ4h99tDngrGkz2a-fMllBB2mgzWz7FXy9m6ADw4rdQs-P5lnQFM2VdKw2GxeRxexq172gmjdEj7WMtJX60zhK2y9apD8gJpbnVUO4SAs/s5568/GOPR1766.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKZIky5bGErR4RtTF6jjFrAD4uxEPCy4V07eiyPbnJ6NbO-Afzmq1sgV-BEnc6GWBrenT3ilrr4vlzccUEpwZ4h99tDngrGkz2a-fMllBB2mgzWz7FXy9m6ADw4rdQs-P5lnQFM2VdKw2GxeRxexq172gmjdEj7WMtJX60zhK2y9apD8gJpbnVUO4SAs/w640-h480/GOPR1766.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Departing Thailand was pretty straightforward since the official merely stamped my passport with a departure stamp over the entry stamp. The German, who was on a passport run, and I then proceeded to the Cambodian Immigration office.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Cambodia Crossing is always interesting because you never know how much extra you’re going to pay for “expedited service“. The official asked me to pay ฿1,600–$45 USD. The official fee is $30 plus a $7 service fee. The bribe ended up being about $8 USD. It’s funny, how so many countries never accept their own currency as payment for their visas.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The official then proceeded to fill out my immigration Visa form, as well as took the photo I provided to him and stuck it in a drawer.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Once one officer filled out the form and collected my money, the second officer pulled out his rubber stamp, and wielded his rubber stamp about ten times on various forms and documents, including my passport and visa form that they stapled in my passport. There were another three officers in the interview room that appeared to be observers—-or verifying the bribe amount.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I thought I was done when I left the interview room, but then I was instructed to go to another window and hand over my passport with the well-stamped visa forms. This window had a fingerprint reader, but the official didn’t use it. He just did something with my passport and then gave it back to me after 5 minutes. The German finished about the same time, and he headed back to Thailand with his Thai guide. I thanked them both for the ride to the border.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here in Cambodia, the currency is both the US dollar and the Cambodian rial. The ATMs offer both currencies. For larger purchases, you pay in US dollars and you usually get change in Cambodian rials. It is about 4,000 Cambodian reels to one US dollar.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp4jevu4NSIUwKa1GZDUoXZLmzteiIVNzqbEUMpY9nCgX8YbmbiFHVkMZDt61xZ1SBRJOeSSwn4sH_gFbcZzNsG78DYWVyflSJ5-b3RuFvNGiaHJl9A3x7fQUy-MGJf25Uy9TyzGaFdsSurwIBYlF6_BehhiyF99Ve8T9C7Mo1FkjzE08n4AQSdvr6JU/s2120/IMG_0191.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="2120" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp4jevu4NSIUwKa1GZDUoXZLmzteiIVNzqbEUMpY9nCgX8YbmbiFHVkMZDt61xZ1SBRJOeSSwn4sH_gFbcZzNsG78DYWVyflSJ5-b3RuFvNGiaHJl9A3x7fQUy-MGJf25Uy9TyzGaFdsSurwIBYlF6_BehhiyF99Ve8T9C7Mo1FkjzE08n4AQSdvr6JU/w640-h480/IMG_0191.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As soon as I got my passport, a fellow came up to me and asked me if I needed a ride somewhere. I told him Koh Kong—the first Cambodian city from the border and about 9 miles away. He charged me $6 USD for the 1/2 hour motor bike ride to my hotel—not my favorite mode of transportation.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU19aa9wlFom-8IIE7nfgbL7RjsEKHZARizh-D-qKlZM76B36zM8ZYyVSbc5zEJoovPD9k5B9UGSnuPfGkr3Kgo3SOiPEOkZkjLvz5J-Re4FzmqK5ljToFqP9LVJxH6uKeHCHHdX3fjfIr04E1d9exHCDgBe0-C8W6MPd5msHB1F5pVFvY5S1icHcGGZs/s5568/GOPR1681.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU19aa9wlFom-8IIE7nfgbL7RjsEKHZARizh-D-qKlZM76B36zM8ZYyVSbc5zEJoovPD9k5B9UGSnuPfGkr3Kgo3SOiPEOkZkjLvz5J-Re4FzmqK5ljToFqP9LVJxH6uKeHCHHdX3fjfIr04E1d9exHCDgBe0-C8W6MPd5msHB1F5pVFvY5S1icHcGGZs/w640-h480/GOPR1681.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LvqxZm2oaWA" width="320" youtube-src-id="LvqxZm2oaWA"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As I checked into the Apex Kong hotel, the clerk asked me where I was headed next, and I said to Sihanoukville. He said that the bus was $17 and he could arrange for a shared taxi for $20 so I told him to arrange for the taxi for the 5 hour drive.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I paid $22 for night at this hotel, which had a swimming pool near my room. As soon as I dropped off my bags I put on my swimsuit and enjoyed the refreshing swim in the pool after a long travel day from Koh Kood.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRbLSxnoE0yZw56gUh3guWonG-YgX6dfLj3yrIymifjA_Vfzj-RzaRY6VtLLZeTNIyrDGhVhg1-HLZAcwW1lnoxFCKFODimDgL8jeM8b4fuj_kBMk9i80aVm58qomD9oyFO_pxxENhFEql3wSJEsN-bDs-oTa9AQeP1m18Dp3mtvR2SF2tHCoiu8EAx8/s4032/IMG_1440.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRbLSxnoE0yZw56gUh3guWonG-YgX6dfLj3yrIymifjA_Vfzj-RzaRY6VtLLZeTNIyrDGhVhg1-HLZAcwW1lnoxFCKFODimDgL8jeM8b4fuj_kBMk9i80aVm58qomD9oyFO_pxxENhFEql3wSJEsN-bDs-oTa9AQeP1m18Dp3mtvR2SF2tHCoiu8EAx8/w640-h480/IMG_1440.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As I headed toward the waterfront, I didn’t see any restaurants until right along the waterfront area and I saw no tourist, just local Cambodians.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had this dinner at this corner restaurant and fortunately they had a picture menu so I pointed to what looked like bok choy and shrimp. I also ordered orange juice and I ended up with Fanta. I guess I was eating early because the place was empty except for one other group. Cambodians most likely come around for dinner after dark when it cools off.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYpXN1nAgv16N5hvjd75aPfoo7ZRskW7X15IUWBxdx-wIm6HCvAHFnM5kI0WHEcxZlm2R-UH8yIzFODtICcHWQOHFmw-thIqN_MMuNMJEklLw-W8gucEMFAzfywvQslodznfRdDw0DPGgt8Np1fLuSpv3lPSgGpVrg8wOJn3KNGV_-nnqmIDscOoJTtU/s4032/IMG_1437.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYpXN1nAgv16N5hvjd75aPfoo7ZRskW7X15IUWBxdx-wIm6HCvAHFnM5kI0WHEcxZlm2R-UH8yIzFODtICcHWQOHFmw-thIqN_MMuNMJEklLw-W8gucEMFAzfywvQslodznfRdDw0DPGgt8Np1fLuSpv3lPSgGpVrg8wOJn3KNGV_-nnqmIDscOoJTtU/w640-h480/IMG_1437.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjXPqksDZ_pBE3Lzb5SGKw2taIigf-jCXlUMMzjE8RF8IQa4HnnS1W_u7_7Vn8cQNmQE23ZBdt3iKloSU5SwPep4BVBwje0B2JxnnRKnFjiCPAQaiHZ6e5JUwt3zzc7zkNds5RezX4MKUWjgxCGWbppDIZEbCpFttKjEgVvHQirvZ1MYYKUw6aPAOpxc/s4032/IMG_1439.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjXPqksDZ_pBE3Lzb5SGKw2taIigf-jCXlUMMzjE8RF8IQa4HnnS1W_u7_7Vn8cQNmQE23ZBdt3iKloSU5SwPep4BVBwje0B2JxnnRKnFjiCPAQaiHZ6e5JUwt3zzc7zkNds5RezX4MKUWjgxCGWbppDIZEbCpFttKjEgVvHQirvZ1MYYKUw6aPAOpxc/w640-h480/IMG_1439.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After breakfast at the hotel, the SUV taxi showed up and I joined a mother with two small girls and a woman for the 5 hour drive to Sihanoukville. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Most of the road was under construction and we spent a lot of time driving on temporary dirt roads next to the construction of a 4 lane freeway. It was a bumpy and dusty drive.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1J4sThjfRTWwsDn7cuIT3aNsEtp5as9kKQXsc9lR5Y9M4mqp7YI5cFRQL5DFUtHkrG38hlJ8nURPL2HGO1M8ZeSRdvZxt8ZYNPjnXpCVQuk0rInP0mHnGYj6wsSwhNumiD7xn1lk0KXTDJsBjBcPzkJocFFCks_3EGob4gzS4EzVFmhUeShfyZ76qJBI/s4032/IMG_0162.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1J4sThjfRTWwsDn7cuIT3aNsEtp5as9kKQXsc9lR5Y9M4mqp7YI5cFRQL5DFUtHkrG38hlJ8nURPL2HGO1M8ZeSRdvZxt8ZYNPjnXpCVQuk0rInP0mHnGYj6wsSwhNumiD7xn1lk0KXTDJsBjBcPzkJocFFCks_3EGob4gzS4EzVFmhUeShfyZ76qJBI/w640-h480/IMG_0162.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNpBeKQm8deZ7Ic-dIJr5phKxLatxjqXvcmPlgVSBCdLrF9HI3x4V-StI6OROswS3lnkcjoZ95PYW4TNpbUQDnvsNVpy9rbA3K5IDSbUAGGKjV7obEqX4zgK6Q6eQvMlBmIBXOYabdEzSPag9oe9tms614Mjykv2B7vdvT5mpH1QxYJdoLBI5iU9U8H8/s4032/IMG_0163.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNpBeKQm8deZ7Ic-dIJr5phKxLatxjqXvcmPlgVSBCdLrF9HI3x4V-StI6OROswS3lnkcjoZ95PYW4TNpbUQDnvsNVpy9rbA3K5IDSbUAGGKjV7obEqX4zgK6Q6eQvMlBmIBXOYabdEzSPag9oe9tms614Mjykv2B7vdvT5mpH1QxYJdoLBI5iU9U8H8/w640-h480/IMG_0163.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We stopped here for some snacks and a bathroom break.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw76k7o53JNIcj1qf8IZcPpMjUXS1nQFgRBfgH84uNx_2HEMWHTMl3inP0biBD8GOSJHrMsnhXxeKqKTqvSaIsnzywPhaR1mJxj_k89oVPRPuyAC_IH49KK6uqGjT_Ig01Bkx7kQUBO_t3pU-aEkex8DO39P49vmEM8B65uEaaHBqo9yxD9y-VQmwTjYo/s4032/IMG_0172.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw76k7o53JNIcj1qf8IZcPpMjUXS1nQFgRBfgH84uNx_2HEMWHTMl3inP0biBD8GOSJHrMsnhXxeKqKTqvSaIsnzywPhaR1mJxj_k89oVPRPuyAC_IH49KK6uqGjT_Ig01Bkx7kQUBO_t3pU-aEkex8DO39P49vmEM8B65uEaaHBqo9yxD9y-VQmwTjYo/w640-h480/IMG_0172.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZ2GJJCtgVa7hQIwbGFIH4eRKHXH7GyKZA_uZgIRkd5TtQNGKVkmY0M5cft0NicLVPySgAKokXXahomXaZ_640UvhNYOkFgYAqXQqnxPxqmHDbqLcnq_gddqC6weXhbYP4ihx6-ZaLXeYxLi85MxOtkQOijkkQ4usz-KOHu-oOlA0fskbm019vVu3Uvo/s4032/IMG_0171.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZ2GJJCtgVa7hQIwbGFIH4eRKHXH7GyKZA_uZgIRkd5TtQNGKVkmY0M5cft0NicLVPySgAKokXXahomXaZ_640UvhNYOkFgYAqXQqnxPxqmHDbqLcnq_gddqC6weXhbYP4ihx6-ZaLXeYxLi85MxOtkQOijkkQ4usz-KOHu-oOlA0fskbm019vVu3Uvo/w640-h480/IMG_0171.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As we approached Sihanoukville, I was shocked to see how much it had changed since I was last there in 2016. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Down near the Oteros and Serendipity Beach areas, the popular backpacker bungalows along the beach area and the 2 to 3 story guesthouses had been torn down and in their places were Chinese owned high rises, casinos, and Chinese restaurants and abandoned partially completed buildings.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The sea of sun lounge chairs and umbrellas that used to be all along the Oteros and Serendipity Beach areas in 2016 were gone when I was last here. The Chinese business owners of the many Chinese restaurants that had replaced the bungalows required the city to remove all lounge chairs. In its place were empty Chinese restaurants all day with no one on the white sand beach areas until you got past the Chinese business area. I was so sad by what was no more, but at least a good memory.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Serendipity Beach area in 2016</b></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphJ_tfN9ln0FQCp244v3-oZ9nSL5Hy7Z8xNLfdWh1JQv7P3_Q82ufGxQ_hUph35snJoVmjgeTE6Bfncx7pEVaUw6sqGmyDBTP7lh9Wu58MYU1Mc45fgjZd1mNY8R1NPL00KlidYNODDvhSkQ4_7nrIGX15wS98ZmxGgq9qxQO4GsJUjZbsXKRZAboFZ4/s500/IMG_1450.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphJ_tfN9ln0FQCp244v3-oZ9nSL5Hy7Z8xNLfdWh1JQv7P3_Q82ufGxQ_hUph35snJoVmjgeTE6Bfncx7pEVaUw6sqGmyDBTP7lh9Wu58MYU1Mc45fgjZd1mNY8R1NPL00KlidYNODDvhSkQ4_7nrIGX15wS98ZmxGgq9qxQO4GsJUjZbsXKRZAboFZ4/w640-h480/IMG_1450.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6uO9Hm9AEiDuLlUy6nmlOW3RH7Zh2s8UWBaP7VvwDkuwEMyBt8J8VHRDAhKMxmAfurwNH4ImiyGuaT3gO2mmrAbCjBswqwddrmFR96rnlvrnbDURU2qaPqyDriO1YPwGJRfTtCAgz3FtlSYfqw0Vjz9aRABUu4I8HAhYmuC_BopIWlgN822Llh2w8iU/s5568/GOPR1756.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6uO9Hm9AEiDuLlUy6nmlOW3RH7Zh2s8UWBaP7VvwDkuwEMyBt8J8VHRDAhKMxmAfurwNH4ImiyGuaT3gO2mmrAbCjBswqwddrmFR96rnlvrnbDURU2qaPqyDriO1YPwGJRfTtCAgz3FtlSYfqw0Vjz9aRABUu4I8HAhYmuC_BopIWlgN822Llh2w8iU/w640-h480/GOPR1756.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvwZ3ibPzTlnKNelFj8m4eXS7Y-LlbLob4u8xDTQ-F_eA694K_9MChyphenhyphenfUigk6PqpDz2aoParwl4bAwnBUHZ2qgrW_dRo11QX13bOPaXO_4lyDKZNUob8wDOHZPcHd_MBF2vogyaKpJPyvS0KgXviSiHv1AO6uLn0StzOi_ymyd72kE1WNiF2e5dRUmNc/s5568/GOPR1773.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvwZ3ibPzTlnKNelFj8m4eXS7Y-LlbLob4u8xDTQ-F_eA694K_9MChyphenhyphenfUigk6PqpDz2aoParwl4bAwnBUHZ2qgrW_dRo11QX13bOPaXO_4lyDKZNUob8wDOHZPcHd_MBF2vogyaKpJPyvS0KgXviSiHv1AO6uLn0StzOi_ymyd72kE1WNiF2e5dRUmNc/w640-h480/GOPR1773.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Among the palm trees past Serendipity Beach, the Cambodians were allowed to use the beach but only with temporary small chairs and tables. As evening approached, this beach area was filled with families who were cooking up their evening meals and visiting with each other.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSBxRyAn1Qb7dpvFFe5bPDplnbLgmHovt6biSBZH05Bl9Vo1XaQoHjhrlL_LAorgZasC0u6tXszZCuEcVkp7KV2LypKWkM63uEf6JpfT2cXxdLdO_bnx9xEvxhEENciFNkFVPoWzujs9WY8G-hqmkCHVsXdolGWdK4ZkZtjIshgAmk6IM2qfSbswUK_U/s5568/GOPR1741.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSBxRyAn1Qb7dpvFFe5bPDplnbLgmHovt6biSBZH05Bl9Vo1XaQoHjhrlL_LAorgZasC0u6tXszZCuEcVkp7KV2LypKWkM63uEf6JpfT2cXxdLdO_bnx9xEvxhEENciFNkFVPoWzujs9WY8G-hqmkCHVsXdolGWdK4ZkZtjIshgAmk6IM2qfSbswUK_U/w640-h480/GOPR1741.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/et2Cwe-QbOk" width="320" youtube-src-id="et2Cwe-QbOk"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had a dinner along the Cambodian portion of the beach area that catered to Cambodians and not Western tourists. I pointed to a soup dish that another customer was eating, and ordered that. It was a very tasty seafood soup. As I had dinner, I watched the sunset across the street from the restaurant.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgoyilO1BXtesenRQs1EJ7vr2LaPuZyiLxaMbXuwjEDoGkqtj8FiiKcvmbNOOza6q4Hhr0YwEhks9NAjT5PxZCOdzARhbu7GoHDdUIxRTHE1OXK6QEqCbCRzqyO6yHFboMlVqrtm0vi_59IQp0E6Fu9-_ByG3qhERQiWikCJHHa1dAbDbrCuw6UVaaaOM/s4032/IMG_1445.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgoyilO1BXtesenRQs1EJ7vr2LaPuZyiLxaMbXuwjEDoGkqtj8FiiKcvmbNOOza6q4Hhr0YwEhks9NAjT5PxZCOdzARhbu7GoHDdUIxRTHE1OXK6QEqCbCRzqyO6yHFboMlVqrtm0vi_59IQp0E6Fu9-_ByG3qhERQiWikCJHHa1dAbDbrCuw6UVaaaOM/w640-h480/IMG_1445.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With the downturn of the Chinese economy, there were now over 1,000 abandoned high rise and other buildings throughout Sihanoukville. The Cambodian government has no way of doing anything about these deteriorating buildings other than to watch them crumble away. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It is as though these Chinese businesses came in and raped Cambodia for its own pleasures with gambling at the top of the list, and tore away its fragile soul that was recovering from its genocidal past.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I first stayed in the Oteros Beach area that was an exciting place to be back in 2016, with all of its backpacker guesthouses and restaurants and now it was just an empty beach area only filled up temporarily and night as Cambodian families appeared with the BBQs, small tables and chair to eat, mix and mingle with other families.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now thinking about it, perhaps what I experienced back in 2016 was something that backpackers and travelers imposed on Cambodians although less intrusive than what the Chinese businesses are now doing.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For Cambodia, I think there are possibilities of better things to come when I recall my last visit to Cambodia in 2016, when I visited a Room to Read charity project near Phnom Penh that focused on education of children, especially girls. Here is the link to my experiences back then.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="http://rtjhunt.blogspot.com/2016/02/cambodia-promising-future-and.html" target="_blank">2016 Promising Cambodian Future</a><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After two nights at the Otero Beach Boutique I moved closer to Serendipity Beach and the pier, and stayed at the Koh Pos Guesthouse for another 2 nights. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; 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font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When the Tuk-tuk dropped me off, I noticed the most of the buildings had their generators running since the electricity was out, and I saw the workers trying to repair it. It took about 7 hours for the repair.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA3ED7QJ_6zYs3c6XnbVpLXN6R2BtPQqNw1lwMXSh2tTj82mlKn4Qu2X5T9KN-0_sHnjyMqKE7goQzhQpv6029mSSluqeauCOjp7LSwVG5Xwaqtt9OPm49OGK1IllTNw_w7jHetMhdYld2mp01GHVMfRKX8WfIeVxeTm_Dp2Op02eZyOJr6cbmiYB9Hs/s5568/GOPR1761.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA3ED7QJ_6zYs3c6XnbVpLXN6R2BtPQqNw1lwMXSh2tTj82mlKn4Qu2X5T9KN-0_sHnjyMqKE7goQzhQpv6029mSSluqeauCOjp7LSwVG5Xwaqtt9OPm49OGK1IllTNw_w7jHetMhdYld2mp01GHVMfRKX8WfIeVxeTm_Dp2Op02eZyOJr6cbmiYB9Hs/w640-h480/GOPR1761.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">During the day, I walked along the empty beaches and saw the staff of all of these empty Chinese restaurants just waiting for the few daytime customers and working their cellphones.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveytv-cRRVNWSfdVTHClKYmBS1STlCsYK-E8DK5ugbk_vnF4RqfFcZQh5rUaFFhp3jw9K0wPXGD1g5WFHF86iosPE5PuCvRz6v7603e4F39ySjA-zVKQVn8uGlwRjpzeCHXLW4MrZFr0MpglF39cM2NcMhxkjswa-GTElRYDzNdIuEzJ-WBTAXLDfnyM/s5568/GOPR1702.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveytv-cRRVNWSfdVTHClKYmBS1STlCsYK-E8DK5ugbk_vnF4RqfFcZQh5rUaFFhp3jw9K0wPXGD1g5WFHF86iosPE5PuCvRz6v7603e4F39ySjA-zVKQVn8uGlwRjpzeCHXLW4MrZFr0MpglF39cM2NcMhxkjswa-GTElRYDzNdIuEzJ-WBTAXLDfnyM/w640-h480/GOPR1702.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Through the hotel, I booked a round trip boat out to Koh Rong Island for $25. Instead of leaving from the pier on Serendipity Beach like I had done in 2016, I was driven about 1/2 hour at a cost of $5 to the new pier area where several boat companies were loading up customers. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrb4ymqCaSRJbKJIdoZe7rq1mDG5ZEKtdJySWZVRKj2T52yV1C8c9lyvPatq3L6mnASRdcJhf3zaH-uIvc6NVEeOLhzvonJBURiI4lOz55cedO5Rw6a4yQv4sS4JZuSbV-9stIGjA2cJ7sLdtyiq1KRcbGsVtNoKCXm3A5BIE8A55kNyuoPK7mdK66X0/s4032/IMG_1455.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrb4ymqCaSRJbKJIdoZe7rq1mDG5ZEKtdJySWZVRKj2T52yV1C8c9lyvPatq3L6mnASRdcJhf3zaH-uIvc6NVEeOLhzvonJBURiI4lOz55cedO5Rw6a4yQv4sS4JZuSbV-9stIGjA2cJ7sLdtyiq1KRcbGsVtNoKCXm3A5BIE8A55kNyuoPK7mdK66X0/w640-h480/IMG_1455.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My 9 AM catamaran boat dropped me off at the Long Set Beach where I had breakfast before heading to Long Beach. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After walking about an hour to get to Long Beach, I got a tuk-tuk rides both to and from Long Beach for $7. Well worth it considering the heat.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YbxCZJ2OVV51LCAvLnFXxK3EOH4UFrafIfuPainsOSgrYF9C4GFfz9FKaxqlhO4d5XIOX7xF-XB1awMtPgddFJK7nt6bLYQSSsk7R67GQuVcNY6kqMSiFiGcGVEHHpi0PSdcXTgWJtv-d58hk8kSFcv_NQQU1sXqY0JFpvnndz20MPw5rjh8_VSwjrQ/s4032/IMG_1471.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YbxCZJ2OVV51LCAvLnFXxK3EOH4UFrafIfuPainsOSgrYF9C4GFfz9FKaxqlhO4d5XIOX7xF-XB1awMtPgddFJK7nt6bLYQSSsk7R67GQuVcNY6kqMSiFiGcGVEHHpi0PSdcXTgWJtv-d58hk8kSFcv_NQQU1sXqY0JFpvnndz20MPw5rjh8_VSwjrQ/w640-h480/IMG_1471.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Long Beach with its white sand beach was still fairly undeveloped. One of the reasons I came to this island was that an episodes of the reality show “Survivor” was filmed here.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62xDahecnsPV4ZUu0fgjku5Czmjts9WAq30lKb_Jki6v_t8_v0udVedDbw9KiKgtHdXYi70x22W_v36JvSyKNfS16FYeHV3vSFknM2axOOd4ec1OlTw101BTNhdKSsri_nRCaxEBHVrid3A0vgXfK6Ahgz85BgXbFwi89qM7DEFJwhyphenhyphentNs1Rv0gSIKEU/s500/IMG_1474.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62xDahecnsPV4ZUu0fgjku5Czmjts9WAq30lKb_Jki6v_t8_v0udVedDbw9KiKgtHdXYi70x22W_v36JvSyKNfS16FYeHV3vSFknM2axOOd4ec1OlTw101BTNhdKSsri_nRCaxEBHVrid3A0vgXfK6Ahgz85BgXbFwi89qM7DEFJwhyphenhyphentNs1Rv0gSIKEU/w640-h480/IMG_1474.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggANc-6i9DjOs72Da5Y3IfrB4e5xQ_bOhVHbhA68GJGl7HXHY0dzzxx8dVbFiJdBMkvoIJf2j7UYxfkbFq6fsVCXaaslcK32_-2pDAOTepyBxDOLzbz2PgEI9lLPMk42eawiBoGf5VA_ozSMoOCvil3Eklp9Qgd5ce5LB_Aae2L5P0R7TgSfblyLYfXM/s5568/GOPR1816.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggANc-6i9DjOs72Da5Y3IfrB4e5xQ_bOhVHbhA68GJGl7HXHY0dzzxx8dVbFiJdBMkvoIJf2j7UYxfkbFq6fsVCXaaslcK32_-2pDAOTepyBxDOLzbz2PgEI9lLPMk42eawiBoGf5VA_ozSMoOCvil3Eklp9Qgd5ce5LB_Aae2L5P0R7TgSfblyLYfXM/w640-h480/GOPR1816.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cuR39qd2XG7TWkSBtGDVvmcE_PohPQvAzI7ZRyl46EEkI1P8IQa1UCzGpUwPj5UjMZbxcyU5I6ATQGmNlS_Tl-71a35xKiXFBtcqQVhQ5ruEL5OO3rd_N_LfzPHi22t3OJE9bCZGZlMWUZZkdNTMKF-DQSuIhja39AEJgqD190PkkIQWUg7Oe2b1SYo/s4032/IMG_1461.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cuR39qd2XG7TWkSBtGDVvmcE_PohPQvAzI7ZRyl46EEkI1P8IQa1UCzGpUwPj5UjMZbxcyU5I6ATQGmNlS_Tl-71a35xKiXFBtcqQVhQ5ruEL5OO3rd_N_LfzPHi22t3OJE9bCZGZlMWUZZkdNTMKF-DQSuIhja39AEJgqD190PkkIQWUg7Oe2b1SYo/w640-h480/IMG_1461.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed seeing this beach again, but was glad I decided to stay on Koh Rong just for the day.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWOiYH_BE1Gz0fZNUUdZGCPVFl1KkBtwYqJvbUt_Z2HVHhmKcvd23XHcH8c5GKl-ILlIqm0CfoVQYVszY8-L4A289iXpDKDy0uH3-Mk6gHqBzK24BAQyXUMqFUnQRLqposbr6JzFmphNSR-rgcKXmCcCQhZ24MQWLLYAeHPtTrLpgBWok6VjAVZZUFSI/s5568/GOPR1826.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWOiYH_BE1Gz0fZNUUdZGCPVFl1KkBtwYqJvbUt_Z2HVHhmKcvd23XHcH8c5GKl-ILlIqm0CfoVQYVszY8-L4A289iXpDKDy0uH3-Mk6gHqBzK24BAQyXUMqFUnQRLqposbr6JzFmphNSR-rgcKXmCcCQhZ24MQWLLYAeHPtTrLpgBWok6VjAVZZUFSI/w640-h480/GOPR1826.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Instead of continuing on to other parts of Cambodia, I decided to return back to Thailand. A travel company had advertised a bus that would take me to Ko Samet, but that had been canceled so I ended up booking a bus ride all the way back to Bangkok for $43. It was a 12 hour journey including going back to the same Cambodia/Thailand crossing on the rough road with a bus change at the border.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At night, all of the Chinese buildings, hotels and casinos were lit up for a light show similar to what I had seen in China. As I looked at these gaudy buildings, I wondered if the earlier electrical outage was frequent, and whether these excessive light shows contributed to the frequent outages.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xFUE0YCgrts" width="320" youtube-src-id="xFUE0YCgrts"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kOxWO6m4_go" width="320" youtube-src-id="kOxWO6m4_go"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After a 2-hour drive, we pulled into a rest and restaurant area. I didn’t have any Cambodian rial so I offered the cook a dollar for whatever she could sell to me for breakfast.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For a dollar I got this delicious soup filled with green vegetables and some meatballs and pieces of meat along with a iced green tea.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was then back onto the bumpy road that ran alongside the big construction project that would create a four-lane highway from the border to Sihanoukville.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At the border, the Cambodian officials merely pulled out my well-stamped Cambodian visa from my passport and sent me over to the Thai immigration offices. We first filled out immigration forms and then passed through their immigration offices after having our picture and fingerprints taken. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">They stapled our immigration form to our passport. I now had a 30-day visa. Before COVID-19, you only got a 15-day visa when traveling to Thailand by land and 30-days if traveling by air. I suppose this extending of visa time was done to encourage more tourism which was devastated by the pandemic. Stephen, from Germany, was ahead of me and also going to Bangkok.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our original travel group got split up since several were heading to Trat and Ko Chang Island and I and others were heading to Bangkok.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We continued on to Bangkok and were dropped off about a quarter mile from the Phaya Thai skytrain station. From there, Stephen, from Germany, and I walked to the station using Google Maps to guide us. I showed him how to get tickets and travel on the skytrain since he had never been to Bangkok before.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After a long travel day, I was glad to get to my Heaven@4 hotel for a welcomed, hot shower and comfortable bed at a cost of $33 per night.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After two days here, I took the bus and ferry boat for ฿240 to Ko Samet Island, where I stayed for a week and a half relaxing on my favorite island. The new large bus to Ban Phe took about three hours, and the ferry boat took half hour to get to my island paradise.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYlLB9KwQWW9yBqHIhx7xhAAbajzW_RBRD_TJH1Qyh8sqO6rUSHiM1dShrKI6N6vpdCyokumuaKFdUVzvst6Dyft9EGpZlJ6VnBHZEp5x20VhIjOlBGT3opeUqmi2Q8GANjUmBmK4ATanBorzzhtteQOZiehDIkoxv6nGm-2S9bPHINo2r6C9OT0SX7Y/s4032/IMG_0197.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYlLB9KwQWW9yBqHIhx7xhAAbajzW_RBRD_TJH1Qyh8sqO6rUSHiM1dShrKI6N6vpdCyokumuaKFdUVzvst6Dyft9EGpZlJ6VnBHZEp5x20VhIjOlBGT3opeUqmi2Q8GANjUmBmK4ATanBorzzhtteQOZiehDIkoxv6nGm-2S9bPHINo2r6C9OT0SX7Y/w640-h480/IMG_0197.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 27.6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div><br /></div>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-25115256027126059392024-02-28T06:14:00.000-08:002024-03-01T05:23:36.625-08:00Island Hopping—Koh Chang, Koh Mak, and Ko Kood (Kut)—Feb. 12–20, 2024<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I started my journey from the Ekkamai bus terminal by taking the 9:45 am bus to Trat, some 4 hours south east of Bangkok. While on the bus ride, I got talking to my neighbor his name was Deez, from Ireland, and he was heading to Ko Chang Island that day.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8QLjdYFEPqj_GMevd5jfuZSL8UAPzNdzV3EPn3NKtIbN5e2ih_DUuATvH1anENtqs4NPsA185XTa-_eJnLvls9GBSF3OpTZo5_b2zvGmc-Jm4F0_Mw4Umpi43B93-gT3Fk2MYpU8SboJNqsjAB7Jv0KrYVZdgTHgay33A2ExQrzWg3-Y5g1AeRt4D4Q/w640-h480/IMG_0128.jpeg" style="text-align: center;" width="640" /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWiVwt7VfER-pY3800medE5Jo-pNCX8SJJ10lmaxUy3YPgfWxcvd7_2kxN93NhJayzVYWTYZOS9L1g5s_JqqiIBu4rhSXNgtaVQuX9sCmNN53SKWesxPf2EsxAiFwkJTiWH_nenIHFjZukJaGMZaZBwlinJS7xMqe69oefNZJ9jQceqr_RkNbFzZ9kY5I/s4032/IMG_1393.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWiVwt7VfER-pY3800medE5Jo-pNCX8SJJ10lmaxUy3YPgfWxcvd7_2kxN93NhJayzVYWTYZOS9L1g5s_JqqiIBu4rhSXNgtaVQuX9sCmNN53SKWesxPf2EsxAiFwkJTiWH_nenIHFjZukJaGMZaZBwlinJS7xMqe69oefNZJ9jQceqr_RkNbFzZ9kY5I/w640-h480/IMG_1393.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I, instead, spent the night at the Trat Center Hotel. While there I toured the public markets nearby the hotel, and had a simple dinner.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizu1hLJXH5C3T0a8kJgLQcaifhsG2dgD7P0oXlzfDlSGD5UJc3AxZgrFMySIMp4A2XlgQFzYTVTASq-FZoGbfWHacQsQtEShjqnh3F0zZaEzobezluwAYC6HiPAP8sBIzWzKlwTAEqlmluR-BaUSOFjyibWXn8LeG0ES4XsqsN0uzCBjLXkgEjjZCjiaQ/s4032/IMG_1420.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizu1hLJXH5C3T0a8kJgLQcaifhsG2dgD7P0oXlzfDlSGD5UJc3AxZgrFMySIMp4A2XlgQFzYTVTASq-FZoGbfWHacQsQtEShjqnh3F0zZaEzobezluwAYC6HiPAP8sBIzWzKlwTAEqlmluR-BaUSOFjyibWXn8LeG0ES4XsqsN0uzCBjLXkgEjjZCjiaQ/w640-h480/IMG_1420.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In the morning I caught ฿100 ride out to the ferry boat pier where I just made the vehicle ferry boat that cost ฿80. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydSvcq1ZUa-VYHFaU7siPNoFI_97ZOqdE09OK2JM2E7Uln4T6KdvhTIEzvOUmIcMcMPO548VsfNUhru9BXtX0mraRi01dh2gXyEpJZLMDbQVOOrgcVqm7LI5GLsEBz554u0dz4TeJdtU4h95voO248sRA2WmbRLDVVXU16fWZ3OlfdWSI3k7-lwRalC0/s5568/GOPR1513.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydSvcq1ZUa-VYHFaU7siPNoFI_97ZOqdE09OK2JM2E7Uln4T6KdvhTIEzvOUmIcMcMPO548VsfNUhru9BXtX0mraRi01dh2gXyEpJZLMDbQVOOrgcVqm7LI5GLsEBz554u0dz4TeJdtU4h95voO248sRA2WmbRLDVVXU16fWZ3OlfdWSI3k7-lwRalC0/w640-h480/GOPR1513.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While on the ferry boat, I met a college professor named Apple who was going over to Ko Chang where she was giving presentations on marketing strategies to local business people. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uSApNJdual8" width="320" youtube-src-id="uSApNJdual8"></iframe></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The ride over was just under an hour, and when I arrived, I caught a sangthaew to the other side of the mountainous island to the White Sands Beach area that cost another ฿100.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JBxx7Rt1Kyk" width="320" youtube-src-id="JBxx7Rt1Kyk"></iframe></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Since I didn’t have any hotel reservations, I looked at the Lonely Planet guide and they had a couple bungalows on the White Sand Beach area. They were really cheap at around 600 to 800 baht per night. The only way to reach them was to walk north along the beach past the KC Grand Resort about a half mile. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I couldn’t believe my luck— these bungalows all had views to the water, but they only had fan no A/C and one bungalow had a shared bathroom and showers. I stayed the Star Beach Bungalow for one night and the Rock Sand Beach Resort the second night since the Star Beach was full for the second night.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe4qZ8rAwc7MisAVnWE8B7ySO3tqWfj-lrkjWA7wqvl9aOaVd9RMhUatBF23LtjGcgtBTQBKzrIjgAu0g5jplcmAUdB7RLphNrr0eLrU7tysSO9DVUxlQXyXAJjiLOiVZ8QEYdcJZURt6CccID3ieILOyqx4KN9FOugkyz3V2o8SONS2SK1HqxdhUshs/w640-h480/IMG_1397.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While moving to the Rock Sand Beach Resort, I met up again with Deez, the Irish man from my bus ride to Trat. He was in a beach chair and was staying at the Bo Bungalows also mentioned in the Lonely Planet guidebook. We later had dinner at my resort overlooking the Gulf of Thailand and the White Sand Beach.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnfe9bPSgpTMmlQtxu-y0eWqyTOxJnhPAT0STri4SIgulW-dc7vIRqomkvsKXINKktPtRh3FUUuIuhcicR63EjAFkc8tlUphE1BCLKoaFYyWYxDU1P1QuWSDhph-VW2sb_raRWFP1TV50909V5MWEKltI9Y-ymsFBT0-1x6W3ZXiCxXw0OCbvkXT_yZU/s4032/IMG_0132.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnfe9bPSgpTMmlQtxu-y0eWqyTOxJnhPAT0STri4SIgulW-dc7vIRqomkvsKXINKktPtRh3FUUuIuhcicR63EjAFkc8tlUphE1BCLKoaFYyWYxDU1P1QuWSDhph-VW2sb_raRWFP1TV50909V5MWEKltI9Y-ymsFBT0-1x6W3ZXiCxXw0OCbvkXT_yZU/w640-h480/IMG_0132.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My bungalow at the Rock Sands Resort is in the middle on the top floor.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDQo171oq8MtESQjqz1xqWb7gjoVWr3wBc2_d0E0ova8mgrxnphO2DWbqcEnsARrrU7Hpi3oIMAtrIdve75aFJuH0x64Ut_4HR3xUorKbj0l7U9TeNa0Owu01f6ijZo8jd_mpQ_TVao2AwgCk72rWjcUje9_HogqAWGgdSOxvDYtt7oEU8a-YYAm_5fg/s5568/GOPR1546.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDQo171oq8MtESQjqz1xqWb7gjoVWr3wBc2_d0E0ova8mgrxnphO2DWbqcEnsARrrU7Hpi3oIMAtrIdve75aFJuH0x64Ut_4HR3xUorKbj0l7U9TeNa0Owu01f6ijZo8jd_mpQ_TVao2AwgCk72rWjcUje9_HogqAWGgdSOxvDYtt7oEU8a-YYAm_5fg/w640-h480/GOPR1546.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This entire beach area was very beautiful and full of high end resorts. As evening came, staff begin putting tables out on the beach sands as the tide went out.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNp1dPbllpna-qaADbqrAxg7BbXQjczmLZJ_qr8Lhag4U8V33hn8-9ypzEfwIGiK5z-QZ1mSWX-iK4ezVoqubyqQK5IuGqNF3MqjMe5KClEc9NkjY40khUnghWzAnX-Q5wlmQ0-_FIB9Z7FBJ2Kw7qiBvTgOozZHsd4q1U1nGMrGQD7a15kPeBK7CnOCI/s4032/IMG_1400.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNp1dPbllpna-qaADbqrAxg7BbXQjczmLZJ_qr8Lhag4U8V33hn8-9ypzEfwIGiK5z-QZ1mSWX-iK4ezVoqubyqQK5IuGqNF3MqjMe5KClEc9NkjY40khUnghWzAnX-Q5wlmQ0-_FIB9Z7FBJ2Kw7qiBvTgOozZHsd4q1U1nGMrGQD7a15kPeBK7CnOCI/w640-h480/IMG_1400.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRouh6UrnAt4-DI1pAlZj1aPsCJPkiqWprksJAtiF-0_fJOxUTWaQyzKiKo6Lg-u8LLz5YH9bDMNBFi8oOSaHxKTGAiod3Vx_dwXdUhxnQYBMOyDO48oTc96fhzbML_zLO5Lcl0nQPXqVFsExVGRwvQ9tz-yLrRT0rkMUgOV8tB4XVZOpqFUsDYrQpS08/s4032/IMG_1399.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRouh6UrnAt4-DI1pAlZj1aPsCJPkiqWprksJAtiF-0_fJOxUTWaQyzKiKo6Lg-u8LLz5YH9bDMNBFi8oOSaHxKTGAiod3Vx_dwXdUhxnQYBMOyDO48oTc96fhzbML_zLO5Lcl0nQPXqVFsExVGRwvQ9tz-yLrRT0rkMUgOV8tB4XVZOpqFUsDYrQpS08/w640-h480/IMG_1399.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After two days here, I then booked a ferry boat to Koh Mak. On the sangthaew to the ferry landing, I met a German couple from Berlin who were renting a place for a month here on Ko Chang. We talked while we were riding the ferry boat and it turns out they had last been to Ko Samet Island over 39 years ago. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5PzeR3-rLOaYDo3tyFgDzqQXf6gBRifXuc6XqJ2MnNcsfZGTQAfDUijjQdUBbD4PMbMXmPRErevTAGt177McsxDyVWeDx6DheWtIT6wPemM9Yvu7ffCRhS1SaRTp83lMJHhZPIDI4hJ55jHy2BzKRL63ttsBS8x90hF20Y1z3vOFemD1plDqYAxjiEQ/s4032/IMG_0136.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5PzeR3-rLOaYDo3tyFgDzqQXf6gBRifXuc6XqJ2MnNcsfZGTQAfDUijjQdUBbD4PMbMXmPRErevTAGt177McsxDyVWeDx6DheWtIT6wPemM9Yvu7ffCRhS1SaRTp83lMJHhZPIDI4hJ55jHy2BzKRL63ttsBS8x90hF20Y1z3vOFemD1plDqYAxjiEQ/w480-h640/IMG_0136.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> I told him that was my favorite island and that I was shocked that my cheap seaside bungalow had been torn down during COVID, and was replaced by the Samed Tamarind Resort and cost ฿5,200 per night instead of the ฿700 I paid for when it was the Ao Pudsa Bungalows. </span></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">They indicated they were planning to revisit that island before they return to Berlin. One of the interesting things he mentioned was that his father was a prisoner of war held in Wyoming during World War II. He also indicated that his father had revisited the place.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When we disembarked from the ferry boat at Koh Mak, we had to transfer to a smaller outboard boat, and then wade to shore. From there, we caught a sangthaew to our various accommodations that cost ฿100 for the short ride.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jaMA9WXUUdo" width="320" youtube-src-id="jaMA9WXUUdo"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D46AYqPdxF8" width="320" youtube-src-id="D46AYqPdxF8"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had booked the Bamboo Hideaway for $38/night before I arrived, and I saw that it was quite a ways from the beaches so I end up getting more exercise than I counted to get to beaches and restaurants. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1_Gv7OF1-GVnqIgTVRajIjJaJMVFNsHZajpWHS_-jFG7tvTDxoreTr7cY0zuNMq8HW5zWc4VrG3otEYZROQ_sYdU8gfjz6d_tX6M3VyKXpRGrR5IaTFfqaw-g2a_ea7wzFTEFXS3Q7CyQfbD4Ig2pqbxNqaGMNvmf-_Q1GN7m74tyg7OxxT9Ym0rIH0/s4032/IMG_1408.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1_Gv7OF1-GVnqIgTVRajIjJaJMVFNsHZajpWHS_-jFG7tvTDxoreTr7cY0zuNMq8HW5zWc4VrG3otEYZROQ_sYdU8gfjz6d_tX6M3VyKXpRGrR5IaTFfqaw-g2a_ea7wzFTEFXS3Q7CyQfbD4Ig2pqbxNqaGMNvmf-_Q1GN7m74tyg7OxxT9Ym0rIH0/w640-h480/IMG_1408.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gp9VwbvBX10" width="320" youtube-src-id="Gp9VwbvBX10"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6a79u1qVChY" width="320" youtube-src-id="6a79u1qVChY"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Palm Beach resort was over a mile from the Bamboo Hideaway. It had a beautiful beach and I enjoyed the meal I had there.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t8fa4HW2K08" width="320" youtube-src-id="t8fa4HW2K08"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MZ3eW22v_i-cHLhYKk0azlsbrVdaWGjNjdolK9HvtIj_Ja0ZxNi9Mr8WGbqqCn963DuXokpiSi58FhUeoSHhb6LWpYTHbJ4UeNzkWodf7py1PVpih6HMKWpAhzfJr8aaFX_T7nDVWFmQVlX7S6H8udMvhFvLoQmn6ah-_fWLycykwCH3zlViVtFyIHU/s4032/IMG_1404.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MZ3eW22v_i-cHLhYKk0azlsbrVdaWGjNjdolK9HvtIj_Ja0ZxNi9Mr8WGbqqCn963DuXokpiSi58FhUeoSHhb6LWpYTHbJ4UeNzkWodf7py1PVpih6HMKWpAhzfJr8aaFX_T7nDVWFmQVlX7S6H8udMvhFvLoQmn6ah-_fWLycykwCH3zlViVtFyIHU/w640-h480/IMG_1404.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This island is filled with rubber tree plantations, and apparently owned by just five families. Thai residence number about 500 and most of them seem to work for the tourist industry.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rfksp5ry6_VvnDB6gGt1PKov1LiC6qOIELSgbQYWrv5T9qqixRgwIgszlYfHTyhVuVjO-BrjA_XEoJCpX7FMnjCXxWkW429bSdiZZRltaMU3cM0L7jZIpMP7wIs58trC2cV7gQXYLIJmq0ph87OzYP06o649c_nI_YNXbHiV1TxB1QnLlcbs2z4vRK4/s4032/IMG_0139.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rfksp5ry6_VvnDB6gGt1PKov1LiC6qOIELSgbQYWrv5T9qqixRgwIgszlYfHTyhVuVjO-BrjA_XEoJCpX7FMnjCXxWkW429bSdiZZRltaMU3cM0L7jZIpMP7wIs58trC2cV7gQXYLIJmq0ph87OzYP06o649c_nI_YNXbHiV1TxB1QnLlcbs2z4vRK4/w480-h640/IMG_0139.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I ended up staying on Ko Mak three nights instead of two because I couldn’t get any accommodations on Ko Kood that were less than $300 per night. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">By moving my two night stay, I was able to book the BB dorms on Ko Kood at a cost just ฿700 for both nights—under $10 USD/night. It would be my first dorm that I’d stayed at in Thailand, and also I learned it was fan only and had no hot water. Actually, the brisk showers were not too bad in this hot weather.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For my third night on Koh Mak I stayed on the beach at the Baan Yai Resort for ฿1,400 which included breakfast—$40 USD. No bargain accommodations on these islands.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Well, I was walking to my different guesthouse, a local Thai woman offered me a free ride there. It would’ve been a 3 mile walk so her ride was a welcome reprieve. On the way, we passed a couple phone booths that were completely overgrown by vegetation. I guess the popularity of cell phones caused the demise of these 2 phone booths and others around the country and even world.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2C4t11cJSQv_IqX-mTcTKZQI9Lq3s-PaDdkkTWEs8mnjfmtpJCnz3HUH6QeTmSlvFhtZjro4V1wnLUQiC2BbXL5GE-XYHcMhcPDVYDq8c-foyJzKfSraBrwX5R35ozPI4ZMVF2IZDVlQiBaDumlN5gOrlcK7LaJ1DMK29DYLwi4-7TkntOB2pcn19BY/s4032/IMG_1412.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2C4t11cJSQv_IqX-mTcTKZQI9Lq3s-PaDdkkTWEs8mnjfmtpJCnz3HUH6QeTmSlvFhtZjro4V1wnLUQiC2BbXL5GE-XYHcMhcPDVYDq8c-foyJzKfSraBrwX5R35ozPI4ZMVF2IZDVlQiBaDumlN5gOrlcK7LaJ1DMK29DYLwi4-7TkntOB2pcn19BY/w640-h480/IMG_1412.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I saw the Berliners again on their motorbike, as I was heading toward my second place.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Throughout the day, the seas were rough in front of my new guesthouse, so I was glad I was not going by boat on that day to Koh Kood Island.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7a7wUOic1v4RybP8Rx6B9_UDQ0Likx0P5qzxExxWInA4bGiqzqAubVKH6y7HWpG37DctRE_WACaXEvUVwhr9ayLsEqQXDdAEgu0qSawfkNIVg68mK3P8vLelQEEqDd3tQrjyAPR1JFHuCsAKvlaIEnvZwfocdqaSPCM5zi8u6eg-HLH3Mid9E_nFE2lo/s4032/IMG_1415.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7a7wUOic1v4RybP8Rx6B9_UDQ0Likx0P5qzxExxWInA4bGiqzqAubVKH6y7HWpG37DctRE_WACaXEvUVwhr9ayLsEqQXDdAEgu0qSawfkNIVg68mK3P8vLelQEEqDd3tQrjyAPR1JFHuCsAKvlaIEnvZwfocdqaSPCM5zi8u6eg-HLH3Mid9E_nFE2lo/w640-h480/IMG_1415.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BnVTYGqjjEs" width="320" youtube-src-id="BnVTYGqjjEs"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />Many of the guest houses I stay at have a book exchange, but this one had a lot of books, but none of them were in English. Most were in German, Dutch, French, Swedish, and so on.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7NT8lnhIpeq4tzr2ADr-oSAvOI8pprJNVBSaZS3iglI8tDGo6JVKjxeP0E5z3wVsXdwNNUGlls7pO2O1V7YUDEQlkDoocXnPjhSzv04WOAxyGQCymq8vE2u4idv28PATBhWYibYTAWmiV-hNhQBuLesIPKpaSmlO8xkgyXFcR-u2VeDtDtiNPwyX5bE/s5568/GOPR1612.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7NT8lnhIpeq4tzr2ADr-oSAvOI8pprJNVBSaZS3iglI8tDGo6JVKjxeP0E5z3wVsXdwNNUGlls7pO2O1V7YUDEQlkDoocXnPjhSzv04WOAxyGQCymq8vE2u4idv28PATBhWYibYTAWmiV-hNhQBuLesIPKpaSmlO8xkgyXFcR-u2VeDtDtiNPwyX5bE/w640-h480/GOPR1612.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After a full breakfast, I headed over to the ferry boat area that was just a half hour walk from the new resort that I’d stayed at.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When the ferry boat arrived, we again had to wade through the water to board a small boat to get to the ferry boat that would take us to Koh Kood, about an hour away. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UlKmpLOyRWNhqe3aQct9HkPoFvraFntpUnSMZwtEuERgz_mYX3PaCYmW7SgZU0rUT_DPrsDZaUZNM48XzstVgR309m89wdAoQil7A80QngGLAdlPirz19t72Xuq-IdmEQylBlFW0yKzTOGaYPM-2ZS2lDLXFjq6pHFEtcdjbkNpxNysbysUR0hEvbGc/s5568/GOPR1574.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UlKmpLOyRWNhqe3aQct9HkPoFvraFntpUnSMZwtEuERgz_mYX3PaCYmW7SgZU0rUT_DPrsDZaUZNM48XzstVgR309m89wdAoQil7A80QngGLAdlPirz19t72Xuq-IdmEQylBlFW0yKzTOGaYPM-2ZS2lDLXFjq6pHFEtcdjbkNpxNysbysUR0hEvbGc/w640-h480/GOPR1574.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">This time we were able to disembark from the dock rather than wade through the water. For the ฿400 ferry boat ride, it included a sangthaew ride to the ferry boat and also once we get on Koh Kood, a sangthaew took us to our accommodations at no extra cost.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRyfTzVIxi9s2_lE0H9S3SOkq_Bc29EaHbs8ghCSBZobYxKbBoX4LoXuE6y4ku3sRvDOX3wmzFdv1EWXLRhxWqXkdLyhMqXb9BoFDlNMyhyphenhyphenGatUmzlpVd_5Eq_wIDjAmNvv7v0Hok8kRn87GvWU8H5AoChNdsiWdBj2BNyuysuUa0JcK6kF8O8XrHZ08/s5568/GOPR1634.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRyfTzVIxi9s2_lE0H9S3SOkq_Bc29EaHbs8ghCSBZobYxKbBoX4LoXuE6y4ku3sRvDOX3wmzFdv1EWXLRhxWqXkdLyhMqXb9BoFDlNMyhyphenhyphenGatUmzlpVd_5Eq_wIDjAmNvv7v0Hok8kRn87GvWU8H5AoChNdsiWdBj2BNyuysuUa0JcK6kF8O8XrHZ08/w640-h480/GOPR1634.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aBLaxJRpB2U" width="320" youtube-src-id="aBLaxJRpB2U"></iframe></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The two staff members at the BB Dorms, Jam and Pen, were very helpful in letting me know that I could take a boat from Koh Kood all the way to Hat Lek, on the Cambodian border so I wouldn’t have to backtrack to Trat to enter Cambodia. This would save me two days of travel.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed lounging at the high-end resorts like the Tinker Bell Resort at cost of just a mango drink and or a plate of fresh fruit. The nightly cost here is between 7,100 and 9,000 Baht per night—$200-$250 USD/night.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwsd1m8LtwIo3skbPsLlBMTQp6BsOKAw3w-P-u4yC4GQUr2LC_hkNT9RYoi5I5yKgFmUUSRqua4XqWnB77gG9VmOGhUaIoqUCHmyq-id5tzZ0LMvUpUukgU40W-rGdR0YR0RvtCUCTRSiQRzEytgRh58xMbY1fMjN06nw9Mbd0T8KwNopoCFKVmgFpcU/s5568/GOPR1638.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwsd1m8LtwIo3skbPsLlBMTQp6BsOKAw3w-P-u4yC4GQUr2LC_hkNT9RYoi5I5yKgFmUUSRqua4XqWnB77gG9VmOGhUaIoqUCHmyq-id5tzZ0LMvUpUukgU40W-rGdR0YR0RvtCUCTRSiQRzEytgRh58xMbY1fMjN06nw9Mbd0T8KwNopoCFKVmgFpcU/w640-h480/GOPR1638.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Motorbikes would be handy to get around this island and others, but I just don’t care to take the risk at this time.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The food and service here is good especially the scallops dinner. I had my first night here at the Stray Dogs Restaurant.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEi8Dkx3Cli7FqrJbMpMh7gGYcINHbWWxTUbR7fafAN2oz93Ob7_LtQ_dbIKgGuaBynW9c1C57p0v_PbtYU8Mv1t-lqr_yvopHzYQwj4B9px8ebTQ7Nn0YR31v1El_vRx41ndIex5HLJCRlkncQnFJCmg8YqTvoWNqfGSsSbvO4dOoyFN11V5WrjTqnA/s4032/IMG_1428.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEi8Dkx3Cli7FqrJbMpMh7gGYcINHbWWxTUbR7fafAN2oz93Ob7_LtQ_dbIKgGuaBynW9c1C57p0v_PbtYU8Mv1t-lqr_yvopHzYQwj4B9px8ebTQ7Nn0YR31v1El_vRx41ndIex5HLJCRlkncQnFJCmg8YqTvoWNqfGSsSbvO4dOoyFN11V5WrjTqnA/w640-h480/IMG_1428.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After enjoying these three islands, my favorite island remains Ko Samet where I plan to return to near the end of my time here in Southeast Asia.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I was able to get </span>an<span> early complete breakfast next-door at the </span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">kmonlos Restaurant, and finished breakfast just as the sangthaew showed up at 8 AM. </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">I was the last person aboard. It was a 45 minute windy drive to the catamaran that we would take north to the Thai mainland at Laem Sok. </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When we got to the Laem Sok pier, the BoonSiri Boat company had a centralized departure center where I got the minibus to their Hat Lek office.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">I was originally supposed to go to Hat Lek at the Cambodian border, but the tide was too low so instead I ended up taking an hour and a half drive, which got me to the boat company’s</span></span><span> Hat Lek pier that was 4 miles north of the Cambodian border. </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I told the boat representative I thought I was supposed to get to Hat Lek at the border of Cambodia rather than this pier. They told me I would have to get a taxi to take me to the border. When I looked at Google maps, it looked like it was only a 2 km distance to the border so instead of paying ฿250 that they were asking for, I decided to walk.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After 2 km I realized Google maps indicated that was the city border and not the Cambodian border, which was another 2 km. Fortunately, a car turned around and picked me up. It was a Thai woman travel agent that was taking a German fellow to do a border stamp run because he was wanting to extend his time in Thailand and that’s one way to extend your time. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaadgXTHC_SWDcGPW2l6CQ0oC3OuQJEXqLTgxFWxRxmqAiFZfaNDW3tXyeGqUI0g99g3BRls3cn7AyIju3Dxi-7LJfIFwIXbBDq269YK1Duw_nKGSwkDLY_ri0QqSUucQKa0CW6pBiyr57XIYzA5QmjDpmTtLtEBOZp_4dStHqNFc9E3aVGunuHdGWQo/s5568/GOPR1681.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaadgXTHC_SWDcGPW2l6CQ0oC3OuQJEXqLTgxFWxRxmqAiFZfaNDW3tXyeGqUI0g99g3BRls3cn7AyIju3Dxi-7LJfIFwIXbBDq269YK1Duw_nKGSwkDLY_ri0QqSUucQKa0CW6pBiyr57XIYzA5QmjDpmTtLtEBOZp_4dStHqNFc9E3aVGunuHdGWQo/w640-h480/GOPR1681.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Departing Thailand was pretty straightforward since the official merely stamped my passport with a departure stamp by the entry stamp. The German and I then proceeded to the Cambodian Immigration office.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Cambodia Crossing is always interesting because you never know how much extra you’re going to pay for “expedited service“. The official asked me to pay ฿1600–$45 USD. The official fee is $30 plus a $7 service fee. The bribe ended up being about $8 USD. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The official then proceeded to fill out my immigration Visa card, as well as took the photo I provided to him and stuck it in a drawer. Once one officer filled out the form and collected my money, the second officer pulled out his rubber stamp, and wielded his rubber stamp about four times on various forms and documents, including my passport and visa form that they stapled in my passport. There were another three officers in the interview room that appeared to be observers—-or verifying the bribe amount.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I thought I was done when I left the interview room, but then I was instructed to go to another window and hand over my passport with the well stamped visa forms. This window had a fingerprint reader, but the official didn’t use it. He just did something with my passport and then gave it back to me after 5 minutes. The German finished about the same time, and he headed back to Thailand with his Thai guide. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LvqxZm2oaWA" width="320" youtube-src-id="LvqxZm2oaWA"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-68359968810048829832024-02-18T06:34:00.000-08:002024-02-18T06:38:54.598-08:00A Bangkok Trifecta: Dragons, Flowers, and Mall—Feb. .7–12, 2024<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While I was in Bangkok. I enjoyed seeing three major places and activities: Chinatown lunar New Year’s, celebration, the flower market, and the Icon Siam mall.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEwLN1EN0EFc4Pfg-cTDlNGRbuwMYGfrqTRYBTTWUPgl9nWbTVlX7ggt-0XnsOhs65NlriphT-eYcawfixVpW6QbtJYWIGGBlZEHWMJ3IcK_6A-ew9Os8InCtjcx02LwrSN01ORjchFBlq8ZOYwMWnhqeyDku3EYfX4Y5TUBQkaxr25Va1xIjY9vIQPw/s3957/IMG_0123.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3957" data-original-width="2914" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEwLN1EN0EFc4Pfg-cTDlNGRbuwMYGfrqTRYBTTWUPgl9nWbTVlX7ggt-0XnsOhs65NlriphT-eYcawfixVpW6QbtJYWIGGBlZEHWMJ3IcK_6A-ew9Os8InCtjcx02LwrSN01ORjchFBlq8ZOYwMWnhqeyDku3EYfX4Y5TUBQkaxr25Va1xIjY9vIQPw/w472-h640/IMG_0123.jpeg" width="472" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The highlight of my time in Bangkok was participating in the Chinese New Year’s celebration of the year of the Dragon in 2024 on January 10 and 11th.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span>
</span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On the 10th I went to Chinatown area of Bangkok and saw lots of people, many dressed in red, all along the major road in Chinatown It had lots of tempting foods for sale. I went with a couple watermelon smoothies as I wandered through the crowd.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The princess was entertained by a variety of performers, and the last was the golden dragon that ended up, heading down into the crowds in Chinatown.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The following day was more exciting because they had the two person dragon performance on elevated poles that was very exciting. It looked like there were about six dragons. They were competing with each other, jumping from pole to pole and stretching out to the crowd. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bjP1T0mcXwI" width="320" youtube-src-id="bjP1T0mcXwI"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I visited the nearby Wat Traimat Temple while I was in the area.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I visited the nearby flower market on my way to Chinatown.and it was filled with acres of cut flowers— most predominantly orchids, chrysanthemums and roses. The smells of roses and jasmine permeated the air within the market.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>In Bangkok, there are many high-rise malls, mostly focused along the skytrain route, but I had never been to the Icon Siam Mall that was along the Chao Phraya River. I took the skytrain to the river and then caught the 8 Baht shuttle to the </span><span>Icon Siam mall. This mall was one of the largest and newest malls in Bangkok where you could spend all day shopping and eating your way around.</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oto_vJFkIww" width="320" youtube-src-id="Oto_vJFkIww"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">There seem to be a lot of Japanese restaurants here and many many high-end apparel stores, and even floors containing luxury automobiles for sale. Since it was Chinese New Year’s, there were several dragons parading around and stopping at the stores to give and receive blessings for a prosperous new year.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></div>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-6298747188320506832024-01-30T22:48:00.000-08:002024-02-11T15:44:26.316-08:00Bangkok and the beaches of Ko Samet—January 19–30, 2024<div class="separator"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> After some delay catching the light rail from downtown Seattle because they’re redoing the tracks that were sagging, I got to the Seattle airport. My flight to Singapore via Singapore airline was flawless.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEnfhBGk0lvKdy_K4-DSWEqddAi1DKZNmM6cA7Vdj7c-jrvHc7eCE4s_d0yyaks1bCPT3R4xRz37fMhCewEea1-V3QqXbvpZGQfIv08XUfjXSTAy1jPJ6-bWW-sl31A6BWAAIfx5u-RAoJppokg75Re1MbPsse1JGOuUDN32IHM0Gfsn_mVYfSUj41yE/s4608/DSCN1466.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEnfhBGk0lvKdy_K4-DSWEqddAi1DKZNmM6cA7Vdj7c-jrvHc7eCE4s_d0yyaks1bCPT3R4xRz37fMhCewEea1-V3QqXbvpZGQfIv08XUfjXSTAy1jPJ6-bWW-sl31A6BWAAIfx5u-RAoJppokg75Re1MbPsse1JGOuUDN32IHM0Gfsn_mVYfSUj41yE/w640-h480/DSCN1466.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: center;">White Sand Beach, Ko Samet—-Hat Sai Kaew Beach</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Singapore air is one of the best airlines I have flown on and it only cost me 72,000 points using my Chase points and now the cost of that ticket is over $1,700. I earned 50,000 points just by opening the Chase credit card along long with other points I had accumulated from earlier flights with their partner airlines along with some card use. I think I’ve taken over 60 international air flights using miles and points instead of cash. It looks like flight cost and airline fees like seats selections will continue to increase in cost over the years.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport, I got priority treatment, because I’m an old guy. I went through immigration with ease using my 60-day evisa. For this trip I’m hoping that I make it through the Cambodia immigration on my third try. The first time in 2020, Covid locked me out and the second time in 2023, I only had five months remaining on my US passport so they denied my entry—-I thought it was a should, and not a MUST have six months remaining on your US Passport to travel to other countries.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After the ฿45 airport train, I transferred to the skytrain to the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok and checked into my Heaven@4 hotel, which cost about $20 per night. After resting up from jet lag, I spent a few evenings checking out the entertainment at the nearby Nana entertainment and Soi Cowboy venues where the prices have doubled, and the crowds were back to pre-Covid levels.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwHc6gh7p58M5tdPmM1XVRo5J5kHKeT43W8WSXHQTvoy5u2nOOZjEd1h6StEz7ZCfhKsrDNE7uJ6Tgs4qrGpFp5Kr0k4hT6ckRb5KSH3Vu3y6Nv_VL7Dq-XRfyGqZAy-FqGVjQHcr8naxDyX7gP6Zhk0vtHo-zwV_0SpyyuPP4d8nBaah6THo-8uZlzg/s4608/DSCN1384.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwHc6gh7p58M5tdPmM1XVRo5J5kHKeT43W8WSXHQTvoy5u2nOOZjEd1h6StEz7ZCfhKsrDNE7uJ6Tgs4qrGpFp5Kr0k4hT6ckRb5KSH3Vu3y6Nv_VL7Dq-XRfyGqZAy-FqGVjQHcr8naxDyX7gP6Zhk0vtHo-zwV_0SpyyuPP4d8nBaah6THo-8uZlzg/w640-h480/DSCN1384.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5M0_sVoOSqFPR8JaNzffKvGElvo3u_8Vy5HbXyupoykfSICHaNjSReLUQFkoDaFOsEzFgk8xS7bG-en2qCfUD4AqvI_B0CXn1_dddjnjWKY4m5qE_qWzxlJHQxBStunIgL_U4YItxAGkKFd4A3077Qs1FuIEI_kPxqQY6X57qFGvI0XUzsVDCL2AfW0/s4032/IMG_0008.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5M0_sVoOSqFPR8JaNzffKvGElvo3u_8Vy5HbXyupoykfSICHaNjSReLUQFkoDaFOsEzFgk8xS7bG-en2qCfUD4AqvI_B0CXn1_dddjnjWKY4m5qE_qWzxlJHQxBStunIgL_U4YItxAGkKFd4A3077Qs1FuIEI_kPxqQY6X57qFGvI0XUzsVDCL2AfW0/w640-h480/IMG_0008.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">During the days I visited the Wat Pho temple grounds with its huge reclining Buddha.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">From the Nana skytrain station I headed to the Chao Phraya River where I caught the local orange boat to Wat Arun for ฿16 and the shuttle ferry to the Tha Tien dock for another ฿5. </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While on the dock, I ate some pad kei meo at one of my favorite restaurants that had a view of Wat Arun and the ferry landing at a cost of ฿100.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The crowds were now back to the size of the ones before COVID-19 pandemic and the entry fee was now ฿300 compared to ฿100 in years past. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed visiting some of the shopping malls that were putting away the Christmas decorations and now putting up the Chinese New Year’s decorations for the year of the dragon.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">I plan to return to Bangkok to celebrate the Chinese New Year’s in the Chinatown area of Bangkok on February 10.</span><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></span></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After staying in Bangkok for four days, I went to the Ekkamai bus terminal to catch the big bus to Bangkok Phe and then onto the ferry boat to Ko Samet.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">During and after COVID-19, the bus company only ran mini buses once a day to get to Ko Samet. Now the big buses were white instead of the blue and white old buses that used ply this route and now they were scheduled for three departures per day. When I got on the bus, it still had that new “car“ smell to it plus it now had charging plugs on every seat row.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After a comfortable 3 1/2 hour ride south to Ban Phe, the bus drove us directly to the Nuanthip pier for the ฿70 ferry boat ride. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">From the Ko Samet ferry boat landing, I took a short walk to the Runa Runa guest houses. I used the Agoda website and it was $16 per night for 7 nights which was the same as last year. However, when I got to my room, I discovered it was a fan only room with no A/C. I failed to check the small print on the Agoda website. The friendly owners, who were a Japanese-Thai couple, move me to a A/C room so the nightly room cost us now $22 per night. With more tourist, visiting Thailand, now, including the return of the Chinese tourist, it seems like all prices have increased for lodging, food, entertainment, and tourist attractions. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have been visiting this island since 2004 and stayed at the Ao Pudsa bungalows which were torn down during COVID-19 and now replaced by a luxury resort called Samed Tamarind Beach Resort. Here I used to stay for ฿700 per night and now it is over ฿5,200 per night—$150/night.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I checked for accommodations on both Agoda and Booking.com, I saw that they had no vacancies during the entire year and the ratings were in the high 90s. It’s quite a spectacular place now. I enjoyed it when it was a simple fan cooled bungalow that faced the beach. Here are some pictures of the bungalows I stayed at in prior years, and now what has replaced them. At least I can spend the day lounging at the beach where the staff remember me from prior years.</span></p>
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float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed my week of relaxation, massages, and exercises to strengthen my left injured knee caused by a careless Uber driver while I was walking in Seattle back in the fall of 2019. I get my daily massages from Da at the Sirion Massage place I enjoyed last year. She is really good. The cost is ฿400 for a one hour oil massage including tip—about $11.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With the full moon on the 25th and 26th of January, we had a king tide here on Ko Samet island inundating some of the beach lounging areas. Here are some pictures in front of the Grandview resort which is the namesake of the condo that I live in back in Seattle.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The groups of Chinese tour folks are back filling up the group restaurants along the White Sand Beach, and as the weekend approaches the people from Bangkok are beginning to appear for lots of partying.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; 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It was as good as always and ended with a trio of performers go to the shoreline and swing their two steel wool-kerosene saturated bundles around and threw around huge sparks to the delight of the crowd. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8jse9Eu79wPwvGlGItRyiDklpco9g7M9xy2YGefZjPPjtWHSDaADfiyIL3IEbJ4dPlusc955Z9DCRmTYQ8W15dl_za3AynbCcVX0czhRjiJXrnC7tpTG6pGm9Af8qADTFlAQ9dQom7W7Nd5nepF03C2DkHLXjjJ_dPR6zJfqrXcqFPPAQfAIV4NHkvM/s1920/DSCN1481.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8jse9Eu79wPwvGlGItRyiDklpco9g7M9xy2YGefZjPPjtWHSDaADfiyIL3IEbJ4dPlusc955Z9DCRmTYQ8W15dl_za3AynbCcVX0czhRjiJXrnC7tpTG6pGm9Af8qADTFlAQ9dQom7W7Nd5nepF03C2DkHLXjjJ_dPR6zJfqrXcqFPPAQfAIV4NHkvM/w640-h360/DSCN1481.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3q--MRaNozU" width="320" youtube-src-id="3q--MRaNozU"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MEuItAcyMBc" width="320" youtube-src-id="MEuItAcyMBc"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In the morning I left Ko Samet by taking the 11 am ferry to Ban Phe.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlfuDyCEfaIDYFzsc0kR4jg5v9DaoTPlxBS_scnjRngugiEJ5q7Ehyphenhyphenzu-n4Jbqr3RYXL1UI8dYZ6cQwrEIyXvO4zkwNB_1B2bKNBMe654CNdEebcSs6B3PStMceqOrrh1BeRAEajb1ze0iLhfr_zLQyzfPqmBT0PmW3UoN4ZU7jhZMFDh01lS2a7QEZo/s4608/DSCN1490.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlfuDyCEfaIDYFzsc0kR4jg5v9DaoTPlxBS_scnjRngugiEJ5q7Ehyphenhyphenzu-n4Jbqr3RYXL1UI8dYZ6cQwrEIyXvO4zkwNB_1B2bKNBMe654CNdEebcSs6B3PStMceqOrrh1BeRAEajb1ze0iLhfr_zLQyzfPqmBT0PmW3UoN4ZU7jhZMFDh01lS2a7QEZo/w640-h480/DSCN1490.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The new big bus would not be there to return to Bangkok until 2 pm, so I took the minibus at noon which got me to the Ekkamai Bus Terminal by 3 pm. From there, I took the Sky Train to the Asoke Station and took a short walk to the W21 Hotel where I was staying for 3 nights before heading south to Pattaya.</span></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-52787072916109522252023-11-02T19:29:00.003-07:002023-12-05T20:04:20.203-08:00Comments and Costs of my Egypt-Jordan Trip-September 26 to October 18, 2023<p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Trip Costs</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My out-of-pocket costs were just $1,190 for this 22-day Egypt and Jordan trip. Here is how this round-trip flight to Egypt and Jordan along with a 15-day Intrepid tour cost so little. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSP7BLyW2jcHcpNlNA863CCDTs8L3bnAgvSfjyK532Rovx-XrtRyKlBqlLgwCHLpdbRiKbmbHhRAM4Yb-RMvvy8x4ycmMWU584N2gRVf4vvu6nC2ie6kpY_gojjrojn-BxHrUVQg2RfWzO4tdXM6lEb6cqDM5s9TSBDZfWzuegp54J8a7LUmGYu9ru7w/s4608/DSCN0607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSP7BLyW2jcHcpNlNA863CCDTs8L3bnAgvSfjyK532Rovx-XrtRyKlBqlLgwCHLpdbRiKbmbHhRAM4Yb-RMvvy8x4ycmMWU584N2gRVf4vvu6nC2ie6kpY_gojjrojn-BxHrUVQg2RfWzO4tdXM6lEb6cqDM5s9TSBDZfWzuegp54J8a7LUmGYu9ru7w/w640-h480/DSCN0607.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Turkish Air flight originally cost $990, and the 15-day Intrepid originally cost $3,800. After using my Capital One Venture credit card, I redeemed my Capital One points—99,900 points for the flight and 380,000 points for the Intrepid tour. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I arrived in Egypt seven days before I joined the Intrepid tour so the 6 nights of lodging costs were for the first portion of the trip. The Intrepid tour covered 24 of 66 meals—mostly breakfasts.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The out-of-pocket cost was $1,190 —a daily cost of $54.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Food costs were $394—daily cost of $18 per day—at home my grocery and dining costs average $11 per day.</span></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; 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font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufiW4i1Qt7cl06uu-wuUe4AMhETUec86BEMKhg-_FS__FUYpzu7RvEFqIoA6Un5HjRS0-awb-LkgPS-zSs7_cFpl29N2-gWU3hLEJXf8GkpdQVQmMy7FI2Sp4FRCn6xnkDQDvQV33DvFESc7jrQmy5ej6wnafaGoW9nrEeiYDgLvOzYbBkudQJiMCVn0/s4032/IMG_7634.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufiW4i1Qt7cl06uu-wuUe4AMhETUec86BEMKhg-_FS__FUYpzu7RvEFqIoA6Un5HjRS0-awb-LkgPS-zSs7_cFpl29N2-gWU3hLEJXf8GkpdQVQmMy7FI2Sp4FRCn6xnkDQDvQV33DvFESc7jrQmy5ej6wnafaGoW9nrEeiYDgLvOzYbBkudQJiMCVn0/w640-h480/IMG_7634.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Lodging costs for 6 hotel nights were $161—daily cost of $27 per night—one night at the Istanbul airport pod sleeper was $97—the average cost of the other 5 nights was $13 per night, including hostel tips.</span></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMB1JLiu_yid5vdv6xZNWpRDJhdVEuhDimPSy-LGEAtdYuyXq_y4rsRTncdMFcSvJOKeUXDXjStv1MAlhL9lQo8Ch63E1vz-Svx4_0nqzGFBrWIEw_0Fn5N_3sfXNPOeKBiqj2DAwqGybyZX2Vwgw0paVh80TJn1wy_gkE2zYfF1yyGqu9XP0e0YfP9g/s4032/IMG_1167.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Other travel/tour costs were $635:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">$110 for the trip and tour Abu Simbel, </span></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCUgdDIzH6u-6yYtSTSsnoZKu580lrhU2_CPMO5RvHUdJJb1SqpS0NTbZ2ukk2gAQaVMuPCdunJz_H0QvBK80fbFcIunFdnFS8r8UsgEAKZSTUUF8u3nvvyYzdh2IfDlSw-2zcYznRZbz8ekVNrDn5Ry7jN0fFp3JQjxDdY-CuGC9kUVfiZH_h_54eSM/s4608/DSCN0900.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">$140 for the hot air balloon ride, </span></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; 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text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">$100 for the two Intrepid Guides' tips, </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">$72 tips for the collective servers and drivers kitty, </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">$52 for round trip train to Alexandria, and</span></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">$161 for museum fees, metro, and taxi rides.</span></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsdrdzjBk75pu_XOC0m2zdFipYQt2ahTp2lVmsDu_fQaLm9v_STrfuVA22IAqteHh_b2a6GMVXpKOuV33juE7YzNNVltQFIyFUasNsvoKE6zv5d2ZRmqNXsCY7jiSSFtaMojv_dvrMuQ6WjPCuWXuIl-SV9XkRgNmaQKvpbBzhTmYtc2DW-YVL21W_6Q/s2421/IMG_7708.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; 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color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">COVID-19 Restrictions Are Gone</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This was my 8th international trip during the COVID-19 era. There were no COVID-19 documentation requirements at the border crossings. Mask-wearing was almost non-existent.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Getting Money</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Before leaving the Cairo and Amman Airports, I used ATM machines there to get the funds I needed for travel and replenished at one of the many ATMs found everywhere.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Getting Bank Fees Back</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I travel internationally I always take about $300 in USD and then rely on ATMs for funds. I recently got a Schwab ATM card which reimburses customers for all ATM bank charges and exchange fees. For this trip, Schwab reimbursed me $17.36 on these charges. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Returning Early</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At the end of the Intrepid Tour, I had planned to return to Cairo, Egypt for my remaining week, but instead, I returned with most others in my group from Amman, Jordan. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With the war between Israel and Hamas there were increasing demonstrations in Jordan and Egypt against Israel and also the USA—because of its strong support of Israel. Shortly after the war broke out, a policeman in Alexandria, Egypt killed two Israeli tourists and their guide. During our time in Amman, Jordan we saw Palestinian demonstrations and an increase in security around the King’s Palace. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While traveling, I was increasingly getting messages of concern from family and friends to either return or be very cautious. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vxdw5Z99J6B2VuIUOTZ07fK8CJZ_cXydnfpjQS80xPwFYOofFJgFDN2hrKkrsTfTzs0FQQBT0q_apWQ7l0uSU83rMrZ1zygkRuoD-IgP4eDbE7gaZi9UkQm_v3SKPuBIEs9OKUSAkFNGAa7TR6Qzqz3cTHQJTHYicR6sFZ2xmsuoSGh3cft_t3pUfOw/s3088/IMG_7866.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vxdw5Z99J6B2VuIUOTZ07fK8CJZ_cXydnfpjQS80xPwFYOofFJgFDN2hrKkrsTfTzs0FQQBT0q_apWQ7l0uSU83rMrZ1zygkRuoD-IgP4eDbE7gaZi9UkQm_v3SKPuBIEs9OKUSAkFNGAa7TR6Qzqz3cTHQJTHYicR6sFZ2xmsuoSGh3cft_t3pUfOw/w640-h480/IMG_7866.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The State Department issued a “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Worldwide Caution</span>” notice urging travelers to register for their Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive information and alerts and to make it easier to locate registered travelers. I had registered for STEP before I left the US.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I was able to cancel my flight to Cairo and hostel reservations with no fees, but my Turkish Air change from flying from Cairo to Seattle to Amman, Jordan to Seattle cost $540. I plan to file a claim with Travelguard to see if I can get that added cost covered by insurance. I was successful in doing this when the COVID-19 pandemic struck when I returned early from Thailand in March 2020.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-16838744270941228852023-11-02T15:05:00.002-07:002023-12-05T20:00:02.489-08:00Madaba, Roman Ruins, and Departure--10/15--18, 2023<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The highlight of our time in Madaba was our visit to the well-preserved and restored Roman ruins of Jerash.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-ZqLbno6qSVohsAjjx2fv1Sj0CA7qKp90Xe-eDgV4MBqaSKpiNTrOyumNDRnl27IOWPb6Q0e5tdrDiZnHypMe0OrskdmOPhHEa0xWXWs_cUWHoPeDnnwspYF8TqRxjhnTyUCJd2niwkbiLr67BdYbtIYeYJTDlngtxOx7x4OCZWEb2iGE1w7u_DGj7A/s4032/PXL_20231016_085435298.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-ZqLbno6qSVohsAjjx2fv1Sj0CA7qKp90Xe-eDgV4MBqaSKpiNTrOyumNDRnl27IOWPb6Q0e5tdrDiZnHypMe0OrskdmOPhHEa0xWXWs_cUWHoPeDnnwspYF8TqRxjhnTyUCJd2niwkbiLr67BdYbtIYeYJTDlngtxOx7x4OCZWEb2iGE1w7u_DGj7A/w640-h480/PXL_20231016_085435298.MP.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After checking into the Salome Hotel in Madaba, we took a walk to the Byzantine Saint George Church.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3u-kiQjiw6iQCvH-u95ha427-jXbaSPyXseyI3WmC7o05MiKiK3lEzrxNyFKIK-N9TPIr_w0rvY3xpj52KGsEFTWTlebV8j-kD-QQanmSAd33Ml-Pfx61D9sUaxkVAlL_sINPgGxlWGqGZzFUUXB9cTIMCw-YDorXe_rZzqR2zaDN1HkcW9PAF4nDF8s/w640-h480/IMG_1165.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In this church, we saw some remarkable mosaics of the fourth-century church, which included a mosaic map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6EI_dIrViQsSJqQcgYV1w4maFsA4xbsacXTq5K9RTHraf3swQ_TpkdDFM_ky5kyJOW1hRLlKy2H6CEWci4_kAtzSSdvCo33avwGF3Uz-24JMWCpUwP58P4tV7jR5qslB6Zr-2BW2Mg5wM-8Wnk9Ck5WpTONnZfYW0lTLx3x6tjk3w8_9X9CQvN4iJEY/s1600/PHOTO-2023-10-20-07-03-43.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6EI_dIrViQsSJqQcgYV1w4maFsA4xbsacXTq5K9RTHraf3swQ_TpkdDFM_ky5kyJOW1hRLlKy2H6CEWci4_kAtzSSdvCo33avwGF3Uz-24JMWCpUwP58P4tV7jR5qslB6Zr-2BW2Mg5wM-8Wnk9Ck5WpTONnZfYW0lTLx3x6tjk3w8_9X9CQvN4iJEY/w640-h480/PHOTO-2023-10-20-07-03-43.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The following morning we took a drive north past Amman to Jerash, once one of the grandest, ancient Roman cities in the world that existed over 2,000 years ago. It is one of the best-preserved Roman cities in the world. It declined rapidly following an earthquake in 747 and was only rediscovered in 1878 with the arrival of the Circassians from Russia. Its archaeological value was quickly recognized and excavation began and continues to to date.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We started at Hadrian’s Arch with a group photo and then proceeded along the walkway until we came to the huge Hippodrome used for Roman games.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzhyphenhyphen6FZW0gbCO1ybBPxIjT3JBdELDRBNY-UrEjjPi9BjJ7p6kNTsgXZ-6hkA4Lwf3C9tb37xl-fTS-u8QxI-4K4Mf23RqyDCjesILFVsnoiZkxnP-r2DCKkFZDlSqkFcj43_gtjsh8-iR_Kt4qARYAUpCkhMVvxSayUJQtQ2Nm2g-mpveW9kxRp0hbpQ/s5568/GOPR1424.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzhyphenhyphen6FZW0gbCO1ybBPxIjT3JBdELDRBNY-UrEjjPi9BjJ7p6kNTsgXZ-6hkA4Lwf3C9tb37xl-fTS-u8QxI-4K4Mf23RqyDCjesILFVsnoiZkxnP-r2DCKkFZDlSqkFcj43_gtjsh8-iR_Kt4qARYAUpCkhMVvxSayUJQtQ2Nm2g-mpveW9kxRp0hbpQ/w640-h480/GOPR1424.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO4bT2c8ll9Y7-jYIW69r_DZIuzT7Ofvqns0pwuFg1-MDi4tpHYGhImC9aOWov0ash5GITkZ7KLes2w7skvSyljp8uNifFjhbgha3bDN8AF_dFCGrDygkODJzKsh_k8WsAT3IaODccao0k-QrSKHus0WQRJ3VWsvyVnYu52D3XqzaqGSv7mhoCyXJJPc/s4032/IMG_1095.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO4bT2c8ll9Y7-jYIW69r_DZIuzT7Ofvqns0pwuFg1-MDi4tpHYGhImC9aOWov0ash5GITkZ7KLes2w7skvSyljp8uNifFjhbgha3bDN8AF_dFCGrDygkODJzKsh_k8WsAT3IaODccao0k-QrSKHus0WQRJ3VWsvyVnYu52D3XqzaqGSv7mhoCyXJJPc/w640-h480/IMG_1095.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We then came to the Forum with its many columns that curved around the forum which also contained the Temple of Zeus.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Once again, Musa took a group shot at the Forum forum following his wonderful talk about the Roman complex here.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After that, we were free to wander about the area, and I continued my walk past the following historical attractions.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Cardo Maximus--Main Street</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkAczi5M2hshB2R51MllxqxnBZu5u6UFZz7443EVuhh8krIyhdRVhRjyyRnpXfxMeJtMyXYGXxSonhanOnHcDlCUIQGll2sOQN0vwpSSzuzYRRvIkn6WuxefCz9iZflH9wUA0Vq65FyLT7TwVGeXSkrTeWcJAOtvQ_0kSWFg03ZsJH0wcItkLnTW7GeY/s4032/IMG_1114.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Byzantine Cathedral--455--749 AD</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Kj9mJvmzyCIGmn-OBJKB4K9v6ivWqYHKDwVJDy8ZNjbdn310UpwlSIbnTZLuVy70bzQ_EfxwEMBh7GhynnG1LiJKSLLXOvGzD_2xQX2f4tqYOU4DzrrbUJPjZrOL53EhB9JiBc1gkCaKH86RYartWAVNwZH0OhTjrN-aMaiXZpXQbT9eYVXX0j5x8Ko/s4032/IMG_1117.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Kj9mJvmzyCIGmn-OBJKB4K9v6ivWqYHKDwVJDy8ZNjbdn310UpwlSIbnTZLuVy70bzQ_EfxwEMBh7GhynnG1LiJKSLLXOvGzD_2xQX2f4tqYOU4DzrrbUJPjZrOL53EhB9JiBc1gkCaKH86RYartWAVNwZH0OhTjrN-aMaiXZpXQbT9eYVXX0j5x8Ko/w640-h480/IMG_1117.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;"> The Nyphonaum--190 AD, was built to provide water for the baths and drinking water and came from a nearby </span><span style="font-size: large;">reservoir.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEw4k0YHBgpA5B8AOpyW-gxRcwq8JV2SWSiD4IqsI6IC3BWbncUPg65ohnESw1-jFWJEiLpkvsg0vGay6WN0HKxNsQdYncOWc2Vru4vLONKSdNhGH2-qguptZBUxN-Jq39dVPEeOPmIgp26YxYMZPvHfbWk9v4fAdJPvF6IxrbsPX8NdByZh2FLGAnvE/s4032/IMG_1120.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEw4k0YHBgpA5B8AOpyW-gxRcwq8JV2SWSiD4IqsI6IC3BWbncUPg65ohnESw1-jFWJEiLpkvsg0vGay6WN0HKxNsQdYncOWc2Vru4vLONKSdNhGH2-qguptZBUxN-Jq39dVPEeOPmIgp26YxYMZPvHfbWk9v4fAdJPvF6IxrbsPX8NdByZh2FLGAnvE/w640-h480/IMG_1120.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Sanctuary of Artemis</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY263n6kBnUiwIOzRzb9qZubppGAigbfYPekBdZ4iL5ntcWBoSM9EcY6ADKkbr-1G1MKYBx7bSCAcjmzm1-cJbdvvXaWzDW1Yp6tAS5UX2XVAFbznS8CexwlXV6IJ50hIbxk1CInu-7-YCGpUkcMLr_3SBwE9sjJjbYAaZ85I_FVQ-jQ1Kv8oP2-yKF3c/s4032/IMG_1122.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">North Theater</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4q5kga6cm_Al5mMekqsAjucOb5-03pF2FAn-wStKPnpwjvPMJGhIKdgralTBKCAQLhrqQceChrKSvNGOCzltfGagpK3VW05f-ThTtc946sR7eR2weD8IPd16GvFwQ6AAecWSUu0iBeJACTBVsvGDfr9t5mx_-DwdjbPy3YjkShuqTF2Oh8qUzqnLViw/s5568/GOPR1465.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4q5kga6cm_Al5mMekqsAjucOb5-03pF2FAn-wStKPnpwjvPMJGhIKdgralTBKCAQLhrqQceChrKSvNGOCzltfGagpK3VW05f-ThTtc946sR7eR2weD8IPd16GvFwQ6AAecWSUu0iBeJACTBVsvGDfr9t5mx_-DwdjbPy3YjkShuqTF2Oh8qUzqnLViw/w640-h480/GOPR1465.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Temple of Artemis</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VPub9j1cGn-_qws7P1T0Gf6N4ybu1zdRujsFjj3xO26o2I3z0FVwiODDpHVYB8bcJ_v5rARQg31RiT0_8Gh-9ncu2FF_Pz_Xj9LKrdcmCf8TwDhWDtqY_RMNROpnApFhxoGeu7jWn5ZdDpjeJ6PbH9h8q5HSk1pcsjCIOmS14OhOsyuaLOhb2Ifypo4/s4032/IMG_1138.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VPub9j1cGn-_qws7P1T0Gf6N4ybu1zdRujsFjj3xO26o2I3z0FVwiODDpHVYB8bcJ_v5rARQg31RiT0_8Gh-9ncu2FF_Pz_Xj9LKrdcmCf8TwDhWDtqY_RMNROpnApFhxoGeu7jWn5ZdDpjeJ6PbH9h8q5HSk1pcsjCIOmS14OhOsyuaLOhb2Ifypo4/w640-h480/IMG_1138.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">South Theater</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iDhNrPpHf5s" width="320" youtube-src-id="iDhNrPpHf5s"></iframe></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Temple of Zeus</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzB7SXjls_4bmsfrRZQNmFgDOhga6OtsKZPzwudXd6puoSTUVBlTzzqjqKcuUxMYrgSpOigRA6fWPHHtDXEr5KhPUBN6Fe9mWbrRR5855790FYS9uNeLSU0C8AEQaraXLG1RCLu1Fr46kBmv17_y73tUpCO-NJDfvcqWv0aeu9rNfNWThPTSw1nZTqlE/s4032/IMG_1150.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzB7SXjls_4bmsfrRZQNmFgDOhga6OtsKZPzwudXd6puoSTUVBlTzzqjqKcuUxMYrgSpOigRA6fWPHHtDXEr5KhPUBN6Fe9mWbrRR5855790FYS9uNeLSU0C8AEQaraXLG1RCLu1Fr46kBmv17_y73tUpCO-NJDfvcqWv0aeu9rNfNWThPTSw1nZTqlE/w640-h480/IMG_1150.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We ended our tour at Hadrian’s Arch just as the big storm clouds were looming up overhead. we then passed through the nearby bazaar on our way to our bus and route back to our hotel.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNNuEJHMLpAnyj8wxsCDZcl9667ZyTYyt1ZatgOoOKWJUlyHEXdfmBRZRwUlhnL2WJgWkr6Fml3_4syPdv6ehUfkOgqdNmJUuRP6uzu0mMwYmrF_ad3UkrniseZvwHRmbGqKOQxkaO5wLGmZdWL9xcw7QJUKffVGoFY0yTbv-CTJFfaEzmPcTBHLjGtE/w640-h480/IMG_1092.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That evening we had our final dinner and of course, Musa did his group shot with us at the Fokar & Bhar Restaurant where Musa treated us to plate after plate of delicious mezzes including baba ghanoush, hummus, falafel, shrimp, kofta, vegetables, and other tasty delights. I was too busy eating to take good pictures of the food offerings.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfa02K5DUsheRRaKTA34N7_pf5Qe7W4LGWuZ-CX4D5MiS516TavDg0VqgQFTdUF9hlWkxpJ01huGSuMumjKEwW_Me72VosHBqytkdC10poh9dI_MwPJChgiljHHJq7V_toxWyg7WS1qvwPmShXmaG3DqVxx4TgF1glX06g7oE5j-snIamdYxq13VuNc0/s1600/PHOTO-2023-10-16-23-20-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNbpOOLroIX9L1zVU3CgB5YkdzSrYpDLTaVMNrxzmFNFNFzIkO38TklmIG8325VZkaIFQbig8ZNA7uC9uwota3iGMRoJR6KxeNp80xXvoP_SRatR1ieyZM64toZj1hfzi5XI9K5V0dyTOIMZ0i4eOSk8pc0aAexO6cYa87KeBgjLR1qQ37LZLLjfGupQ/s4032/IMG_7925.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNbpOOLroIX9L1zVU3CgB5YkdzSrYpDLTaVMNrxzmFNFNFzIkO38TklmIG8325VZkaIFQbig8ZNA7uC9uwota3iGMRoJR6KxeNp80xXvoP_SRatR1ieyZM64toZj1hfzi5XI9K5V0dyTOIMZ0i4eOSk8pc0aAexO6cYa87KeBgjLR1qQ37LZLLjfGupQ/w640-h480/IMG_7925.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMI9J86NLsSPaL6GFKXp6gBChu1cLaQUmWBmlMEjb0SP4GLT98LhwiPCiv5KDfJTe2dkN26hyEA1oHyQhw7_3dg4VHFdwh-IXR4UDi5nZVrZ1zwX1N9xRmZIuYFKWuVZ0tkxSuuqulBPig1KgThiyA9k6wvbiHSURLR1zfnmjkG-E7gUvm05yZUz-90iA/s4032/IMG_7924.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMI9J86NLsSPaL6GFKXp6gBChu1cLaQUmWBmlMEjb0SP4GLT98LhwiPCiv5KDfJTe2dkN26hyEA1oHyQhw7_3dg4VHFdwh-IXR4UDi5nZVrZ1zwX1N9xRmZIuYFKWuVZ0tkxSuuqulBPig1KgThiyA9k6wvbiHSURLR1zfnmjkG-E7gUvm05yZUz-90iA/w640-h480/IMG_7924.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just after leaving the restaurant, Musa took his final group shot along with the Fokar & Bhar Restaurant two owners.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2crH1diY8QA8ANkeiVTr_ndSEO9jml1fIagGRa2xjoRyDbeA5Pxzd_OefNss1DeRvA8vETKoKRDdxSnQ89-rn_V7JyMw1yl4fYLTW3x_OBmTQJKsNocHt9UJE9nVUYPFrzPgyI4Rs4En0XSCbgxuu23ao_-jFjTBqB9y-cDFxNj99n-S0MJg-SlkM3cg/s3024/IMG_7927.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2crH1diY8QA8ANkeiVTr_ndSEO9jml1fIagGRa2xjoRyDbeA5Pxzd_OefNss1DeRvA8vETKoKRDdxSnQ89-rn_V7JyMw1yl4fYLTW3x_OBmTQJKsNocHt9UJE9nVUYPFrzPgyI4Rs4En0XSCbgxuu23ao_-jFjTBqB9y-cDFxNj99n-S0MJg-SlkM3cg/w640-h480/IMG_7927.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Some left late at night or early morning and four of us left around noon on October 17th for the Queen Alia International Airport just 20 minutes away in the desert.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3z7d7nawUSOdk7aD11sxTHiKRdiJRzYYU11eFZwuBBOVHZahvUOl1ScLLxKml1aEObpqq_SwcZM7XCRsolodipeNipLtKlT6jvGqy6rxMhQBOYz9rbnCgpix-uUS9G4hw-5aocBosFIbQAE4LvGyA5cq1E8CRq0knR_bq3DWKp7ltC33OsOAiL2FZbMc/s4032/IMG_7930.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCllPl_CW-_F9Mv3vrmpC103rIRA4djzoDblJAjKhq-kGACLcvEJuPHUXkeczmBAs8YyVHI5wbMgdu-_8XT7d8GhoKyALAK9nVJEPn_xtfxpLngcuskeVODQFYQzGcTGKikJU232MGlYEyN5pndYjUroQDG0NLB1OMAGeP5VTz6oF6hw7nOYkUt_3TQc/s4032/IMG_7933.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCllPl_CW-_F9Mv3vrmpC103rIRA4djzoDblJAjKhq-kGACLcvEJuPHUXkeczmBAs8YyVHI5wbMgdu-_8XT7d8GhoKyALAK9nVJEPn_xtfxpLngcuskeVODQFYQzGcTGKikJU232MGlYEyN5pndYjUroQDG0NLB1OMAGeP5VTz6oF6hw7nOYkUt_3TQc/w640-h480/IMG_7933.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My Turkish Air flight left at around 3 o’clock to Istanbul and arrived there around 6 PM. After dinner, I wandered about a bit and found some comfortable lounge chairs where I could read and watch the other planes arrive and depart. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz235-RRbOx10XgUvVJUpygVajcBQR3-_RSlBf1EHxnJiXODFvA46gCzbN30jbjqUWKFJnjciwBwFwON-JfP7DrLhn_JqzG3nqI9EUppq1tHEjU6X6bT1JIC2vU-RmUPJFDn1dw-gY-nilgyYlJBjjffdHHFACNy1bm07c17WsvcjAko9C0eHrd492r0/s4032/IMG_1173.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz235-RRbOx10XgUvVJUpygVajcBQR3-_RSlBf1EHxnJiXODFvA46gCzbN30jbjqUWKFJnjciwBwFwON-JfP7DrLhn_JqzG3nqI9EUppq1tHEjU6X6bT1JIC2vU-RmUPJFDn1dw-gY-nilgyYlJBjjffdHHFACNy1bm07c17WsvcjAko9C0eHrd492r0/w640-h480/IMG_1173.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I needed some sleep so I checked out the Istanbul airport hotel and the cost was over $320 USD I looked around a bit and came across these sleep pods where the cost was just under $100, so I used one for a very good night's sleep until morning.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVB-vkloJdQrK3SGqk3Tw2-EwMP3M9WWtFn6ON-LZpUUQaN44_kqC5cZR_8g8TlErmYhRVNdridzyJiq2arUj7Qr9gP4SuMDwlabE-cKnzFBaxdFqB9Z5Ya4bMvBBjSS25ziM6-Lfs5aH1LSsi-tvCsjSWRgET9_Z4D55nhuLmnbb2UhoGIar9yrmEys/s4032/IMG_1167.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVB-vkloJdQrK3SGqk3Tw2-EwMP3M9WWtFn6ON-LZpUUQaN44_kqC5cZR_8g8TlErmYhRVNdridzyJiq2arUj7Qr9gP4SuMDwlabE-cKnzFBaxdFqB9Z5Ya4bMvBBjSS25ziM6-Lfs5aH1LSsi-tvCsjSWRgET9_Z4D55nhuLmnbb2UhoGIar9yrmEys/w640-h480/IMG_1167.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed some Turkish coffee along with my mango drink and mushroom omelet and again enjoyed sitting in the lounge chairs waiting for my October 18th, 2 pm Turkish Air flight back home to Seattle—a 13-hour flight over Greenland and northern Canada.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BDqwkABoJg1gLvo67aX3B3yYXHTIIjq4RsRsjgwsbHuR7mN7R5qX4gfcPpivetyShySpaTQVfckgKuiOAmaQ0hSJ9-ueyOR5OK-vp5Y9C5-PLue7MxDjvazLuK1HKULsYfI4ih-rhAbDu_gNCJOm1M8zjJzziXIOEgtBQMVLrqZ1F31cZCq6dSbPW1o/s4032/IMG_1170.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BDqwkABoJg1gLvo67aX3B3yYXHTIIjq4RsRsjgwsbHuR7mN7R5qX4gfcPpivetyShySpaTQVfckgKuiOAmaQ0hSJ9-ueyOR5OK-vp5Y9C5-PLue7MxDjvazLuK1HKULsYfI4ih-rhAbDu_gNCJOm1M8zjJzziXIOEgtBQMVLrqZ1F31cZCq6dSbPW1o/w640-h480/IMG_1170.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3xhmPt_vP65t5Q1Kt1n5galAtv8jQ017iBoc4EL5KNJqlWE1kIVW2Cnp1NBisNDHydBRmjjplQplIb7PS1VA15BMSYXENTk9EkoKsuRL5ZEH1_2wGoozbO3kw0InVKav1nnwlG5X7Vnq4sbUsTJv9ar5HRcxBdKNUD7hP6usJ6VtGaFDuWlSHMpmgnQ/s4032/IMG_7936.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3xhmPt_vP65t5Q1Kt1n5galAtv8jQ017iBoc4EL5KNJqlWE1kIVW2Cnp1NBisNDHydBRmjjplQplIb7PS1VA15BMSYXENTk9EkoKsuRL5ZEH1_2wGoozbO3kw0InVKav1nnwlG5X7Vnq4sbUsTJv9ar5HRcxBdKNUD7hP6usJ6VtGaFDuWlSHMpmgnQ/w640-h480/IMG_7936.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I arrived in Seattle at 4:30 PM I caught the light rail back to downtown Seattle under a beautiful clear, crisp sky with Mt. Rainier welcoming me home. Very cold but a beautiful end to my Egypt-Jordan 2023 adventure.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ25rEyJlEOGbfwPbbhcKSqj7kc9YgoSsRvTsOUJdGzewl6UFQY3pdkn9f5tAT-hhbmkr17ZYDfNbc0TpQ435oORe5z90XcIsvhhqrerqOVnYUqCaA_9BMmKFX9Cvno0Ztvd2pGwpfYblj9Of40CEzSeBYFp7OiiSHNcCyw5eQjmzkBBKfm075IHXDSGg/s2291/IMG_7943.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1718" data-original-width="2291" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ25rEyJlEOGbfwPbbhcKSqj7kc9YgoSsRvTsOUJdGzewl6UFQY3pdkn9f5tAT-hhbmkr17ZYDfNbc0TpQ435oORe5z90XcIsvhhqrerqOVnYUqCaA_9BMmKFX9Cvno0Ztvd2pGwpfYblj9Of40CEzSeBYFp7OiiSHNcCyw5eQjmzkBBKfm075IHXDSGg/w640-h480/IMG_7943.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-90427069896954263612023-11-01T10:02:00.005-07:002023-12-05T19:59:17.636-08:00Dead Sea Floating--10/15/2023<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After leaving Petra, we came to the Karak Castle, some two and a half hours north on the King's Highway before we would descend 1,312 feet below sea level to float about in the Dead Sea. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2LIprNaKnxYd_Ra7gEjZUWSOnmiemG8tWIZDJSqbvnjqor9nUgvqheOf0Uga0lMtJBFm8Op9RVZCY8JN32WkpudSqwANUAkUfy5H3a8zJQxz164igGHXvz4xITzGwyVmzlQq7jMzAt9SEP-2QHZKlutPCTF3Hh8QjgYvTWlsIhRMfMhoZNCldvIfVEs/s3948/GOPR1357.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2961" data-original-width="3948" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2LIprNaKnxYd_Ra7gEjZUWSOnmiemG8tWIZDJSqbvnjqor9nUgvqheOf0Uga0lMtJBFm8Op9RVZCY8JN32WkpudSqwANUAkUfy5H3a8zJQxz164igGHXvz4xITzGwyVmzlQq7jMzAt9SEP-2QHZKlutPCTF3Hh8QjgYvTWlsIhRMfMhoZNCldvIfVEs/w640-h480/GOPR1357.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>Over time this route was traversed by Israelites en route to the Promised Land, by Nabataeans to and from their sacred city of Petra, by Christian faithful on pilgrimages to Mount Nebo, where Moses is said to have seen the "P</span><span>romised Land", by Crusaders to their castle fortifications including the Karak Castle, and by Muslim pilgrims heading to and from Mecca.</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Castle Karak loomed high over the town below as we headed toward it.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQdPLXq3-zG5wYLwOcA7dJgrOsLl2lSdMiok08N7j7408_3U9riCXD9azMQnakJ1fqq9n6_rrYzHEAGXyHb0GJ2LJAg56LSMtkBTTEcBAcZF8ps6bxc606HJzmbUjm2bGlg0PtP8rdYX2oHq7g3IvMDeWUBTMVIaPQHlD30nao9smYRfM0AQeEqrVRT0/s5568/GOPR1301.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQdPLXq3-zG5wYLwOcA7dJgrOsLl2lSdMiok08N7j7408_3U9riCXD9azMQnakJ1fqq9n6_rrYzHEAGXyHb0GJ2LJAg56LSMtkBTTEcBAcZF8ps6bxc606HJzmbUjm2bGlg0PtP8rdYX2oHq7g3IvMDeWUBTMVIaPQHlD30nao9smYRfM0AQeEqrVRT0/w640-h480/GOPR1301.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We stopped for a tour of this cliffside Crusader Castle Karak and entered it by the Ottoman gate high above a dry moat </span>and the land below<span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsJLDYGSfOdmMLkbkcWlQUIsTu5D3VnpBF3kWSZLTkkI_t4tOevUsk5V25-nDJibZcsB-pprFndJ24l632kwRdz1M2KTOb4K72HMF4RwKB3dly1rXXCmitjp5ZAqxxRh26YVXGP6YPHoaQakeUMCz8OrJQsV7-jF4YPiLeRmwjmnTZWOxOz4lvfNorts/s5568/GOPR1339.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsJLDYGSfOdmMLkbkcWlQUIsTu5D3VnpBF3kWSZLTkkI_t4tOevUsk5V25-nDJibZcsB-pprFndJ24l632kwRdz1M2KTOb4K72HMF4RwKB3dly1rXXCmitjp5ZAqxxRh26YVXGP6YPHoaQakeUMCz8OrJQsV7-jF4YPiLeRmwjmnTZWOxOz4lvfNorts/w640-h480/GOPR1339.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Musa led us through the entire castle and explained what some of the features of the castle were, including the barracks, the kitchen in the hallways, as well as the prison.</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Standing at this Crusader castle, it’s hard to think back in imagine why people would come from such a long way to wage war between Christians and Muslims in this desolate land. I guess it’s the same issue now with the war between Israel and Hamas no one wins except for the war industry.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After leaving Karak Castle at an elevation of 3,000 feet, we began descending to the Dead Sea, now some 1,312 feet below sea level. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">First Views of the Dead Sea</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After 1 1/2 hour we pulled into the Dead Sea Spa Resort for an afternoon of beach time.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When we headed down to the Dead Sea beach we passed three signs that marked the receding waters of the Dead Sea beginning in 2005. Evaporation has occurred faster than the Jordan River has been able to replenish it with the lack of rain in the area.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Hear no evil, Speak no evil, and See no evil.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; 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font-size: large;">I found it itchy and took to the nearby showers to wash the mud and salt water off.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Later we headed up to the pool area to relax and to go down the water slide before we dressed and headed to Mt. Nebo where Moses was supposed to see the “Promised Land”.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rEJvtGXJTuo" width="320" youtube-src-id="rEJvtGXJTuo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PlWChD7c9isk4AY7PCwHHkAQpm71K7DNh0tMS19PRte-GxMSEOPYMwVVUH0-39B3SZ6Vdku_o6Cg1ogQtHOS-SfkVKO7mVp2r9wOP984P5_tq6kOIGEKSCNtSKerouaJds9mKn23jkB8u-6sTQzxGIJUx1hheCiwPMjGayDIYB8MNCpVWfBv_N7SfU8/s5568/GOPR1397.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PlWChD7c9isk4AY7PCwHHkAQpm71K7DNh0tMS19PRte-GxMSEOPYMwVVUH0-39B3SZ6Vdku_o6Cg1ogQtHOS-SfkVKO7mVp2r9wOP984P5_tq6kOIGEKSCNtSKerouaJds9mKn23jkB8u-6sTQzxGIJUx1hheCiwPMjGayDIYB8MNCpVWfBv_N7SfU8/w640-h480/GOPR1397.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Mt. Nebo was a short drive from the Dead Sea Spa Resort and as we entered Mt. 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">Outside </span><span style="font-size: large;">Mosaic</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMybncDe2SzSg0C3222Y_5AVNz6wfLtPieQRciXINzT-RcgODpbfbcl1_i4bnxh-DPiqOY0J2fWnf5Iat7Wpv2W1b6BuwIaitl4fEkFPA0bqVFIOZRV-wUlXELymKJ-cyu6yopowevPSwhBBKOMgzeNI3p_CHxrGDZNO2qRf68eqD4gYTuyTTOobSEOc/s5568/GOPR1412.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMybncDe2SzSg0C3222Y_5AVNz6wfLtPieQRciXINzT-RcgODpbfbcl1_i4bnxh-DPiqOY0J2fWnf5Iat7Wpv2W1b6BuwIaitl4fEkFPA0bqVFIOZRV-wUlXELymKJ-cyu6yopowevPSwhBBKOMgzeNI3p_CHxrGDZNO2qRf68eqD4gYTuyTTOobSEOc/w640-h480/GOPR1412.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We entered the church which had expansive mosaic floors. They were well protected by walkways over the tiles.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggftQvGbdjn9BnG-cnjRPPRHBOdJchd0-HpLQIfYbkUyXE9yyZWHqDodSPhX2OR4eE745EJznYuU3cNNYy_fWpjDpUY3KBt66JOJiKtzR8R6m2ZzIDHORXqfA6ejRSy8ETnVzuqQCy0JjFXXvrzkm3vOhcAygbxdasGIAgC3KPk9J3uEC5PqoEjagutII/s2375/IMG_1079.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0N1oPjJo64B7oJKnrpXgbfGKDKZDVsPEkhS_BJsxqsxXwBLk5fijzNHgphUC08c8sST7xBbYhVKXC5rnB8ubVCDj4lPswrn8N5DpiShHrAhp_qaWBi7AHpDzHLugROgcy7FdEdwm_s7VHx_sACpiZJQeeuVdf-GJMXFsAUwD9tN_ZHhLeGb22jaSPqWA/w640-h480/IMG_1078.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was then on to our final destination, Madaba, where we stayed at the Salome Hotel.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-56706113421694357692023-10-31T15:18:00.003-07:002023-12-05T19:58:28.787-08:00Petra--Crown Jewel of UNESCO Historical Sites--10/13--15/2023<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Once we left the Wadi Rum area, we found our two-hour drive to Petra, was marked with curving roads over mountainous territory with only green vegetation around the small villages we passed.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Petra Treasury</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJY8h23MNn6dSUUjuwSiCyfnDd0UTlS_x2H2xY9EK8Ns5-tFauYTYHARc6h1HKIaYB7TThgL0rBRii7T2Pg4IKc_8lmBDAc8o4DBUVSbUMP0jj72nvFz9gEdz0HVSuGKh8-Q5nA7s1wAvfsNYfZMv5tCXbCQ0eq4QUG8wLqgLC3A_q1ZGYXgT-vIskutM/s4032/IMG_0778.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJY8h23MNn6dSUUjuwSiCyfnDd0UTlS_x2H2xY9EK8Ns5-tFauYTYHARc6h1HKIaYB7TThgL0rBRii7T2Pg4IKc_8lmBDAc8o4DBUVSbUMP0jj72nvFz9gEdz0HVSuGKh8-Q5nA7s1wAvfsNYfZMv5tCXbCQ0eq4QUG8wLqgLC3A_q1ZGYXgT-vIskutM/w640-h480/IMG_0778.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On the way into Petra, we stopped at an overlook to view the town below and the surrounding territory. We also took a short stop at a bakery, which I thought would have pastries but instead, it had some pita pizzas. I had one that had toasted sesame seeds and cumin with some garlic, and it was delicious.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6W-BlZVeI5OVrwHyfwgftPKjLruMKL-t_m9BhOJSBKjE8ZNyEAQ2l7lUtI6UCR8EGVOdzUZqKVu1gcjb3wkTdBT_Up22D-gMAKMmImokh0YG2GfSdUZfwflHXg69RodcDhYax09QxityKtWM6tQO21xU_3C5oxEZshBL2NEyKtIpAZTDOuFc2NJp3n0/s5568/GOPR1204.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6W-BlZVeI5OVrwHyfwgftPKjLruMKL-t_m9BhOJSBKjE8ZNyEAQ2l7lUtI6UCR8EGVOdzUZqKVu1gcjb3wkTdBT_Up22D-gMAKMmImokh0YG2GfSdUZfwflHXg69RodcDhYax09QxityKtWM6tQO21xU_3C5oxEZshBL2NEyKtIpAZTDOuFc2NJp3n0/w640-h480/GOPR1204.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We were pleased that we were going to be staying at a brand new Petra Icon Hotel, even though it did not have a pool. Mathew was again my roommate.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqpW3A2q0ghBFqg-ALBDt72KtFeo1JdJVtVuQPZL-D18BE7E2deRSaKFR3Ec5-QLCnhjiOKAou81cu29ZPM9zkGCY5lOH-IqERr7SJKk3x5Qvmr9EmWJ7vKyBCtRKCx5bP6ED68L2G6rpkLcnJMnpQLfhmfWWvh_3-Zxwy0dNFp8FLhAU0S1U5CwGnow/s4032/IMG_0673.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqpW3A2q0ghBFqg-ALBDt72KtFeo1JdJVtVuQPZL-D18BE7E2deRSaKFR3Ec5-QLCnhjiOKAou81cu29ZPM9zkGCY5lOH-IqERr7SJKk3x5Qvmr9EmWJ7vKyBCtRKCx5bP6ED68L2G6rpkLcnJMnpQLfhmfWWvh_3-Zxwy0dNFp8FLhAU0S1U5CwGnow/w640-h480/IMG_0673.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1R601-fqZVAq3xbWBXlUzk3hOD6NOxWyVBAxADkgkZBHvOGGR6IOBo6-dKkpQkfkwmvJDig9z9TZfq3BqcpFzUMxQoXS8mm6EO69QGv-08_X-cLxJOFhxPmg5QnnHE_jaDDJnjLCiFMG7FJhWvA_QQamrD8GB1aCTge_eL934DvBANMiB1Sg0rV68J5o/s4032/IMG_0674.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1R601-fqZVAq3xbWBXlUzk3hOD6NOxWyVBAxADkgkZBHvOGGR6IOBo6-dKkpQkfkwmvJDig9z9TZfq3BqcpFzUMxQoXS8mm6EO69QGv-08_X-cLxJOFhxPmg5QnnHE_jaDDJnjLCiFMG7FJhWvA_QQamrD8GB1aCTge_eL934DvBANMiB1Sg0rV68J5o/w640-h480/IMG_0674.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For our first afternoon, Musa, our guide would walk us through the entire area and give us a bit of historical information and then the following day we would be on our own to explore some of the other sites that we did not hike up to, or that we wanted to explore further.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NNnB86RLi2PZZtAXOLwdbqEW4XpLUOmlzdCvZeTFxf4QJp2TDn76KC3iysH50-TPI4yWYaJkYNL5ZHEsJxGEYBiiKSo14zcerbYg5174CEZpU74XHrNv0LiTEKaV4rITxiI3nqeNAaaBchTE1RLKnFyUDFAy911mmxzBciHTFChGO_JpJrvybcjcVCE/s4032/IMG_0739.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NNnB86RLi2PZZtAXOLwdbqEW4XpLUOmlzdCvZeTFxf4QJp2TDn76KC3iysH50-TPI4yWYaJkYNL5ZHEsJxGEYBiiKSo14zcerbYg5174CEZpU74XHrNv0LiTEKaV4rITxiI3nqeNAaaBchTE1RLKnFyUDFAy911mmxzBciHTFChGO_JpJrvybcjcVCE/w640-h480/IMG_0739.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We learned that Petra was relatively unknown until 1812 when it was visited by Johan Burkhart— a Swiss explorer. In 1985 UNESCO recognized it as a World Heritage site.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Although our admission pass would’ve allowed us to ride a donkey down to the entrance of the Canyon area, we chose to walk.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2moypPumejVfzwP7l_gIc14A45zMAbR6GKmejOPIHK3ajrcLhKXYrOHK8Xr9zi01g-FUa7j5TOvzwu-cJIjM3T5Afwr-i4zL9zcqVGvjGDIvns2MCPaYzv29G_3mUY7Mdu8H6BNmqqWkPKfF1Sy-oEsJ7TiISQNoD3VkHWneoMej0FIIRZRIu9ezf-PE/s5568/GOPR1214.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2moypPumejVfzwP7l_gIc14A45zMAbR6GKmejOPIHK3ajrcLhKXYrOHK8Xr9zi01g-FUa7j5TOvzwu-cJIjM3T5Afwr-i4zL9zcqVGvjGDIvns2MCPaYzv29G_3mUY7Mdu8H6BNmqqWkPKfF1Sy-oEsJ7TiISQNoD3VkHWneoMej0FIIRZRIu9ezf-PE/w640-h480/GOPR1214.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We first passed by the Djinn Blocks area with its big sandstone blocks along with the Obelisk Tombs where Musa once again had us do a group photo before proceeding to the mile-long Siq which was a narrow gorge formed by the movement of tectonic plates and not a river like many canyons.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSHbzJIv5GscAQFdZL0koQLmgcDlK7KdOVBOjlmkxs3zL1V78Y0E7o-bY5y_9e0k5Oaqu4NrLwMJmOYt-VgYvsbSwEVEdu5gQxfRbi6MW9wb8WA74xlu6unfaGRAYf668J-gIgnxignoTVhp1BT-j3l75EziHlTvv5tOUcxNhyGTATJF0RhYvSyscqH4/s4032/IMG_0746.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J4Dn3o0ds7zpj7nOB-4WsAoZzUKrYB7hvAz7jtCgqtApoTO5X3bkldBlcPOjYD3bEZWHW3ZjHc1nfXk0t0hmf4GlZn4dipKXeB1IuehPqkJls1-UL4uIJGfMUWlTzjrgayb2sMB8O1MjpODwJYl85_VyHCQxnsP9P8BvO8qL2C_2W7hB74S5InhS528/s4032/IMG_0748.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J4Dn3o0ds7zpj7nOB-4WsAoZzUKrYB7hvAz7jtCgqtApoTO5X3bkldBlcPOjYD3bEZWHW3ZjHc1nfXk0t0hmf4GlZn4dipKXeB1IuehPqkJls1-UL4uIJGfMUWlTzjrgayb2sMB8O1MjpODwJYl85_VyHCQxnsP9P8BvO8qL2C_2W7hB74S5InhS528/w640-h480/IMG_0748.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Throughout this Petra site, there are more than 800 registered sites including 500 tombs. Near the end of the Siq, we came across the opening of the narrow gorge, where the carved-out Treasury was— also known as Al Khazna. Most of the construction and tombs were built and carved out of sandstone by the Nabataeans during the 1st century BCE. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_H2Nr_rfnegulLzg_go_HZtsvyHY0xXcXJIDBxVOtQknrnbhzMf0h6gNxpWL92XL5B2YtZYeKr4rA_cpmrqISzQ0LboehY4z-0j3wzAJafckrkxGfxgIjU6NyQyaIuUB2Bk6iX3fZ2wis7NzlaatqJ9BbnLzdpKjRuNXoQD_X9pENbk5IG40CUPkeHs/s5568/GOPR1251.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_H2Nr_rfnegulLzg_go_HZtsvyHY0xXcXJIDBxVOtQknrnbhzMf0h6gNxpWL92XL5B2YtZYeKr4rA_cpmrqISzQ0LboehY4z-0j3wzAJafckrkxGfxgIjU6NyQyaIuUB2Bk6iX3fZ2wis7NzlaatqJ9BbnLzdpKjRuNXoQD_X9pENbk5IG40CUPkeHs/w640-h480/GOPR1251.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY30xVrwPJ6iWdsqX2-6xYVIB7d3YVpJBkMLMU3aT1Ouw_ZZKlsSzTjVpSbzavg6urT9NzO3PnobZVmjY9ujaP6QpTQsooCYT9_IDA_K_gaKXPiNG6aiETk36ZdQltd6vDxg0Zeo6G0ZxPgRoydKofaqUf6ukL_HtN5J69hqCnVJynf28EnwxiLM0QqTg/s3220/IMG_0783.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2415" data-original-width="3220" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY30xVrwPJ6iWdsqX2-6xYVIB7d3YVpJBkMLMU3aT1Ouw_ZZKlsSzTjVpSbzavg6urT9NzO3PnobZVmjY9ujaP6QpTQsooCYT9_IDA_K_gaKXPiNG6aiETk36ZdQltd6vDxg0Zeo6G0ZxPgRoydKofaqUf6ukL_HtN5J69hqCnVJynf28EnwxiLM0QqTg/w640-h480/IMG_0783.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33J6t4KGqToj3qTHiUWa8Ho_-xwMOAuS-Gk1vz5i4eaL7yAOGOcwZnemcQ_mLMvCELmraLznF8P4tW4bHUbM6NV-JO2_Avoz9MkWThjkGGHFywLYlTypWS8oTqjaMQ605i5xl8G5Dz8v1GMRAt9naoo0JzxUFRm_7jTBLYARsy5MVIxY718OOMNlM_hU/s3024/IMG_7901.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33J6t4KGqToj3qTHiUWa8Ho_-xwMOAuS-Gk1vz5i4eaL7yAOGOcwZnemcQ_mLMvCELmraLznF8P4tW4bHUbM6NV-JO2_Avoz9MkWThjkGGHFywLYlTypWS8oTqjaMQ605i5xl8G5Dz8v1GMRAt9naoo0JzxUFRm_7jTBLYARsy5MVIxY718OOMNlM_hU/w640-h480/IMG_7901.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Treasury is over 130 feet high and intricately decorated with Corinthian capitals, friezes, figures, and more. The Treasury is crowned by a funerary urn, which, according to local legend conceals a pharaoh's treasure. The Treasury is the most photographed image of Petra, and we were lucky that the crowds were not so big.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While, at the Treasury, we saw a Palestinian demonstrator with a Palestinian flag, who was getting beat up by the camel drivers until the police intervened and took the demonstrator away in a paddy wagon. It’s apparent the camel drivers were concerned that this demonstrator was chasing away tourists and their livelihood.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Once again, Musa took a group shot of us in front of the Treasury before we proceeded on down to the end of the main areas of Petra at the Qasr al-Bint. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3wTDyO5Z7Kum1AG_AGHI-0tAEBnoI-jZ5dAWzcn6vS7sPrmcGaQ7fk5nujPot8q9DeVo0nzfrxbuOySi3W86w2e6iJ207T6aO-xk9Y9QmPbha-Y0jwfAyfeLe4etPdwaxRAKVMCqxNqTKJ2_1SS1A0PMztKg8NAePq0you-dJ77YWnTpaNkwWrwgn7c/s3024/IMG_7637.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3wTDyO5Z7Kum1AG_AGHI-0tAEBnoI-jZ5dAWzcn6vS7sPrmcGaQ7fk5nujPot8q9DeVo0nzfrxbuOySi3W86w2e6iJ207T6aO-xk9Y9QmPbha-Y0jwfAyfeLe4etPdwaxRAKVMCqxNqTKJ2_1SS1A0PMztKg8NAePq0you-dJ77YWnTpaNkwWrwgn7c/w640-h480/IMG_7637.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKopKoalhVuVtK2O9C8x86aJ8s2x_2PD1HZ-vIEUHj-ZPZ_pPm3DZ-9sPIzDsUURmfdwU83zMbM0fKUfCLIJ0ZGQJFhDu13jMgBvvBtv-G0ZLSPNZKQEKHcPww2IvD2eKTz1LRXrXRK3_6ns_TqtKUbfu4pDJzD50WO00JD2Cf-QAbyykqe-F0yikXMxo/s4032/IMG_0794.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKopKoalhVuVtK2O9C8x86aJ8s2x_2PD1HZ-vIEUHj-ZPZ_pPm3DZ-9sPIzDsUURmfdwU83zMbM0fKUfCLIJ0ZGQJFhDu13jMgBvvBtv-G0ZLSPNZKQEKHcPww2IvD2eKTz1LRXrXRK3_6ns_TqtKUbfu4pDJzD50WO00JD2Cf-QAbyykqe-F0yikXMxo/w640-h480/IMG_0794.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We stopped at the Theater. That was one of the only theaters that was dug out of stone, and later, the Romans expanded it when they took over the area. The Romans also built the Byzantine church that was above the Colonnaded Street and was also built by the Romans.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZqDm9GQQERI_CIB6RvhZU0kHp6h3-ZJ6hf_NmaB0q0YxrYIwEzFGkFXz72YprpqdnIKN5xqURxBCYXq2g4lC8vlRdCYx6ZfmFkUWeEKwhekmwbWsGFmXJMjjpDZcrV2V__Gc3ds8_9GE8gEpOJ3EGlHwctno-cVE4HdDfgo1V3ZwE3iQL4aWdUl3yBg/s3722/IMG_0798.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2792" data-original-width="3722" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZqDm9GQQERI_CIB6RvhZU0kHp6h3-ZJ6hf_NmaB0q0YxrYIwEzFGkFXz72YprpqdnIKN5xqURxBCYXq2g4lC8vlRdCYx6ZfmFkUWeEKwhekmwbWsGFmXJMjjpDZcrV2V__Gc3ds8_9GE8gEpOJ3EGlHwctno-cVE4HdDfgo1V3ZwE3iQL4aWdUl3yBg/w640-h480/IMG_0798.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIcWH_9iNeGq3FO40Ku1hTqwMH2BItPU-L08T62wBtEQ4RXZUOJoMfDgZOGIppOl30F8yOUPc7VEuKJw4M4M3Y4uGtQOukUo51O6hfs6UktZG35GUBccxP_Ev4iiiO_tSDOn4DFwbsd7h3hxyNwX30uytt2RhTBtpqh2F1dXo9_dh4_u4OEdcMK6k4xqc/s4032/IMG_0810.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Royal Tombs were across from the Theater, and some of us would visit those tombs more closely the following day.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNXEbtjUo3lXMqzH9uuQw1-u_GtTXWBeHeIOTbXPJVCVytVnD3iSKkjHfab8v9hptdR5HoKom8_uWnsCSctdojQEmIax2QweSerV5aLEV-XfNkYTO6mDJ1g20rfY2Tj8yiWXb3kBtqvJCpIF0sb4XfKv6eU1_uWkkGpD8cRqkp90M5Q2rXSWztQkxxAg/s4032/IMG_0803.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As we came to the end of our guided tour with Musa, we stopped at the Great Temple, and the Qasr al-Bint which was dedicated to Dushara by the Nabataeans as a pre-Islamic Arabian god who was expected to bring justice, if called by the correct ritual. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We then made our way back to the hotel to freshen up before having dinner at the hotel buffet restaurant. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had planned the following day to get up early to head up to the monastery in Petra, along with other hikes by getting breakfast at 6:30. However, I ended up on the phone with Turkish Air to change my flight plans to leave immediately following the tour back home instead of returning back to Egypt for a week and then flying home. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I was successful in getting my Turkish flight changed to leave from Amman, Jordan instead of Cairo, a week earlier, but it came with a plane change fee of $540 USD. I was able to cancel my Hostel reservations both in Jordan and in Egypt for no charge. With my flight from Amman to Egypt. I was able to get a partial refund except for $40 USD. When I get home, I may end up filing with Travelguard for reimbursement on the $540 USD. <span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;">Update: Travelguard rejected my claim because the policy has a "war" exclusion for approving claims.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With the tensions over the war between Israel and Hamas, I was continually getting messages from home that I should cut my trip short because people were worried that I may be in danger of injury or getting kidnapped. People in our group suggested that I may want to stay in Jordan for my last week in the Middle East instead of returning to Egypt.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now that things were settled for my return home. I headed out with Matthew to explore the Petra UNESCO site on our own.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOG5sIJ-YadBHJxy9232ADMaPW9MK9Lo3Dy-EfShl8YchBN5yb0shl7WlJuqrkSbjzSOQ0JRDIh6ekOZAb78b2WgmGD6NNw7cuG3f6yZdZRkYw2_GyG5bsRhEueweIANpBeMEjQNSJ9xrnhymF06UT7MJeUfdX72wDB5EIWZpVIYNO81Bj-DhQFKC6t3w/s4032/IMG_0675.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At the entrance to the Siq, Matt and I came across this group of Roman soldiers in ancient gear, doing some marching about.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MMoryWcXpZI" width="320" youtube-src-id="MMoryWcXpZI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We took a short stop at the Nymphaeum, which was a public water fountain that was built in the 2nd Century from water channeled from the Siq and had a 450-year-old pistachio tree that provided shade by the fountain.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZr7DPPwZ1JMGkF81SH4V0Po_Vr5NccJdaP1aVVi8XsoojvQJ5U_F4JS5kjjc_vhsNb34gMYh-679-BSF11Vn2G2Y6WGBGBvBU3tovxJM1a0ChhrQmMqtY2FBLkHbzMTM6_ZEzP9I7ncPwqsODx376hI9jvzmlZK3ujbitklnkF51IeShVxi7FqXqXVUY/s5568/GOPR1268.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZr7DPPwZ1JMGkF81SH4V0Po_Vr5NccJdaP1aVVi8XsoojvQJ5U_F4JS5kjjc_vhsNb34gMYh-679-BSF11Vn2G2Y6WGBGBvBU3tovxJM1a0ChhrQmMqtY2FBLkHbzMTM6_ZEzP9I7ncPwqsODx376hI9jvzmlZK3ujbitklnkF51IeShVxi7FqXqXVUY/w640-h480/GOPR1268.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We then headed directly to the trail that led up to the monastery with some 800 steps and took an hour starting near the Qasr al-Bint and the camel and donkey corral. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1gTi2GQBolrJx7nfguzK9vdDqgG5d8NDUYMQd-BvhO8GcYl3vnM4jCQph_B6xy6mwmBpmRMYkiBU2cb5dn27TJyM1B8IgekkFGs4h7s3E5U_RWj6FNM6J5NX4uIkY9wvZhP8o74qz3W5t8wsKnaG-tUiBFAzlJizyV5CH_aSIeBTp7N3PpHoZu9F2Yo/s4032/IMG_1019.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1gTi2GQBolrJx7nfguzK9vdDqgG5d8NDUYMQd-BvhO8GcYl3vnM4jCQph_B6xy6mwmBpmRMYkiBU2cb5dn27TJyM1B8IgekkFGs4h7s3E5U_RWj6FNM6J5NX4uIkY9wvZhP8o74qz3W5t8wsKnaG-tUiBFAzlJizyV5CH_aSIeBTp7N3PpHoZu9F2Yo/w640-h480/IMG_1019.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On the way up, we passed several vendors, and with a few of them, I indicated that I would be coming back down and looking over their stuff. Both Sarah and Turquoise remembered my comment and I ended up buying some trinkets from them for my grandson.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0engq61yBxYLjMt3vFltcutfHzqOsuKEMeVY0PNHybVv-WYkM9Nkm9lnQxu5YYImb0KoFzCpOxVkS0PID6Zx8WJnYAN1Ow5SwhMgU5mQKak85_78-fEY5KgPWIwYS8FuvjpMpImn_9sZ3TZ4lLV7grZhzh0qnqMZ7zhWKIYKJJQd3xyx2I8GBUuXYheA/s4032/IMG_1031.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0engq61yBxYLjMt3vFltcutfHzqOsuKEMeVY0PNHybVv-WYkM9Nkm9lnQxu5YYImb0KoFzCpOxVkS0PID6Zx8WJnYAN1Ow5SwhMgU5mQKak85_78-fEY5KgPWIwYS8FuvjpMpImn_9sZ3TZ4lLV7grZhzh0qnqMZ7zhWKIYKJJQd3xyx2I8GBUuXYheA/w640-h480/IMG_1031.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdT1RXM0sXvEdmLrLn6heQF9bG6N-lyFx9YENoUp9b170AnFkiCEUdTOnMXJFS9LA-erK7iTMjtQaMtWLZgiLBet3mziXwXiTZnbbK95jUAZcnoDdexqjRQm4D85R1m-JnWea-l7lJvA_a3NU9f_J_Oou13Hw6Kw4A4JgIxW60TPaqfxuI1zpSC4K581E/s4032/IMG_1034.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdT1RXM0sXvEdmLrLn6heQF9bG6N-lyFx9YENoUp9b170AnFkiCEUdTOnMXJFS9LA-erK7iTMjtQaMtWLZgiLBet3mziXwXiTZnbbK95jUAZcnoDdexqjRQm4D85R1m-JnWea-l7lJvA_a3NU9f_J_Oou13Hw6Kw4A4JgIxW60TPaqfxuI1zpSC4K581E/w640-h480/IMG_1034.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We passed a number of tourists who had hired donkeys to aid them in getting to the Monastery. Going down on the donkeys looked quite a bit more dangerous.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybE8l13qwhtPbYWp3DbY6kKQdIC2pbilPY93sZlgmt8TJf-AqD1Hy-MvAOHG5XIjttDcXGyAdv25j6Ikixrcp9-Fk8jKyYzi5dm81Hfhk21ZFHdufGyvyfJDfUtyBix3Kx2MwelhzOmNtwpTIUlEYRsURjmXl5s0GeJZ-ca0eH1hr0DYvy5KQYzgzRzg/s4032/IMG_1032.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybE8l13qwhtPbYWp3DbY6kKQdIC2pbilPY93sZlgmt8TJf-AqD1Hy-MvAOHG5XIjttDcXGyAdv25j6Ikixrcp9-Fk8jKyYzi5dm81Hfhk21ZFHdufGyvyfJDfUtyBix3Kx2MwelhzOmNtwpTIUlEYRsURjmXl5s0GeJZ-ca0eH1hr0DYvy5KQYzgzRzg/w640-h480/IMG_1032.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At the beginning of the monastery trail, we saw they had used some of the caves to park their vehicles.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On the way up, we saw both Sabine and Thorsten who were coming back down.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPnM6kiAIkcwJoZLyL555XzhsPlcedr-064sNefFVILRs5X0CjnvzoEgLSr9xMmWEKtmPq7r4-FZA-hbDy1OtoYOD8JSmcS1bV7QEgfzB6m-lwjIoAmGc0EDYr9kQS-hFYVk8A-y7lDes_vmiNTvRD3RKpstuECm28aNMMlHQSLAWOi6hJonyV3G97Ks/s3024/PXL_20231014_060437516.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt6KFF8sJg-DcOemP02tCwERN63qp6yFZFR-gY0r9ZR-t8ZgjMqnq9c9rqlP3la2o1UURui3sLZtbNR7S402pG3xLgRdia1W6cGTO-2SCJW2_KTxu2vnUFM3KXsiLJd9NEXancG3FP77eBJWl88oBYPDDUQemhTErMQsuh2QqJVKgg7TGHkuV5cmEFyc/s900/PHOTO-2023-10-13-23-03-03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt6KFF8sJg-DcOemP02tCwERN63qp6yFZFR-gY0r9ZR-t8ZgjMqnq9c9rqlP3la2o1UURui3sLZtbNR7S402pG3xLgRdia1W6cGTO-2SCJW2_KTxu2vnUFM3KXsiLJd9NEXancG3FP77eBJWl88oBYPDDUQemhTErMQsuh2QqJVKgg7TGHkuV5cmEFyc/w640-h480/PHOTO-2023-10-13-23-03-03.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Monastery was even taller than the popular Treasury at 159 ft., and it was much less crowded—I guess that’s what more than 800 steps up will do for crowd control.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRkoaOfBOnpWuH02nzZ9nhRBVxfNI3yRF_E-RJ0yGdfy8lJupGMp6FZZXQ-rKwVy-eihvYH_YHpkb2-67PNfHdyCMPFpQ3nMRSLPJUZDzl-KuTUQ6wSJmV0iF7Z4DtJrvGXJM9awmjPs1N5Nrn0P8XQRElvRz4haeCnlJUxTIrzOKZc2rPqj-DIQk5qk/s4032/IMG_1026.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sxOBc0MBgllr3mthbNlKpV6RsF4xrO9ZkBzJJnVcj0LKJID8aWz8y_5PRC9_odYyV9k9DBjJQYe6jtghKdvNbPoblANTsfPef2LWy0lp2whJM1dZr5e8HAW3pyRXz5jbUq91iOzJGYF-XEfi7RlUNToSvbApzboVmElfx-tD4tNXOqh6SoeEqMK80w8/s4032/IMG_1024.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sxOBc0MBgllr3mthbNlKpV6RsF4xrO9ZkBzJJnVcj0LKJID8aWz8y_5PRC9_odYyV9k9DBjJQYe6jtghKdvNbPoblANTsfPef2LWy0lp2whJM1dZr5e8HAW3pyRXz5jbUq91iOzJGYF-XEfi7RlUNToSvbApzboVmElfx-tD4tNXOqh6SoeEqMK80w8/w640-h480/IMG_1024.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was built in the third century BCE as a Nabataean tomb. Later it was used as a church during the Byzantine era where crosses were carved on the inside walls, and it is why it is now referred to as a monastery.</span></p><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When we got to the Monastery—Ad Deir, we met up with some of our other Intrepid tour members—Dan, UK Nick, Morgan, Lien, Daniela, and Sandra.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We had a good rest and a view of the Monastery as we ate and drank some treats from the nearby cafe.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmv02iereLTcqURGhyphenhyphensulnS-WxLnjnKRfaYLdBAOuihBqoUPqTX6cUrKXESl65Sm3SPN5iKnrsudXfY4RaYHg5JlwrHdj6qg2SHfxM_SDCH4k5IVAxrLp0iWL-rQ5l8yzaLy-WJ5OWGx3lNIEb0udkPHn-RtGsxJ2ZEn2CNRaSxwjQSZFUHKXIo6yA5U/s4032/IMG_1022.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmv02iereLTcqURGhyphenhyphensulnS-WxLnjnKRfaYLdBAOuihBqoUPqTX6cUrKXESl65Sm3SPN5iKnrsudXfY4RaYHg5JlwrHdj6qg2SHfxM_SDCH4k5IVAxrLp0iWL-rQ5l8yzaLy-WJ5OWGx3lNIEb0udkPHn-RtGsxJ2ZEn2CNRaSxwjQSZFUHKXIo6yA5U/w640-h480/IMG_1022.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We all headed back down to a restaurant at the end of the Colonnaded Street. After lunch, Nick, Lien, and Morgan decided to hike up to the High Place of Sacrifice while the rest of us returned to our hotel.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Dan and I stopped at the Byzantine Church on the way to admire the mosaic tiles that were well preserved while the others continued on.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">I looked at the Royal Tombs on the way back, but I did not take the trail up to check them out more closely--800 plus steps up and down earlier </span><span style="font-size: large;">dissuaded me from leaving the trail back to the entrance of the Petra, Capital of the Nabataeans.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqEM455mUqeISyZx2FsIzWUVJsRA6rfJ8_ysAg_v2i1h9-U_211MyuaRZa0HTYWcveTPQeuctPg0UHyxHXYX_LmfqBVMJdhix3GxT4WVdoy2kTFjupzEJvfKEPODTU_C-g308hb2WX1ne9akee5n4Fpjk_ABdgOKbO78HTOJPv2juXZA9lK7OjwGkojU/s4032/IMG_1038.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqEM455mUqeISyZx2FsIzWUVJsRA6rfJ8_ysAg_v2i1h9-U_211MyuaRZa0HTYWcveTPQeuctPg0UHyxHXYX_LmfqBVMJdhix3GxT4WVdoy2kTFjupzEJvfKEPODTU_C-g308hb2WX1ne9akee5n4Fpjk_ABdgOKbO78HTOJPv2juXZA9lK7OjwGkojU/w640-h480/IMG_1038.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After we got back to the hotel, three of us went for our Turkish Baths. Here they segregate the bath and massage treatments by sex.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLuUJmdBncZEgG9h6_tLl3J3shNQSVCdlGMvbkbE18LA3l3onGz9u3RvM9ndwzEU4gAUFFan1RK9Z0QPDQDgkhJE39aHnZNBZRM_9heSHGLnnpSJH0FKRsMM9vxSs9uyneXO05wai7CNkJv1xKTWFw7gp8wtZK66ttPncDi88KkQS_QteyxnQYb_qdxw/s4032/IMG_1041.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFvDGT7Wxr_Njz8QOHVx7m6CBOdg0NeidHw6gypl9reNcUrIOBGESATwwrgHBsLRrRf_h8XR8huCCTDfsfqKdjgdmQhBk86Pk0pSoIPsgO7MLiqRoEeed2jy9zLpinLFPRrgsj7_u3erYqE0as0PmcDPgkgoU_1BjVEuhqdYf_YQsdOvpE2_9oGD-F3M/s4032/IMG_1040.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFvDGT7Wxr_Njz8QOHVx7m6CBOdg0NeidHw6gypl9reNcUrIOBGESATwwrgHBsLRrRf_h8XR8huCCTDfsfqKdjgdmQhBk86Pk0pSoIPsgO7MLiqRoEeed2jy9zLpinLFPRrgsj7_u3erYqE0as0PmcDPgkgoU_1BjVEuhqdYf_YQsdOvpE2_9oGD-F3M/w640-h480/IMG_1040.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I changed into a red swimsuit they provided and spent about 1/2 hour in the steam room where I could hardly see my hand in front of me.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After that, I entered the massage room area which was warm and had a granite bench for me to sit and later lie on. The first phase was to wash me off while sitting. After that, I laid face down on the granite bench, when two guys began sudsing me up and massaging me with some rough gloves—I think I lost a layer of skin when they did that.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Even when rinsing the soap—and dead skin—they continued to massage me. Afterward, I felt like a limp rag.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We returned to the hotel and joined up with others to dine at a rooftop restaurant nearby.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLJOm9w9olhwPJ-RKgDyUH_yMAWEtrd5ZItfuKZFbsmZcIc50cgiDwTftelePwovXJR_H-yDrGJTsh5YZ3oR8g90MQ8pexz-0Mf4r6tu0v2aPW8F2RPJzz8hEuahgn7VTtUnJ5JdaBOtNjkxcK-RODDbrfoRzM1h1pY757yJnd2yX-z2DMcxUXdpHq9I/s4032/IMG_1043.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On the way in I talked to the fellow that was cooking the pita bread and he gave me a piece to enjoy and I caught up with the others.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgstGp624xhInyQ4Yhn_L-z3xI-6sFYKBkb7zIvKM0snkEcvQfiklnwSZEPvwtZysOBeV997WQbo6DadPupPL2IdxhmSiXAuaxY_PniLwtudwfDkcvZajiGhcAt0nYVsT3bIlwIpZG7ByEdwXulQdYuAEJUv2C64urQiKU97krV0ugh_2onFXjBqS2I0/s4032/IMG_1046.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgstGp624xhInyQ4Yhn_L-z3xI-6sFYKBkb7zIvKM0snkEcvQfiklnwSZEPvwtZysOBeV997WQbo6DadPupPL2IdxhmSiXAuaxY_PniLwtudwfDkcvZajiGhcAt0nYVsT3bIlwIpZG7ByEdwXulQdYuAEJUv2C64urQiKU97krV0ugh_2onFXjBqS2I0/w640-h480/IMG_1046.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">During our time in Wadi Rum and Petra, I and most others walked over 10 miles per day to experience these amazing sites.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We left Petra the following morning to experience floating in the Dead Sea, some 1,312 feet below sea level which has been lowering every year as evaporation is more loss of water than the Jordan River provides. As you walk down to the Dead Sea you see several signs that show the sea level with the date starting in 2005.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-27095309307580257992023-10-30T19:16:00.005-07:002023-12-05T19:57:19.398-08:00Wadi Rum Desert Used in Mars Movies--10/11--13/2023<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We arrived at the Rum village in the Wadi Rum Protected Area after a one-hour drive from our day at the Red Sea beach and transferred to 4-wheel vehicles with partially deflated tires for a better grip on the shifting sands to get to our desert camp. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As darkness fell, we entered this otherworldly Wadi Rum desert which is home to Bedouins who have created several desert camps for tourists to enjoy the beauty and solitude of the desert.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After half an hour, drive through the desert, amidst the enormous rock formations, we arrived at our camp called Muhammad Mutlak Desert Camp. The Sheik met us and showed us to our “felt tents” followed by a filling buffet dinner. We had the option to sleep under the stars, but no one in our group did.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3jxHhYZwd6t2x51T0Hy6dewStXeDV7Rp1kNoPAeugMEkWenQ-_eoJHwu0Er1BjO2u6RZFE1NiC8l0gn9Ky5TopyEitVznydvhx86syqbmgp2D796_SWksc5PaDKEPgBC8kzVEk16HC77rgY2rgKT0ZckBZB97heog5Du7KvPfQOgvgPlDQvoJwNO2hg/s5568/GOPR0985.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3jxHhYZwd6t2x51T0Hy6dewStXeDV7Rp1kNoPAeugMEkWenQ-_eoJHwu0Er1BjO2u6RZFE1NiC8l0gn9Ky5TopyEitVznydvhx86syqbmgp2D796_SWksc5PaDKEPgBC8kzVEk16HC77rgY2rgKT0ZckBZB97heog5Du7KvPfQOgvgPlDQvoJwNO2hg/w640-h480/GOPR0985.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Seven Pillars of Wisdom Rock Formation dominates the camp background.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheMLJrXawD8XwLZeWauctn2heraSMfw5wZgqDUYzjcfbG5eQT3jCzBuv6ZuDia-bKsNdcusCz5ZNGNaMywC8ePkJAbxGNm685ovKy9QfaJGfjH8htvZczky7-KNG-escJ-BhX2uEDUIz7dIJQeGSlXuTfjXv3-yKdnBx-hZF2XaxG8yV32sMNd5aWKdM/s2872/GOPR1001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2872" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheMLJrXawD8XwLZeWauctn2heraSMfw5wZgqDUYzjcfbG5eQT3jCzBuv6ZuDia-bKsNdcusCz5ZNGNaMywC8ePkJAbxGNm685ovKy9QfaJGfjH8htvZczky7-KNG-escJ-BhX2uEDUIz7dIJQeGSlXuTfjXv3-yKdnBx-hZF2XaxG8yV32sMNd5aWKdM/w640-h480/GOPR1001.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQbAl6nSRc_BaCuogD6grGafJoaFAbEju8Nc0aKks5HTXHxNlxUThK5ohdZ_mI9cvCyIInN8EEncF6zl2oPcB4koDD8ytlBPuiPvHZtlT3iRWKyGY4RSG7J4VPcHYvug_f_DVDGQ_LakJuT1srd03wH0MrDYHi_37lljR1wpMPl3pn7AMwKM32WdA_Zc/s5568/GOPR0998.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQbAl6nSRc_BaCuogD6grGafJoaFAbEju8Nc0aKks5HTXHxNlxUThK5ohdZ_mI9cvCyIInN8EEncF6zl2oPcB4koDD8ytlBPuiPvHZtlT3iRWKyGY4RSG7J4VPcHYvug_f_DVDGQ_LakJuT1srd03wH0MrDYHi_37lljR1wpMPl3pn7AMwKM32WdA_Zc/w640-h480/GOPR0998.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our felt "tent"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlDGGfhExsiAFyC-h-xNiZKmAzsaApvBrZSJ90N9LIF6dGLO0Pw5MMP3DEyRoxMn2nSHoZGcp6aPt3fwyXB4r84fdJWXCchGkVNB2hx9L13MQVQCXaTweALufk5WkUCJ-eU5KyRQeUHKBo1IV5nmVvY6QSvm8PeKLHuzYmAfD9bunajJkmt3wSdo-DEw/s5568/GOPR0999.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlDGGfhExsiAFyC-h-xNiZKmAzsaApvBrZSJ90N9LIF6dGLO0Pw5MMP3DEyRoxMn2nSHoZGcp6aPt3fwyXB4r84fdJWXCchGkVNB2hx9L13MQVQCXaTweALufk5WkUCJ-eU5KyRQeUHKBo1IV5nmVvY6QSvm8PeKLHuzYmAfD9bunajJkmt3wSdo-DEw/w640-h480/GOPR0999.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Dining Hall</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm81d4Rv4lNo-1cV2VnRJAWw39otI_gFRZVsPKQNNusXg0KwmSALsJuGbO6za0t_vkpxeDdMr6cPEJdDhXvMUKrv9hlmROpDMM4xkkeAZ0vrqZZf9nryNaLQskRen1VRY-tzchGYw6UibP_E9h6bcQYjmkY3m2TxFS2p7so7x8U6B8uX8FiQoxTO5zdM8/s4032/IMG_7859.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm81d4Rv4lNo-1cV2VnRJAWw39otI_gFRZVsPKQNNusXg0KwmSALsJuGbO6za0t_vkpxeDdMr6cPEJdDhXvMUKrv9hlmROpDMM4xkkeAZ0vrqZZf9nryNaLQskRen1VRY-tzchGYw6UibP_E9h6bcQYjmkY3m2TxFS2p7so7x8U6B8uX8FiQoxTO5zdM8/w640-h480/IMG_7859.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUWqcGbZ7QZYhAXiDlDdv9Qqmu3f744rq3yh7QfnPZYCHzn_A_3-cr8ucilAjnjU1VICTgeV9mRpb-R-cSpYnt1oUwaj0T00UokikMZtmiPwxRCbuhrf0TfP5JppxamhEYVZjK475pJA5meJkk8e4BaUv9S6UXa6tpIctKgLZJJJNohRBoELrHZFQzrU/s4032/IMG_7855.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUWqcGbZ7QZYhAXiDlDdv9Qqmu3f744rq3yh7QfnPZYCHzn_A_3-cr8ucilAjnjU1VICTgeV9mRpb-R-cSpYnt1oUwaj0T00UokikMZtmiPwxRCbuhrf0TfP5JppxamhEYVZjK475pJA5meJkk8e4BaUv9S6UXa6tpIctKgLZJJJNohRBoELrHZFQzrU/w640-h480/IMG_7855.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Although we were informed it would be a more primitive arrangement, we found that the bathroom accommodations up the hill, had normal toilets and hot showers, and the dining arrangements were good. The electricity and hot water for the bathrooms and showers were powered by the solar panels nearby. Water was trucked in, so we used it sparingly. We even had Wi-Fi and cell phone connections—not very primitive at all.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QwRIze0KEpo" width="320" youtube-src-id="QwRIze0KEpo"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After dinner, we sat outside around the fire pit and enjoyed the clear skies above with many stars, including the Milky Way. We even saw a shooting star while there. Unfortunately, the smoke seemed to chase me wherever I sat so I ended up heading back to our felt tent for the night.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqEj3y-k9J0_DQm-7ZRtGAlbe8LJG6YzmYE7f8k0V0qdgeDC60Toz0sB0_sMnH3j22lY0DXhLtXEeqw-eTh5kLWTU2HWry9AJIh-llEZaLfWUY3MzGI1khN2KEQua9fzxeApC6gFUD8KmZGMGiF6jJi_OKt0zOjIyuYS-Llm8gS-8YEZ2UQFV6c4pMiw/s1600/1a8a2640-1ecf-4652-b516-2128a9b1b771.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqEj3y-k9J0_DQm-7ZRtGAlbe8LJG6YzmYE7f8k0V0qdgeDC60Toz0sB0_sMnH3j22lY0DXhLtXEeqw-eTh5kLWTU2HWry9AJIh-llEZaLfWUY3MzGI1khN2KEQua9fzxeApC6gFUD8KmZGMGiF6jJi_OKt0zOjIyuYS-Llm8gS-8YEZ2UQFV6c4pMiw/w640-h480/1a8a2640-1ecf-4652-b516-2128a9b1b771.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a quiet, comfortable night sleeping, and when we awoke, I opened the back slider to see the morning sun hit the Seven Pillars of Wisdom rock formation. </span> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHTr6G-rJQNYA5csCxeXOX3BLfvx_eSFU4y5JoNE4p95N2t_5J_UWuwyDRWuvRXIU3OxtQov-bL4y1k9ZASV52ibfG-0ac8TT1bmpwCDZVRtbkwFrviuGAx0Ff7MWBI1uKpbvrLH2Yl8BIetQtdCdoQQXT_H5982o0cX2k2aEUYDL1lRhb4LTFlAzlR8/s5568/GOPR1000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHTr6G-rJQNYA5csCxeXOX3BLfvx_eSFU4y5JoNE4p95N2t_5J_UWuwyDRWuvRXIU3OxtQov-bL4y1k9ZASV52ibfG-0ac8TT1bmpwCDZVRtbkwFrviuGAx0Ff7MWBI1uKpbvrLH2Yl8BIetQtdCdoQQXT_H5982o0cX2k2aEUYDL1lRhb4LTFlAzlR8/w640-h480/GOPR1000.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This rock formation was named by T.E. Lawrence who recounted the Arab Revolt he had participated in back in 1917 to an American journalist who wrote the book, “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom”. The Arab Revolt overthrew the Turkish Ottoman regime. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Here is a picture of T.E. Lawrence at the Paris Peace Conference with Emir Faisal's entourage. Lawrence is the 3rd from the right. The Paris Peace Conference was held between 1919 and 1920 following World War I designed to have the victorious allies set the terms for the defeated powers including land redistributions and financial reparations.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After coffee and a buffet breakfast, we hiked about 9 miles to see and climb some of the unique rock formations including a natural rock bridge where many posed for dramatic pictures. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"Atlas" Dan is holding up this big rock.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; 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Our Bedouin host had heated our beverages by using some small sticks for the fire.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our loop hike brought us back to our camp which was nestled up against some amazing rock formations carved by the actions of the wind and weather.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mh2Mwhu8dn1-0HvdtbqA80Vm1DSMBN9Lo0jIrMnHbIQVibFGXkxkOcJl7Lvovkfrp6ZYdn5M58-r-TrWJESKYJcpNQeBiFyTKB3Y5nHaib1p9ELc8Zccuu_cdnhJ6-HRsF9YqNcr0BK3Dvpz5fOST1FAV1ypDrrVZKbdr_MkxRSY42dOn4OLaXlIo1o/w640-h480/GOPR1007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">After lunch, we begin our four-wheel-drive tour of other parts of the Wadi Rum desert including other natural bridges, deeply carved canyons, and sand dunes. <span style="font-family: inherit;">We are at the entrance to the </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Alkali Springs, one of the few places in Wadi Rum where water is present.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We stopped at one of the natural bridge locations and had some tea while some of the group bargained for various trinkets. Musa had me try on a typical headdress of the Bedouins.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2xT6I9SomahTvaT2fRMC9HftScwfIaK9MCYf3fwDeRuhpAzyt93sZ1iqEHDbnyJDf3yASuX9McCmyapmmTyLB3FZuq05PYCGaBwigyaceWFWOOfbHvFGOsKx5gRDCZLN_e-UVw-S_-yPlCCjIMaNdanE3hCz1wCZZRyeglJKAReX93PIkpZtEYxG31c/s2061/GOPR1154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="2061" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2xT6I9SomahTvaT2fRMC9HftScwfIaK9MCYf3fwDeRuhpAzyt93sZ1iqEHDbnyJDf3yASuX9McCmyapmmTyLB3FZuq05PYCGaBwigyaceWFWOOfbHvFGOsKx5gRDCZLN_e-UVw-S_-yPlCCjIMaNdanE3hCz1wCZZRyeglJKAReX93PIkpZtEYxG31c/w640-h480/GOPR1154.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETX6If5o-PtidvPTgIm2GB2zjuzfieykSgCmbx8HiNjS5gi7u-ZxjL8KdfLfOF0JH2YBs9Ex9VDb7pLx6wH3g816DzJE3YglmEOuWZwYnrn64iKPMWLjS2tKczW1IQCiK9cJgDgoOCuZSGnCDvU7qkTZtzPZP-95D_fJFJhIcSzHCJNNWjF-kCM_ThtM/s4032/IMG_7876.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETX6If5o-PtidvPTgIm2GB2zjuzfieykSgCmbx8HiNjS5gi7u-ZxjL8KdfLfOF0JH2YBs9Ex9VDb7pLx6wH3g816DzJE3YglmEOuWZwYnrn64iKPMWLjS2tKczW1IQCiK9cJgDgoOCuZSGnCDvU7qkTZtzPZP-95D_fJFJhIcSzHCJNNWjF-kCM_ThtM/w640-h480/IMG_7876.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We also had the chance to climb up one of the sand dunes only to run back down. Here are Sabine and Thorsten running down this sand dune ahead of me.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbF7XPc5Xq0Tb0bBEjP-Y5xABMJU5qW-TI3G0vMQwe8CTuBhDFwDFw1k5YmdOgPIJtyP8GCAv0mhT1DkqsMMgliQinLe7xWwZ7bkVSd20nX6id0aWyAeoypKT2WKLnYPkdQJ7frTUvSFDJ61yhBRAmSz7XUIGxtY-HJdSEO-wPcwGosi4EsMOYfChMfo/s2632/GOPR1122.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1974" data-original-width="2632" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbF7XPc5Xq0Tb0bBEjP-Y5xABMJU5qW-TI3G0vMQwe8CTuBhDFwDFw1k5YmdOgPIJtyP8GCAv0mhT1DkqsMMgliQinLe7xWwZ7bkVSd20nX6id0aWyAeoypKT2WKLnYPkdQJ7frTUvSFDJ61yhBRAmSz7XUIGxtY-HJdSEO-wPcwGosi4EsMOYfChMfo/w640-h480/GOPR1122.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ikomYQKbK0" width="320" youtube-src-id="1ikomYQKbK0"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This is the third and highest natural bridge we visited. I would not want to be on it when it collapses.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtj3FyLJ6fGjj2b2K2ByRN8q300nLJfS8tlsXEcV0CSdTIofPbi0mmlja27SdZlY81OplmOWNEscTi-Jh6tQCBXE84G4tW2J0KeGJIURJ6ycAP-ZGjDKx6-kOFdQn-HW1MGg-fPP4rmiNvr6u0ZzVVB8TbIoQh804eVBqCDlF3i8-0FBhRQr-nt5F2_ls/s5568/GOPR1160.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtj3FyLJ6fGjj2b2K2ByRN8q300nLJfS8tlsXEcV0CSdTIofPbi0mmlja27SdZlY81OplmOWNEscTi-Jh6tQCBXE84G4tW2J0KeGJIURJ6ycAP-ZGjDKx6-kOFdQn-HW1MGg-fPP4rmiNvr6u0ZzVVB8TbIoQh804eVBqCDlF3i8-0FBhRQr-nt5F2_ls/w640-h480/GOPR1160.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Upon our return, the showers were hot, at least for those who took early showers.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We walked out to a nearby rock outcropping to watch the sunset and how it played against the desert sands and unique rock foundations before returning to our evening dinner.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For dinner, we were treated to a traditional buried earthen oven of vegetables and meats that were added to the buffet. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; 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font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On our final morning in Wadi Rum, we had breakfast, packed up, and then had a group picture of us with the Bedouin staff, including the Sheik who owned this desert camp.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">One of Musa's favorite activities--group shots.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSKRwIGyT-GyDD_0lcDnwPKrHkqUDV12PmDwVsZzE7yHoH5_kPBSbeRIl5h8i24Z-bx6YuWHBBWXiL5HcFgwU45q6NgtvSVFJ-PJufuto9v_LY9Keq_Wn4dmFYzLomeUqOgnRrcr2zMQz5wSZNuXY8Ay_2Q5vjY45xEnqI4_d0Oc8VDCWx6lba-UGLK8/s4032/IMG_7489.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSKRwIGyT-GyDD_0lcDnwPKrHkqUDV12PmDwVsZzE7yHoH5_kPBSbeRIl5h8i24Z-bx6YuWHBBWXiL5HcFgwU45q6NgtvSVFJ-PJufuto9v_LY9Keq_Wn4dmFYzLomeUqOgnRrcr2zMQz5wSZNuXY8Ay_2Q5vjY45xEnqI4_d0Oc8VDCWx6lba-UGLK8/w640-h480/IMG_7489.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our 4-wheel cars joined several other cars leaving the desert to converge on the Rum village. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz5z2OPxKbyxMvbCUu9pZOW6cYowJbbF5pqw0WpbovJp4LT1KNUjNRMm03-nWT9prYpyjoz3tJhhC1wzt1NGw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We transferred back to our minivan and then stopped at the railroad station and train that was featured in the Lawrence of Arabia movie to take some pictures. Wadi Rum has served in several movie sets that featured being on Mars and other science fiction genres, and most recently the "John Wick Chapter 4" franchise.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was then on to Petra some two hours away where we explored one of the world's most treasured UNESCO Heritage Sites for two days.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">sho</span></p><p style="background-color: white; 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I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-57809883375540729372023-10-29T08:48:00.002-07:002023-12-05T19:56:17.067-08:00A Day at the Red Sea Beach, Aqaba, Jordan--10/10--11/2023<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We arrived on the Royal Jordanian Airlines to the Amman Airport, and we were immediately met by the Intrepid representative who collected our passports, which expedited our immigration into Jordan. He was also taking care of another Intrepid group that was the “Comfort" group. I didn't see much difference in how we were treated between our "Basic" group and the "Comfort" group. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Preview of our Berenice Beach Club on the Red Sea, Aqaba, Jordan.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2QBWQvJTQygzUpGYME_SEBVH7wh1AsKC2dQKxQXny6l6WOFkX2RIbYUuO_KlUuRrReejIWIjpgMgGcDQEQ9oC183BzNO4P6Ln7X02WWIt9jimzn_d9pT99yonh4tmH4pS06yrnKehyuns1-G78Bvz-ugqReIOpYK0jFFHQqz_EYimA9YzCK4spDXcIg/s5122/GOPR0949.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8v5gGZgjh1kA-ecRx2Y6ysunZO1noG-aazvM1xi4mg544fbqQUiUHNsIpSgVspfZYwpou4CFEBUPBDrqGUpGAhAYKllDjSMt_kDKAhvNJ_dUQep9UqqyokB6PKPgZtQf-ft7qMQt3o4TqPuyVsz2FmknbTmUIagTkqrq_oV3U3exWhOez1vrxz9AJNY/s4032/IMG_7835.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8v5gGZgjh1kA-ecRx2Y6ysunZO1noG-aazvM1xi4mg544fbqQUiUHNsIpSgVspfZYwpou4CFEBUPBDrqGUpGAhAYKllDjSMt_kDKAhvNJ_dUQep9UqqyokB6PKPgZtQf-ft7qMQt3o4TqPuyVsz2FmknbTmUIagTkqrq_oV3U3exWhOez1vrxz9AJNY/w640-h480/IMG_7835.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After returning our stamped passports, the Intrepid rep. directed us to a shuttle bus which took us to the Signature Hotel in downtown Amman. During the Egypt tour, Dan was my roommate and now Matt would be my roommate in Jordan. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After settling into our rooms we meet our Intrepid tour guide, Thaer Musa, as well as four new members of our tour group. All were women and two were from Germany—Sandra and Daniela, Lien was from Belgium, and Morgan was from the US. Their backgrounds included insurance, specialized clothing marketing, teaching, and homeless shelter manager. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Musa addressed the issue of the war between Israel and Hamas by saying that Jordan was a very safe country, the king was one of the negotiators, along with the president of Egypt to try to achieve some level of peace and return of hostages to Israel. He indicated that Intrepid had canceled all of their tours to Israel, which affected one of our Canadian tour group members. He indicated that in case anything changed they would be within four hours of an airport to take us to safety. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Although we haven’t seen much of Jordan, it is so much cleaner, and not as dusty as our experience was traveling through Egypt, and also it looks much more prosperous based on the buildings we saw, the cars on the road, and the conditions of the roads.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrO_4OlW7gs9Kizyi5in8c3PtIqsoOBbT5fy9nzH-AOqzYBAkUTx4UDilIvqbWUAAl6OYBTSi0GR6Du5hV0FEEhIVPSsdkIDxDPV8hkPxRT8jFw78aP2S1YJEO5h0JDTcaqWft5QqMKd4oMcTW57Konf_vubtD0ZyQy3BUBZiHfFN1jAGj2MCh3ELplo/s4032/IMG_7836.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrO_4OlW7gs9Kizyi5in8c3PtIqsoOBbT5fy9nzH-AOqzYBAkUTx4UDilIvqbWUAAl6OYBTSi0GR6Du5hV0FEEhIVPSsdkIDxDPV8hkPxRT8jFw78aP2S1YJEO5h0JDTcaqWft5QqMKd4oMcTW57Konf_vubtD0ZyQy3BUBZiHfFN1jAGj2MCh3ELplo/w640-h480/IMG_7836.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After introductions, we headed down the street and stopped at a pastry shop to try out some treats before heading to dinner.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; 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font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcW3HCxRXabo7SzhhTCbvD3yKdiAak6HV5c53roAzllEhosqfyvKudvEz4rbmPFIDTBipJ5Nv8Y9iZTuIEFIw-Mtqb5BUPVSVGp6sFCnYY_sYSZ_F1Sy6kwTi2_u7iVytauB8Jzk6vH6pZwmHnAUt1wmJwWe3cx0SoCcLfovoNTWfRmA7VRC-K_boMrlo/s5568/GOPR0902.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcW3HCxRXabo7SzhhTCbvD3yKdiAak6HV5c53roAzllEhosqfyvKudvEz4rbmPFIDTBipJ5Nv8Y9iZTuIEFIw-Mtqb5BUPVSVGp6sFCnYY_sYSZ_F1Sy6kwTi2_u7iVytauB8Jzk6vH6pZwmHnAUt1wmJwWe3cx0SoCcLfovoNTWfRmA7VRC-K_boMrlo/w640-h480/GOPR0902.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Along the way, our guide redirected us away from a large demonstration of Palestinians, protesting the war between Israel and Hamas. We did see a few stragglers with Palestinian flags, running up and down by the cars in the street on our way to the pastry shop.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We then went around the corner up some steep stairs, and then down some stairs to reach the Jabal Restaurant where we had some great food on the rooftop. We had some great views of the city below.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVurXjNwrrV4RgJEXtqRAY9s_mmluExTOihZa0HISKNH6ODn5Itxdi3oGJoKjrEZEw1Xl5PWQ6l2FBo3K0gqFOmUAleh0HY7eGDhZOgp4DWuzkwAdFR7RjyNLP7SNS0AcQREeZVHGunoggRpWzRV-jniNy3LlD9L3KgdJQ48bU__hm8LU2vowBfNKKP2w/s5568/GOPR0896.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3L5Pluzpz4YUbhTF1KZAs0tRVD_CveEZ6EP4b6vQTld9qVSXYwVtMVTD22zZZF2KCGGFsidfh70DLr5w6ZJaQ71cOlDhRVObZb7ltGkiGX9WnWfZVslBCj5hsMXtKKxjiAXNW_1UCpleDu2uZT9cFDyucM7GDvjhyphenhyphen5SNeF0NWGzv6vabGjfiPRYbVco/s5568/GOPR0898.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3L5Pluzpz4YUbhTF1KZAs0tRVD_CveEZ6EP4b6vQTld9qVSXYwVtMVTD22zZZF2KCGGFsidfh70DLr5w6ZJaQ71cOlDhRVObZb7ltGkiGX9WnWfZVslBCj5hsMXtKKxjiAXNW_1UCpleDu2uZT9cFDyucM7GDvjhyphenhyphen5SNeF0NWGzv6vabGjfiPRYbVco/w640-h480/GOPR0898.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43ZL4uLEWOS_9obzEh6hi1uyLfmtFtMPXrrVMLaI7qFF7IVjgth7BSodLVuO27myVKStjZUNfF2r7Ks7HctcPs2ZR2SxoE4W59zmg0W-EfWoVsOhXaxbs_1YqJF2NsZVxkHICh04cU2q9-nwg0Bk4rl_dB9tfkRIdm13sQWEsNAbuKbCEIYhfrQDvEVg/s898/Screenshot%202023-10-28%20at%2011.49.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="898" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43ZL4uLEWOS_9obzEh6hi1uyLfmtFtMPXrrVMLaI7qFF7IVjgth7BSodLVuO27myVKStjZUNfF2r7Ks7HctcPs2ZR2SxoE4W59zmg0W-EfWoVsOhXaxbs_1YqJF2NsZVxkHICh04cU2q9-nwg0Bk4rl_dB9tfkRIdm13sQWEsNAbuKbCEIYhfrQDvEVg/w640-h480/Screenshot%202023-10-28%20at%2011.49.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had an eggplant, pasta, and beef main dish laced with pomegranates, and it was delicious before we returned to the Signature Hotel for the evening.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AwdWbgU1HpWrcUvx1rcDr8nqUwBSzKZcXEC2ITLXdXjJWWZ5miphr_aorWrLx6M8CRcfDXTvd6H4C7FEbc3cEIJh9Y9GNn8jbKMurbM7fHHVL6uCUvZN-yvOGNfB3ugUvnbl3i85ucfYcPusFYCdUzNv_AIW2MfDV4rQNVquo-YyFVGbLUQtr8oEyiI/w640-h480/IMG_0502.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> After the hotel buffet breakfast, we headed out to Aqaba on the Red Sea for a day of relaxing, snorkeling, and sunning at the Berenice Beach Club. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When we passed the King's residence, we saw an armed personnel vehicle, and several armed guards surrounding the complex. Musa indicated that this was not normal, but rather in response to the King‘s participation in negotiations with Israel and Hamas and the demonstrations in Amman. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dykQLdCRKoF_t_sq171XBpCaySiQxUMU_omGdt4vcWz16DBWbRTE5hRlPBLzd3LN0_9mctk36DQg7v2re6wpg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnG_0DVZ3dF21yZI9nspfK2_hjA1x2ekdYqyc2X9j2FQSOh9v6qAvQSq1L7BNc4SZT2dJ8xDjUtG5guAc9gdymhtK4EN35hSaWAZ3GZGCcUfSHiSPPwyokjrN-B6Giv2UhWBcC7Iv5Si5NOHRfzN2SUisHTTOvuSAa1Fe72wXHeEdNN64EfyUXoFLmZQ0/s4032/IMG_7840.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnG_0DVZ3dF21yZI9nspfK2_hjA1x2ekdYqyc2X9j2FQSOh9v6qAvQSq1L7BNc4SZT2dJ8xDjUtG5guAc9gdymhtK4EN35hSaWAZ3GZGCcUfSHiSPPwyokjrN-B6Giv2UhWBcC7Iv5Si5NOHRfzN2SUisHTTOvuSAa1Fe72wXHeEdNN64EfyUXoFLmZQ0/w640-h480/IMG_7840.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With a population of 11.1 million residents, Jordan has become the largest refugee-holding country in the world. About 1.5 million citizens were refugees from Palestine and there are now about 634,000 refugee immigrants from Palestine. They also have about 1.4 million Syrian refugees, and 1.6 million from other countries such as Yemen, Libia, Lebanon, and Iraq.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With the tensions in the Middle East, Musa indicated that a tour group from Poland he was going to guide following our trip had just been canceled. but he was able to pick up another tour group the day following our departure. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">I just checked the Intrepid Tour website and it looks like they have discounted the Egypt tours by $400 to $1,100 USD and the Jordan tours by $400 to $600 USD. My Egypt-Jordan trip has been discounted by $1,100 from $3,800 most likely to attract some more </span><span style="font-size: large;">adventurous Intrepid Tour clients. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He indicated that both Jordan and Egypt were just recovering from the Covid 19 pandemic and now are faced with losing tourist business because of the war between Israel and Hamas.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was a four-hour drive south to Aqaba from Amman. The road was good and the scenery was mostly hilly desert arid land. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRJm-TT0ewpMpOpe2muzQaHC6LOjrQXK3DprgIROM3pcYpkft0WE6MgR-THX0602W-3sGTUMfsH4skj7xD4WHZuwBzVhIHUPf42Wp6J56ISXJpGClrQYYranZhaZiIGuuuJmk6RWinMxfucixkC8fb5jDaWCvvqoC7d86S-O7oEB2FfN15AJl9759AuE/s5568/GOPR0909.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Before we hit the beach, we visited downtown Aqaba and the Mamluk Castle of Aqaba which was a destination for caravans on their way to Mecca and Medina during the Ottoman era.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When we got to the Berenice Beach Club in Aqaba, I enjoyed my kofte lunch with grilled vegetables, along with my usual mango shake under the umbrella tables that fronted the Red Sea before I went snorkeling. I don't think anyone in our group joined the Zumba group.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed snorkeling in the crystal clear waters of the Red Sea, where I saw several types of coral and a few fish that I hadn’t seen before while snorkeling in other places. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We then drove about an hour and a half to Wadi Rum just as the sun was setting. We transferred to 4-wheel vehicles with deflated tires to cross the desert to our Wadi Rum Mohammed Mutlak Desert Camp. We spent two nights in the desert camp where we hiked and explored this unique desert which has been the backdrop to several movies including Lawrence of Arabia and more recently John Wick Chapter 4.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-25493070340627830942023-10-28T08:37:00.002-07:002023-12-05T19:55:16.143-08:00Luxor--World's Greatest Open Air Museum--10/8--10/10/2023<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We arrived by our minibus in Luxor after disembarking from our felucca on the Nile some 4 hours earlier. After we checked into the Emilio Hotel, located near the Luxor Temple, we toured the Karnak Temple which had a series of sanctuaries, kiosks, and obelisks, dedicated to the Theban triad, but also to the pharaohs of the 18th to 20th dynasties—1570 to 1090 BCE.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsQSZnhQd1K13WErZPkUliyXbnqYeRaqu4WN7qrgxhok5tu6U7jAtk_R3nVtulbvxAUylMB1cW4mh6q7j_ugVOFzPiTrvueCzR5_NnqMQhgE79ahKoXeRyU1eIf0QjR834WE3NQHXGNbn2amHUNHrSCAmsYnyXLPVlPsNdO1Bpjh8s4_NAbf_wjHwvRo/s4608/DSCN1012.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Deeply carved hieroglyphics at Karnak were done to minimize vandalism.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-p6iTKJ9tDu_OAB_3FrCOXvQ3d5xRpePD9cnKHOjnQ685BsL163nfvnQGkjqFM6hCUZvXRRNGdWmCKryl7mQTljt3Rrn5c7jS18gYt1reCs-epoM08RA27H0_5TPqioA5suDyWspJKZVpKD2tTewMvmvmqK_uLZpzSQjDGmcczE75QYz5PLPFj405aY4/s4608/DSCN1050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-p6iTKJ9tDu_OAB_3FrCOXvQ3d5xRpePD9cnKHOjnQ685BsL163nfvnQGkjqFM6hCUZvXRRNGdWmCKryl7mQTljt3Rrn5c7jS18gYt1reCs-epoM08RA27H0_5TPqioA5suDyWspJKZVpKD2tTewMvmvmqK_uLZpzSQjDGmcczE75QYz5PLPFj405aY4/w640-h480/DSCN1050.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This was the largest and best preserved and restored of all of the temples we have seen so far. It also was the ending of the 3 km paved walkway connecting it to the Luxor Temple and adorned along the way with human-headed Sphinxes that are currently being restored.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWlFvYa_jOd-dK_8J0bMpehrhsqSa-seZwHPFcXe262MOp1uFl4Ht8nu2TGTFpDzDEqBftOp9r9ffpryqNxRAfkJ1BmXLIyi6zx69PccFMAuBaN1Ogp6RemCY_fjOOjMV9xfTUNOSjbKBPAizChwbbDCzVbISJNvFuVVxIhJ0Jp0N9JqCAs_F4NJAyQI/s4032/IMG_7816.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWlFvYa_jOd-dK_8J0bMpehrhsqSa-seZwHPFcXe262MOp1uFl4Ht8nu2TGTFpDzDEqBftOp9r9ffpryqNxRAfkJ1BmXLIyi6zx69PccFMAuBaN1Ogp6RemCY_fjOOjMV9xfTUNOSjbKBPAizChwbbDCzVbISJNvFuVVxIhJ0Jp0N9JqCAs_F4NJAyQI/w640-h480/IMG_7816.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After this amazing tour, we returned to the Emilio Hotel for some free time. Some took advantage of the rooftop pool and I headed out to see the nearby bazaar.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaIoEE6Wm1oRWLvQS9OaOJ9W49bqIDOM2NdzbGOeEiJYD9MypK9knegGGi4UEtq2Fxq1T023qoVIiRfVRZt8zm8P5IE0C9H4TbtNRKQ5R1yGcOUQKp_TTfKQ4h0AmdBCx7Lzo7cuEEHHbE8CEcM4peN5TKy-YIO10w6x8uuQxXQSc7Fn1BQ34331ggLw/s4032/IMG_7773.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaIoEE6Wm1oRWLvQS9OaOJ9W49bqIDOM2NdzbGOeEiJYD9MypK9knegGGi4UEtq2Fxq1T023qoVIiRfVRZt8zm8P5IE0C9H4TbtNRKQ5R1yGcOUQKp_TTfKQ4h0AmdBCx7Lzo7cuEEHHbE8CEcM4peN5TKy-YIO10w6x8uuQxXQSc7Fn1BQ34331ggLw/w480-h640/IMG_7773.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As I left the hotel, I was greeted by a big, buff guy who looked like he came out of the Golds Gym, sporting a mohawk haircut. He claimed he wanted to practice his English and show me around. I declined his offer, but he kept tagging along. I stopped at a store for some guava juice and then began looking for a barbershop. Of course, he led me to one that had three barber chairs in the place that looked quite ancient. I forgot to ask about the price and I ended up paying 600 pounds plus a 50 pound tip--$21USD-- and later I found out from our guide, Hady, that I should have paid just about 100 pounds.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I thought the guy would leave me, but he stayed like a lamprey and chatted with the three barbers while I got my haircut. After I paid up, I began walking back to my hotel, and that is when he began asking me for money beginning with 50 pounds and ending with 10 pounds. I repeatedly told him no, and as I entered the hotel, he unleashed a string of Arabic which I assume was not a compliment.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our group gathered to have dinner at the nearby Lane Al Sahaby Lane Restaurant where we enjoyed rooftop dining as the sun set.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPLnTKlxLKZ7gi1bSJpMKRD82K7B5t61jHgAH9TIqtBcUOyTF_QxTfd4mqvmfcJurr2YF2bUvua2mp7E-Rd5ykigPdAhhObag-0jyb7uRwmYGrM-DaVUw6sUbIvqf2QmFZjp0OyEtxAs7gnhN_g5QxSszwea5YEkcvWRji9B2jY5eE6hbE1spNslSW40/s4608/DSCN1323.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPLnTKlxLKZ7gi1bSJpMKRD82K7B5t61jHgAH9TIqtBcUOyTF_QxTfd4mqvmfcJurr2YF2bUvua2mp7E-Rd5ykigPdAhhObag-0jyb7uRwmYGrM-DaVUw6sUbIvqf2QmFZjp0OyEtxAs7gnhN_g5QxSszwea5YEkcvWRji9B2jY5eE6hbE1spNslSW40/w640-h480/DSCN1323.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIL4ysUwoC3DXyssKaG0xDWeub5vXgNd3TM7sd1JAdruU3SulZCghUpYVLHKJ_wYfya8V7OGHM99CKoSwAst1gjqMnN9e8Jmh04NcpB7lKpqM_R4dhWBk0tUF6f7e8Zus22yPovzgzvSAXFRS0SshCqWIbAqF1a9iVKxiLFulupAya3ltw-MPlV9fUCI0/s4032/IMG_6601.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIL4ysUwoC3DXyssKaG0xDWeub5vXgNd3TM7sd1JAdruU3SulZCghUpYVLHKJ_wYfya8V7OGHM99CKoSwAst1gjqMnN9e8Jmh04NcpB7lKpqM_R4dhWBk0tUF6f7e8Zus22yPovzgzvSAXFRS0SshCqWIbAqF1a9iVKxiLFulupAya3ltw-MPlV9fUCI0/w640-h480/IMG_6601.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At 6 AM the following morning, four of us, took off for a hot air balloon ride over the Luxor antiquities. Our shuttle bus took us to the ferry boats across the Nile to the west side, where we again boarded another shuttle bus to the balloon launch site Already there were several dozen hot air balloons that were a loft.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Hot Air Balloon Flight Over Luxor-- YouTube Video--9 minutes.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our hot air balloon was inflated with the gas burners, and the basket held 16 people. Some of the pictures and videos were taken by the fellow who charged me $10 for taking my picture and videos of our ascent and arrival.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was a great experience as the sun rose and we drifted over many of the Luxor ruins that we would later explore on the ground. I especially enjoyed it when our pilot turned off the gas, and we just drifted quietly over the landscape below.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vRUAinfmKQd8SdAMIno08ULZ8U8MKDVWDegerUMwIiq9RBaNfF1UsYW_YQForjxl8GI9jY6EObwFbQwGeAIolFj6I8HtYzzSkBBWQRiIVOx_iMyVcxUGinHsnR-wVFAsiaiaUuWFSg4R3y63o3PZkrKCFZUa88Ck-f-lje9v2-Ly9n5eHFOUa5p76P0/s4032/IMG_7790.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After landing, the hot air balloon crew drove us to the rendezvous point with our Intrepid group at the café across from the two Colossi of Memnon that represented Pharaoh Amenhotep III.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We begin our tour with a visit to the Memorial Temple of Hatshepsut which has been largely reconstructed and was a funerary.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLMMLfgpyuYbKXkPRmYmMW7H6nOIt9wzBohyB52hQd7mje52xhF3c0krD82FxkiqQAtFKlv67SXxlUktsRziwkS1DJ0Cx-1HAvrsD0Z2y-5as3803XKAVzcJ786NC1kYxbgb40MI_eaA0DJrsS93afUhwIRr93WrYeg2UqBy4-SufotCl_LmDk-7KDCo/s4534/DSCN1241.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On all of the statutes, when the arms are crossed it signifies that the person was dead and the ones with arms at the sides signify that the person depicted was alive. It was also interesting that many of the women's statutes sported beards to signify more authority.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJzLlBzD5jgLgXiGx8dTi0O2viOWoIjWk_i4c_5N2osVr7pkT4Osg8zwfhjmbWqqSf5o1SvGcsBcGZ4DGCarpDhPfi3nM8Wy4MgXdJv7slq5pz8TPwS66cEt0IHde193y6azFspvU2kJnG7vz-P2FTBJ1pE9wG_12NJMXtmhH11RoATMEJUOG5rAlv3I/s4608/DSCN1264.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We then drove around the mountain to the Valley of Kings where we explored many tombs of the pharaohs, including the tomb of Tutankhamun.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We visited four of these tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The first one was the tomb of Tawosret/Sethnakht at the top of the Valley. We then visited the Tomb of Rames IX, Tutanktnamun, and Rameses IV. There are currently 18 identified tombs in the area, but many of them are still being researched and restored.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWZjmUkG_dPJvkx_vE0XJnVZiLip-C9_rFyh-ad4cjx2WJSZzs4jGp14SRfKO0YZ2jdRre9FwT_C1ONzU-AoFHy-CIZSYbtncJSgYEUjWMSyBhPzFhNF3rZ0bLJ-fdvhQ4Ao_RcAKkBSrbtcEEYxQ97c1AFmz-pkSrlof9hjJlZHjvnQ8fIKhvZ4_zEk/s4608/DSCN1279.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWZjmUkG_dPJvkx_vE0XJnVZiLip-C9_rFyh-ad4cjx2WJSZzs4jGp14SRfKO0YZ2jdRre9FwT_C1ONzU-AoFHy-CIZSYbtncJSgYEUjWMSyBhPzFhNF3rZ0bLJ-fdvhQ4Ao_RcAKkBSrbtcEEYxQ97c1AFmz-pkSrlof9hjJlZHjvnQ8fIKhvZ4_zEk/w640-h480/DSCN1279.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">They had an interesting 3-D model of what it looked like underneath the mountain with the passages to the various tombs displayed. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqbr5VFyWqtvg_XfpWqqQk4br9tPpAsJk714QvAVsDfUY2ViRRyknpyVj4abp3L8BwqtDmOI0UEhVSN2GheXPKkk3u1kawRAKETfUAjrIYu6l8Hff_Vk5SH-1OE79pLbOtkuo3ij_YMSHR7LQBoFsPlaKCecim6z-3xdH0DU5wfBYi9ZR5cNMLdx2fVs/s4608/DSCN1278.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqbr5VFyWqtvg_XfpWqqQk4br9tPpAsJk714QvAVsDfUY2ViRRyknpyVj4abp3L8BwqtDmOI0UEhVSN2GheXPKkk3u1kawRAKETfUAjrIYu6l8Hff_Vk5SH-1OE79pLbOtkuo3ij_YMSHR7LQBoFsPlaKCecim6z-3xdH0DU5wfBYi9ZR5cNMLdx2fVs/w640-h480/DSCN1278.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After Kasia shared a photo bomb picture of Hady’s flag doll at Abu Simbel that resembles me, we took a picture of it with me and Hady in the Valley of the Kings.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We returned to the hotel, and some of us headed down to the Luxor Temple, which was just a few blocks away.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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It was just a block away and in the shade. We were given several offers by the many vendors to purchase all sorts of goods. I settled for a carton of mango juice.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFz5sRaWJj6e1NUkhzNmcS6j5Z1flotnFI96xTZGPAZTj5GGLZ6tEynJYg_gkZ5HBjXAFenDY2eq7mrjOwn6TmUy132ZTzXFRGyHeVSC70b3v6yqhYt5WM0Wv1tYp5YiZ0MrO_WjvtA3BvqxoGcTOYS62voaNET_fr5AjTIYwtpm1_5wxbjC-rLW6cUE/s4608/DSCN1354.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFz5sRaWJj6e1NUkhzNmcS6j5Z1flotnFI96xTZGPAZTj5GGLZ6tEynJYg_gkZ5HBjXAFenDY2eq7mrjOwn6TmUy132ZTzXFRGyHeVSC70b3v6yqhYt5WM0Wv1tYp5YiZ0MrO_WjvtA3BvqxoGcTOYS62voaNET_fr5AjTIYwtpm1_5wxbjC-rLW6cUE/w640-h480/DSCN1354.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJi08mY4FkNxH17ri3Jd97fQCotr9xlCbWrrhkQyuKn9rIIHx9kcmhECi0u-6oMBY5q5Cl1jTjNEZLPZE8myNaJ3W35C3PwEZJWYuw40sLI39cFO_4Ks6s8OM4LzxH_jXW7Iw84mkwttT-qiQMx64kHF3ZV_OXXuUOjLcf9lcSatgNapfBrqcC2L6IiK8/s4032/IMG_7831.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJi08mY4FkNxH17ri3Jd97fQCotr9xlCbWrrhkQyuKn9rIIHx9kcmhECi0u-6oMBY5q5Cl1jTjNEZLPZE8myNaJ3W35C3PwEZJWYuw40sLI39cFO_4Ks6s8OM4LzxH_jXW7Iw84mkwttT-qiQMx64kHF3ZV_OXXuUOjLcf9lcSatgNapfBrqcC2L6IiK8/w640-h480/IMG_7831.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That evening we took the sleeper night train from Luxor to Cairo. For me, it was a comfortable night of sleep, and we arrived in Cairo after 10 hours on the train.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cECVGsKzOHW4gKtPvjXJ1h6eDHZMbqgbuBJuljm_zSmOnG5nuLbXsi8uzGRK5LTkErFxbsuw-dW41oXycw9GD0lGb4grgg2y85x9CnOlFJsPHmdfPdBvWGitw2pRGzmw-jPjZLImzOMTa-d9mMBDhBfcsTFtfp1_lj1TaLqYZIncjx4bLuXahqFNDzs/s4032/IMG_7832.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Snack store for the train trip.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9TYWXmqoeXl6xAfViA9JvASjmoDMvR0_zOCVDtrZZkbhE8zFdCiADTr830f841rBAFetxvUFxSYFM9YnGHMnbdKHf8r10ol842DzroUqTbVAhpxz1DaI51EIYZdF9R5FJ7WadbR_hpNB186NwYxmLo8h1xGoJoZH3n7gf19OCfpb73-QKNl4cic3pfg/s4032/IMG_7833.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9TYWXmqoeXl6xAfViA9JvASjmoDMvR0_zOCVDtrZZkbhE8zFdCiADTr830f841rBAFetxvUFxSYFM9YnGHMnbdKHf8r10ol842DzroUqTbVAhpxz1DaI51EIYZdF9R5FJ7WadbR_hpNB186NwYxmLo8h1xGoJoZH3n7gf19OCfpb73-QKNl4cic3pfg/w640-h480/IMG_7833.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Train dinner</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pQ487uALeJ8CVTj3KSq4L-H4yQzGqsdxC5hPMq2XccYwGhptpBvk5zmXHQwvj9eIITqxBdadcvALEmUbALZhI3UL4D36JeIWxWDCJx8vPsbsoW-EwMKNpLPgj4JR7tvN6fxkmcH7_IdvWpqtJixBIeZuakUhCdFbQ4fDaDxaCLEPwJBPAShbjFpmcdU/s4032/IMG_0488.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pQ487uALeJ8CVTj3KSq4L-H4yQzGqsdxC5hPMq2XccYwGhptpBvk5zmXHQwvj9eIITqxBdadcvALEmUbALZhI3UL4D36JeIWxWDCJx8vPsbsoW-EwMKNpLPgj4JR7tvN6fxkmcH7_IdvWpqtJixBIeZuakUhCdFbQ4fDaDxaCLEPwJBPAShbjFpmcdU/w640-h480/IMG_0488.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpUzwxHXrRmMLUBhWW14J6D9QT-JUL5v3WvFKrDTitJfY2yQGAkbZrBTi_TGBCsySNKqz-nclID0GkaNMs9qulPwo50O0O6MJfTUA_siq3gXxpaPoOAnp6nqul06SpdyF7BOMGSJCpCADgpTaHMLiIb3Z0SguotN3icPfIWDKf7gPZnwZqJN1uIuz3uA/s4032/IMG_7834.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpUzwxHXrRmMLUBhWW14J6D9QT-JUL5v3WvFKrDTitJfY2yQGAkbZrBTi_TGBCsySNKqz-nclID0GkaNMs9qulPwo50O0O6MJfTUA_siq3gXxpaPoOAnp6nqul06SpdyF7BOMGSJCpCADgpTaHMLiIb3Z0SguotN3icPfIWDKf7gPZnwZqJN1uIuz3uA/w640-h480/IMG_7834.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Train arrival at the Giza Train Station, Cairo</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGABqjTYd8qMd0I_DUtdD0_fO6iOyVYRTWwSj5jzXbtwgbD3DS2mR5PPLgOHMgWJfF76c5RwEDjQNZXtG77Zd6skXNxGAiaWSONJlMerSE_VP7OntHngmFNVvzgkv8dhqqxMN2ja27RP31UOkcEWTc0NkeTWXZQKxuYAxIdR6epN2rFY2M8Xc895yItjc/s4608/DSCN1357.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGABqjTYd8qMd0I_DUtdD0_fO6iOyVYRTWwSj5jzXbtwgbD3DS2mR5PPLgOHMgWJfF76c5RwEDjQNZXtG77Zd6skXNxGAiaWSONJlMerSE_VP7OntHngmFNVvzgkv8dhqqxMN2ja27RP31UOkcEWTc0NkeTWXZQKxuYAxIdR6epN2rFY2M8Xc895yItjc/w640-h480/DSCN1357.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjBGTtJVBduetMa4WRThwr0YGxus7SVIQfJretDxUwTQZWVVultZ07oa7vhqzBBqXVxtAeEfjbS9Qu-giPYP-1cm2fNJ3xoeNit2DyeSXV2Wpv1b1_EW7C4NPZfZCZj2tySrarGa1kf_quj91kwW5jkmmYAF1oSQJBNIFY-7KUi_8CpbzUeL-QXHGGcg/s4608/DSCN1359.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjBGTtJVBduetMa4WRThwr0YGxus7SVIQfJretDxUwTQZWVVultZ07oa7vhqzBBqXVxtAeEfjbS9Qu-giPYP-1cm2fNJ3xoeNit2DyeSXV2Wpv1b1_EW7C4NPZfZCZj2tySrarGa1kf_quj91kwW5jkmmYAF1oSQJBNIFY-7KUi_8CpbzUeL-QXHGGcg/w640-h480/DSCN1359.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our shuttle bus took us to the Pharaohs Hotel where Hady had arranged to have a a few rooms so we could refresh ourselves with hot showers and some rest before taking the afternoon flight to Amman, Jordan.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Eight of us continued on to Amman, Jordan, but Katrina and Nick, from the US, continued on their one-year travels to Bosnia and Serbia.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As we boarded our shuttle bus to the airport, we also said our goodbyes and thanks to Hady, our Egyptian Intrepid guide, who made our Egypt adventure special.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">We then boarded our 1 1/2 hour flight on the Royal Jordanian Airline passing huge swathes of desert land before arriving at the Amman, Jordan airport where we were met with Intrepid </span><span style="font-size: large;">Tour reps. who took care of our Jordan Immigration, and arranged for our shuttle busses to the Signature Hotel where we met our Jordanian guide, Thaer Musa.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhon5L2HcgFbkjX5jsJY2GG8cBfzBApSN76mfu_5xzQQWrSYhSe3ppPK_wfMGMa6r23EglmQevzblRLLlqKCwYybRRUSKdqU55zjK2WCGk-er11MYGpSDH32xXBR4nIIIWV3bI_8e_SkcM88ntWCJC3dnJmob0Qg1331zT24H50SZx4WCEa2XYz8Duti4A/s4032/IMG_7835.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhon5L2HcgFbkjX5jsJY2GG8cBfzBApSN76mfu_5xzQQWrSYhSe3ppPK_wfMGMa6r23EglmQevzblRLLlqKCwYybRRUSKdqU55zjK2WCGk-er11MYGpSDH32xXBR4nIIIWV3bI_8e_SkcM88ntWCJC3dnJmob0Qg1331zT24H50SZx4WCEa2XYz8Duti4A/w640-h480/IMG_7835.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwfv98mL1USh3SzygbOnYKMXmc3ublWElQf4EtML4nBY4E4hcAvnttUGLRLjt-Rze_0C-x7nis5Fx659WWqCc5cFBM_bYHK2HIkP2PkUJ8avuIJrTySxFgpgwwPUmTfi0_2JE8EEhXFCzwT91hOI8K7_0DMpZe7Fnhz1wodxSA3DQb-tT3BX626S893o/s4608/DSCN1367.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwfv98mL1USh3SzygbOnYKMXmc3ublWElQf4EtML4nBY4E4hcAvnttUGLRLjt-Rze_0C-x7nis5Fx659WWqCc5cFBM_bYHK2HIkP2PkUJ8avuIJrTySxFgpgwwPUmTfi0_2JE8EEhXFCzwT91hOI8K7_0DMpZe7Fnhz1wodxSA3DQb-tT3BX626S893o/w640-h480/DSCN1367.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other shorter travel videos.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">.</span></p></div>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-53136036412425672352023-10-24T08:50:00.000-07:002023-12-05T19:54:10.608-08:00Sailing and Sleeping on the Felucca down the Nile--10/7--8/2023<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Shortly after we returned from our drive from Abu Simbel temples and enjoyed an afternoon of free time.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSn7iq_fSY0NZRlurtCqFUKwrhWfVh3ZzcalXNDMWYFm2SG7AvYu8Dzw13ZP3FS1pkyIQCQML7xd0agWjPzW-bjuivnqBojhIQ9guvezyKYHrU6B6mUcPZZXWSAn0_BZqwiPq1M0YgtWJmPtcFmj4d85C-0CJVvjcp70wAbE2Kp6rkCipo9Fmr0R-RSk/s3263/DSCN0961.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2447" data-original-width="3263" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSn7iq_fSY0NZRlurtCqFUKwrhWfVh3ZzcalXNDMWYFm2SG7AvYu8Dzw13ZP3FS1pkyIQCQML7xd0agWjPzW-bjuivnqBojhIQ9guvezyKYHrU6B6mUcPZZXWSAn0_BZqwiPq1M0YgtWJmPtcFmj4d85C-0CJVvjcp70wAbE2Kp6rkCipo9Fmr0R-RSk/w640-h480/DSCN0961.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The following morning, we boarded our felucca sailboat in Aswan and sailed down the Nile until darkness, and the winds died down. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-xLH2htOso8zE8PiP1H80Jmr4TPKcDppsv9SMN3293YU2cNuGmM9LvKseoOiMtCNycPvldHZ4FSLyoeZTZJQ8y7Tl71Mxp9a-he5LEWzEXzAA_M_UlU-U6Fnd7JXL3c1clhvIq4fDXCodCcKP3qWxJ23Du150OOTgSmylXZk12stTstIPmRNbY3PSmk/s4608/DSCN0928.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-xLH2htOso8zE8PiP1H80Jmr4TPKcDppsv9SMN3293YU2cNuGmM9LvKseoOiMtCNycPvldHZ4FSLyoeZTZJQ8y7Tl71Mxp9a-he5LEWzEXzAA_M_UlU-U6Fnd7JXL3c1clhvIq4fDXCodCcKP3qWxJ23Du150OOTgSmylXZk12stTstIPmRNbY3PSmk/w640-h480/DSCN0928.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pdzn0h4ENUk" width="320" youtube-src-id="pdzn0h4ENUk"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">During the entire afternoon, we were sailing into a moderate breeze which cooled us off from the high temperatures—they were hovering around 107°. Since we were sailing into the wind, our felucca tacked back and forth from shore down the Nile toward Luxor. Along the way, we saw other boats and feluccas plying the waterways as well as people along the shorelines.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qgwyORdiLY9jqVqoEV8pmbCChOqUjOALNKo42y9GBIHQh4K3hAWduIx5DF3K_peB6o0N-mYMpTwJzc8DnCXaz7blOjBVMA4NSkYfmXhzQl3Sxm59BNDUKL1zGYuH_WW_TOFoSfHhFWyAgwDG563S7rguzE8plnhiZxTkOLUPBAocqeGHrS3XQuQJeTQ/s4608/DSCN0933.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qgwyORdiLY9jqVqoEV8pmbCChOqUjOALNKo42y9GBIHQh4K3hAWduIx5DF3K_peB6o0N-mYMpTwJzc8DnCXaz7blOjBVMA4NSkYfmXhzQl3Sxm59BNDUKL1zGYuH_WW_TOFoSfHhFWyAgwDG563S7rguzE8plnhiZxTkOLUPBAocqeGHrS3XQuQJeTQ/w640-h480/DSCN0933.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Along the way, our Nubian crew provided us with great lunches and dinners, and in the morning breakfast.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSl554y1MsDWrsZ3m-3ENCpnbBQGEj6P358H5PgYKWO_I2LQTHjvmL3FCh6NJvI2GnvRt1c6XjUCbLkhS18CUD4yyf-WbNcxGo4NL1Gmrfvini6e53Tq_jwuA0uUczMDf4z59mi8oHTk4F7jB4mU6BnIkACuWMBf4k7RlDYqRjfaEQUPv1tHnvf153Tk/w640-h480/DSCN0939.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At nightfall, it became quite calm and quiet, and we were able to see the stars above. Especially those who decided to sleep on the deck above the cabin. The cushions and blankets were enough for me to get a good night's sleep as the boat gently rocked on the Nile.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMg_gNB16c_Y6cHyfZgZ-1b1OLrnbnQgJGbWBHXj1GfjjSUrToGIX7tEYA1vgKFuXK_NqPZ0kc6WMm7Ii7AH-7JSrYh2xOuj7PvkbdjjvVFkOuTBhg6KJRhyphenhyphenz_YS0A_sb9euCZJb97Fc6fpF51W80QXw6dffq89rKKhipOmw5ZgciaKybeqqv-qdurUnE/s4608/DSCN0963.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMg_gNB16c_Y6cHyfZgZ-1b1OLrnbnQgJGbWBHXj1GfjjSUrToGIX7tEYA1vgKFuXK_NqPZ0kc6WMm7Ii7AH-7JSrYh2xOuj7PvkbdjjvVFkOuTBhg6KJRhyphenhyphenz_YS0A_sb9euCZJb97Fc6fpF51W80QXw6dffq89rKKhipOmw5ZgciaKybeqqv-qdurUnE/w640-h480/DSCN0963.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We then tied up the boat to the wooded shoreline for the night. The felucca has a large single sail and no power so our movement depended on the wind and currents to sail towards Luxor.</span></p><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAM56p2253YrT12Qau-aupZgztmI6KxHCcnMuC1RJZYePVsSD5Cqy0fjGTxqSQcSFOCkxIvwd-n-m7y8zLxhYMF7w7yQC_k-Am_E6U9-G5sZe_RfkHCvUh_cH-UlYshMtQF8rROJs3cQjx4_UZLqHoYKaVx0g2tmgUY3NNPasPQRRbavZXUMXTaz3Rxo/s5184/IMG_0287.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAM56p2253YrT12Qau-aupZgztmI6KxHCcnMuC1RJZYePVsSD5Cqy0fjGTxqSQcSFOCkxIvwd-n-m7y8zLxhYMF7w7yQC_k-Am_E6U9-G5sZe_RfkHCvUh_cH-UlYshMtQF8rROJs3cQjx4_UZLqHoYKaVx0g2tmgUY3NNPasPQRRbavZXUMXTaz3Rxo/w640-h426/IMG_0287.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In the morning, our felucca went a short distance across the Nile to our minibus that was waiting to complete the journey to Luxor where we would enjoy a shower before heading out to tour the temples in the area.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-73058377051120130512023-10-22T08:58:00.004-07:002023-12-05T19:53:24.664-08:00Hot Time in Aswan with a Nubian Feast and Abu Simbel Temples Visit--10/5--7/2023<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When we got into Aswan at about 9:30 am, it was already about 90° with temperature ranging from 107 to 114° while we were there—it was HOT!!</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fortunately, our Obelisk Hotel was beautiful with views from every room of the Nile River with refreshing A/C, except for one morning when all the electricity went out for a few hours.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnkh7wDokK3z3l95kwMTRYxzXjkBeBctCROd56F6cgYTQoCvAAgddaTQyU-RSMr_Oqb1ncbk6xRIkmb3uXum6V_9DutEpmmNF1-6DgwNRrBjgCHICYEgiS9PzYKMCgEiPkIPuEjyiQjnepeFrgReudGCv2gbyVLX4YdgKW0gz5MUEYnMOtAtf6gOBius/s4608/DSCN0734.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We took a cooler and refreshing boat ride on the Nile River out to Philae Island where we toured the Temple of Isis. This entire temple was moved out of the flood waters of the Nile to where it is now. Between 1972 and 1980 this massive temple complex was disassembled into 40,000 pieces and reconstructed 20 m higher on this island.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinReW5mmdSPGKQa0yTisJ2pZTHdjaxqftfVFqu2eFE8Uf6-5ogXGW24xl7MI-Flg6NbqHypDQji9MpF3vbEmfRQngbsy6x7bXPsYQ2igPZw193Vtm-eB46ha_QKJu7RqJ9j9YYAOMLpkKy3DGJqY7dD8XXnRXIXl0iOGGrTSx1vikFGfDq1j90huMJklA/s4396/DSCN0739.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3297" data-original-width="4396" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinReW5mmdSPGKQa0yTisJ2pZTHdjaxqftfVFqu2eFE8Uf6-5ogXGW24xl7MI-Flg6NbqHypDQji9MpF3vbEmfRQngbsy6x7bXPsYQ2igPZw193Vtm-eB46ha_QKJu7RqJ9j9YYAOMLpkKy3DGJqY7dD8XXnRXIXl0iOGGrTSx1vikFGfDq1j90huMJklA/w640-h480/DSCN0739.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj410BOUzS6WyVzo7yd0rejhMtMKTQrnjrKmY1Yki08TqjTrJm1keZm-GLbPCbpWxVcBHnCUaQofzvz-AnRLFI28dDt8xXw4lpFyNOOPUqVO9Psd4Iw_oNIEIdBSKzR7ln_fu5mzyBXWmzyvcYTMei2jbwi3EC1cA8Tm3vU6x90d7QahUeRFWuvF3F-42g/s4608/DSCN0747.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj410BOUzS6WyVzo7yd0rejhMtMKTQrnjrKmY1Yki08TqjTrJm1keZm-GLbPCbpWxVcBHnCUaQofzvz-AnRLFI28dDt8xXw4lpFyNOOPUqVO9Psd4Iw_oNIEIdBSKzR7ln_fu5mzyBXWmzyvcYTMei2jbwi3EC1cA8Tm3vU6x90d7QahUeRFWuvF3F-42g/w640-h480/DSCN0747.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Construction on this temple began around 690 BC and was one of the last Roman outposts where the Isis Goddess was worshiped as the Romans began converting people to Christianity. This cult began in the 7th Century BCE. The cult of Isis continued here until at least CE 550. After that Christians defaced some of the pagan reliefs and later the Muslims further vandalized this site. It is noteworthy that what still remains an awe-inspiring site. </span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKAAHwLepvzwMZtntnvGvycIZqHETEVSiu_uoAyzGKEl1PtlQqLPD7k-jEI9YWCJlIbBKmyHV7_6C_DJV3SpYQvGc5kqHvbnVluSLfeU8so-sejBQnbvl0OChgsbE5sGODxAJ4XlmfXU9XvHEzhix2W3e78IIGlYX5C7Xl-w1cBe742fJYPmEuOynadc/s4608/DSCN0748.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKAAHwLepvzwMZtntnvGvycIZqHETEVSiu_uoAyzGKEl1PtlQqLPD7k-jEI9YWCJlIbBKmyHV7_6C_DJV3SpYQvGc5kqHvbnVluSLfeU8so-sejBQnbvl0OChgsbE5sGODxAJ4XlmfXU9XvHEzhix2W3e78IIGlYX5C7Xl-w1cBe742fJYPmEuOynadc/w640-h480/DSCN0748.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5VNt4JzLgPXMEtdqwpohatzB3dhG0pu-6RtKOEXm1Df71cY9He0kO2UByqgDdgk1D07Qy1dwayJ9SI4QkaI2FD3edlkVxxNv2QfKS1TZmTqVejOEOxBBjvkIgkKkHXIU4vBNGUoEbaJ91ZOL5Xuc7wFYd2XVUrOqN0wtaVYWbQjNr3P5DNcaImzP0Wg/s4136/DSCN0751.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3102" data-original-width="4136" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5VNt4JzLgPXMEtdqwpohatzB3dhG0pu-6RtKOEXm1Df71cY9He0kO2UByqgDdgk1D07Qy1dwayJ9SI4QkaI2FD3edlkVxxNv2QfKS1TZmTqVejOEOxBBjvkIgkKkHXIU4vBNGUoEbaJ91ZOL5Xuc7wFYd2XVUrOqN0wtaVYWbQjNr3P5DNcaImzP0Wg/w640-h480/DSCN0751.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCCoEE7Hg8YEm48X1pPpBgFY-nGtC12YumS4ux73RUy2mpGIHmb4NUvtPH6AQ1keoeJz0Qom3zJ0axxXjARKfyFoctcJpHZRFEMGsOKwyGAo8as-X3PP_f6AZCA6CufRKQE92uyUixSo49yoioErJSDAxaYr3SKihbuwtXYZrsu3V_siKUFgYq_PLwfY/s4608/DSCN0790.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCCoEE7Hg8YEm48X1pPpBgFY-nGtC12YumS4ux73RUy2mpGIHmb4NUvtPH6AQ1keoeJz0Qom3zJ0axxXjARKfyFoctcJpHZRFEMGsOKwyGAo8as-X3PP_f6AZCA6CufRKQE92uyUixSo49yoioErJSDAxaYr3SKihbuwtXYZrsu3V_siKUFgYq_PLwfY/w640-h480/DSCN0790.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Kiosk of Trajan is an unfinished monument to the Roman Emperor, Trajan, who ruled from 98 to 117 AD. It was one of the more frequently painted monuments in Egypt by Victorian artists.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqxp9dF370x6HHs2a8OFuYQHKNkVxpdcfSydiVxbKFyPbG5io9XB-PVgjuwrT59YPvKpLJCHsiveVS-MSlI0NWtfbSk8cELZ2ToFM8hKDzerxbPT8o5hPWqLMcfCoFGgZ8pn_w3C7L6USE6TgUupfaLxAJwn0ePSXBngF320kXQMlOg2WwWYOy8jkmcg/s4608/DSCN0793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqxp9dF370x6HHs2a8OFuYQHKNkVxpdcfSydiVxbKFyPbG5io9XB-PVgjuwrT59YPvKpLJCHsiveVS-MSlI0NWtfbSk8cELZ2ToFM8hKDzerxbPT8o5hPWqLMcfCoFGgZ8pn_w3C7L6USE6TgUupfaLxAJwn0ePSXBngF320kXQMlOg2WwWYOy8jkmcg/w640-h480/DSCN0793.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckC4z3ZRmnnDvV9cMVUWM7B94Uew-2LskZ13T0LG2x0gm7B5melw2ViKn74jV0X1f6fuSu8FsXtBL1aBSiRsZGwHuDv5x-TcA1rKqLCSyNEWEcH66bH7AK_Jns_V9d3rpFgnou9FCMUJcwsyK6Mg6sxcdemK7Ak1OvcB-WrGSFgo7E1DVEGurkSffFKs/s4608/DSCN0801.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckC4z3ZRmnnDvV9cMVUWM7B94Uew-2LskZ13T0LG2x0gm7B5melw2ViKn74jV0X1f6fuSu8FsXtBL1aBSiRsZGwHuDv5x-TcA1rKqLCSyNEWEcH66bH7AK_Jns_V9d3rpFgnou9FCMUJcwsyK6Mg6sxcdemK7Ak1OvcB-WrGSFgo7E1DVEGurkSffFKs/w640-h480/DSCN0801.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our boat now returned to Aswan to see a few more sights in the area.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SSqZCx4mT35denQ1uknOkL5KLQuJMM4YsYd1gXOSjDouSQXIc_8ngOTy3Iyr2pSqtZPnWktApR-HqOQwHG6g9hxihcNtmU6xSd3N8C1WZNUwQ0BOe4AMqEWuE0jqY1Z8MuBJmw-gbhzhqxoR9HtOrWyLhBxgX8izI627HfO82KjQfSa-8ahVu2W1h0E/s4608/DSCN0812.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SSqZCx4mT35denQ1uknOkL5KLQuJMM4YsYd1gXOSjDouSQXIc_8ngOTy3Iyr2pSqtZPnWktApR-HqOQwHG6g9hxihcNtmU6xSd3N8C1WZNUwQ0BOe4AMqEWuE0jqY1Z8MuBJmw-gbhzhqxoR9HtOrWyLhBxgX8izI627HfO82KjQfSa-8ahVu2W1h0E/w640-h480/DSCN0812.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVr2wbGZGcpBzstS0sM-2jZYLSGyrJuNMtHaU9TKvKCRS5AE6UpgZmlOqcf16ll81u89d3tLQbKEO6uYEa5cxsY2D9OdehAavIegknY1huQQjHUIMeU8f8d-XhiwJLmXDW6qJ5RSeE3jPZQwDqN4Yqzi9vBMzM7w62zpsjOI1XhMRPkd6Mnqvp_b3cTY/s4608/DSCN0814.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVr2wbGZGcpBzstS0sM-2jZYLSGyrJuNMtHaU9TKvKCRS5AE6UpgZmlOqcf16ll81u89d3tLQbKEO6uYEa5cxsY2D9OdehAavIegknY1huQQjHUIMeU8f8d-XhiwJLmXDW6qJ5RSeE3jPZQwDqN4Yqzi9vBMzM7w62zpsjOI1XhMRPkd6Mnqvp_b3cTY/w640-h480/DSCN0814.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">On the way back to our Obelisk Hotel, we stopped by a fragrance store where we sampled all types of perfumes that they had made by crushing rose petals and other materials and sold them to perfume companies without adding any alcohol--just pure essence. Some smelled like popular perfumes like Shalimar--my wife's favorite--Obsession, and Chanel 5.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mNBgNxWdPBkU753LTKkR2_s__-zql5djPbpqoMo9oTHaRTOTZoFq5va3gjobO9csAvakskfeP_TNXSSIowNQGJ5oA7kOxMcNxnIxjQgDFLzeukY8MaNMs8qoTn2n685Kh17rCK9g0hqSj1x_5mKfxEDS_s3CSPU5e6qyVLUhc85QX_-zaYa88Igvyh8/s4608/DSCN0816.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mNBgNxWdPBkU753LTKkR2_s__-zql5djPbpqoMo9oTHaRTOTZoFq5va3gjobO9csAvakskfeP_TNXSSIowNQGJ5oA7kOxMcNxnIxjQgDFLzeukY8MaNMs8qoTn2n685Kh17rCK9g0hqSj1x_5mKfxEDS_s3CSPU5e6qyVLUhc85QX_-zaYa88Igvyh8/w640-h480/DSCN0816.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Aswan is Egypt’s southernmost city and has a large Nubian population, many of whom are refugees from Sudan. Egypt does not have any Sudanese refugee camps because the Egyptian Nubian communities and families have absorbed these refugees from war-torn Sudan. When the High Aswan Dam was built between 1963-65, it displaced 50,000 Sudanese Nubians and 70,000 Egyptian Nubians. The Egyptian government relocated them by attempting to retain their traditional settlements with mixed success.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In the evening we took a small motorboat across to Elephantine Island which has a large Nubian community where we had dinner with a Nubian family. After a huge feast is vegetables, rice, and meat one of our travelers, Kasia, was surprised by a birthday cake in her honor. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Abu Simbel Temple had been moved out of the floodwaters of the Nile when they put in the high Aswan Dam. They cut it up into 4,000 pieces for the move. By comparison, the Philae Temple was cut into 40,000 pieces for their move.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The great temples of Ramses II and the Temple of Hathor make up the temples at Abu Simbel along the shore of Lake Nasser and are among the most famous and spectacular monuments in Egypt. They were carved out of this mountain between 1274 and 1244 BC. The Ramses II Temple is on the left and the Temple of Hathor is on the right of the picture below.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAez_-IY-Taj6tzhPiNm3jnGvUPIXBjnl8NDz-RMzThk5Pij_V5blJETtNqqeiUbEumGL-bWWayHSQC-NCfzJXRDQkOaIABKl0zkGMhmR3YpM8zl96jtHyGZ8Y40ez03O_2N4j2wSaJqyiGvc94PwrViunKKDWH1RzAFhXqq3C-dA7hUHk0QG1F5K0tD0/s4608/DSCN0900.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAez_-IY-Taj6tzhPiNm3jnGvUPIXBjnl8NDz-RMzThk5Pij_V5blJETtNqqeiUbEumGL-bWWayHSQC-NCfzJXRDQkOaIABKl0zkGMhmR3YpM8zl96jtHyGZ8Y40ez03O_2N4j2wSaJqyiGvc94PwrViunKKDWH1RzAFhXqq3C-dA7hUHk0QG1F5K0tD0/w640-h480/DSCN0900.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our Intrepid Tour guide, Hady, is describing the temples at Abu Simbel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ki7bPUnfBnc" width="320" youtube-src-id="ki7bPUnfBnc"></iframe></div><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">I approached the entrance to the Ramses II Temple.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The four pharaoh sentinels seem to guard the entrance to the inside chambers. Once inside the carvings depict many of the stories of the successes and adventures of the pharaoh Ramses II. These temples were carved out of the limestone mountain between 1274 and 1244 BCE.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCAXGav9FeSiWV3RAZ6OYs7x2huX1wI8rZKNPL3ebNpEm9oaucuWOAXujXi6GMszmXNCXSI8tj_MgbCVziSZqbA4qLOPw5gA_-0CVHARwvHXXO-vP9l6l-d0Ho80OzYBF8h6hIF4ULfW_WciniKRggeV-ueDO0H1H90ckllu9hDBpXDdJrPtYYtA6Gf7M/s4608/DSCN0874.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCAXGav9FeSiWV3RAZ6OYs7x2huX1wI8rZKNPL3ebNpEm9oaucuWOAXujXi6GMszmXNCXSI8tj_MgbCVziSZqbA4qLOPw5gA_-0CVHARwvHXXO-vP9l6l-d0Ho80OzYBF8h6hIF4ULfW_WciniKRggeV-ueDO0H1H90ckllu9hDBpXDdJrPtYYtA6Gf7M/w640-h480/DSCN0874.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The wall carvings, paintings, and statutes depict the successes and victories of Ramses II.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was then back to the bus for the 4-hour drive back to Aswan where the following morning, we boarded a Felucca sailboat for a cruise down the Nile River followed by sleeping on the Felucca before heading to Luxor by minibus.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; 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Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate 1211501, Egypt22.3372319 31.625799-5.9730019361788464 -3.5304509999999993 50.647465736178845 66.782049tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-61844553702610937692023-10-21T19:40:00.002-07:002023-12-05T16:55:48.105-08:00The Mysteries of the Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza—10/3–4/2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4FwLkuIfDBvKJwa7mMZDllQwV9e7BpahJeI53SEV46xvAn2bciDKF_h0WVCwi7_UUrpY6I-lDsu90-h7tYkMaPfMDmpdEHqdRvcrR_j7xe8uM2FHdYphBy81iANrNigEnXvtdq9NbjIc2EGzR4BNO4RewOyAzPIcTZH72NrX30Ss3BJe-HDuCYExhpM/s2421/IMG_7708.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="2421" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4FwLkuIfDBvKJwa7mMZDllQwV9e7BpahJeI53SEV46xvAn2bciDKF_h0WVCwi7_UUrpY6I-lDsu90-h7tYkMaPfMDmpdEHqdRvcrR_j7xe8uM2FHdYphBy81iANrNigEnXvtdq9NbjIc2EGzR4BNO4RewOyAzPIcTZH72NrX30Ss3BJe-HDuCYExhpM/w640-h480/IMG_7708.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Upon my return by train from Alexandria, I again stayed at the Holy Sheet Hostel for the night before joining up the following afternoon with the Intrepid Tours group at the Pharaohs Hotel with my first view of the Nile River from our hotel room.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxX7gMZXm1eU5dAn62GvoxvbW8jsgbeGyXRUpxwTmjI7COoCBXsVFDq3jFqm1T1BjM_HycxhEqSiz-lTC6C1on76fo-S15NxoxA_wUtOu5PMosXZWUi3e6jo5MbZja_woinQRsSmLL9_8jahh9HNB3UXbNa04d4SlSDEhkxbEeswN1O5uKt-u_Xx-KD0/s4032/IMG_7662.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxX7gMZXm1eU5dAn62GvoxvbW8jsgbeGyXRUpxwTmjI7COoCBXsVFDq3jFqm1T1BjM_HycxhEqSiz-lTC6C1on76fo-S15NxoxA_wUtOu5PMosXZWUi3e6jo5MbZja_woinQRsSmLL9_8jahh9HNB3UXbNa04d4SlSDEhkxbEeswN1O5uKt-u_Xx-KD0/w640-h480/IMG_7662.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I met up with my roommate Dan from Toronto, and we joined the others for the introduction and orientation with Mohammed, nicknamed Hady. I met the others in our group: two are from Canada, Andrea from the British Columbia area, and Kasia from Toronto. There was a couple from Germany, Thorsten, and Sabine, and a couple from the US, Katrina and Nick, who had been traveling for a year around the world. Nick from the UK and Matt from Australia rounded off our group.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Their work backgrounds included a global banker, an investment advisor, two HR people, including me, a corrections officer/winemaker, an ER nurse, a carpenter, a university marketing person/filmmaker-screenwriter, a telecommunications person, and an aerospace engineer.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After the orientation, we drove to the Khan al Khali Bazaar and passed by the Cairo Tower landmark.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4a7RsYDcZ4EbAd-1VX5Pbuy0yIkjM5mV7KTN9cOjDQa-LFD7W1tsIg5d9H3DNulI9eirKi2j4TU4ioM8EvEyu-Fjux3kJKbwRMeRMULehpp23qzTTI4p0yA-T_nfvPxu9fNCigmRqxLgIyKKgGMd7bHm-P5xN-cYju4UBkN1Qgd5nnVUZJsk6QxQff4/s2607/IMG_7665.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1955" data-original-width="2607" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4a7RsYDcZ4EbAd-1VX5Pbuy0yIkjM5mV7KTN9cOjDQa-LFD7W1tsIg5d9H3DNulI9eirKi2j4TU4ioM8EvEyu-Fjux3kJKbwRMeRMULehpp23qzTTI4p0yA-T_nfvPxu9fNCigmRqxLgIyKKgGMd7bHm-P5xN-cYju4UBkN1Qgd5nnVUZJsk6QxQff4/w640-h480/IMG_7665.heic" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At the bazaar, we first had dinner, and then wandered about the bazaar area, including a stop for some Egyptian coffee. My dinner was Kofte--broiled ground meat and eggplant with the everpresent pita bread.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeeOI4koKLa9rfXsPG1qXtMLNcSjo98EwLxYpj_1G5EHoIh3qFJs6wIaCnwXwGmxe_-lw2i5z6GTOARcLOoT0VAmTuGzzfBIQd_aBHr2pJELoJqX8AiqNybKQOHishrmDzS3XYijSGWAnh2RcOThbdjgFXOg6zSoVThfME5F4wtLJDGaUJkhthQokWWQ/s4163/DSCN0522.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3122" data-original-width="4163" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeeOI4koKLa9rfXsPG1qXtMLNcSjo98EwLxYpj_1G5EHoIh3qFJs6wIaCnwXwGmxe_-lw2i5z6GTOARcLOoT0VAmTuGzzfBIQd_aBHr2pJELoJqX8AiqNybKQOHishrmDzS3XYijSGWAnh2RcOThbdjgFXOg6zSoVThfME5F4wtLJDGaUJkhthQokWWQ/w640-h480/DSCN0522.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcs7m5_h_amVxbmjirTbRPjZOBR7MxabnmIvfsSNqqOku-GcIEhCNwFBNO0ZoT2iQcdIkZLU9TeRnxxjnEwXuUPOlRZAfV416hMXY4i38lgqbfQbnJ3ynfribXTXFhSAjdnLTo2644UERk1GWaBy8QYIigYT8CmBuoadQoenmELEs5xmotlEr5S3sft3M/s4608/DSCN0524.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcs7m5_h_amVxbmjirTbRPjZOBR7MxabnmIvfsSNqqOku-GcIEhCNwFBNO0ZoT2iQcdIkZLU9TeRnxxjnEwXuUPOlRZAfV416hMXY4i38lgqbfQbnJ3ynfribXTXFhSAjdnLTo2644UERk1GWaBy8QYIigYT8CmBuoadQoenmELEs5xmotlEr5S3sft3M/w640-h480/DSCN0524.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYcOAJ1wAHCDbNYNtUJxcTds8mmUMdFlF7iAqRdbrF3TqOarx2ymP5hM_QK5lRZzFz1Se6JUBEuIHq8lSYmMgctaC7VqRKMyNWigpPpWQI9Msb5gxgZCxVpdftLwes0LyvcfpjmbVRxLUaNcttjYkSikB2m56mDJlLkt2f0OPqJZZvpDMJs8Wwps_H8M/s4608/DSCN0520.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYcOAJ1wAHCDbNYNtUJxcTds8mmUMdFlF7iAqRdbrF3TqOarx2ymP5hM_QK5lRZzFz1Se6JUBEuIHq8lSYmMgctaC7VqRKMyNWigpPpWQI9Msb5gxgZCxVpdftLwes0LyvcfpjmbVRxLUaNcttjYkSikB2m56mDJlLkt2f0OPqJZZvpDMJs8Wwps_H8M/w640-h480/DSCN0520.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjws0XniZFCV8-5FFYqCuMnqLIEsK7jf9uoWex1ItyF7y3etJoNuaP7lR4IUb1kX7SD1om05D5CE7pV4bqmOJZVeeNvdB24jiWkj2GOt11ugC9qbDj-cAh2yNqVL_uJVbZKuMkDf2K9S4cHJfetULyts_bCyMKpAj4SyG51JPCapopIiqekeNNCII0od5U/s4032/IMG_0143.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjws0XniZFCV8-5FFYqCuMnqLIEsK7jf9uoWex1ItyF7y3etJoNuaP7lR4IUb1kX7SD1om05D5CE7pV4bqmOJZVeeNvdB24jiWkj2GOt11ugC9qbDj-cAh2yNqVL_uJVbZKuMkDf2K9S4cHJfetULyts_bCyMKpAj4SyG51JPCapopIiqekeNNCII0od5U/w640-h480/IMG_0143.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The following morning, we headed out to the Giza area of Cairo where we saw several pyramids, and the Sphinx where Nick-UK and I rode camels.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcISfRGxp6LqaIFb3R-y4nRX3Aklvd9x0zYDPdZQZkhKk5c41QLX7QZSO_2owVPbJ5sJQDdHaZo42n0T0dxtSVs2HlcRUCxF_OLNtc3KEYqBkRyeIcnsh2bHq1RCZhyphenhyphennAA_6uBImojaaIPsXBYS4KF8LwqmAsQUvXvjoEFX2ZrvjStEy6IJsyA-yC6YxE/s4608/DSCN0528.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcISfRGxp6LqaIFb3R-y4nRX3Aklvd9x0zYDPdZQZkhKk5c41QLX7QZSO_2owVPbJ5sJQDdHaZo42n0T0dxtSVs2HlcRUCxF_OLNtc3KEYqBkRyeIcnsh2bHq1RCZhyphenhyphennAA_6uBImojaaIPsXBYS4KF8LwqmAsQUvXvjoEFX2ZrvjStEy6IJsyA-yC6YxE/w640-h480/DSCN0528.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xsne_gvDEdpFsuzwhvCCjKNueWpYwHYHWegA-Jk7juRFbzHtYz1YXs16fGFm6AkFzpjDL1YRepN7uUk5NUUban7kXAY29cf5XMmAA-3Kg1GkTP3nNErkIseYkthtvKI4SDLWavEdhsw32m3kNkij0TlysnKYpBQgapf6EmM39ZXZ7hnITHfL_a6OV8o/s4608/DSCN0535.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xsne_gvDEdpFsuzwhvCCjKNueWpYwHYHWegA-Jk7juRFbzHtYz1YXs16fGFm6AkFzpjDL1YRepN7uUk5NUUban7kXAY29cf5XMmAA-3Kg1GkTP3nNErkIseYkthtvKI4SDLWavEdhsw32m3kNkij0TlysnKYpBQgapf6EmM39ZXZ7hnITHfL_a6OV8o/w640-h480/DSCN0535.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What an amazing sight to see several huge pyramids as we came up to the visitor area. The first pyramid we visited, was the Great Pyramid of Khufu. It was both the largest and oldest of the pyramids here. It was completed about 2670 BC and the wind and weather reduced the height by 9 m to a current height of 137 meters--450 feet.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DFxqBGzwfHmWfSnWBp8st6UBmhk4DCl2QSUm7SWg56dke-i6VM1MW3VpRsktiQ700rJKO5PGCIefRKqjrFFRxHf-ENbgHe7-IABSwhGiv8Z6INPTHATh820Z1-3xN-uJvT99yI9CLYPTG7MUwtZwNOVXr_tfCJU9AsFIAePVl8kZ_-y02f3Aqwtyk-E/s3667/DSCN0534.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2750" data-original-width="3667" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DFxqBGzwfHmWfSnWBp8st6UBmhk4DCl2QSUm7SWg56dke-i6VM1MW3VpRsktiQ700rJKO5PGCIefRKqjrFFRxHf-ENbgHe7-IABSwhGiv8Z6INPTHATh820Z1-3xN-uJvT99yI9CLYPTG7MUwtZwNOVXr_tfCJU9AsFIAePVl8kZ_-y02f3Aqwtyk-E/w640-h480/DSCN0534.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Groups of people are clustered at the entrance of the tomb for the long, steep, narrow climb up to the tomb area. I was joined by others in our group including Sabine and Thorsten shown in some of the pictures below. As we ascended, it began to feel like we were in a sauna and some people freaked out and turned around. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>When we got to the tomb area by crawling on our hands and knees through the last 10-foot passage, we were universally disappointed with how plain the room and sarcophagus</span><span> </span><span>were.</span><span> </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We understand that most of the antiquities there had been removed to the Egyptian Museum.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Some of us decided to climb inside the pyramid to view the tomb area. It was a steep climb up several areas that had low ceilings, and the temperature continued to rise as though we were in a sauna. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Just before we entered the tomb area, we had to crouch down very low to get past the final passageway. There wasn’t much to see other than an empty rectangular box that looked like it was made of concrete.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After that, we headed over to the second largest pyramid called Khafre, which was covered at the top, with inscriptions and a sheathing of limestone. From there, we went to the nearby panorama, where we could see several pyramids along with the camels, waiting for the tourists to ride them. Only two of our group decided to ride the camels out into the desert-- me and Nick from the UK. 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And I thought this camel ride was supposed to be fun. Nick-UK was following me. Others in our group chose not to ride camels.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OYeuWBWHWDCFoimbl5ZrckvfZhGdMPQIs4Hm-AlPIUwqms8FwDlh0rQGGaXrohzGg1Qz1b52Xh_piMdTa8kxQQc7CW9og8nZkWuNoq10RxQzymR3jIfgf0DZb6TWnAPH_kralEY3g1nmVAQZBO9OO68ltH_gOANrl8oT_UeMdleihy5nxLwDp0hOytc/s3088/IMG_7696.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OYeuWBWHWDCFoimbl5ZrckvfZhGdMPQIs4Hm-AlPIUwqms8FwDlh0rQGGaXrohzGg1Qz1b52Xh_piMdTa8kxQQc7CW9og8nZkWuNoq10RxQzymR3jIfgf0DZb6TWnAPH_kralEY3g1nmVAQZBO9OO68ltH_gOANrl8oT_UeMdleihy5nxLwDp0hOytc/w640-h480/IMG_7696.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityGI_7Jae6cabrCjCAHYyCJPeqZX6-KMIXFiXoBuf_YiZuPA8LO4BJ26ZrH5bqxSQifv95wDJ1SHJEjNxMaO0DvZEvsCT6GnwEfxGi8ZpSSolDJOJ5ckMiSbr6Bv6UZ29on6p-jKeAEG8wppHQlU9AhNzEnaRTZJ4aLd5LW0jvOIdqPCQ3bk__GfCIAc/s4608/DSCN0591.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityGI_7Jae6cabrCjCAHYyCJPeqZX6-KMIXFiXoBuf_YiZuPA8LO4BJ26ZrH5bqxSQifv95wDJ1SHJEjNxMaO0DvZEvsCT6GnwEfxGi8ZpSSolDJOJ5ckMiSbr6Bv6UZ29on6p-jKeAEG8wppHQlU9AhNzEnaRTZJ4aLd5LW0jvOIdqPCQ3bk__GfCIAc/w640-h480/DSCN0591.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIdx9eKBq1VH-9EVseUhHR0OSGuJCc-295YPVqv1kPhpw8NAkoIr6cX5wKIyJQ0aXR3LWrHL6vFi_XmVtt1yHavOwqCWHYzAtbT0TyxtsNjtl2krDLmhk480SKOBJBt5A8Zneb5wMXK7PKV9YSGHY8FO21sth2aHspV5xSG7bHUvFNdkuuMMe0HIlq_I/s4021/DSCN0593.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3016" data-original-width="4021" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIdx9eKBq1VH-9EVseUhHR0OSGuJCc-295YPVqv1kPhpw8NAkoIr6cX5wKIyJQ0aXR3LWrHL6vFi_XmVtt1yHavOwqCWHYzAtbT0TyxtsNjtl2krDLmhk480SKOBJBt5A8Zneb5wMXK7PKV9YSGHY8FO21sth2aHspV5xSG7bHUvFNdkuuMMe0HIlq_I/w640-h480/DSCN0593.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was then off to see the Sphinx which ended up being large, but much smaller than I had imagined it to be. I was able to frame myself between the Pyramid and the Sphinx. When I saw the man standing in front of the Sphinx, I realized that it was actually huge and that the two Pyramids in the background were enormous--a monumental engineering feat for all time.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We then visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo which had some amazing relics from the pyramids and other historic places--no pictures allowed of the King Tutankhamun's collection. We wandered through the halls filled with from the Pharoah's era to the Roman era. 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After a long, hot day in Cairo, we returned to the Pharaoh's Hotel where we refreshed with a hot shower before we boarded the sleeper night train to Aswan— about a 13-hour ride.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p></div>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-11466056021008593712023-10-14T23:02:00.003-07:002023-11-18T13:41:00.259-08:00Alexandria on the Mediterranean Seas……9/29–10/2/2023<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> I had big expectations arriving in Alexandria after having read Lawrence DurrelI’s <span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Alexandria Quartet</span> novels. It had the backdrop of Alexandria early 1900s along the Mediterranean Sea. Instead, what I saw was a broken-down city in the old part of town that was filled with garbage along the street and dust everywhere. I didn’t go to the outer areas, but there were rows and rows of affluent high rises all along the Mediterranean Sea. The streets were filled with taxis, mini buses, cars and trucks. They were continually honking more than using their brakes. Most of the vehicles I saw had scraped up sides, or were held together with Bondo.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyauZWVpsgZa3r34edqDDV6Yu3S_qV7j1vm8hIog6MaXbUIXamq2elUtYPq4F7damlbY2g0GiwbXklUb9bnhr-Gg9sjA9AGFUzgEPjmOu29t3lbe1jouwytkpaae-FcbPj4PzmoYPbpkRZDW_fCGqB_D5dwOEZhRpkgIoI56KJMqPb8n4AF1vKLP_dT8/s4608/DSCN0466.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyauZWVpsgZa3r34edqDDV6Yu3S_qV7j1vm8hIog6MaXbUIXamq2elUtYPq4F7damlbY2g0GiwbXklUb9bnhr-Gg9sjA9AGFUzgEPjmOu29t3lbe1jouwytkpaae-FcbPj4PzmoYPbpkRZDW_fCGqB_D5dwOEZhRpkgIoI56KJMqPb8n4AF1vKLP_dT8/w640-h480/DSCN0466.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6xd6A4l1l39ncs9dh8HeJf5BjrWL2RTm2dW9GNLkXWg3u19m1o_yf8FjCl_gjmo06wKg6HAyRFQzDrAxbmNkV8pFeE3M_0zixX01Fu0nNKfg4gz1RQogC6F2xsET41A4BCFTILtuufWHCAiCjvv2OnfY9ltOtWSLkDuBdT1p0uxfm4IiCmOxpxouCN4/s4608/DSCN0431.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6xd6A4l1l39ncs9dh8HeJf5BjrWL2RTm2dW9GNLkXWg3u19m1o_yf8FjCl_gjmo06wKg6HAyRFQzDrAxbmNkV8pFeE3M_0zixX01Fu0nNKfg4gz1RQogC6F2xsET41A4BCFTILtuufWHCAiCjvv2OnfY9ltOtWSLkDuBdT1p0uxfm4IiCmOxpxouCN4/w640-h480/DSCN0431.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The walkway along the Mediterranean was buttressed by huge blocks of concrete that protected it from the weather storms with occasional private sandy beaches that were accessed by paying 50 pounds for a </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">chair table and umbrella.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I passed by the Cecil Hotel, and would later visit the bar for a soda while reminiscing that Lawrence Durrell and even Winston Churchill had visited this bar during its heyday. The bartender told me that they had a club here that started up at 10 PM and was open until 5 AM in the morning. I’m no longer a night owl so I passed on that adventure.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkW7yBzaDUZbYUBrb3cXX6IcNnUl_Kyx4GJOBKV9_8KpL2d5m5z5c5miYHZI-3S6MXbOxNqf0HVdM0hII3qu_ga-yLzYFWpXA_nGe-cRPwQ9yFNXJiJ6r8mcvIOModmNx4mybyGY1yJX3OnYfzvdTxhTFzpX3oFHreHmF9MrHE_mYuMvM2VG9l0WbnHM/s4608/DSCN0438.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkW7yBzaDUZbYUBrb3cXX6IcNnUl_Kyx4GJOBKV9_8KpL2d5m5z5c5miYHZI-3S6MXbOxNqf0HVdM0hII3qu_ga-yLzYFWpXA_nGe-cRPwQ9yFNXJiJ6r8mcvIOModmNx4mybyGY1yJX3OnYfzvdTxhTFzpX3oFHreHmF9MrHE_mYuMvM2VG9l0WbnHM/w640-h480/DSCN0438.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Ithaca Hostel where I stayed had broad sidewalks that were filled with coffee drinkers enjoying the passing people and traffic. Even though the building was located along the waterfront, we had just the back view from our common rooms and dorm rooms.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IM_zycvUGcDgsaPTHbLK73B-WvaDdJCWTRHNkvI2QApxYRZxKVBKxFT3iKigsBEi2xAP18bYz5wPY6iJpZARa1BtC9nLvGNq2OjlnTvvr8fAOpjeT3XNCHHyNC1G03-e9CCt4v0lAoQKf9qM4skHetY8rIHnqDNK_dUhLXHp16ApuV50EB-qBSyc6cA/s4608/DSCN0485.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IM_zycvUGcDgsaPTHbLK73B-WvaDdJCWTRHNkvI2QApxYRZxKVBKxFT3iKigsBEi2xAP18bYz5wPY6iJpZARa1BtC9nLvGNq2OjlnTvvr8fAOpjeT3XNCHHyNC1G03-e9CCt4v0lAoQKf9qM4skHetY8rIHnqDNK_dUhLXHp16ApuV50EB-qBSyc6cA/w640-h480/DSCN0485.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The staff was friendly, and on the three mornings, I was there. I enjoyed an interesting breakfast of eggs, pita bread, potato salad, and a yogurt blend topped off with sliced cucumbers.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Unfortunately, the air-conditioning not working in our room despite everyday promises of it getting repaired. In the end, I talked to the owner and he gave me a two-dollar-per-night refund—$8 per night vs $10.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I met Osama from Jordan, who told me that he had graduated from the San Jose State University along with attending the University of San Francisco, which is where my wife graduated from. He was an electrical engineer and he taught school at several universities around the country, including California, Texas, and one of the Carolinas, and then worked for Procter & Gamble in Georgia before transferring with them to Dubai. He really enjoyed his time in the United States except his wife couldn’t stand living in Texas, so she returned to Jordan. He said he had a son who was born in the US who was now working in Washington DC along with a niece there, too.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He would wake up at about 4:30 every morning to do his first of five daily prayers while I was on a Zoom call in the common area.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed visiting the famous Alexandria library, although it was a shadow of its former self before the Roman invasion. Interest in books by Alexandrines was apparent because of the large number of bookstores that lined many streets.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Alexandria National Museum was filled with antiquities, including some that were retrieved under the Mediterranean Sea.</span></p>
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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Very fresh meat anyone?</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I took this yellow tram back to the Cecil Hotel.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fort Qaitbey, at the end of the harbor peninsula, was built in 1480 to protect the harbor. Much of it has been carefully restored.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoByumzpeQZVXOqA7oe_K6MI99Pm0pwSLNCxRX6L_W0M7AT6JPX-BK8BrxkDTqRvqo1FSMDD62rmV1usqX4cVXE5qOxECnadYQTitt_xCW6LrrjigMfItbhP_vBbB87Is5TSfgrL4YfyV8rX9zbW-l1pbDqdJIqERgq3OA9SGM2S3VRk4sFQSwrgGiMQ4/s4608/DSCN0403.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoByumzpeQZVXOqA7oe_K6MI99Pm0pwSLNCxRX6L_W0M7AT6JPX-BK8BrxkDTqRvqo1FSMDD62rmV1usqX4cVXE5qOxECnadYQTitt_xCW6LrrjigMfItbhP_vBbB87Is5TSfgrL4YfyV8rX9zbW-l1pbDqdJIqERgq3OA9SGM2S3VRk4sFQSwrgGiMQ4/w640-h480/DSCN0403.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;">These mini buses cost me just pounds to go quite a ways.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbN4Bz362JS46BPOMkhzbnJF9AJiQobQBYtk5kphHJRIloO6QWkGZt11lE8UH6M-wYNjYyMzU3Vhr9GjfbLYA7rys-H9XTFJQDN80XL3DOrQK070apPP9I-w5Z0q9outnq5b67WVxDpN0qEgj2PMH2N-LvuXzggXW4G_o_l_JVwqlRvyVEw525cnptfY/s4608/DSCN0467.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbN4Bz362JS46BPOMkhzbnJF9AJiQobQBYtk5kphHJRIloO6QWkGZt11lE8UH6M-wYNjYyMzU3Vhr9GjfbLYA7rys-H9XTFJQDN80XL3DOrQK070apPP9I-w5Z0q9outnq5b67WVxDpN0qEgj2PMH2N-LvuXzggXW4G_o_l_JVwqlRvyVEw525cnptfY/w640-h480/DSCN0467.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed bathing in the Mediterranean Sea, even though it wasn’t as warm as I expected, and it was dirtier than I had wanted it to be with garbage wrappers floating all around me. Just across from the bathing area was my favorite mango cafe where I enjoyed daily mango smoothies.</span></p>
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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I enjoyed swimming in the Mediterranean Sea at one of the private beaches.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWh7tyQt7xGuo5UXQ4Of1-xAtXxX7zfXCjdx_fjzdimEE73xiZHAbVdONST0ZJC4bPNtUKgjpsdbdzaKSmWq4vk9yzXpI32FkkKTJDBqc-0cnqsUv7_GJzivVWyS7JFEkazog4YewnBrHY_JY9n18H_AaUaXQKkzqcwmzyWx2-vPTN0SQLmkH8XLyGgBA/s4608/DSCN0473.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWh7tyQt7xGuo5UXQ4Of1-xAtXxX7zfXCjdx_fjzdimEE73xiZHAbVdONST0ZJC4bPNtUKgjpsdbdzaKSmWq4vk9yzXpI32FkkKTJDBqc-0cnqsUv7_GJzivVWyS7JFEkazog4YewnBrHY_JY9n18H_AaUaXQKkzqcwmzyWx2-vPTN0SQLmkH8XLyGgBA/w640-h480/DSCN0473.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On my last day, I walked down to the beach area and saw huge crowds of people holding their huge swim fins called mono fins. With these fins, they swam like porpoises. It turns out that this was a national competition of these mono swimmers who had to swim around four pylons that were spaced 250 m apart.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was about a mile walk to the train station, and since I got there early, I had another cup of murky Turkish coffee and then boarded the train for Cairo that left at 11 AM.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our guide was very upset with the situation in Israel and Gaza, because of the concern that tourists will begin to cancel their plans to visit Egypt and other Middle East locations.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other travel videos that are shorter. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-4202321098705019542023-10-11T02:45:00.000-07:002023-11-18T13:44:53.318-08:00Preparing for my Egypt and Jordan adventure— September 26 – October 26, 2023<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>In planning for this month-long trip from September 26 to October 26, I decided to start a week before, and after the 15-day </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Intrepid Tours</span><span> of Egypt and Jordan.</span><span> </span><span>The cost of the round-trip Turkish air flight was about $900 and I used 72,000 Capital One points to pay for the flight, and I used another 380,000 points to pay for my $3,800 tour with Intrepid Tours.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRwQg2O_NolYIEMjw_7K1gAoy0VVJvXzTBI9lk87L_6LqAJdso-247Ucih0FarjdCrETkRAFVG4f7bBH5YK4g7i2OOw1MMooFit4KzedAveC6pxJySGgSoxgpUkS5XAaE4kien5xiAD1_R0WI_1nb2IcxV3r52YcsvAs2fFtmSrIUMsApI2MtVXjR5no/s2421/IMG_7708.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="2421" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRwQg2O_NolYIEMjw_7K1gAoy0VVJvXzTBI9lk87L_6LqAJdso-247Ucih0FarjdCrETkRAFVG4f7bBH5YK4g7i2OOw1MMooFit4KzedAveC6pxJySGgSoxgpUkS5XAaE4kien5xiAD1_R0WI_1nb2IcxV3r52YcsvAs2fFtmSrIUMsApI2MtVXjR5no/w640-h480/IMG_7708.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px; text-align: left;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My Gossamer Gear utility pack weighed just 8 1/2 lbs and included: clothing, toiletries, camera, and electronics gear, along with my guidebooks for Egypt and Jordan and 3 pocketbooks. (This is from my South America trip.)</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxln78-LOBLBOX94__cyeUpFLAfW84JKNGXx-EbvjpddhqPmao8FC_pc9dFd5ctY_nP4hzGD4_jyLS_6tPqBcjx4dTqe1SJ9XsaBZ0LfM3cgMLCCDVzWcdDD2u0jS_I58xdcAu4-DEMh3F3Vi9daMQaamfAeC4efw3rT-iuHrwhrV5PJAZRgG5HIXms2A/s4608/DSCN6904.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxln78-LOBLBOX94__cyeUpFLAfW84JKNGXx-EbvjpddhqPmao8FC_pc9dFd5ctY_nP4hzGD4_jyLS_6tPqBcjx4dTqe1SJ9XsaBZ0LfM3cgMLCCDVzWcdDD2u0jS_I58xdcAu4-DEMh3F3Vi9daMQaamfAeC4efw3rT-iuHrwhrV5PJAZRgG5HIXms2A/w640-h480/DSCN6904.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">I left our place in downtown Seattle, by first, taking the metro to the light rail station and then onward to the Seattle Airport, where I got my boarding pass for the Turkish Airlines flight first to Istanbul and then the next flight to Cairo.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7g_eJ5Gj4IURbzK705DUk84ZVhmth9EZ0nrEC7UUiSqFb7GrHlU9rEA4kGQQ6DeDpE3rMrdfCZAy7TBJVLmF6HsQ5KVu0oxkwqDfj3X6UhHnTJKSdU3ktDAuTKkRnSJWYoXWpkBJv8NdIdM-ntpy9KwX7pvr4mn1UEQRs9ymXGDeCyGjFHfcmiGF_xbI/s4032/IMG_7624.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7g_eJ5Gj4IURbzK705DUk84ZVhmth9EZ0nrEC7UUiSqFb7GrHlU9rEA4kGQQ6DeDpE3rMrdfCZAy7TBJVLmF6HsQ5KVu0oxkwqDfj3X6UhHnTJKSdU3ktDAuTKkRnSJWYoXWpkBJv8NdIdM-ntpy9KwX7pvr4mn1UEQRs9ymXGDeCyGjFHfcmiGF_xbI/w640-h480/IMG_7624.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBeMEoTRPlgAIVoIFLpm6vOpr6-iBR7ytd3kJOYxi6tKPWuQoYlmFMw2lYtEInsArJiffj5XIyNkmiAoyIiy6msJKcFBeXinlIfHVSCpNbFzqrcBhuH3KKsrrLa2_3A5Y-xK2rK-3vLR6qxA065d44vj6KAipoky_S2lQXTEypjQZryGuPRatX7Vtfc4/s4032/IMG_7625.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBeMEoTRPlgAIVoIFLpm6vOpr6-iBR7ytd3kJOYxi6tKPWuQoYlmFMw2lYtEInsArJiffj5XIyNkmiAoyIiy6msJKcFBeXinlIfHVSCpNbFzqrcBhuH3KKsrrLa2_3A5Y-xK2rK-3vLR6qxA065d44vj6KAipoky_S2lQXTEypjQZryGuPRatX7Vtfc4/w640-h480/IMG_7625.jpeg" width="640" /> </a></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The plane left right on time And flew over the northern ice cap to Istanbul in about 12 hours.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With a short layover at the Istanbul Airport where I had a roast beef sandwich, and some muddy Turkish coffee— the first of many.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVGDwFQX0vpigMbbUYFVQTG2Al3-nZV8syFg6iTjNecvMdbnwkLbGLj9uLaXV6pOtKtRCCh6s46_onyD6hqnn8j2awoGdv7M-DPDMvnkMflNUSn0jStGTpI5iqyiNyknP7uHMEfrtgwW-vTZ9kp8WHa4uf9kQSMJaO-DSHkO8rGz58QcWn5hPHNmsn6U/s4032/IMG_7626.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVGDwFQX0vpigMbbUYFVQTG2Al3-nZV8syFg6iTjNecvMdbnwkLbGLj9uLaXV6pOtKtRCCh6s46_onyD6hqnn8j2awoGdv7M-DPDMvnkMflNUSn0jStGTpI5iqyiNyknP7uHMEfrtgwW-vTZ9kp8WHa4uf9kQSMJaO-DSHkO8rGz58QcWn5hPHNmsn6U/w480-h640/IMG_7626.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At the Cairo airport, I first had to get an on-arrival visa for $25. It seems like many countries want you to pay for the visas in US dollars rather than the local currencies. By then the lines were really long to go through the visa process, but the closest line was very short, so I got in that it turned out to be the diplomatic line, but they went ahead and took it anyway so it was a quick, passage through immigration and customs.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Holy Sheet Hostel driver was waiting for me outside the arrival hall with my name on his sign for the 45-minute drive to the Hostel.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A Hostel was in the downtown area and it was on the second floor of a large building. They quickly checked me in my room was clean and quiet with good air-conditioning, the bathrooms were clean and the hot water shower was refreshing after my 16-hour journey.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFSJ9yJL8dgCR3XOhQbcJY_WvPMuCNdxjhvGXnsE2BRSyFoMg__hF6m4vNIqLTd39NfUeak9e17SQw__CcgwtWiX34aHW1F6mNwlEnxdMimQK1I4M66947Omz6t-DEXpX4ipxrkFVayt-uO7VMSxIo2uGPPR7pBZ1aIxcXIt44wTMdBBwuz55JZt5Tr4/s4032/IMG_7659.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFSJ9yJL8dgCR3XOhQbcJY_WvPMuCNdxjhvGXnsE2BRSyFoMg__hF6m4vNIqLTd39NfUeak9e17SQw__CcgwtWiX34aHW1F6mNwlEnxdMimQK1I4M66947Omz6t-DEXpX4ipxrkFVayt-uO7VMSxIo2uGPPR7pBZ1aIxcXIt44wTMdBBwuz55JZt5Tr4/w640-h480/IMG_7659.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6X0zaExrSbUo24npOsvGP26za9K-dybVyobI4mdWopsJX7JI0LmXcYme7dgPEJkbi1Oy9y5mvJk5rpVdG3iKCHlMycXrP6QJacr95t1Oz-dNJS6A6AWP6iV_4VdRYGZLo-7Rb65uHfuehx8qRJ0Msbl6FuYbq1zWl453hs3Ivu8fG-7jcSxXpnsB8M0/s4608/DSCN0508.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6X0zaExrSbUo24npOsvGP26za9K-dybVyobI4mdWopsJX7JI0LmXcYme7dgPEJkbi1Oy9y5mvJk5rpVdG3iKCHlMycXrP6QJacr95t1Oz-dNJS6A6AWP6iV_4VdRYGZLo-7Rb65uHfuehx8qRJ0Msbl6FuYbq1zWl453hs3Ivu8fG-7jcSxXpnsB8M0/w640-h480/DSCN0508.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Since I would be touring Cairo with Intrepid Tours, I didn’t check out any of the tourist spots and instead walked to the Misra train station to get my ticket to Alexandria where I would stay for four days. Along the walk, everything was dusty and dirty, with garbage strung about everywhere. The cars, taxis, and other vehicles seem to use their horns as much as their brakes to make their way along the crowded streets.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I got a 10 AM first-class passage to Alexandria for the following day at a cost of $26. It would be a three-hour journey passed truck gardens and dusty towns.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Since it was so hot, I decided to take the subway back to the hostel at a cost of 5 pounds— $0.16.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The receptionist recommended that I have dinner at the Abou Tarek Restaurant. It was a busy five-story, well-lighted restaurant. When I asked for the menu, the server said there was only one dish served and it was a vegetarian dish called kashary. It was a bowl filled with small noodles, lentils, and chickpeas, and then the server added fried dried onions, tomato chili sauce, and garlic oil. The hostel receptionist had told me this was the best kashary in all of Egypt. It was very tasty and only cost 58 pounds including bottled water— $2 USD.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOecl1u6Wu6DwnVv1Y58gyhzzmuc6NqCfRKnwDvBifnuYBkvJegiu93apjNDQlTFeZ35umwRm_T1tH_lToh51utq7c-trfiE2aBSOIky7sLAdc1AsHb4qTGt2ajChxJvYVY3N1i2oWf3_3ep4qHID5AIUblKOITAvo1clWelSrIMajXwwlKl14VyQPVqA/s4032/IMG_7635.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOecl1u6Wu6DwnVv1Y58gyhzzmuc6NqCfRKnwDvBifnuYBkvJegiu93apjNDQlTFeZ35umwRm_T1tH_lToh51utq7c-trfiE2aBSOIky7sLAdc1AsHb4qTGt2ajChxJvYVY3N1i2oWf3_3ep4qHID5AIUblKOITAvo1clWelSrIMajXwwlKl14VyQPVqA/w640-h480/IMG_7635.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxb2ooqdFZnlsNjT31uMf40oc0Q4Ny0YgLTR7-0NBGrJpMCW0HbG17ZxblkRC7kft5WtlBS8DGXX-gPXKSaYUNPHY_Wedn5Jxbq92lQxoQksr0jYgogJC1OC9parIqC_mGUsBA1TiV4f_9u7OyDpgYpNc-d2tGLpYAUtVdznYWVYiScErJwD6GNoaK48/s4032/IMG_7633.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxb2ooqdFZnlsNjT31uMf40oc0Q4Ny0YgLTR7-0NBGrJpMCW0HbG17ZxblkRC7kft5WtlBS8DGXX-gPXKSaYUNPHY_Wedn5Jxbq92lQxoQksr0jYgogJC1OC9parIqC_mGUsBA1TiV4f_9u7OyDpgYpNc-d2tGLpYAUtVdznYWVYiScErJwD6GNoaK48/w640-h480/IMG_7633.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhlHsEnTfDRzEoYASoOb-IGYTh0Xh9wMyCoL78zncsN476Fc38EMnoQ98PrwA5de-0jVR6W_lsLLMeVTE_UUYONJ7QdgGUhTHz31pjXy7Fd60vn-pH63hoQ38ztF2nPm_XBogV1COaFO5yxXy9rcc9tTCL-lWcWWcHpYQm6M5ZhCN0QIjHgtpdB4iVA4/s4032/IMG_7634.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhlHsEnTfDRzEoYASoOb-IGYTh0Xh9wMyCoL78zncsN476Fc38EMnoQ98PrwA5de-0jVR6W_lsLLMeVTE_UUYONJ7QdgGUhTHz31pjXy7Fd60vn-pH63hoQ38ztF2nPm_XBogV1COaFO5yxXy9rcc9tTCL-lWcWWcHpYQm6M5ZhCN0QIjHgtpdB4iVA4/w640-h480/IMG_7634.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In the morning, I was on my way to Alexandria via the subway and train.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alexandria Train Station </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; 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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other travel videos that are shorter. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt30.0444196 31.23571161.7341857638211557 -3.9205384000000016 58.35465343617885 66.3919616tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-33802794595009519242023-04-23T22:10:00.012-07:002023-11-18T13:47:00.066-08:00Costs and Comments on 2023 Thailand Trip--January 15---April 16, 2023<p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt73JkrM2fHO35ikxW4THcOPnWN9luYK1tP94jtoJppicEll6ZdEu5cJevht6WywDW-ms29chua81v-B_7Ly3rEAO_M_bsrEWJrWjPCo7g2Lm3i1jDfr89kFDG5CElFjs0c4lNK3Ap9gsrUZ_8JelsPvnyUCChUQFef0VpyRJCQHbp5cXfKxCh2TpT/s4608/DSCN9964.JPG" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt73JkrM2fHO35ikxW4THcOPnWN9luYK1tP94jtoJppicEll6ZdEu5cJevht6WywDW-ms29chua81v-B_7Ly3rEAO_M_bsrEWJrWjPCo7g2Lm3i1jDfr89kFDG5CElFjs0c4lNK3Ap9gsrUZ_8JelsPvnyUCChUQFef0VpyRJCQHbp5cXfKxCh2TpT/w640-h480/DSCN9964.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Trip Costs</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The cost was $5,483 for a daily cost of $60. Food costs were $2,507 for a daily cost of $28 per day. Lodging costs for 86 hotel nights were $2,136 for a daily cost of $25 per night—2 nights were on night bus rides and 3 were on air flights. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Travel Insurance</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">My Travelguard Insurance for this 90-day trip was just $10.12 since my reservation and upfront costs were just $95--3-night hotel reservations at the Majestic Suites. The air ticket was paid for using Barclay credit card points. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">On May 15th, Travelguard paid my claim of $434.32 USD for my mini iPad 4 I had left behind at a Bangkok restaurant and was not recovered. I had no police report to file, and I provided a receipt for my Apple purchase, and my boarding passes. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Note: It only works if you have receipts for items lost or stolen along with your boarding passes or flight itinerary.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I have had Travelguard insurance for over 20 years of travel and they always come through for me. They are the best.</span></p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Travel/tour costs were $840. I used 92,300 Barclay MC points for the round-trip flight with Asiana Airlines from Seattle to Bangkok.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-0DUe11uMGTQzNcoVDMM94NGxmghsNTj976F_awhRscyX9-eMm30iPwQ6u2TxyT3OSx0vy_blMA-f3x1M_EBRiQfRU5xhEdYVRjv1E3AnXc86wYNBfuBDHcrvYKY0VeKdE2V81V-_aIlOHwnVD-F1T7tiBYFGP1mbton085sQSUhPPkBoy6eYEIJ/s2048/8E7D1265-A8FD-4C47-B6DD-6F597E4471FC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-0DUe11uMGTQzNcoVDMM94NGxmghsNTj976F_awhRscyX9-eMm30iPwQ6u2TxyT3OSx0vy_blMA-f3x1M_EBRiQfRU5xhEdYVRjv1E3AnXc86wYNBfuBDHcrvYKY0VeKdE2V81V-_aIlOHwnVD-F1T7tiBYFGP1mbton085sQSUhPPkBoy6eYEIJ/w480-h640/8E7D1265-A8FD-4C47-B6DD-6F597E4471FC.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bus, metro, moto-taxi, and boat expenses were about $363 for travel from city to city and within the cities in all countries I visited. I really enjoyed traveling long distances on these comfortable buses. Unlike in the US, there were frequent departures from a large number of bus companies, and they were inexpensive. 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 30-day Thai Visa extension costs $56.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 2-night train expenses were $40.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 3 taxi rides cost $23.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">COVID-19 Restrictions Are Gone</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was my 7th international trip during the COVID-19 era. There were no COVID-19 documentation requirements at the border crossings. Mask-wearing was almost non-existent except for riding the Bangkok Sky Train and Metro where it was voluntary but strongly encouraged. Almost all people wore masks on the Sky Trains and Metros.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just like in the USA, a number of people on the streets and in stores wore face masks.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some restaurants had hand sanitizers at the entrances and on tables, but they were probably just using them up.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Homeless</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw very few people sleeping along the sidewalks, cooking up drugs along alleys and storefronts, or people begging along the many walking streets. Unlike the US where most urban areas now have tent cities filling up the parks and sidewalks. Here in Thailand, they have U<b>niversa</b>l<b> Medical care. </b>People with addictions or who are mentally ill get treated unlike here in the US where the insurance companies and their lobbyists continue to oppose medical care for all.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Getting Money</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before leaving the Bangkok Airport I use an ATM machine to get the Thai Baht I need for travel and replenish at one of the many ATMs found everywhere. Many restaurants charge an extra 2-3% when using credit cards. The 7-11 and Family Mart stores let you charge small amounts with credit cards and add no extra fee.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Getting Bank Fees Back</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I travel internationally I always take about $300 in USD and then rely on ATMs for funds. I recently got a Schwab ATM card which reimburses customers for all ATM bank charges and exchange fees. For this trip, Schwab reimbursed me $91.20 on these charges. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Delightful Food Choices</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see, my major trip expenses were for food. Here are some of the meals I enjoyed:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; 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I have also added other travel videos that are shorter. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-78514953704354568742023-04-23T13:38:00.008-07:002023-12-05T20:05:46.639-08:00Songkran in Thailand--World Class Water Fights--April 8-15, 2023<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After that, I returned to Bangkok for a few days before heading to Pattaya to experience Songkran for the first time. Pattaya is considered one of the best places to experience Songkran which takes place in mid-April to celebrate the Thai New Year and the beginning of the rainy season and is a time of cleansing the home with water as well as at the Buddhist temples usually using scented water on the many Buddha statutes.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My Vogue Hotel had set up a small Buddha along with a small cup of water so guests could clean the Buddha to gain merit during Songkran.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Locals and tourists have expanded that to include massive water fights using water guns, buckets and bowls of water tossed on anyone in the streets, and even water trucks.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5lTT0a2K7h9Hs6AtRDiyoD7Axa0wMoGOmTmTn6cGllWc1lotrw6XCnDTqa-uhV-YzW57CPivut601ohQFJBX_ORSBNzvLcT6jlFpQha2Aa0LsrFm046xJo4aKmZmavwtY5nGWCJ3lZjQdnBBWTXESBfA38Wx24imPlGdxOu6G0O6TZL1_CYaMdpm/w480-h640/IMG_6968.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When you go outside you need to wear clothes that will get wet and waterproof camera your camera and iPhone. Seal up your cellphones and wallets when you venture outside during Songkran.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were lots of vendors selling various sizes of water guns from 100 to 1,000 Baht--$3 to $30. Songkran ran from April 13 to the 15th. Every day it seemed like there were more people armed with these guns. Some people refilled their guns with iced water—they were the ones to avoid</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTxDMWiAx5GlUIZqH33U624oPEQog5erw85gknoY29hz6Q4G2G2dLoPssJrvxX6vwZTn401Yb5sT6AMXdvssHkAM4NT08i0Ts2UOZYLigm9kicCBGNUmpzL5PFBIGAGPYSfXIZZX9yopTeLp2VRuxxy11TXCgutULawPGadh3whhKfxdmguba-6c3/s4032/IMG_6915.jpeg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTxDMWiAx5GlUIZqH33U624oPEQog5erw85gknoY29hz6Q4G2G2dLoPssJrvxX6vwZTn401Yb5sT6AMXdvssHkAM4NT08i0Ts2UOZYLigm9kicCBGNUmpzL5PFBIGAGPYSfXIZZX9yopTeLp2VRuxxy11TXCgutULawPGadh3whhKfxdmguba-6c3/w640-h480/IMG_6915.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The celebrations were focused on the tourist areas of Soi 6—short-time service bars, beer bars along Beach Road, Walking Street—where go-go bars and discos are concentrated, and the LK Metro area.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSyRCKEaxFpcwXg1KYr5SmcGzuH4sv5VwhFJQ4vTPOC_Yxy2VAE6mwWC3wo7Ala7GlIVkmm7FPuE1EDs7ScntIthiN21eI19iK6bZAF9ySTO4y98n6hC9xc1lvWFQzYjMoAnmPuzWpy0BvVBZh4vZOV8PLvUCET9tZafuHWfVLOYRUiEdTjWhgfR4/s2448/IMG_6951.jpeg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; 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font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While in these areas of Pattaya, there is no way to stay dry as I quickly found out.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">People also apply a white paste to the faces and necks of others as a blessing and a way to ward off evil spirits for the upcoming year.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Here are some other videos of this celebration.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pSbxjlCnHAE" width="320" youtube-src-id="pSbxjlCnHAE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U55BDb86krc" width="320" youtube-src-id="U55BDb86krc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uRZrMXfAu9s" width="320" youtube-src-id="uRZrMXfAu9s"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zU-bVQi_s7Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="zU-bVQi_s7Q"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ax3ww_k5Ts" width="320" youtube-src-id="7ax3ww_k5Ts"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yr_NW0FBD84" width="320" youtube-src-id="yr_NW0FBD84"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YWJGntIQGFw" width="320" youtube-src-id="YWJGntIQGFw"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yeCL5Uhd6hM" width="320" youtube-src-id="yeCL5Uhd6hM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UKDEs6n-RSc" width="320" youtube-src-id="UKDEs6n-RSc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XYgUi9RyIdc" width="320" youtube-src-id="XYgUi9RyIdc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d8o3GNFlmrU" width="320" youtube-src-id="d8o3GNFlmrU"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IA7QSCcnTNc" width="320" youtube-src-id="IA7QSCcnTNc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On April 15th I hopped a moto-taxi to the Pattaya Bus Station where I took a bus direct to the <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949;">Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK). My Asiana flight departed about 30 minutes later than scheduled at 1:40AM on April 16th to Incheon, S. Korea (ICN).</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-family: inherit;">My 8-hour layover at the Incheon Airport was made easier with a tasty bulgogi dinner, a helpful robot, and a comfortable sleeping lounge area.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuyFC-9jLYXmAinx0srQZ1h7Y8ZaZycEsuSIlJny-Yz4RTEHfr6imJgfjhY8aawV2-Mch85Bcr1oCteA0F0EaxwyFyDNxyKCKpJgt_J7RP15G30UgdZF1XJn0X_qDFfm5Lp3UUnQ1eiOB5V1qMKkVHI7Cdjz7ARwtx_LalpNmb-p7JHxIXs5wfO5E/s3982/IMG_6987.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3982" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuyFC-9jLYXmAinx0srQZ1h7Y8ZaZycEsuSIlJny-Yz4RTEHfr6imJgfjhY8aawV2-Mch85Bcr1oCteA0F0EaxwyFyDNxyKCKpJgt_J7RP15G30UgdZF1XJn0X_qDFfm5Lp3UUnQ1eiOB5V1qMKkVHI7Cdjz7ARwtx_LalpNmb-p7JHxIXs5wfO5E/w640-h486/IMG_6987.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KeS-v7KBYSY" width="320" youtube-src-id="KeS-v7KBYSY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkSg7UGW0B7BKlcYTd-mfi2fyOYf_2wAi4pInj5Pci40xZlO_h_VuHr76LweXixe3lU0KeYCDOQOy2NJInn_WllO4g9H9ciy_3c4vnkIaxE7IIBLDyBYfMaQvss913fwnYvhGZit3e3SzXCnvFvfqHmfT6uO4JiwdA4t4M79nwlHOxs18XGK5LklW/s4032/IMG_6985.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkSg7UGW0B7BKlcYTd-mfi2fyOYf_2wAi4pInj5Pci40xZlO_h_VuHr76LweXixe3lU0KeYCDOQOy2NJInn_WllO4g9H9ciy_3c4vnkIaxE7IIBLDyBYfMaQvss913fwnYvhGZit3e3SzXCnvFvfqHmfT6uO4JiwdA4t4M79nwlHOxs18XGK5LklW/w480-h640/IMG_6985.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I arrived at SEA Airport at about noon and inquired to see if my Global Pass renewal application that I had filed in October was done. It was still pending. It was so cold back here in Seattle at 40 degrees compared to the mid-90s I was used to in Thailand.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Once home, I filled out the paperwork to renew my US Passport and mailed it in. I also filed a $434 claim with Travelguard for my lost mini iPad 4 and got a new mini iPad 6 replacement which now costs $736.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is so cold here</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p></div></span></div>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-20462338867198488622023-04-19T16:19:00.004-07:002023-12-05T20:10:46.249-08:00Refused Entry to Cambodia so Return to Ko Samet—March 8–April 4, 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>After a couple days in Bangkok, I started my journey to Cambodia. I caught the bus to Trat from the Ekkamai bus terminal that left at 9:30 am on March 8th.</span><span> </span><span>Along the way, I met Paul from Minnesota who had taught in Thailand and was married to a Thai woman.</span><span> </span><span>Her extended family had a big compound in Bangkok, and she owned a farm that grew Durian, Rambutans, and other fruits and vegetables that was run by a renter.</span><span> </span><span>In a sense, Paul was a Durian farmer.</span><span> </span><span>The prices of Durians have jumped in price because of the big demand for them from China.</span><span> </span><span>He said many farmers in the Trat area are converting their crops to Durian to take advantage of this price jump.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Trat Center Hotel was just about 600 Baht—$17— per night and my room was great—clean, spacious, with one English language TV channel—from Myanmar—a mini refrigerator, an excellent wifi connection, and a hot shower. Paul also stayed here and checked out his farm the following day using a motorbike with a day rate of 150 Baht—$4.25.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Both nights we ate at a local restaurant and he ordered dishes in Thai—I was impressed.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed the boardwalk that ran along this canal.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-f_w9wDB6GDeJSNwnvf_a4cN6WSj9iOE7Py8tK6M_mKJbwiVHBUlsyF0EoY__PESQL608keZym107fpbrAKT5l46OVSaxc3TB70SzPmKtjKt_-2uoEcNd2LFpHlkGVHxHo9ykNghMapectUdF3aUBsLFyVqx8lHndk7Vz4xzRPzICJQ7kczPsA7mr/s4608/34A7360B-CEB6-4571-9E38-3040290961C1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-f_w9wDB6GDeJSNwnvf_a4cN6WSj9iOE7Py8tK6M_mKJbwiVHBUlsyF0EoY__PESQL608keZym107fpbrAKT5l46OVSaxc3TB70SzPmKtjKt_-2uoEcNd2LFpHlkGVHxHo9ykNghMapectUdF3aUBsLFyVqx8lHndk7Vz4xzRPzICJQ7kczPsA7mr/w640-h480/34A7360B-CEB6-4571-9E38-3040290961C1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOaS2AEHgIuTCdoVWl9_03rocMeTBgrWzobzshg9QmDMp8oilPbutzW5GHX8WJLMJKdb4anCPGrO0U5rHJ5NnXV88Eg-92XDvpR6OO8rOGULZHE5nd2Sd_cmnXNNzZSsfXx9Ew47EDhWkYKwNZUko1H5Tyd-6rnHSL2wi3ELQ5hoq8L906F5ZnmLO/w640-h480/0002ED53-13FB-4B47-80B4-0F2D6EBEDC70.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On March 10th, I took an hour minibus ride to Hat Lek at the border to Cambodia where both Thai and Cambodian Immigration officials told me I could not enter Cambodia since I had less than 6 months before my US Passport would expire. I even showed them my return air ticket that showed I was returning to the US on April 16th. That did not matter to them. The two pictures below show the border crossing between Thailand and Cambodia.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghF52v8YNQshP05GCjalA99U0znOwVPmE5dru_X4okkWfjUcaq965XxClgfwzRwsU_SkmFF2Cq61onLi_eiVRPtxv6mLi_5ux1RDpvrbZRMEPT7nVucLK1H-fnMPZj6VzDt5hH1AqS4sRFK5RUAj-GRsdAet68syZLHGFxQDNDCY9uoCzmgxUf7Ze/s4608/99878F97-FFA4-4FDA-A7D3-BB96B4EB6799.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghF52v8YNQshP05GCjalA99U0znOwVPmE5dru_X4okkWfjUcaq965XxClgfwzRwsU_SkmFF2Cq61onLi_eiVRPtxv6mLi_5ux1RDpvrbZRMEPT7nVucLK1H-fnMPZj6VzDt5hH1AqS4sRFK5RUAj-GRsdAet68syZLHGFxQDNDCY9uoCzmgxUf7Ze/w640-h480/99878F97-FFA4-4FDA-A7D3-BB96B4EB6799.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I remember hearing that you <span style="font-weight: bold;">SHOULD</span> have six months before going on international travel and now I realize that that warning should be you <span style="font-weight: bold;">MUST </span>have six months remaining since some countries like Cambodia will not let you enter.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Thai official told me I had to go back to the Immigration office in Bangkok to get another 30-day extension on my Thai visa which was expiring on March 17th. I figured I could do one of three things: </span></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">1. Get a 30 day extension on my Thai Visa, </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">2. Get a new US Passport at the US Embassy and make my way back to Cambodia before March 17th, or </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">3. Return to the US by March 17th when my 60 day Thai visa expires if I am not granted a 30 day Thai Visa extension.</span></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I returned to the minibus station and found the same driver who returned me to the Trat Bus Station just 1/2 hour before the big blue bus was returning to Bangkok. While on the bus to Bangkok, I used my cell phone to book through Booking.com my Bangkok accommodations from March 10 to the 14th at the Crown BTS Nana Hotel near the Nana Sky Train Station for about $34 per night.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReW3ICmgdjRyh8K4xiGhxgJhlA5lvdIpUssbEdKNrdz9a2i2LkQ383L7nxXDzs2nU03UPdVj9pmsiI6na92BYqap_8S6xCPWpO6f3iM36cZhA5rOdiYhF_x-_1NkP7Vzs8Oa5C6r_nLJWSedW8tWgFa7ykx8AIvuczeTK7brGDUxMVUKwKsOoPJxu/s4608/E214B831-0692-4426-B72B-CC868F4FC124.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReW3ICmgdjRyh8K4xiGhxgJhlA5lvdIpUssbEdKNrdz9a2i2LkQ383L7nxXDzs2nU03UPdVj9pmsiI6na92BYqap_8S6xCPWpO6f3iM36cZhA5rOdiYhF_x-_1NkP7Vzs8Oa5C6r_nLJWSedW8tWgFa7ykx8AIvuczeTK7brGDUxMVUKwKsOoPJxu/w640-h480/E214B831-0692-4426-B72B-CC868F4FC124.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFnmf75d8mV4oAkwe3i9njW2DDUbVrvj7cp99wYvbs2KuOIbbn9gDZOEAM2m3cxhzqm2PyAPJeslDFeVJ-ZB77m7zR72Gbhzrx8A0DdZ_1EZYccatm1cxrKQNadhjm7FPJShXF4Scqqt8AlJ33fQNYZFRcrkQEw-pQEpTDw_j1XlEuCYVJZ3T-Novj/s4608/8EB1B20F-9A00-490E-8BB2-25C4BADD9D4E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFnmf75d8mV4oAkwe3i9njW2DDUbVrvj7cp99wYvbs2KuOIbbn9gDZOEAM2m3cxhzqm2PyAPJeslDFeVJ-ZB77m7zR72Gbhzrx8A0DdZ_1EZYccatm1cxrKQNadhjm7FPJShXF4Scqqt8AlJ33fQNYZFRcrkQEw-pQEpTDw_j1XlEuCYVJZ3T-Novj/w640-h480/8EB1B20F-9A00-490E-8BB2-25C4BADD9D4E.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was more than “One Night In Bangkok” where I enjoyed going to several entertainment venues including places that had live music.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pb41HQKm_Bo" width="320" youtube-src-id="pb41HQKm_Bo"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Y5ZyDeOo8c" width="320" youtube-src-id="4Y5ZyDeOo8c"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Z1DEGdK6Fk" width="320" youtube-src-id="8Z1DEGdK6Fk"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ypv597jejvE" width="320" youtube-src-id="ypv597jejvE"></iframe></span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On Monday, I headed to the Thai Immigration office using a combination of metro and taxi, Unfortunately, I had to show my taxi driver how to get there by using my Google Maps and the 45-minute taxi ride was just 171 Baht on the meter—-about $5.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Once there, I filled out the paperwork and had to find a copy store to copy my passport picture page and my 60-day Thai Visa passport pages. On the paperwork, I had to paste a passport picture and explain why I wanted the 30-day extension—It looked like this would not be just a rubber stamp process. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I got into the queue for the 30-day Visa extension at 10 am and I was still waiting until noon when they shut down the office for an hour lunch break at noon. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I got some local lunch at the food court in the building which included a cup of sweetened corn, 3 chicken satay sticks, and Thai iced coffee. Good thing I brought along my pocketbook to read—a Lee Child Reacher book.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At 1PM it was another 1/2 hour before I saw the Immigration official and gave him my passport and paperwork plus the 1,900 Baht fee—about $55. After another 10-minute wait, I was approved for a 30-day extension to April 16th—my plane departs on the 16th. It must be the 1,900 Baht fee that was the most important factor unless you have committed some crime while here.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I immediately caught a cab and had him drop me off at the Mo Chit Sky Train stop which cost about 120 Baht—-$3.50—for a 1/2 hour drive. From there, I got back to my hotel and booked myself at the Runa Runa Best Samed Island Guesthouse for 7 nights—the cost of $24 per night— since my favorite, the Blue Bay Bungalows was booked up.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I decided that I would just relax for a few weeks on my favorite island in Thailand: Ko Samet. I again took the Sky Train from the Nana stop to the Ekkamai bus terminal where I took the minibus at 9:30 am to Ban Phe and arrived there for the 1 PM 1/2 hour ferry boat to Ko Samet Island.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivBvX2xASjsBaQ7u3onin7R7SvTKEjsKEEjabFfpZ7C90x3wXqupz5dyTfKsqCLOu94VIM3N4nhfiLTOctbH8_5K_BehgCG5e3W8lPe-djTknOSpPxp4m9NyqGcjt7YytUamc9r9OKar-Ff2cfxB6kWmpPOo-SGK4gJcEyjKuHOeKdlWFPhRD7c3U/s4608/43FA8C37-5F32-4C3C-9E8D-95DA46A0B453.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivBvX2xASjsBaQ7u3onin7R7SvTKEjsKEEjabFfpZ7C90x3wXqupz5dyTfKsqCLOu94VIM3N4nhfiLTOctbH8_5K_BehgCG5e3W8lPe-djTknOSpPxp4m9NyqGcjt7YytUamc9r9OKar-Ff2cfxB6kWmpPOo-SGK4gJcEyjKuHOeKdlWFPhRD7c3U/w640-h480/43FA8C37-5F32-4C3C-9E8D-95DA46A0B453.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After my morning breakfasts and one-hour massages from Da, I walked along the white sand beaches until I came to some cushioned beach lounge chairs in the shade by the Tok Resort where I spent time reading mystery and crime novels as well as taking a dip in the blue-green sea that was 80 degrees plus.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyc5UmHu6DeC3L_7vo-umZe_YXuiWgBZkmq2hOGWXANCzOI37xmZEQSEnZgYU_NLKJkXzBVk1ZA0NMLSyw9egRzA1kebYvE-Xd3IxmFGRMwmlET_-yT-g_vzqawyK9lVfvHzdusGTY7cp4mr6bwShCNTQSoYWj4DDSefmK01ZwS_mPzHHBm5W8Tg_/s4608/C2416D38-856E-4FE6-A366-E140460329A1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was also fun to walk down the length of the east side of the island to see the numerous beautiful coves where some of the more remote resorts are located. It was about a six-mile round trip that ended for me at a steep rocky shoreline. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">From north to south from Ao Pudsa Bay, I hiked past Ao Nuan Bay, Ao Chao Bay, and Ao Wong Deuan Bay, but the beach trail ended at this rocky shoreline so I returned to the Blue Bay Bungalows.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At these more distant resorts, most people take speedboats from Ban Phe and wade ashore to their more distant resorts.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I stopped by the Blue Bay Bungalows to see if anything was available and the receptionist, Beem, first said no, but then she said they had a bungalow in the middle of the construction area where several customers had canceled once they saw where it was. Here is my view from the front patio.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7hcSzmSTzMnMPigS2VrcK64joGeJZzsaDxDZgjq9lNGa40HZsGRHRxcdl3DkVroHoSqDV-npFsKIS-H33BVA_TIm1AAeNZk8cMmbM4F1l7Qy-Tzq7b3hD0bDx_Y4UTYcH7pgaymntKI-VS4lUPu89nHy1obTPue0C9Q8GLG3kHPyXAcMUUiiUPy1/w640-h480/9B8844EB-2DF5-4F03-8BD1-B3F5F0F88BB3.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdMQb8OuJZf6zgJ4KDEtMnxc-SlRKMY4E4aOkbtFtvP_muU-bbqy3JjixDHmSv1j1Ifbl_PRGHmkKlf7L_cjGYsliTASrmx4zOc4RrOec4np6HMuIAp3hk_fNJNZAxNvxh1_Ry4SWjtkezDIsrPK-xRnUcRc-W7F7z6NdDssLtp_y5k2cxXwQ6vEu/s4032/F98BFF8B-5657-459A-A01E-D89ACD1569B1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdMQb8OuJZf6zgJ4KDEtMnxc-SlRKMY4E4aOkbtFtvP_muU-bbqy3JjixDHmSv1j1Ifbl_PRGHmkKlf7L_cjGYsliTASrmx4zOc4RrOec4np6HMuIAp3hk_fNJNZAxNvxh1_Ry4SWjtkezDIsrPK-xRnUcRc-W7F7z6NdDssLtp_y5k2cxXwQ6vEu/w640-h480/F98BFF8B-5657-459A-A01E-D89ACD1569B1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">She offered me 800 Baht—$23— per night— and she said that construction goes from 8 am to 5pm. I told her no problem for me and reserved it for 8 nights from March 21st with a departure on March 29th. I am usually up and around by 6 in the morning anyway. My bungalow had been remodeled with attractive decor and amenities such as a refrigerator, hot pot, and goodies to purchase if the mood strikes you. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The A/C worked except when the whole island shut down all electricity for one entire day. Everybody including Thais headed to the beaches for the day to enjoy the cooling ocean breezes and swim in the waters. One morning I had no water, so it was a good thing I had showered the night before. They and all resorts rely on boats to deliver them water since there is very little naturally occurring water on Ko Samet. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had flashbacks to our early days of owning our Loreto Bay casa which was also in the middle of a construction zone and the electricity and or water would go out because someone had cut the lines.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Throughout my time in Thailand, I have been amazed by how many Russians, mostly couples and families, I have seen and heard here. I checked the Thailand Tourism website and they had this chart of tourists visiting Thailand by the country for 2022 and the first two months of 2023 and it confirmed that many Russians were tourists here.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnKlycu0YMwe6AtHBv6uJnpMoG73eHi3Q0TtmOFSRTTbmiKHAJDy8j60FG9qhPA1MQQtv8gRL_TGGdn2US35lOhoBX9o3zW-gz2qS-P4jgkAc-lk7x53vNCxyVUzhC4KWzkrM8xGsOL3MqJrDu0KJ9-XmVa6Qc1ATNDz-D2rYDfCDpyvXSlfISTUx/s2048/6D66B625-CF18-4D7F-92BE-63CE1114611E.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnKlycu0YMwe6AtHBv6uJnpMoG73eHi3Q0TtmOFSRTTbmiKHAJDy8j60FG9qhPA1MQQtv8gRL_TGGdn2US35lOhoBX9o3zW-gz2qS-P4jgkAc-lk7x53vNCxyVUzhC4KWzkrM8xGsOL3MqJrDu0KJ9-XmVa6Qc1ATNDz-D2rYDfCDpyvXSlfISTUx/w640-h480/6D66B625-CF18-4D7F-92BE-63CE1114611E.png" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Although it shows Malaysia as being #1, this is distorted because they typically cross the southern border they share with Thailand to just shop for a day or two or visit relatives.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">You see that in 2022, Russia was #9 and China was not even listed because they were quarantined in China, and only in mid-February was the quarantine lifted. Before COVID-19, tourists from China represented about 1/3 of all tourists visiting Thailand.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In just the first two months of this year, Russia is now in the #2 spot just behind Malaysia and has almost as many tourists visiting just these two months compared to the number of Russians visiting during the entire 2022. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What are the reasons for this big jump in tourists from Russia? Could it be to travel to somewhere warm? Is it pent-up travel desire now that COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted in both Russia and Thailand? Is it to escape for a time from all of the sanctions imposed on Russia by the West? Is it to escape becoming cannon fodder in Putin’s war with Ukraine? I don’t know for they are not a chatty group and tend to stay with each other soaking up the sun and enjoying the food, drinks, and entertainment that is in abundance in Thailand. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On Ko Samet, I have also noticed the gradual return of the Chinese tour groups that usually come for the day and all eat together in the restaurants that earlier had remained empty. In groups, they tend to run down to the beach and take lots of pictures of their friends splashing in the surf as well as taking selfies. They eat together and then leave usually following the tour guide with the flag. The picture below is of a restaurant that catered to Chinese Tour groups—empty from March 2020 until now.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTDfUKAVm_GGBlYzqz8kmaz02_XQXNihXtRHcAkip-QjUmZH1Rcya_xOAzW5VeV1FV25UaVJW4QrbPWePlZg7_4H9eEnMHdFW4cT8lz_qir7pm_lTA98DQdO58dUAj8oIHjDzkQNQI4BnnDE0FLbr-FrAsz-LXRtLJBARDAbX4MtMsCdAt1kr6vbY/s3264/F6B94C8F-B1E0-42A6-8858-27448440F345.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTDfUKAVm_GGBlYzqz8kmaz02_XQXNihXtRHcAkip-QjUmZH1Rcya_xOAzW5VeV1FV25UaVJW4QrbPWePlZg7_4H9eEnMHdFW4cT8lz_qir7pm_lTA98DQdO58dUAj8oIHjDzkQNQI4BnnDE0FLbr-FrAsz-LXRtLJBARDAbX4MtMsCdAt1kr6vbY/w640-h480/F6B94C8F-B1E0-42A6-8858-27448440F345.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8Lp5ENbIgtAcq01MuxMtK-kwZw400HWBS22AZbEfEVYZEIJyBDfROW4y4hMvM16bTsNxXKSjMdgjX948tXa8V3mJKxHNMY3MXQ65-l9h1bplemr43r_o4K02uuvphy3Jt5v4rjmpDobhh-tbsqS2fce_kzFmAMR4t-hQBjL81NJwFCdtppf9URE8/s4608/36FCEB91-5E5A-429E-978E-818C6A3AAD58.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8Lp5ENbIgtAcq01MuxMtK-kwZw400HWBS22AZbEfEVYZEIJyBDfROW4y4hMvM16bTsNxXKSjMdgjX948tXa8V3mJKxHNMY3MXQ65-l9h1bplemr43r_o4K02uuvphy3Jt5v4rjmpDobhh-tbsqS2fce_kzFmAMR4t-hQBjL81NJwFCdtppf9URE8/w640-h480/36FCEB91-5E5A-429E-978E-818C6A3AAD58.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJA-9dwzIx1Z6lMj48U2Vd5zYppJpJ-6GHNCJS2INf6yThDzIESvkGJeacAJQPQVAVCto5ArlBdXhAIhnjqBrmOqiZWkrux343d8nsVfd0VSznrGdJc_79Wd4TeYSLadyGxYmG_Q89PIUzQH8tDj7SRxnvqjqWTM2Fwe7RqettOe7xT7EcHYGlAWh0/s4608/BCDD2A59-B253-4A66-98F4-BE72B1293D16.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJA-9dwzIx1Z6lMj48U2Vd5zYppJpJ-6GHNCJS2INf6yThDzIESvkGJeacAJQPQVAVCto5ArlBdXhAIhnjqBrmOqiZWkrux343d8nsVfd0VSznrGdJc_79Wd4TeYSLadyGxYmG_Q89PIUzQH8tDj7SRxnvqjqWTM2Fwe7RqettOe7xT7EcHYGlAWh0/w640-h480/BCDD2A59-B253-4A66-98F4-BE72B1293D16.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMCa1G4sm5JwgPWODZROA0SG01bLAHtVroa9DwxnaSjAe7pwZmGk6DgILDa4ebvP_9fOc1M_g5aSvDp0frmijLvKCF481rQndflVoJJ25b7Q1jzDxjRk495Kj1WekYD4QmBQguInlrlNhBynRfLJmsTbnrOrJcvSH262tGPoKh4lkRSwFJVgx1lVw/s3597/1D0BAEE3-B2C7-4D2F-ACAD-9CF34005F920.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2698" data-original-width="3597" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMCa1G4sm5JwgPWODZROA0SG01bLAHtVroa9DwxnaSjAe7pwZmGk6DgILDa4ebvP_9fOc1M_g5aSvDp0frmijLvKCF481rQndflVoJJ25b7Q1jzDxjRk495Kj1WekYD4QmBQguInlrlNhBynRfLJmsTbnrOrJcvSH262tGPoKh4lkRSwFJVgx1lVw/w640-h480/1D0BAEE3-B2C7-4D2F-ACAD-9CF34005F920.jpeg" width="640" /></a><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Since my plans to visit Cambodia were refused because of my 5-month US Passport expiration, my time in Ko Samet was about the first time I found myself just relaxing every day for three weeks. It was so enjoyable and I think it will be something I will repeat in the upcoming years.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I decided to join the 6 Island Speedboat tour at a cost of just 600 Baht that I caught just off the Sai Kaew Beach, Ko Samet. 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With all of the coming and going of the boats, the water was a bit murky. I enjoyed seeing a variety of coral and some fish at this spot.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigJV-lGGQwE4pPNsYbmXsOtDGGNLxqzxUTrmXK5ODJDYWyrl9gq9rGnoFCTuD28eN9_iPMkQiQIx2S61wiI7LgF5OuvF-MfMnkyx5GYYNrsl-5DcrmHXMdf3oeZA58tINebxGpAB1t8fidxcW6UCEgGgZiHiXll7zjhcIsxWxDrYwstEf4jRrQQOj/s4608/DSCN0066.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgigJV-lGGQwE4pPNsYbmXsOtDGGNLxqzxUTrmXK5ODJDYWyrl9gq9rGnoFCTuD28eN9_iPMkQiQIx2S61wiI7LgF5OuvF-MfMnkyx5GYYNrsl-5DcrmHXMdf3oeZA58tINebxGpAB1t8fidxcW6UCEgGgZiHiXll7zjhcIsxWxDrYwstEf4jRrQQOj/w640-h480/DSCN0066.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWIz9CujW_BmMpZy-5xkGJXVmBYkqz_LGfN2f7SqKDVn9aNW9wkS0puxFOFeS7FLdjIIJzkfY8HkGZUeP-K2VoetaQr33Sa7XX7TinD3gcBOzcUEkRa6OfwierhUr8g1O19bF_x7Tv8yrYAVqDzppZZau0dMyAH4IeeMBYbZ-XVvKqC65AWYxUjuF/s4608/DSCN0067.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">I returned to Bangkok for a few days before heading to Pattaya to experience Songkran--the Thai New Year-- for the first time. Songkran which takes place in mid-April to celebrate the beginning of the rainy season is a time of cleansing the home with water as well as at the Buddhist temples usually using scented water on the many Buddha statues. It has morphed into giant water fights in major cities which I looked forward to experiencing.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. 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Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p></div><div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><br /></p></div>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-735876420924616182023-03-21T06:29:00.015-07:002023-12-05T20:17:33.512-08:00Krabi and the Islands of the Andaman Sea—Feb. 10–Mar. 4, 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1_3gYAfGhSwbjDPSewkoHIQ3-gKK5LRYpp5sZLREHIU5APR3meuGpVTJ70QC9K1YSOW7em6JpSluR00ClleHECPyam0Y8tDAiJy6e2q0Mo2ysgEQ1PV2RUbFylX3De7QbLbGxuvXlRsUiZuw8azgIO7ODknGZ5JfPwbSljNbyArHcLrQe70Ui0oz/s4032/0F5E743B-34EB-46FE-BD75-57E4BB2D82BC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1_3gYAfGhSwbjDPSewkoHIQ3-gKK5LRYpp5sZLREHIU5APR3meuGpVTJ70QC9K1YSOW7em6JpSluR00ClleHECPyam0Y8tDAiJy6e2q0Mo2ysgEQ1PV2RUbFylX3De7QbLbGxuvXlRsUiZuw8azgIO7ODknGZ5JfPwbSljNbyArHcLrQe70Ui0oz/w640-h480/0F5E743B-34EB-46FE-BD75-57E4BB2D82BC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>In Surat Thani, I booked a minivan that took me to the Orange Resort which was great, but a bit far from the beaches of Ao Nang.</span><span> </span><span>By staying here for five nights, I was guaranteed to get in on my 3-mile walk per day.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On my long walk along the beach, I was amazed to see so many restaurants that were run by Indians and featured Indian, Thai, and Western food choices. In these tourist spots, they used to concentrate on clothing and tailor shops, but being entrepreneurs, they have expanded their business categories.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed visiting some of the music venues, especially the Boogie Bar and the Beach Bar.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/psImRD3drb4" width="320" youtube-src-id="psImRD3drb4"></iframe> </span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">One of the bar/restaurants had three floors of entertainment including a Thai music venue where the crowd was almost all Thais who favored their buckets of booze or bottles of whisky and sodas.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ckOhAChrxY" width="320" youtube-src-id="6ckOhAChrxY"></iframe></span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It also housed a hostel as well as a Ladyboy show called the Blue Dragon Cabaret Show. The performers wore lots of sequined and feathered outfits. They danced and mouthed many popular songs as well as many Thai language songs. It was a good value for just 600 Baht. In the end, the performers encouraged you to have a photo with them for a small gratuity. </span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wr7dKnlPjuA" width="320" youtube-src-id="wr7dKnlPjuA"></iframe></span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/07nZ5b-WEeg" width="320" youtube-src-id="07nZ5b-WEeg"></iframe></span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We jumped off the boat and swam in Pileh Bay which had almost no coral but many boats.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Here is an overhead picture my friends, Glenda and Harvey from Loreto Bay, sent me that was featured in “Beautiful World”. Spectacular!</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOY4iQp6pOh9MTyylNsOo3h0fQdDWBR6dFiINw2eqdpknyjZ-W_D2vJFVnf0WxeXQBVvLb7P67bjibGPQTgbihnSCDnMHd8WfgXqktdl5wXCusCjDZn8hUNpwNDT-GLwGfieVI4hJemS7yDOFI0jOgMK08hWXlxp9FHLjZH0kkDXey4kGDMIfZk4h/s960/F5AEFD29-CC91-4B2F-B749-F6C7D0EBB7BD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOY4iQp6pOh9MTyylNsOo3h0fQdDWBR6dFiINw2eqdpknyjZ-W_D2vJFVnf0WxeXQBVvLb7P67bjibGPQTgbihnSCDnMHd8WfgXqktdl5wXCusCjDZn8hUNpwNDT-GLwGfieVI4hJemS7yDOFI0jOgMK08hWXlxp9FHLjZH0kkDXey4kGDMIfZk4h/s16000/F5AEFD29-CC91-4B2F-B749-F6C7D0EBB7BD.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1WMekbrO2QV5Sv_lw0-7aFYQ4u3XpiLMgb9brwSHXTGV5wqnAybRBvpXJ8dWzKDYK8bZAOyePKIQMcr-Xj8oNAvSmoRulOFgrk34qSilUEI0nSFamTVISKXuH-wir439ie4Kf_0Q4_5_ay0k5Tif1CTwY4p5-lvtzj_ai-6jzJUiI17ccPWscCTK/w640-h480/85513F10-F9F7-41B6-B72F-A6772EE88DA6.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6UZe-Pg6Z5ZjOlxNzO3_e6B93lM1nRWCkctfP1Dj4GyzQVhG86nwU7gDwF8uuyy_9p9QOA03F9NGAtupKoUpriPrtVw7qCmqxnvfx3aVdNG0-iohlHXJUuhBCFvA8-uABfZndZ_DiY0v5HabR0bET4UK-nW234tJyfymBcY6GqDcGR_NY1yCM4WZ/w640-h480/31134927-FC08-4FB8-859C-88B489A7AB0D.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U9OM6gdMsvU" width="320" youtube-src-id="U9OM6gdMsvU"></iframe>C </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We motored by Chicken Island, Phi Phi Island, and Monkey Beach, but the monkeys were hiding.</span><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkpjRG1sgfn9rsQTcVDjvdoYWDvItv-v5CW_zcrmkM7LMCHYexsB-q5VLLyDjeWSjCKary5HSBN432kTev0rtasIVKw7eD3DjqHxGYxOr987e0xGYawYRgaqpIi3v-iT4I7oBogjtZtZ3945HTjttfQRzr_PEWrUoNemvPGnbni0R_F51wcJU320K/w640-h480/56C1036D-6401-437C-8B53-74CEF39550AD.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our last stop was Poda Island with its white sand beach which was the nearest island to our return to Krabi.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrQ5L2dundzoOEbIEsZjZuX4Z7_pY1vzgo8prMII1XMUWl63bjo4dEaNbxeAxyBIVdP0njK24ePGDAASeXp9neAniu9KzFr9pW9QENToOmQHLBOLTU5ediFyG3Q2A7C6U9EMojFOzVXgHwMIzWAQN_XgGJnRXvoIvJRK_tSyGvrITn12vB3TayITZ/w640-h480/93D3BFD3-71B4-43E8-970B-4926391F1F14.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">One evening, I went to the Krabi Muay Thai Stadium for a fee of 1,200 Baht and watched 8 matches, with two ending in knockouts. Both knockouts came from the victor kneeing the opponent in the solar plexus which resulted in getting the wind knocked out of them. Before each contest, the fighters do some elaborate slow movements all around the ring —kind of like doing a blessing or offering before fighting. The crowds were pretty sparse, so I imagine if the place was full, it would have been a lot more exciting.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For 200 Baht round trip, I took one of the Long-Tail boats to the nearby Railay Beach is now filled with restaurants, hotels, and rock climbing tour companies</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_O8if6jDuKQbAq5YbodH-dp027R_tF0oGarIttHT7BvanKbYSZ2MNPkUM0JCb-IMS68ngPIqK03QtfxU1gSc55Ue4Q7V_LeNj_8FyHxiS-QaoXuWF-R4oVUBx4ctpECjNB5i75099Se7kSZbghehQ8jbeuaYElUAMW6bEs86rGGVJkxc0OMk5t7a7/s2048/514199FE-A063-4EB5-8E2D-27908917A241.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_O8if6jDuKQbAq5YbodH-dp027R_tF0oGarIttHT7BvanKbYSZ2MNPkUM0JCb-IMS68ngPIqK03QtfxU1gSc55Ue4Q7V_LeNj_8FyHxiS-QaoXuWF-R4oVUBx4ctpECjNB5i75099Se7kSZbghehQ8jbeuaYElUAMW6bEs86rGGVJkxc0OMk5t7a7/w480-h640/514199FE-A063-4EB5-8E2D-27908917A241.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BZFn6kQAK3Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="BZFn6kQAK3Y"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3LBQh3NaTNE" width="320" youtube-src-id="3LBQh3NaTNE"></iframe></div></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From Krabi, I took a speed boat ferry to Phuket and was greeted by a minibus driver who dropped me off at my designated hotel. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gGzyMS5UvsQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="gGzyMS5UvsQ"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I stayed at the Karlsson Hotel for five nights and on four of those nights, it rained just around dinner time, so I ended up having some dinners there which included IKEA-style Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes, gravy, and lingonberries as well as some very tender tenderloin with béarnaise sauce.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In Phang Nga, everything was cheaper with a hotel room at the Sleep Inn costing just $18 per night. Most of the restaurants were upscale food carts with seating. In Thailand, they only sell alcohol from 11 am to 2 pm and 5 pm to 11pm. Here in Phang Nga, none of the restaurants I ate at served alcohol nor did they have menus in English—perhaps it is because this is a predominately Muslim area and not a well-traveled tourist spot.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAow9scVVl8moACokXNBg8kBB5fi8Z3Xn4EYMmEdwLcKAkYiOIyz64e3gGhBnB_No6XbwmX9PG5Vefr5P2syI_8Tr6DVgCckfUtWBygWvFoNh4aUZEkVkW4ZBVqU4llH54AzOf34npkG45ZWlS-pER-xi3Yp4tBDQJTK1vr9impZ55oO7QadR-6wT/w640-h480/49EEDC3B-D829-4E24-BFA9-3CAA84BC0C04.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDAwD-ZzBpRDjtCUyhYdthYVEjGjEjCBgUXMnMw1jTVGpwXtAqmuWaJynqp0VInBT_dp86P51uL-OT-RES2lNPBP1E1BfRgqtRacCdbUkOQsEsxdZEa8edR88-PNXdEpBiG0hUZqwvyKQG7vvmvAcvv5ja6MDA8CoaF0ekXl4-TOrVejU_-y5qWnI/w640-h480/BFDB9083-39A8-4821-B157-812448667717.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXjU47SfRQyKhddIX5r76-c8QxQDg_942woQgfdRjPjYcAtsZ2JKmL5-9fmFiHP8-K1EtNUM8V_AHv7I7gY6Fl6DdXAwKEaM_N3dqsqMniECa1Pi8gaY_Fls6vgD_2-IO_nPXwAfopX9C_LVB7imDqdxNHvQ5G1lKCFTcjEAqUdYN1qixmTEmdk7E/s3264/0201186E-3B71-4F23-8A77-C8DAD5625792.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXjU47SfRQyKhddIX5r76-c8QxQDg_942woQgfdRjPjYcAtsZ2JKmL5-9fmFiHP8-K1EtNUM8V_AHv7I7gY6Fl6DdXAwKEaM_N3dqsqMniECa1Pi8gaY_Fls6vgD_2-IO_nPXwAfopX9C_LVB7imDqdxNHvQ5G1lKCFTcjEAqUdYN1qixmTEmdk7E/w640-h480/0201186E-3B71-4F23-8A77-C8DAD5625792.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCE5mLrDvt1Bhg5pBF47k6l5NEltRMoCVxT9fgUXEQboYvSz3mScqG0-TaFDK9OzspdyXPeuAh_cyGAmevME-x4g8TyjWLwa7JXK1upSY5jWXcruBboTBamN_v2H1TwsMkAZaC2eeyS4Y7HVq2PMM0VnuEM7WtSf8ii9PCgb9mgFMdI0Y_8QGrVZl/w640-h480/4DCB6E5F-55DD-4D01-AA44-384F39B4024B.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcG9m-8PuWWGZKhiPAaA8hQv45OUpasEYv9g6-VwRft8fXdD5ptgpCcgltLrR6X6q_DtzckgWB9t8Hr2q62CuKRffMFQJBZmWUD3yAYZ3M0M8UNeK9OO34VLZUD9o2SgzrEpr-iAgM1yI-dpCqQc8JHCeBrp09Proe1aJrWVrQRCjI60h9kzoRX6m/w640-h480/99735E9E-68D4-42DA-8609-ED51B8ED4BB9.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qogbj1q3Z-mhqVnJ0VwzKksU7HnIL14usKnGbqY1EWFYLzxMzF55Abd_d17LJ9IIHIYPHuaQeiVJd2mSamgf9Ax6LGJaCKDc4IGQu7gq64LWOsuOXtqwvd0E3HkwuA_R7kuJ3B4Abg2dihlgHCBzbJcRHhtiH7STPoWcPBF73_KSO8UIeHusZOQM/w640-h480/FEC57583-2A90-4D10-BFC8-8F6A33375D03.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
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font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">One Buddhist site tour called Dragon Cave Monastery had characters that depicted Heaven and Hell. I guess it was to scare kids into following the Middle Path. 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We left at low tide and made our way through some very narrow passages through the mangroves and out to sea where we would visit several islands that had interesting caves carved into their bases and some petroglyphs depicting animals and sea voyages. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-1NVKI2rfbQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="-1NVKI2rfbQ"></iframe></span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NHTFpPOYKAgOdqYCvb7ztzgjsRzAcaQLBnY7UhP_U4NLNggGz3G_yX6Cz9bfBZLclVESbh_sdIgWd__fOOQx0jAly1vT1qFd4HWJY_WAR6ml7biKGl9AgeiNJIEI9Lrm6vKcMF7cH0PYZ3we9HcENTk9rn1bM-ZSIV6NZSQJXTKx-NzxzWh2XZXq/w640-h480/2FEDB130-E462-4522-B821-D9A5EF09C47C.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="2236" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9ljjLs2nXZTUdi4XL8pyZ5hL8QYMwz8lPBEIoG-poAfD9I5I1UoTn_egkXHrNIXt8zuMSt8AGW8OdLpYHJTGoQjig86y8F4SCXpHwLVWjK_r8wDAzCt2KjQgh46yoIvO2cdl_IIGUQbdskUDf36BF6oOdQwqjvhTcl5BPVSiFTaOny_VvDUGXIPU/w640-h480/74CAF4B7-58C4-4FDE-B1D1-442333CBD156.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We were the only ones at one of the caves.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84UKvlOCgv7EFNyo7VhjUIskkK5OZ0A0EKN8lhP9-SNWExK3HtGZcnrlGOkEhFR_Tce-CNUelLQXnXN-1ptE6qxbL3UO65YdrGlMN6MNh5BC-u27tkYjA3ZxV_DqfBmw6szVkUbkiuUJ7Uqf5u0B4bRSIwdz79fMd2ur1wM2GfWrINRmCPHgSWdpZ/w640-h480/AA856ED4-B60B-4C04-AA98-A85C63E8C82F.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5W9IFOM7u7mg7cu3caiZmoW9TtGi4IBKm635soeqV-YjX7wVuPgtMTTAXn_QQgXzG-QYAYaLCyFlB97qbiJ0qPrRu0l2ToQwTOUnoijIhDkRlI2rE7ZxZnrrK0QdfPossT8UnIgjzuea37r1ARp-0Xh7XbSD68iynfTLTf_AmozwGkxGzUXzdKOum/w640-h480/57F6FE28-8117-4C58-AD57-235C855BC8AB.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TGo_wcmiLEzc2TdFBgSDCqGmfV-4JG7T-8CijMn3lfaRY7NmE4kYi9wz2E1kTF5bvlghdKT9NMMZuR3CscNxW2kpqsBNpN1dsdpvhyKzgppOqd5pW_DLJO16DOsnua85b5w1VQhWg8jlljVtCdbI041CmDNTVu6s6rJ4efjIBX9p8UwK5wRJ2ONH/w640-h480/48819947-6CF6-46D2-879B-D523EC578C5D.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu3UZAZp0fkx8EmryxG4vsBUER6_aqtCsl_9iYcP9r7NplSmqMOei4CiqW2wyKFhvGE2ZLEkFyWpwS7qUfA_8ot7pTBUcKhR47XuVCQcEkHq1xaGhozgWBgnDWOUQp9mh0Qt6aolVdxn84kvM6kFkiVbF3emKdiRo6d6o4C-_Ejcrdzu2CLpQRizG/w640-h480/86076516-94AC-42F0-A5FF-E91825E104A9.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We stopped at the popular Ko Homg Island where we followed others, many with hard hats, through the water-filled cave and came out in the center of the island to a big room with very steep walls. This island and other karsts seem to be riddled with caves from the eroding limestone.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YzkJemkycfc" width="320" youtube-src-id="YzkJemkycfc"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHW41NTe2ObRXVvoh3pGyI8SvrfEBAoK02BO27dFSUk9-33KHS9nJ_j5OddzrLs8B-rE2y-17ZhliAlYLTHnzNd0F78l0SxdHxjSOpnbUf7ch_v0GnzGagS4pEajjcCnjSLgoJfFPC-XirKyPBB0khRFHrI2uAAEH9G3NY-hvWnfwBfQ2XAmtxhgwW/w640-h480/1D62669D-6A26-4A45-B83D-D0AA4CA2EB71.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had reserved a two-day tour out to the Surin Islands which included one-night camping in a tent along the beach. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had booked this trip with Andaman Discoveries since it was a company that my travel buddy to Ladakh, India in 2008 and Cuba in 2019, Erik Rogers, had been their webmaster. I had told him that one day I would visit him there, but that day never came because he killed himself.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>Erik lived life to the fullest and burned out way too soon. He is featured in my two YouTube full-length travel videos of Cuba-where he sang a rousing rendition of Johnny Cash’s “Burning Fire” (link-</span><a href="https://youtu.be/8F2zckCbQIg">https://youtu.be/8F2zckCbQIg </a><span>) and we danced in Ladakh native costumes at a party in our honor (link-</span><a href="https://youtu.be/dAFLv2-0IeE">https://youtu.be/dAFLv2-0IeE</a><span> ) and he bunked up with me at our one week home stay in Lingshed and throughout our Cuba trip. He made everyone he came in contact with feel like they were the most important people in his world at the time. </span></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I met Tui of Andaman Discoveries, who knew Erik well and appreciated the videos I sent to her of my adventures with Erik. My two-day trip to the Surin Islands involved minibus rides to and from the hotel to the pier where we boarded a big speedboat seating about 40 people for the hour-plus ride to the Surin Islands. </span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-Brf7Y-NxP04dkG-w_D1MpOOtX24Y15T-2hCsVQXWgu00Flu1gn6RK5QDOpqkkATHcGwmTKxuH5CgXKvCxnqOVIb14nA0ahpMSdsmnUC6RwUHYVAEQUpZwa1h-kaGzhaJYzLmeWuMS1HQJvX1wUgaXWbeQ156qsrZhAFYPTQNyIlUUgLUoy4uYUe/w640-h480/99F14433-089D-46C0-AF71-C71203B8F9D8.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjivPk0qKrHQrki9A5C04GJ0jYYThMLvLCWjYxNozkpVXUcaYT-uoSmFOVjfNSgjqEqUUCX22NhWD_g33n2vu0OYFiM6s1T6ffLWb_Za27XHKw5zwYEjEupW0tYlcLQkqSA2gcU69fRId449x0bFVAlX3f3qB5gmNb6DZCrhBarXh71YGpU2cilT4wl/s5568/F1F8D35C-4EE4-4B40-8B37-613495D90D57.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4176" data-original-width="5568" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjivPk0qKrHQrki9A5C04GJ0jYYThMLvLCWjYxNozkpVXUcaYT-uoSmFOVjfNSgjqEqUUCX22NhWD_g33n2vu0OYFiM6s1T6ffLWb_Za27XHKw5zwYEjEupW0tYlcLQkqSA2gcU69fRId449x0bFVAlX3f3qB5gmNb6DZCrhBarXh71YGpU2cilT4wl/w640-h480/F1F8D35C-4EE4-4B40-8B37-613495D90D57.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We stopped for lunch at the Surin Island headquarters to have a buffet lunch and had lunch with a State Department/USAID family with 3 little girls who were on vacation from their assignment to the Congo. May was a political affairs State Department Foreign Service Office and her husband worked for USAID—giving out money. Her department was on alert for the upcoming December elections and was hoping they would go better than the recent one in Nigeria. They were staying in bungalows while I went around the island to the camping site. There were just 2 of us in the longtail boat going to this camping site. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Nirin was from Bangkok and he had visited his son who was a Dr. In Kuraburi serving out his public service requirement. Nirin told me this was his third time at this camp and he was staying for 3 nights. I was here only one night and had a prime front-row view of the beach from my tent which included a pillow, mattress, and sleeping bag. It was so warm, I did not use the sleeping bag. It was like being in a sauna when the wind died down.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
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font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I was planning to travel on to Ranong and stay for the night, some other travelers suggested that instead, I continue to Chumphon to catch the night train back to Bangkok, </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, when I got to the Chumphon Train Station, I learned that there were no 1st or 2nd class sleepers, nor 2nd class seats for the next two days. So I thought about how bad could the 3rd class seats could be—they were bad. Cooling was by overhead fans and open windows. At least I had a window seat facing forward. I tried to sleep using my eye mask, but I am not sure how much sleep I got. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4R5siOYqEspuAgJ9MnUpLm7bAq8EqLnOjwRyW_1HNB3KqMvgfHkfvptV2pWufGNhDLC958OknrCUHbuAK8sgc33mF0s5dg2Tijs3jf3H9bU_4VQMB3BajM54J3rsiKGOdHeaJ_j8udCbULBdAyI0FKyNAmUnVDv2jhHbo6xL6ASokO5ncEuDMzkx/w640-h480/02900A49-67E2-4FB5-B4CF-33A4A1FF07D3.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4Ci7BxF-YDJfdvNkJa3wuNOHbgiR0ZIt64aUk8Le3hYlkrGUNSsk6Cauvm3jYFekuw94oJG4Sgj4RPnOQIrmQW6nIcWc7aoFcv1qaNa5kAOtP9PEmsvx9T3L9jVjAjR2WkSWYY3PEDzyJOTic08MwujsVAuT2tUq-yi3aCh--gKqlxygxdsged_h/w640-h480/F4F02793-715D-4810-8891-0C457AA7336E.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I was so glad to pull into the new Bang Wa Train Station and was pleased to see that they had just opened the MRT subway underground walkway to the Bang Sue MRT stop so I no longer had to cross a bunch of rail tracks and highways.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq37dPfSGQHFWoNMUtBxDuCCeFPSJy0_8Jl4fHFoqWcmKGxB_cvgw3KoAi300HngNktCd7_1PpjDwc_G1ByoRf1fP2fVqUPiZSAZX6Clioke7MGMtQxjqTiwBsu3-Xo0bvpBa6dYcQ0t0TryFNFEgFhMEovJSk806bHxLfiBHQAmXZm54hb-_mkMe3/w640-h480/06B045A2-5ABB-46D8-9BDF-A5AF0EACAEBC.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p><div><br /></div></div><p></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-58896492424517459262023-03-16T08:56:00.010-07:002023-12-05T20:20:18.686-08:002023 Three months Thailand and Cambodia Travels—Jan. 16 to Feb. 10.<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I first got to Thailand, I could not get access to my blog because last year I was banned because of something I had posted on my blog that was offensive to Thailand. Now almost two months later, I finally have access to my blog so I can now post my 2023 Thailand Adventures.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>Instead of detailed blogging about my three-month travel to SE Asia, I consider it more of a trip to a warmer climate where the sights are exotic, the food and lodging are cheap and sometimes spectacular.</span><span> </span><span>Along the way, I will share some of my experiences and what I have seen that were of interest to me.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIR2PhNSgj2RBeSLOqSPwB6BqErXdtjBFln96X-344Km1HOSbAK3DGid9yxqv48uWKwD0MageR-9iA1SwtOpLyqVM12pxhRErYpmEcjuCf__rsUKPnAkzy9niISuIie2iZkxWXfKNaV54zPKyMqbpTeKww3AVMU0ozv-aM1v8y0xjxMaUR7swxa89l/s3264/64FD25FF-3B39-4A2D-8EEA-224743624D8B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIR2PhNSgj2RBeSLOqSPwB6BqErXdtjBFln96X-344Km1HOSbAK3DGid9yxqv48uWKwD0MageR-9iA1SwtOpLyqVM12pxhRErYpmEcjuCf__rsUKPnAkzy9niISuIie2iZkxWXfKNaV54zPKyMqbpTeKww3AVMU0ozv-aM1v8y0xjxMaUR7swxa89l/w640-h480/64FD25FF-3B39-4A2D-8EEA-224743624D8B.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><span>When I earlier tried to access my blog, here is the message I got.</span></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dnZBjiiyZD_2jqUBniH2T-iVShi_dFNSDXxTx-Nn-mHV55dsOVJqr3xZWcbEAfo7r0-zI2X7WLpl_CY5cCV4UfptQiGlbPUXIAoXO2K0TVunJMIdLUWnJTEHu4QyEwi7Q4iA-G9AOrvkUFom0OvEiKKlTotpWrA_Dl8rlQiQmuqpVMxwXwRqKE5n/s2048/C52A288C-C76A-41F6-8D39-B5969CCE1976.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dnZBjiiyZD_2jqUBniH2T-iVShi_dFNSDXxTx-Nn-mHV55dsOVJqr3xZWcbEAfo7r0-zI2X7WLpl_CY5cCV4UfptQiGlbPUXIAoXO2K0TVunJMIdLUWnJTEHu4QyEwi7Q4iA-G9AOrvkUFom0OvEiKKlTotpWrA_Dl8rlQiQmuqpVMxwXwRqKE5n/w640-h480/C52A288C-C76A-41F6-8D39-B5969CCE1976.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Here is the picture I posted concerning COVID-19 which may have gotten me banned, but I am not sure. It may have been my comments about some of their liquor laws.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKbWAC4KTszqpfDFJqdhtBYEcDaqIAkLkxjJyeDx14PQeWoYABd2AmDWjvLgZgvH4UWbmwzjzxYeCgBRo1k5JkLdpqq-1m7HZqMZcyjzxnM2EhF0knekQUfAYbN_mfEBscJYLFmrJxy7vbGlqzmsYLegRuaVbMm2A8MFU1xfaPapwmExPFacpRKZv/s1191/07D17F22-98FD-4804-AB8A-ED73318596F5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1191" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKbWAC4KTszqpfDFJqdhtBYEcDaqIAkLkxjJyeDx14PQeWoYABd2AmDWjvLgZgvH4UWbmwzjzxYeCgBRo1k5JkLdpqq-1m7HZqMZcyjzxnM2EhF0knekQUfAYbN_mfEBscJYLFmrJxy7vbGlqzmsYLegRuaVbMm2A8MFU1xfaPapwmExPFacpRKZv/w640-h476/07D17F22-98FD-4804-AB8A-ED73318596F5.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Compared to last year when I was here, there were no health restrictions other than suggested mask-wearing in the Bangkok metros—almost everyone wore masks—locals and foreigners alike.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Businesses that were back in business were booming and those that weren’t were boarded up.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Thailand has a new blossoming industry with the legalization of the use and sale of marijuana—cannabis—with shops appearing everywhere in the cities, even with street-side vendors with card tables.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHYm3zlpz3XXWBnjIQ5jHxRv5X-olFQIQvCktD0lA1MGn9b33ghVoXicn_2wwjTIq9E7fex_mzuDb6oJSE8ceFgXe5FTJ082hJoDcHNFSnVku0A-eEJM3l5xxXBfaL9TKdIKoE2I_2dX0XYntE31AmDlYp4QxBL-JmypK94Wewtgj5Luyp92XjK6a/s2048/6BC13143-DB59-40E7-B5E1-BF883E1185FE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Building construction was going full blast with the recent topping off of the building where there used to be my favorite food court on Soi 7. What a change in just a year.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmwrfq2YVBOVC5LKnDmAEaz6KlpOQxA0pr4kTdQP6gjEtjb5dsmV86IGWPvP5YrGhg5AE9DJTqSPe70_BiwkRaRjfAEMnnGE3K6hGuG7BdpSrYJxDfksYLINvPuQp280Ay4CqiC-MkxNWOnqL6mNvXL-3gJDtZzb-OqqS5g50rItyD53cXBlHNiV4/s3264/E7F1A6CC-3935-4F67-BE37-0867C9E0C9B8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmwrfq2YVBOVC5LKnDmAEaz6KlpOQxA0pr4kTdQP6gjEtjb5dsmV86IGWPvP5YrGhg5AE9DJTqSPe70_BiwkRaRjfAEMnnGE3K6hGuG7BdpSrYJxDfksYLINvPuQp280Ay4CqiC-MkxNWOnqL6mNvXL-3gJDtZzb-OqqS5g50rItyD53cXBlHNiV4/w640-h480/E7F1A6CC-3935-4F67-BE37-0867C9E0C9B8.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">While I was in Bangkok, I revisited my Bumrungrad Hospital dentist, Dr. Pacharee for a crown based on my Seattle dentist’s recommendations. She took a look at it and said that I just needed refilling and widening to reduce the gap where I was continually getting food stuck. </span><span style="font-size: large;">My dental exam including X-rays cost $370 and my filling in Thailand cost just $183. The picture below is from my first appointment with Dr. Pacharee in 2004.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBVwtSXeTXzbM3090eVPZ7RnbY6me-W7ux87njtNXNdfMKhoFqxzl-xmu79Gz8KVy5MsGzal5b5FU1Msv6ot7szX60QlVP0L6aKw9Gr7HjlFMf8PIaADqgBxGsOLhZIYSXhfT-QMYxQa8-QbDBi_Z25Nc_lDRqltDlX_TL0oTPmITFMEzYdUjlPMD/s2048/051AB8D1-3B33-4FD6-BB4C-E35495DE196D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBVwtSXeTXzbM3090eVPZ7RnbY6me-W7ux87njtNXNdfMKhoFqxzl-xmu79Gz8KVy5MsGzal5b5FU1Msv6ot7szX60QlVP0L6aKw9Gr7HjlFMf8PIaADqgBxGsOLhZIYSXhfT-QMYxQa8-QbDBi_Z25Nc_lDRqltDlX_TL0oTPmITFMEzYdUjlPMD/w640-h480/051AB8D1-3B33-4FD6-BB4C-E35495DE196D.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">While staying in Bangkok, I still found some amazing hotel bargains like last year. I found the Mac Boutique </span><span style="font-size: large;">Hotel near the Nana Sky Train stops for just $24 per night.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GKBxRWQ-kBUG4f4gLiULVjI3B7nzBaRTL7je-N2pgzo2xeTdjepPvFpp2p4nPoeK2yCInFluZQFO92ITjchKJ-nw-Yy13rMd1Gk4a74Kb0LClvwrHMSH2IKW6h0N0PduRvznKindmBCbKOVgc9UqML3DothBZykgioEOXlc58mLZSPwMqlucmSuM/s2048/A24D9F51-1E61-4E1D-8C22-FEC03360AD65.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GKBxRWQ-kBUG4f4gLiULVjI3B7nzBaRTL7je-N2pgzo2xeTdjepPvFpp2p4nPoeK2yCInFluZQFO92ITjchKJ-nw-Yy13rMd1Gk4a74Kb0LClvwrHMSH2IKW6h0N0PduRvznKindmBCbKOVgc9UqML3DothBZykgioEOXlc58mLZSPwMqlucmSuM/w640-h480/A24D9F51-1E61-4E1D-8C22-FEC03360AD65.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGY3nB8GO2xTc1tuNA3jlADsGAFV0TGue7R18qCT7S8oy7Fw1y1JJZHn1xJz1JFlo7sLuyvoROp7UGba4Wocapx8Vo0PLtZpTwGSbIkD898ksNO5fRheyh_9dX7OXQfnR4v2NtCRoHbiMIoapqJXpTahJKrRwdPn1D2pFrWKdtVezCnGg-acNTwIN/s2048/05512FBB-48AF-4618-9FC0-574C85285970.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGY3nB8GO2xTc1tuNA3jlADsGAFV0TGue7R18qCT7S8oy7Fw1y1JJZHn1xJz1JFlo7sLuyvoROp7UGba4Wocapx8Vo0PLtZpTwGSbIkD898ksNO5fRheyh_9dX7OXQfnR4v2NtCRoHbiMIoapqJXpTahJKrRwdPn1D2pFrWKdtVezCnGg-acNTwIN/w640-h480/05512FBB-48AF-4618-9FC0-574C85285970.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicj0iyANPbVTGTL5kE_ukgy6tG_mDsL2N1tP7tfBre0iRwGa3hWlPr3nrGWc87kUy9e_V8MNEEnFAwZDR8y-9j4MbifruWRbIKiX5o06g8ZeH-AWwLYdYQpfyMcGQ4c4IDdpR2938rXwnygQbOVHnQn0h3e-ObkbmdFyTmdDKTrSmooWuofeEPqmYn/s2048/76C0BF79-D42F-4AF4-A093-FA82040626B0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicj0iyANPbVTGTL5kE_ukgy6tG_mDsL2N1tP7tfBre0iRwGa3hWlPr3nrGWc87kUy9e_V8MNEEnFAwZDR8y-9j4MbifruWRbIKiX5o06g8ZeH-AWwLYdYQpfyMcGQ4c4IDdpR2938rXwnygQbOVHnQn0h3e-ObkbmdFyTmdDKTrSmooWuofeEPqmYn/w640-h480/76C0BF79-D42F-4AF4-A093-FA82040626B0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While in Bangkok, I celebrated Chinese New Year—Year of the Rabbit—which was much bigger this year than last. In addition to watching the Lion Dancers perform on elevated poles, I enjoyed grazing through the many food stalls that lined the streets.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDZD0OaVO7z60_IXN4Y5Q3OTkJycmSpfbt_I8TpwApdyy9FDlQDafWHxTY8r5uZSc3wzyBLRTMmrU0nz9v5gbXIe9MzG2CXTbN43G7wDzt4ufR8I56l-maj0fZpgdj_6GBhsN9Qfm-UmULoDAFwP08m-NiRmERIeCVvXPjre14yBb7cX2Ec1ylNQn/s3264/41A5E55D-CA31-4753-9BAF-9D1FCF594415.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDZD0OaVO7z60_IXN4Y5Q3OTkJycmSpfbt_I8TpwApdyy9FDlQDafWHxTY8r5uZSc3wzyBLRTMmrU0nz9v5gbXIe9MzG2CXTbN43G7wDzt4ufR8I56l-maj0fZpgdj_6GBhsN9Qfm-UmULoDAFwP08m-NiRmERIeCVvXPjre14yBb7cX2Ec1ylNQn/w640-h480/41A5E55D-CA31-4753-9BAF-9D1FCF594415.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed riding the Sky Train to the Chao Phraya ferry boats, and this year there was the return of the old ferry boats that cost just 17 Baht vs the Tourist boats that only ran last year when I was here and cost 30 Baht. I returned to Wat Arun and Wat Po and enjoyed my waterfront restaurant and watching the views of the boats and passengers getting on and off the ferry boats.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYGSOl_uj4KnuFMIwMxm18Ov5FgRUqcF-oXxeMK4ML0TFZiQQ1E6iwMEfijKbFb_t3x8TuABi4RSfD1d8ne3eauygZaGiyljAEj4b7-vsccyo9DNG_36Iy0GF02wQwAEjfXTry6JgdHdgfppdFbTA4BY0Qh4mlZAgxYgzZbJ8jjtMtlX1wUe-w90z/s2048/794A5873-3FFE-48BF-A58B-A8C40C4F39B1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYGSOl_uj4KnuFMIwMxm18Ov5FgRUqcF-oXxeMK4ML0TFZiQQ1E6iwMEfijKbFb_t3x8TuABi4RSfD1d8ne3eauygZaGiyljAEj4b7-vsccyo9DNG_36Iy0GF02wQwAEjfXTry6JgdHdgfppdFbTA4BY0Qh4mlZAgxYgzZbJ8jjtMtlX1wUe-w90z/w640-h480/794A5873-3FFE-48BF-A58B-A8C40C4F39B1.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGaZla6YtYggor4W9igjqEA0YPYWg9H9g_GORllXXdzxVsMp_NHmp5iQfTiEmc1dDfNuQ7jEQjGav_WxxCy5XlhZA49_epbR23qOWaKwHPzwSMGgIJZf2-wjLx2DIKj6-_HEICyu7o7n6NN7I_fNYAGsWQvyHMSZ2rfTVlb_XnPcNf18_XCmscMz-/s2048/852A6BF2-8488-4C9A-BDCB-957CCE7A4339.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGaZla6YtYggor4W9igjqEA0YPYWg9H9g_GORllXXdzxVsMp_NHmp5iQfTiEmc1dDfNuQ7jEQjGav_WxxCy5XlhZA49_epbR23qOWaKwHPzwSMGgIJZf2-wjLx2DIKj6-_HEICyu7o7n6NN7I_fNYAGsWQvyHMSZ2rfTVlb_XnPcNf18_XCmscMz-/w480-h640/852A6BF2-8488-4C9A-BDCB-957CCE7A4339.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhygRmG5ii2PWzl-fb0fgmeJg1Q41LIUtnjeCXkrG_JHRCLfXIA49-XQ_gKAAB4__VzQGz8QY-rxRElQiM9pbBrbAgBaHRMWoocA2AF1RRGpNEKdaRO5svL-AREYQwuLga3wfknMDDmJUG-nClbuFMDhpZjKGqI_JVlXw58FdIN_7ykqCE_gz4-Yxp7/w640-h480/12F8FD75-CA62-4F54-997C-653D54C866E4.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs8dzqnx8rsLxV3ykrFsNZ159hg23GPCoZlsmnzyxcwGdJNBi7A0-nba_njJ9NSTZic3Vp3NxkDTmTmNHyHoBL2JOyFndh_BJPMx0HcV8lSbo8OtRjleVYCi-dg1P-MSiBTUsu_6pN7IEyorL1ht6_tCEf_9qGi42dmnwdKzH6JpjLOl_Dx1r6yvn/s3264/544771F2-ABFA-4637-A8C5-5551D9C1706F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs8dzqnx8rsLxV3ykrFsNZ159hg23GPCoZlsmnzyxcwGdJNBi7A0-nba_njJ9NSTZic3Vp3NxkDTmTmNHyHoBL2JOyFndh_BJPMx0HcV8lSbo8OtRjleVYCi-dg1P-MSiBTUsu_6pN7IEyorL1ht6_tCEf_9qGi42dmnwdKzH6JpjLOl_Dx1r6yvn/w640-h480/544771F2-ABFA-4637-A8C5-5551D9C1706F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8caeDM1AxIVYWrSXHuyb5sJiEog2WBq5fHYh7f8spgK3GT9BywVjvNJpogNHlIix1GR-h-L3j6-E3P3H_LKnNkCvc3NUjrt9D2_ytIMXSGbVXS_NwnZ4An5-wl_XGjYeWPHSqMrcfHdhg6W2rK-gOtnv6Mt5Vzzsi0besIAr8j5sNKdc1V1WcMcsc/w640-h480/42DE3180-1D66-4808-8F0F-38A19D05FCEC.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I then made my way to Ko Samet by minibus and ferry to the Sea Breeze Bungalows which unfortunately did not have any sea view and the Blue Bay bungalows were filled up. I enjoyed their beach lounge chairs and food and beverage services during the days. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Unfortunately, I again caught COVID and quarantined myself for 5 days as COVID ran its course. My symptoms were mild and somewhat relieved by the decongestant drugs I got from the local pharmacy.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5kO_hIhE7ISFYd3qhCez9pZ6xN5wr-JY_0A3_BRRbjoCowMTQrNqKSJoCFhUH6wA-uo5QQF_pAeGk29iEXOLTdeGE4_hOPeh0HCrDiAzxnxSLfy-eVNrOopEoRXOpIiHdd02wAHrf9U0fD3ecShOqcJKoXllmtVIU2jxYwuiZi-JUd8M-bm4vdNk/s2048/85847FDF-08BA-49E8-ABFE-476F09D88ED6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5kO_hIhE7ISFYd3qhCez9pZ6xN5wr-JY_0A3_BRRbjoCowMTQrNqKSJoCFhUH6wA-uo5QQF_pAeGk29iEXOLTdeGE4_hOPeh0HCrDiAzxnxSLfy-eVNrOopEoRXOpIiHdd02wAHrf9U0fD3ecShOqcJKoXllmtVIU2jxYwuiZi-JUd8M-bm4vdNk/w480-h640/85847FDF-08BA-49E8-ABFE-476F09D88ED6.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I visited Pattaya and stayed at the Natural Beach Resort where I had a room with a beachfront view of the Beach road and beach action along with a swimming pool—about $26 per night.</span></p>
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Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-14499727593694644392022-12-31T09:05:00.001-08:002023-12-05T20:30:03.173-08:002022 Cost and Comments--South America Trip--10/19--12/15/2022<p style="background-color: white; color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My 58-day trip to South America began on October 19th and included travel through Argentina (40 days), Uruguay (10 days), Paraguay (8 days), and a day trip to Brazil to view the Foz do Iguazu falls from their boardwalks just above some waterfalls.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4Er2dHaRg4rL29LZV8OjSQUfTEenqfOUa_rr31dflx6IIMjIEOD5FactMcX47oFOaJuor1hCaf91fjW-2boIDolXuZ0N3MjcR1-iqe3jMRD5W6AuG0jDNzSmgbVpSV7aAiWVOIAjQFo8qExb3bVyZxIJw3LOZ0SP8teaz2SBCFX0NdhxPVXmYh7u/s3264/DSCN7675.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4Er2dHaRg4rL29LZV8OjSQUfTEenqfOUa_rr31dflx6IIMjIEOD5FactMcX47oFOaJuor1hCaf91fjW-2boIDolXuZ0N3MjcR1-iqe3jMRD5W6AuG0jDNzSmgbVpSV7aAiWVOIAjQFo8qExb3bVyZxIJw3LOZ0SP8teaz2SBCFX0NdhxPVXmYh7u/w640-h480/DSCN7675.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Trip Costs</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The cost was $3,488 for a daily cost of $60. Food costs were $1,799 for a daily cost of $31 per day. Lodging costs for 51 nights were $1,008 for a daily cost of $20 per night—5 nights were on night bus rides and 2 were on air flights. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Travel/tour costs were $1,178. I used 92,292 Barclay MC points for the round-trip flight with LATAM Airlines from Seattle to Buenos Aires. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My flight from SEA to JFK passed over huge areas of smoke and forest fires that plagued the Northwest all summer.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuliA4ISivRyb7IJoJ8sBpRZFv6RrduFKwFvQgHjh0nOKRJTfemoJe-vnkdtYkyhLca1uZWfDQYyS-6NmeFYkloa_HhTI9gdJgy8BJisGuHhiuO7pwB_M3EZC-gefkuYFwEm_BOEFKRKebLCon2At2-PgjYRRKHTYxm9oziQmGks7_WfhQ8btvZU3/s3264/IMG_9911.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuliA4ISivRyb7IJoJ8sBpRZFv6RrduFKwFvQgHjh0nOKRJTfemoJe-vnkdtYkyhLca1uZWfDQYyS-6NmeFYkloa_HhTI9gdJgy8BJisGuHhiuO7pwB_M3EZC-gefkuYFwEm_BOEFKRKebLCon2At2-PgjYRRKHTYxm9oziQmGks7_WfhQ8btvZU3/w640-h480/IMG_9911.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was clear all the way to JFK where we passed over Manhatten on our approach and where I would board a night flight to Santiago, Chile (SCL).</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBqFCoEOPOi8CUxPboXF4-_RYOl4ZOaNJhJZ8xjmtVyBE1dWZgnV92c0kg_fM7CJmToMgR2jbc1srQSFhvzyyrQcJYvVrbFa_NaXoHtuzudxDZd-llQTSu-BKxfLSV3fbM40ip2Ss21SYAECsJkbIapkF7yQWytCjVdZX6kI_LtSsBxVQo8JFea-A/s640/8E3FFFAD-3285-4185-9C5B-1645427EBF39.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBqFCoEOPOi8CUxPboXF4-_RYOl4ZOaNJhJZ8xjmtVyBE1dWZgnV92c0kg_fM7CJmToMgR2jbc1srQSFhvzyyrQcJYvVrbFa_NaXoHtuzudxDZd-llQTSu-BKxfLSV3fbM40ip2Ss21SYAECsJkbIapkF7yQWytCjVdZX6kI_LtSsBxVQo8JFea-A/w480-h640/8E3FFFAD-3285-4185-9C5B-1645427EBF39.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">From SCL the following morning, we had spectacular views of the snow-covered Andes on our way to Buenos Aires, Argentina.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qJUmB_YuvedwoYU5xGAjwF5yV--6dhs87OGraAHHu5kw70frxLn20sDeoFP9od5upZNI6ZsU8e6qXeI9DWD0Bd55vwJiQ2Wm1LPCnRbDzmNtPeBR3MDycAdbeqsFbxORWHN3NqIAyH5Rm_n4Ns9qGt8-Za67bT5WKQI4rmYWUfbgNj1MFQuO40ll/s3264/IMG_9918.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qJUmB_YuvedwoYU5xGAjwF5yV--6dhs87OGraAHHu5kw70frxLn20sDeoFP9od5upZNI6ZsU8e6qXeI9DWD0Bd55vwJiQ2Wm1LPCnRbDzmNtPeBR3MDycAdbeqsFbxORWHN3NqIAyH5Rm_n4Ns9qGt8-Za67bT5WKQI4rmYWUfbgNj1MFQuO40ll/w640-h480/IMG_9918.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The 2-hour Bondi Air flight from El Calafate to Buenos Aires cost $143. It was a clear flight up the east coast of Argentina.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglp68tYH7Qc2aVJNCh_xV3fz2D7uPxTa90OqmNllrBkn3ZPiqeR39mzhwm5S81uG8RsQvMY6uMVgckSc-tlszF5AYDRay0uuSaJgUzO7b48gyKMfNYGavlay-yhtlrPDS8lMXy5Mp2VJOs9gDcN9F_9I-YWZVpkaaTG00Iq7D816l5ybRtvaQ8GW_L/s4032/IMG_6271.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglp68tYH7Qc2aVJNCh_xV3fz2D7uPxTa90OqmNllrBkn3ZPiqeR39mzhwm5S81uG8RsQvMY6uMVgckSc-tlszF5AYDRay0uuSaJgUzO7b48gyKMfNYGavlay-yhtlrPDS8lMXy5Mp2VJOs9gDcN9F_9I-YWZVpkaaTG00Iq7D816l5ybRtvaQ8GW_L/w640-h480/IMG_6271.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On December 15th, I was at the Buenos Aires Airport with a view of my LATAM plane getting ready to fly me back the way I came--SCL>JFK>SEA.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22NUdrFaHfoqm149O2M7B_A2Wn7SG8pvanH7oGP8H6jfKiRAOhtCna3qEK3lvA5HpeEeDPtd_LebLuXTMz1tBj6UXemVn0vKr_07hYg9HGDFfWCfR6k1eqePwCKznV8h6dIDqE2WEWqwTDeATXmqzm5Nf0xRcB6GqxFpxd_Zk4pybz03wbDeNsf6s/s3264/DSCN9320.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22NUdrFaHfoqm149O2M7B_A2Wn7SG8pvanH7oGP8H6jfKiRAOhtCna3qEK3lvA5HpeEeDPtd_LebLuXTMz1tBj6UXemVn0vKr_07hYg9HGDFfWCfR6k1eqePwCKznV8h6dIDqE2WEWqwTDeATXmqzm5Nf0xRcB6GqxFpxd_Zk4pybz03wbDeNsf6s/w640-h480/DSCN9320.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsP66RkgHw_u1IFLV6OuBkLccAkDsIpOuW9OhbCN_SWA-YooqT4F8cDqE9-vx3CKZc6R_c4F1G8AS89kCShBjaBZIH_9QLBtOtg7341EHxxKQZ8wI2OCSiOQOboo16dhU_NcJqvXM1-VigPz_oXUBaKziUFe1bw4M196QRu0YZJU3xw95Cd0fH979C/s3264/DSCN9321.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsP66RkgHw_u1IFLV6OuBkLccAkDsIpOuW9OhbCN_SWA-YooqT4F8cDqE9-vx3CKZc6R_c4F1G8AS89kCShBjaBZIH_9QLBtOtg7341EHxxKQZ8wI2OCSiOQOboo16dhU_NcJqvXM1-VigPz_oXUBaKziUFe1bw4M196QRu0YZJU3xw95Cd0fH979C/w640-h480/DSCN9321.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This is the last leg of this long flight as we pass over the snow-covered Cascade Mountain range on a clear day where we could even see Mt. Rainier.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjeL5YltKE6ItyXeYV53yInY1vRpGUQdvtjYnUfDQE4aSGWrmCeYJ6ktxMVb9FIr-q6KAR_C04nfxQ1prJ_rPEd2FZdr8TNOA5DBUvOVaoWHIlMKS5hcv1Ku0f7b2aPPQbA3p1pQAWkpvmi4K-ffEUTuuOfzvHxPkSaOaFp6QW2X9Mqkyv0ejNEEc/s4032/IMG_6325.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjeL5YltKE6ItyXeYV53yInY1vRpGUQdvtjYnUfDQE4aSGWrmCeYJ6ktxMVb9FIr-q6KAR_C04nfxQ1prJ_rPEd2FZdr8TNOA5DBUvOVaoWHIlMKS5hcv1Ku0f7b2aPPQbA3p1pQAWkpvmi4K-ffEUTuuOfzvHxPkSaOaFp6QW2X9Mqkyv0ejNEEc/w640-h480/IMG_6325.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZnCzHffdzVG6KOXT6rD3zvHRsXSGP1bS3dOOD8PW0yIkXc9gUuzOCtudUJvizGQsWoxG2A-muyr5ES9vpE0fboi6pdTNyoIPOZw0OpohpEDfDBM8O8ts4ki9WFs29e3S4Bl8Hyae_eivbPrVsmeEJG586WPJlczp3X18aymDb889VuBSZzrfzw4E/s4032/IMG_6334.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZnCzHffdzVG6KOXT6rD3zvHRsXSGP1bS3dOOD8PW0yIkXc9gUuzOCtudUJvizGQsWoxG2A-muyr5ES9vpE0fboi6pdTNyoIPOZw0OpohpEDfDBM8O8ts4ki9WFs29e3S4Bl8Hyae_eivbPrVsmeEJG586WPJlczp3X18aymDb889VuBSZzrfzw4E/w640-h480/IMG_6334.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Both floating bridges over Lake Washington could be seen as we began our approach to SEA.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLyzM6fbVc2G6JNBeZtVREzfQKU6SJpTxhh4XMnl7xoQS1Ddf5QtYG0spnKCtKi6j1rUyJaRxlTKp1Y4hcx8Z5LI6-2Cn4ySpaVCbLLjLvCGvltJAxgweC3UegXKfcgC3AFENb1W5KzrbihxaEgJbPPvOGTtaNLvdNCCqTD2S1CSZUgYrSQ1DEcYr/s4032/IMG_6330.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLyzM6fbVc2G6JNBeZtVREzfQKU6SJpTxhh4XMnl7xoQS1Ddf5QtYG0spnKCtKi6j1rUyJaRxlTKp1Y4hcx8Z5LI6-2Cn4ySpaVCbLLjLvCGvltJAxgweC3UegXKfcgC3AFENb1W5KzrbihxaEgJbPPvOGTtaNLvdNCCqTD2S1CSZUgYrSQ1DEcYr/w640-h480/IMG_6330.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Bus expenses were about $390 for travel from city to city and within the cities in all countries I visited. I really enjoyed traveling long distances on these comfortable buses. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>Unlike in the US, there were frequent departures from a large number of bus companies, a</span><span>nd they were inexpensive. These two-level buses have toilets and comfortable reclining seats. Many had Wi-Fi along with chargers, as well as TV screens featuring movies in Spanish--lots of action movies. I slept pretty well on my 5-night bus rides.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzAxbMDbtNJHRRfO3QKf0s2yOainVXuu82pjrLAIN_tZ4-u4oftnl-xWwkwRLO5qIaNYDyW03_XvOerVwXky9_RhdIH9D7VrXD9OJTm5jPJvKfqP8SNxOqPsSfxZVq-swsgfzg6xQbteyte3BCxYsVSj3V3bc69zRnlLyxE-SfCxWwEigrtSlExxU/s3264/DSCN7891.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzAxbMDbtNJHRRfO3QKf0s2yOainVXuu82pjrLAIN_tZ4-u4oftnl-xWwkwRLO5qIaNYDyW03_XvOerVwXky9_RhdIH9D7VrXD9OJTm5jPJvKfqP8SNxOqPsSfxZVq-swsgfzg6xQbteyte3BCxYsVSj3V3bc69zRnlLyxE-SfCxWwEigrtSlExxU/w640-h480/DSCN7891.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This was my 6th international trip during the COVID-19 era. There were no COVID-19 documentation requirements at the border crossings. Mask-wearing was almost non-existent. Some restaurants had hand sanitizers at the entrances and on tables, but they were probably just using them up.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Border Crossings were Simple</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Chile and Argentina</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Chile and Argentina border crossings had short lines and they did not stamp my passport—just electronically recorded, and then my backpack was scanned at the Customs checkpoints.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Argentina-Uruguay</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When crossing by boat from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, I cleared the Argentina and Uruguay immigration—stamped my passport— before boarding the one-hour boat ride to Uruguay. Once in Uruguay, my backpack went through the Uruguay Customs checkpoint which included an X-ray scan.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Uruguay-Argentina</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The international bus took me from Salto, Uruguay to the border at Concordia, Argentina. The line of cars and trucks waiting to go through the border was very long, but since we were on the international bus, we went to the front of the line and quickly went through both Uruguay and Argentina Immigration checkpoints and the Argentina Customs Xray scanner quickly, and reboarded our bus to the Bus Terminal and took another bus for a night ride to Puerto Iguazu, Argentina. In all of the Immigration checkpoints, I still did not have to pay anything or provide additional documents like COVID-19 vaccination records, photos, or financial statements—just my passport.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Argentina-Brazil-Argentina</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I stayed at Puerto Iguazu I took a local bus to the Brazil side of the Foz do Iguazu falls where we went through the Argentina and Brazil Immigration checkpoints by disembarking from our bus and going through both immigration offices. Argentina scanned my passport and Brazil stamped it. We then had our bags scanned for the Brazil Customs and then re-boarded our bus to Brazil Foz do Iguazu Park. We went through the same process upon returning. Very simple and quick.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Argentina-Paraguay</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In planning this trip, I saw that to get a visa for Paraguay, I was required to have a passport photo, and a financial statement and pay $150. When I got on the one-hour bus ride from Puerto Iguazu for just 800 pesos to Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, it drove right passed the Immigration office. I got off at the first stop and walked back to the Paraguay Immigration office I quickly got my Paraguay Visa stamp and there was no X-ray scanning of my backpack. Also, with the onset of COVID-19, Paraguay eliminated the $150 fee, the photo, and the financial statement to increase tourism. It was a very uncontrolled border crossing which would have been easy to slip through. I guess the priority here is to get as many people here to shop at the place called ‘The Supermarket of South America”. Remember the hostel owner in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina frequently comes over here to shop for her Hostel and family needs.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmOYr2RlLt3zbWv926CUyerf6X22aN8p_F6QhXmvNDbvRkXXjwQeiNGL--AR3SwEHySdhQ-JFJXiG3FpP3hHf93I7vaaqb2EKFoUIlwOdrft_KosomeHuFuOABysqC5h17aSw6NfjdssYm1Cmz7mta7YqRw9qg_fIIbZimZAGdezVkxPpJOIH_3Ks/s3264/DSCN7729.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmOYr2RlLt3zbWv926CUyerf6X22aN8p_F6QhXmvNDbvRkXXjwQeiNGL--AR3SwEHySdhQ-JFJXiG3FpP3hHf93I7vaaqb2EKFoUIlwOdrft_KosomeHuFuOABysqC5h17aSw6NfjdssYm1Cmz7mta7YqRw9qg_fIIbZimZAGdezVkxPpJOIH_3Ks/w640-h480/DSCN7729.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Paraguay-Argentina</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I again boarded an international night bus from Asuncion, Paraguay to Salta, Argentina where we went through the border crossing checkpoint at Formosa, Argentina. Since we were on the bus, we got priority treatment going through Paraguay and Argentina Immigration. The X-ray Customs check was done near our bus with a portable X-ray van. When that was done, we were on our way to Salta, Argentina.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHqxxxfCvw1TQYTsHV8tJ04vKpdpC8FUco0bigCyXkFJggHFIlb9ZmDRhWhTl9Ljbe7cj1efNNfJHwa0CSMDCreznDnL-A2JdvN_jXrQu-bxoQ05QaW2niw-OiY_010zZX6xImdt52g0MMeNZcx3PC0bOcEC_wxVVdWxKUUJGd73B9uCCSGE7MtAc/s3264/DSCN7902.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHqxxxfCvw1TQYTsHV8tJ04vKpdpC8FUco0bigCyXkFJggHFIlb9ZmDRhWhTl9Ljbe7cj1efNNfJHwa0CSMDCreznDnL-A2JdvN_jXrQu-bxoQ05QaW2niw-OiY_010zZX6xImdt52g0MMeNZcx3PC0bOcEC_wxVVdWxKUUJGd73B9uCCSGE7MtAc/w640-h480/DSCN7902.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PGOl6cl-Rouh7fSynPn5mUZ85Q1Lpnvq8P404VPl83wpv7aiW2SCE3_9sqHcoerzjCqifwHtj51ktErMflwnlwpPfcJQfWUcISbomvqQZxZAxglHi6h4FqJtqCKMKtSSYvpstPHZge752qht446jo1F0qeepWi5E3GBVupNrrBx23kl8VYrEDFnS/s3264/DSCN7903.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PGOl6cl-Rouh7fSynPn5mUZ85Q1Lpnvq8P404VPl83wpv7aiW2SCE3_9sqHcoerzjCqifwHtj51ktErMflwnlwpPfcJQfWUcISbomvqQZxZAxglHi6h4FqJtqCKMKtSSYvpstPHZge752qht446jo1F0qeepWi5E3GBVupNrrBx23kl8VYrEDFnS/w640-h480/DSCN7903.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2biEUGrpMgG-g6_cmmcDtAWKFS-gpTgVwBF0GxA59tS3pD4T0Hzf2ITSfIpHUqvc9YE-gAS5Bnfk5ytqLqET0bEoVBZafCT_VP621eLCVzRjKJTQ3JTb1sEndqqyj9TGZzdqJ-VEWdRZWVW87ZCHLsgj3XuurvdI4MbJkIFotiDvTV7HO_36Pq1Ea/s3264/DSCN7905.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2biEUGrpMgG-g6_cmmcDtAWKFS-gpTgVwBF0GxA59tS3pD4T0Hzf2ITSfIpHUqvc9YE-gAS5Bnfk5ytqLqET0bEoVBZafCT_VP621eLCVzRjKJTQ3JTb1sEndqqyj9TGZzdqJ-VEWdRZWVW87ZCHLsgj3XuurvdI4MbJkIFotiDvTV7HO_36Pq1Ea/w640-h480/DSCN7905.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Venezuelan Refugee Hopes</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I was in the Mundo Medio Hostel in Montevideo, Uruguay, I heard the story from a Venezuelan who had come here to apply for a tourist visa—not political or violent asylum— to the US. Now at the US-Mexican border, the majority of refugees trying to enter the US are from Venezuela. He was trying an alternative approach. I gave him some suggestions and wished him well. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Homeless</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I saw very few people sleeping along the sidewalks or people begging along the many walking streets. Unlike the US where most urban areas now have tent cities filling up the parks and sidewalks. Here in Argentina, they have <b>FREE MEDICAL CARE. </b>People with addictions or who are mentally ill get treated unlike here in the US where the insurance companies and their lobbyists continue to oppose medical care for all.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><b></b><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Getting Money</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I started off at the Buenos Aires Airport by getting Argentina pesos at the ATM machine getting about $100 worth of them at a rate of about 158 per $1.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While in Buenos Aires for three days most places honored using my credit card with rates ranging from 158 to 175 pesos per USD. No wonder they never told me about the blue rate money.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I got to Puerto Iguazu Tucan Hostel, the owner, Mariel, told me about how I should consider using my cash or debit card at a Western Union office to get the blue rate of 287 to 330 pesos per $1. They even post the blue rate in the national newspapers daily.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After three days of using the official rate of 158 pesos per USD in Argentina, I began using the blue rate by cashing in my USD cash and using my debit card registered on the Western Union app and then going to a Western Union office to get pesos at the rate ranging from 305-330 Argentina pesos per $1. By doing this, I was saving about 50% on all expenses in Argentina going forward. It was hard to stash this brick of $300 worth of Argentina pesos each time I left Western Union.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizs6aCspFNL8BVWVNvcivF_c48W-mg3Wg2O7ak50wKVKpUN6VRS-im7AqUoIJv0whqesfgDbjPN7-yoH5ujwZFM0C92tlVj2IjYgsOlZptfzM77dQ29Dr17VIjcTgt679ZaYtrDOPVA_MKhoFEjv_gZpR_fDEqp0LFPIS2edWOSlXYfQ46Rw70EttP/s3264/IMG_0305.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizs6aCspFNL8BVWVNvcivF_c48W-mg3Wg2O7ak50wKVKpUN6VRS-im7AqUoIJv0whqesfgDbjPN7-yoH5ujwZFM0C92tlVj2IjYgsOlZptfzM77dQ29Dr17VIjcTgt679ZaYtrDOPVA_MKhoFEjv_gZpR_fDEqp0LFPIS2edWOSlXYfQ46Rw70EttP/w640-h480/IMG_0305.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>A few of the hostels I was booking with recognized this big difference and only processed payments in USD. At </span><span>Western Union, it was very easy to use my debit card to transfer $200 or $300 to Argentina pesos to be picked up at a local Western Union store. Unfortunately, some of the WU stores had withdrawal limits, had long lines—especially on Mondays, ran out of money, and required additional documents like copies of passports. After doing this, I now know how foreign workers can send money to their families back home.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Getting Bank Fees Back</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I travel internationally I always take about $300 in USD and then rely on ATMs for funds. I recently got a Schwab ATM card which reimburses customers for all ATM bank charges and exchange fees. For this trip, Schwab reimbursed me $70.40 on these charges. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Weird Electrical Plugs</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I quickly found out that in addition to my slot and round plugs, I needed an angle plug. Fortunately, I brought all three and found myself using all three in different situations. Some of the hostels I stayed at had a choice of all three. Others just had the angled plug, and many times the connection was iffy because of the loose connections. It was good to see that most hostels I stayed at had charge plugs within the bed area.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepWSjdTlHDqayVgn7fsL2RxS6rUuvk9LsfnherTrt6C0rlhIaIHhDmYWHMeZUJUQ4ndnVpu9V9ma1Gv6O-hVtRmM8hb7njPAGtjYFepZNW2sh779mo0Z93UvbtqtaFtgcvtFkMXHYP8aCqylgw5rOkgnqrD8qjjTRegS7lft8dF65nzrmxhRi2FMc/s3264/IMG_0196.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepWSjdTlHDqayVgn7fsL2RxS6rUuvk9LsfnherTrt6C0rlhIaIHhDmYWHMeZUJUQ4ndnVpu9V9ma1Gv6O-hVtRmM8hb7njPAGtjYFepZNW2sh779mo0Z93UvbtqtaFtgcvtFkMXHYP8aCqylgw5rOkgnqrD8qjjTRegS7lft8dF65nzrmxhRi2FMc/w640-h480/IMG_0196.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Late Dinners</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Many of the restaurants in the cities have an opening of 8 pm, and fortunately, many others are open throughout the day.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Tango/Samba Dancers</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I enjoyed watching the dancers who performed at Dorrego Square, San Telmo, and several restaurants in the La Boca area. I also saw samba dancers at many Salta restaurants. After watching them, I did not feel the need to go to the Tango Show. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/50WPj4jA41E" width="320" youtube-src-id="50WPj4jA41E"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hfvWytSeo_k" width="320" youtube-src-id="hfvWytSeo_k"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Coffee with Water</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I was pleased to get water or sparkling water whenever I ordered coffee. It refreshed my mouth.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EOfsS_iFLaKqfeQ4zHPBhOE6F_TpJ_ZAdB_loT5UOvqad-WgmxGWcFLKR68n9ULrBz7S_8vhWqWZ8V4GTnz-cw-iWFHDEAsxzsJtRtmwDFXArj77Rhpoxs7o3J7s6uLT8Wr9ZscPSexE6XjI1Fu13uuL83rqeNx84bsJb7DlNMxigYK9f_bJpP-7/s3264/IMG_0330.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EOfsS_iFLaKqfeQ4zHPBhOE6F_TpJ_ZAdB_loT5UOvqad-WgmxGWcFLKR68n9ULrBz7S_8vhWqWZ8V4GTnz-cw-iWFHDEAsxzsJtRtmwDFXArj77Rhpoxs7o3J7s6uLT8Wr9ZscPSexE6XjI1Fu13uuL83rqeNx84bsJb7DlNMxigYK9f_bJpP-7/w640-h480/IMG_0330.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Full Pour</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Time and time again when I ordered a glass of wine, they would serve me a glass with the wine near the lip of the glass. As my Canadian hiking buddy, John Filby would say, "A full pour is at least 4 servings per bottle". Most Argentina servers adhered to this approach.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYApRrkbCFOBDQ6poX0KtDm0FGL_ROuELPWueLlC_jRf-PbLRoKmiCwiw_HTHmE-A0ZQvIxHW9BNV9PvsnLxIbe3wJqpIA3fy4wF29oRH_hXf1DlkS9h6BeRyaDQFsJdeDOYYxd-s2l3HfIHIfPiUaJg9oziQDhJZ6cAMfD_VplaYtViK0FNqJ9IB7/s3264/IMG_0290.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYApRrkbCFOBDQ6poX0KtDm0FGL_ROuELPWueLlC_jRf-PbLRoKmiCwiw_HTHmE-A0ZQvIxHW9BNV9PvsnLxIbe3wJqpIA3fy4wF29oRH_hXf1DlkS9h6BeRyaDQFsJdeDOYYxd-s2l3HfIHIfPiUaJg9oziQDhJZ6cAMfD_VplaYtViK0FNqJ9IB7/w640-h480/IMG_0290.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">World Cup Frenzy</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I was lucky to watch Argentina's three matches with Poland, the Netherlands, and Croatia.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I went to the town center of Bariloche after Argentina beat Poland to enjoy the celebration.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-RmO6vP-B2U" width="320" youtube-src-id="-RmO6vP-B2U"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I was at the Hostel Rancho Grande balcony in El Chalten when Argentina beat the Netherlands and the crowd went wild. I was worried the balcony might collapse from all the jumping up and down.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AYCSjjZ4HQQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="AYCSjjZ4HQQ"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>I was at the Che Juan Hostel in Buenos Aires when Argentina beat Croatia. </span><span>I then went down to the Obelisk and was with the 100,000+ people celebrating the victory.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D39tc1AIdlo" width="320" youtube-src-id="D39tc1AIdlo"></iframe></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">One-Way Streets—Garbage</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I really enjoyed seeing that the city streets were mostly one-way.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In the city centers, they usually had walking streets along with broad sidewalks that were filled with restaurants and bars.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Most of the cities had covered their streets with big leafy trees that helped keep the temperature down, especially in Cordoba and Mendoza.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HWvx26XImtBH_rCTdmowDKHhg204wFaSA5UJgGwA1vyBwPseUHHgfHv-qDNR-0cp49Z6Nqm84_BVQlwrqFJJ5UIrwYoXSdinuBJUdM9s2Jjk2lfoOrfwCC823-hdR1ibox96JLUptyAls3MdFCbcAG1k8IIF8Rpboy9rKkX0sWN467BOFiBU4U0n/s3264/DSCN8375.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HWvx26XImtBH_rCTdmowDKHhg204wFaSA5UJgGwA1vyBwPseUHHgfHv-qDNR-0cp49Z6Nqm84_BVQlwrqFJJ5UIrwYoXSdinuBJUdM9s2Jjk2lfoOrfwCC823-hdR1ibox96JLUptyAls3MdFCbcAG1k8IIF8Rpboy9rKkX0sWN467BOFiBU4U0n/w640-h480/DSCN8375.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Delightful Food Choices</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As you can see, my major trip expenses were for food. You can see that Argentinians really like meat. Here are some of the meals I enjoyed:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIbMoiZILlbNim9Iq8PdCNiTt-em7jJRAjvxviD3B_Pa_mLgZlZxNMvTHqyE9_bZ1hY1KjKYYRxhitkqLemtIZ5Ma-zjOz3ZNFF9EVPIlDptwIdj6QUU6fytCJV53FfQXNfbkgUagwl7VX0Yhnh9MxutopNfVYTfcCOPXKWUkMD3P275M_QGK1dKy/s3264/IMG_0168.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIbMoiZILlbNim9Iq8PdCNiTt-em7jJRAjvxviD3B_Pa_mLgZlZxNMvTHqyE9_bZ1hY1KjKYYRxhitkqLemtIZ5Ma-zjOz3ZNFF9EVPIlDptwIdj6QUU6fytCJV53FfQXNfbkgUagwl7VX0Yhnh9MxutopNfVYTfcCOPXKWUkMD3P275M_QGK1dKy/w640-h480/IMG_0168.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4377cc; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #4377cc;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. Fewer people are using DVDs so I am transitioning to streaming my travels on my YouTube channel.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p></div>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-53138225490942344992022-12-13T06:24:00.007-08:002023-12-05T20:36:04.785-08:00Glaciers Abound Around El. Calafate—-12/5—9, 2022<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After a three-hour bus ride from El Chalten to El Calafate and a short stop at the airport to drop off and pick up passengers, we pulled into the bus terminal at the east end of town.</span></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">From there, it was just a 15-minute walk to the America del Sur Hostel where I stayed for 4 nights. It was like a big ski lodge with open beam tall ceilings and a massive view of the surroundings and distant mountains and Lake Argentino. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVWdnhv0J9eX4v3-t2d3kRp2vnxXm_yrrHA08EhJllJ6cYswDW64c7Jj1xrVRO5_rmSjsUDcSak8C0E0hdDi7BVJFlKhJ02y_E3LlpcwCFvG4qSWnoonviHOUOT9l7WAx9xJdgxfSN5FgKVw595GR8XCJZjRJB0fT9WZb2B3oH7Ftlardc-TIT8Yt/s3264/420BCDA4-BF15-49B6-A046-A44CFA1F70FE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVWdnhv0J9eX4v3-t2d3kRp2vnxXm_yrrHA08EhJllJ6cYswDW64c7Jj1xrVRO5_rmSjsUDcSak8C0E0hdDi7BVJFlKhJ02y_E3LlpcwCFvG4qSWnoonviHOUOT9l7WAx9xJdgxfSN5FgKVw595GR8XCJZjRJB0fT9WZb2B3oH7Ftlardc-TIT8Yt/w640-h480/420BCDA4-BF15-49B6-A046-A44CFA1F70FE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDzq0UwJ0gIEMNdeWQCXdHepedRn8VYJWXWkIquP9aDVxQbUm3wmDzniJQ5jVxoY15Is19WTg_gcpBLURihXxtI6d4V9L-eTswygTbA4ugFJCYhdaHDSblCMaMYQvR9MpYuJPydEN2Hlgf2RgJjGacl9MnrAcnrU1cV1qbs1yGDDQMPaA0P_jeglA/s4032/CA811033-8C7C-411D-ACD1-683FD8B384B7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDzq0UwJ0gIEMNdeWQCXdHepedRn8VYJWXWkIquP9aDVxQbUm3wmDzniJQ5jVxoY15Is19WTg_gcpBLURihXxtI6d4V9L-eTswygTbA4ugFJCYhdaHDSblCMaMYQvR9MpYuJPydEN2Hlgf2RgJjGacl9MnrAcnrU1cV1qbs1yGDDQMPaA0P_jeglA/w480-h640/CA811033-8C7C-411D-ACD1-683FD8B384B7.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnaMnL-n3G6Uttb9T8bt1dxlitFQLbGQP30Y0bxJ51vcVl8D5wM7zcb0k25ZUDilZCaMqp-lPZD-WgMz4bgrQA696fgkfF2PV8hnoMyyjGkPjhYu6Duz8CnHvLQH-fqWN3zxAl4Si6GjG4KCobxIaKZsbiC6gB4hse387HkyJLTHbyTb-V5LJ_qHe/s3264/BEE78B53-8323-4E3E-9603-08F7CC6E175A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnaMnL-n3G6Uttb9T8bt1dxlitFQLbGQP30Y0bxJ51vcVl8D5wM7zcb0k25ZUDilZCaMqp-lPZD-WgMz4bgrQA696fgkfF2PV8hnoMyyjGkPjhYu6Duz8CnHvLQH-fqWN3zxAl4Si6GjG4KCobxIaKZsbiC6gB4hse387HkyJLTHbyTb-V5LJ_qHe/w640-h480/BEE78B53-8323-4E3E-9603-08F7CC6E175A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span>The staff was really helpful and friendly and gave me some good information on the tours I wanted to take. I wanted to take some of the tours that Hielo y Adventuras but their Mini Trekking which involved walking with crampons, helmets, and ice axes for an hour on the glacier and another two hours beside the glacier and boardwalk had an age limit of 65 years old, their other tour called Safari Azul involved walking about 1.5km including the boardwalks overlooking the Perito Moreno Glacier had an age limit of 70. Since I am 78, I did not qualify </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">for either one. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I showed my iPhone that I had walked from 10 to 17 miles per day hiking the El Chalten trails. The staff said I could go to their office to see if they would make an exception. They also suggested another company called Southern Spirit which offered a Mayo Spirit Trek that included 3 stops with trails 2km each. Two stops would be to view two hanging glaciers and then a final stop to hike the boardwalk along the Perito Moreno Glacier. It also included taking our boat up close to and along the Perito Moreno Glacier, and there were no age restrictions. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I signed up for the Mayo Spirit Trek for a cost of 25,000 pesos—$77, especially since it sounded more interesting than the other company’s offering.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_IMUEk7B8ht2cEKl--BgxEFgqypfB4juTWuTOBW5LAjwlbkD_wll9kv2pzjgjXoCwCfNwpLzUx-38H0XPzES90rhtj5DQvC1HMZ9HHNk8iwbfe_r5qvPSWJZfZFEhpPliB4PN5gDu0vD22qouDfbfIa1WmtLA7xvi4BIz6C0NL5D_mOKKtVL2Yfy/s2622/E1AAEF3E-9DBC-49D8-9514-DEB48DB787ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1966" data-original-width="2622" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_IMUEk7B8ht2cEKl--BgxEFgqypfB4juTWuTOBW5LAjwlbkD_wll9kv2pzjgjXoCwCfNwpLzUx-38H0XPzES90rhtj5DQvC1HMZ9HHNk8iwbfe_r5qvPSWJZfZFEhpPliB4PN5gDu0vD22qouDfbfIa1WmtLA7xvi4BIz6C0NL5D_mOKKtVL2Yfy/w640-h480/E1AAEF3E-9DBC-49D8-9514-DEB48DB787ED.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCujr1aoCvpNTy84_vApuUMdxEd1_xEK_fftogQcI4SXwx85n6ug4TPvVLuRpApBkGPR7uaO_KdQwkg0GQt3q-zVfsfBsCzeMFVR5KnLNTBROrRnK1_A5KnVST2Ajh6z2F6Cjt7ro6qTomwuZGQvBnZdBN_GXipKS_-VILeHpNbl5rD392PR7kV8Ga/s3264/7E6EA7AC-589E-4EF0-960A-C847C17BD760.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCujr1aoCvpNTy84_vApuUMdxEd1_xEK_fftogQcI4SXwx85n6ug4TPvVLuRpApBkGPR7uaO_KdQwkg0GQt3q-zVfsfBsCzeMFVR5KnLNTBROrRnK1_A5KnVST2Ajh6z2F6Cjt7ro6qTomwuZGQvBnZdBN_GXipKS_-VILeHpNbl5rD392PR7kV8Ga/w640-h480/7E6EA7AC-589E-4EF0-960A-C847C17BD760.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After booking the trip for the following day, I headed down the hill to explore the town and get some more blue dollar rate pesos at a Western Union office. The first two I tried had no more pesos and the third could only exchange USD since their Western Union system was down. I didn’t try the fourth one since it was further away so I would try these WU offices on the day after my glaciers tour.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">There were many restaurants to choose from, including craft beer, and I decided to try the high-end Mako Restaurant and I was glad I did.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The dining room area was elegant from the place setting, with fresh flowers, along with the kitchen you could see through the glass walls including the parrilla where several racks of lamb and other meats were circling the fire.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0EWOwjWYvaqr46vRE-0h9t5UCEoF7n5RpfGAIGAr68SA5caU50UcVgbyoyI1F06YNvJlT7jeUZh1mlXbktlljXTRXOOZCMcEoy1IMyGWwhvpuxXtTdm_pZ6AFGOIZu7Nk7wT1Y9O1SUNdrCu54-jr0l-rq8ISC4F69SgRe34muqEkp1zq8KTfwKC/s3264/ADE292ED-B54C-49E7-8A6F-B2F3F4D7876C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0EWOwjWYvaqr46vRE-0h9t5UCEoF7n5RpfGAIGAr68SA5caU50UcVgbyoyI1F06YNvJlT7jeUZh1mlXbktlljXTRXOOZCMcEoy1IMyGWwhvpuxXtTdm_pZ6AFGOIZu7Nk7wT1Y9O1SUNdrCu54-jr0l-rq8ISC4F69SgRe34muqEkp1zq8KTfwKC/w640-h480/ADE292ED-B54C-49E7-8A6F-B2F3F4D7876C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMca_MTlccfrOTi0pwTo9q1C5iFo77sJ-jiiC7YsNLUqVr7lXFDgmHxdlvSVjBTnJoouJHLl0bFua2SIBfknkNP57Ytsgg07WSRCpVnhaxt6TCcqH5TEpRazb-gNaG8tZHRUGjvuSqt9T6EDYit4AFUMWQ6pf7H2l--hqKhXnbiCHE1GPX20V0BQ41/s3264/C6B4E57E-ED76-4AA2-A5A2-75BCFA6972B7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMca_MTlccfrOTi0pwTo9q1C5iFo77sJ-jiiC7YsNLUqVr7lXFDgmHxdlvSVjBTnJoouJHLl0bFua2SIBfknkNP57Ytsgg07WSRCpVnhaxt6TCcqH5TEpRazb-gNaG8tZHRUGjvuSqt9T6EDYit4AFUMWQ6pf7H2l--hqKhXnbiCHE1GPX20V0BQ41/w640-h480/C6B4E57E-ED76-4AA2-A5A2-75BCFA6972B7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AWDZ34fO4qNpwwQaVh_pk-7vxjgBIfyHr6LVVtZLyJ11_SDfWFfX2v1c2peL-fpYlekEtEnIm-B-KdSCxKJCduugqAZn_YDRq79XtX9kIAPyThcA87uPiDtuPOKrbYFYWS020MfVXjDQzryRHgAHpTKYWbxoiktbPMDvRFtpbT11qL-XoNo8HuP7/s3264/CC4547AF-8DF6-49C7-8C5D-ED6E4A8DF078.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AWDZ34fO4qNpwwQaVh_pk-7vxjgBIfyHr6LVVtZLyJ11_SDfWFfX2v1c2peL-fpYlekEtEnIm-B-KdSCxKJCduugqAZn_YDRq79XtX9kIAPyThcA87uPiDtuPOKrbYFYWS020MfVXjDQzryRHgAHpTKYWbxoiktbPMDvRFtpbT11qL-XoNo8HuP7/w640-h480/CC4547AF-8DF6-49C7-8C5D-ED6E4A8DF078.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I ordered tenderloin they call oyo bife, I asked for it rare because before when I ordered medium rare at other restaurants, it came out medium. That got me a visit from the chef who assured me he would prepare it as I liked it medium rare. He said if it was not right, he would make me another one.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This meal was the best and most tender meat I have had on this trip. The meal started with complimentary champagne followed by artistic appetizers laid out on wood planks.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-o8cI215mHkRGiw3GJkY5noxetqKKLubLinA6gY__JytkVW7kvgVzidbSDzoiYyKebxx_KQWWgVWv3qbaKVZ1gLMCwScapdypXK-fdE858gesfJAqbtvqDw6HheDUcED4yd5WRrtNzqJQtBLYtFkDCoMZvY_zRSjfYwSucGp-eBec5N1WyIh6q4yZ/s3264/DA5D9B5C-F484-4275-A838-D45AB9E5870D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-o8cI215mHkRGiw3GJkY5noxetqKKLubLinA6gY__JytkVW7kvgVzidbSDzoiYyKebxx_KQWWgVWv3qbaKVZ1gLMCwScapdypXK-fdE858gesfJAqbtvqDw6HheDUcED4yd5WRrtNzqJQtBLYtFkDCoMZvY_zRSjfYwSucGp-eBec5N1WyIh6q4yZ/w640-h480/DA5D9B5C-F484-4275-A838-D45AB9E5870D.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8TqqclCnaLZ_HgPptfcTS7KFinAccC12MH2xvl1OgvwIYHOBrkF5YW_Dsr7sDRTjSH0P-Vj0gErIx71YEAFxnDRRCgvRmgALdSoivrFR6sJNbgbNmeDwbVzLeCus1iNGvXvSEAJmSRNTALYJ9bMhVRJJ7ZUWKrQXnX2oBQilUy-L1Sjd-abI5Y3o/s3264/969F77EB-FB81-44A7-B612-2798E098BE08.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8TqqclCnaLZ_HgPptfcTS7KFinAccC12MH2xvl1OgvwIYHOBrkF5YW_Dsr7sDRTjSH0P-Vj0gErIx71YEAFxnDRRCgvRmgALdSoivrFR6sJNbgbNmeDwbVzLeCus1iNGvXvSEAJmSRNTALYJ9bMhVRJJ7ZUWKrQXnX2oBQilUy-L1Sjd-abI5Y3o/w640-h480/969F77EB-FB81-44A7-B612-2798E098BE08.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzfFmUVeH7r2qaah6SH9X6ImMt2NxKqkzBKIQl1ntsE0E5GiNWP2XaBRVE05VYfQG1OqEahGFqYQBNbtVxEuHcIv_X02xiZuop0qJgKACS-4-03zBujm16xKqoYE1KmGjAesc4mkUq9qle_RyLv0Gmq4XAPdVMUIAfAhxLx7AJ1jYDFg2Lo9Me1og/s3264/0820BAAC-2C86-4D30-80EC-7CACA9B9BB0C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzfFmUVeH7r2qaah6SH9X6ImMt2NxKqkzBKIQl1ntsE0E5GiNWP2XaBRVE05VYfQG1OqEahGFqYQBNbtVxEuHcIv_X02xiZuop0qJgKACS-4-03zBujm16xKqoYE1KmGjAesc4mkUq9qle_RyLv0Gmq4XAPdVMUIAfAhxLx7AJ1jYDFg2Lo9Me1og/w640-h480/0820BAAC-2C86-4D30-80EC-7CACA9B9BB0C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In the morning, a shuttle bus picked me up for the all-day Mayo Spirit Trek and made our way to the Puerto Bandera to our boat after paying the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares entry fee of 4,000 pesos—$12.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I had imagined that with no age limit, most people would be old, but it was a wide age range. Most people were from Argentina and there were few English speakers aboard.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We first motored up two of the channels where we saw the hanging glacier and got off the boat to explore the forest with a huge leaning tree and a large cascading waterfall at Toro Bay.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>I spotted what looked like puffball mushrooms on the ground and then realized that they were growing in clusters in the trees, </span><span style="text-align: left;">and falling to the ground when mature. 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We then headed to the boardwalk where we would have over an hour to walk about the many boardwalks overlooking Perito Moreno glacier.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The views of the glacier were spectacular and the weather was fair.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCuV3h_kaaJA6QxWtBxN2knJX1Y28Gj04tiO4GTBU_PtWhgJ2p3ia6bLqt3ijAlme6IMNQPsUMp-dkUgyKeVtma-vX6jbieG_bBGdfjgvvXFiWcBn9MTkWjOSJ4WtCDaNO4fs8XuLTq6xskxhXt6Qr6Mmc53xiSNagWb6iTwnAkc3CtENd7O6Q-j2/w640-h480/83F7D664-F666-43B2-BEDE-4BF6DA14C39F.jpeg" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The clouds lifted some more so we had clear views of the other hanging glaciers on our way back to our buses.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Both museums featured this collapse of the big arch.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxuzavoIWneyvXzK_WF517DMM6Hu9UZULjvXUl0dyFrqdBolwWtCNlALg8uYcw1XnaTiGwG6yZZnT6V96LFXg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On Wednesday I resumed my quest for pesos at one of the four Western Union offices starting with the post office. They had no pesos nor did the one a block away. The third one told me that they were no longer working with Western Union.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The fourth was up the hill about a mile away. I was encouraged to see a short line outside the store. They had a limit of 60,000 pesos—$187. It turned out that this place wanted a copy of your passport, and most in line were turned away with no open copy stores nearby. I was lucky because I had a copy where on the back of it I had written instructions on what to do and contact my wife if I was dead. It turned out to be a lifesaver when it came to getting $175 worth of pesos.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While in El Calafate, I also visited the local museum and the Glacierium. Both were full of information on the area and nature of glaciers. They also had videos of the collapse of the big arch near the boardwalk area.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">While in town, I had lentil stew two days in a row at Pipeta’s—it was that good.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53TBtNY8qA86CcXsg721Za1BUoPfS3jl3v2x32_M_gyVtRL9_4G0f_vrD99ARfJCO5rB2qz2jtmmNxU9tbRxWSAAezg4FdbjfUfTsEBnfxHNmP91iFKf36ESM4TemzQEu5frsR_X_dW8n0twDQy_emdC1LPiK1GLVD9OIxZl60VHNj78covbxrF0J/s3264/E98E6764-58C0-401D-88DF-14FFAB09A7BE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53TBtNY8qA86CcXsg721Za1BUoPfS3jl3v2x32_M_gyVtRL9_4G0f_vrD99ARfJCO5rB2qz2jtmmNxU9tbRxWSAAezg4FdbjfUfTsEBnfxHNmP91iFKf36ESM4TemzQEu5frsR_X_dW8n0twDQy_emdC1LPiK1GLVD9OIxZl60VHNj78covbxrF0J/w640-h480/E98E6764-58C0-401D-88DF-14FFAB09A7BE.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On the 5th, I took the Bondi flight back to Buenos Aires for the last week of this 2-month trip. I ended up near the back of the plane in a middle seat with my knees touching the seat in front of me. I guess this budget airline likes to pack them in. We flew up the coast in clear weather.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><br /></p>Hoovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08410968428532607858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537803201202599817.post-40019585696704619902022-12-05T10:16:00.007-08:002023-12-05T20:40:37.850-08:00Rained Out in El Chalten—12/1–5, 2022<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>The Marga bus took us foreigners through the day and night until we reached El Chalten some 24 hours later.</span><span> </span><span>We passed very few cars and trucks along the way.</span><span> </span><span>This legendary Highway 40 had long stretches where the road was filled with potholes so on the bus I felt like it was being driven by a drunken sailor as the driver swerved around the potholes.</span><span> </span><span>There was a three-hour stretch of highway that was just gravel so the driver had to slow down to 5 to 20 mph during that time.</span><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>The landscape was mainly level along with gentle rolling hills filled with desert shrubs and sagebrush.</span><span> </span><span>It all reminded me of similar road conditions and landscapes I experienced when I drove down Highway 1 on the Baja peninsula in Mexico.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As dawn broke, the landscape suddenly changed and we could see the rugged snow-covered peaks including the dramatic Cerro Fitzroy with its jagged spires.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD7JVBanGT9I1TZhkpQnhmx1zlvieJfz0Fn4ko8rrHB-xSd0gSBBlcrGbKzhCLJlMcJu28XO3KqPTwKFQEpU-RYJOMjPll0Ytvmiy871r0d1A2LnXH8Mq-NfdYsmzs2ovqw8hZJzA0B9S0PXKUCZJFNK0cEX89yr6E2koi80SpM-jAXKl956olAsQ/s3264/4251915D-7C6D-4E80-9D63-6AD7F63B70A3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTD7JVBanGT9I1TZhkpQnhmx1zlvieJfz0Fn4ko8rrHB-xSd0gSBBlcrGbKzhCLJlMcJu28XO3KqPTwKFQEpU-RYJOMjPll0Ytvmiy871r0d1A2LnXH8Mq-NfdYsmzs2ovqw8hZJzA0B9S0PXKUCZJFNK0cEX89yr6E2koi80SpM-jAXKl956olAsQ/w640-h480/4251915D-7C6D-4E80-9D63-6AD7F63B70A3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KPYj83DGqS2INBwVIR2fPotxUoYI82l73lY33TdZZSX9SlCUQszS1Nyw393yRQuFZazkYSvqdQHlhgzPCqQyUFST4RrXk4kLOF1t0NStBPek1RDPl8b0t4s6ABWr0DpNvXXChpgQLthPCVEi9ntwvoXe96Mdom9_AKxEfBA5q67rAgllnoS75ptR/s3264/04E71E7C-B3E3-4A8C-876E-F7BBF39BA9A9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KPYj83DGqS2INBwVIR2fPotxUoYI82l73lY33TdZZSX9SlCUQszS1Nyw393yRQuFZazkYSvqdQHlhgzPCqQyUFST4RrXk4kLOF1t0NStBPek1RDPl8b0t4s6ABWr0DpNvXXChpgQLthPCVEi9ntwvoXe96Mdom9_AKxEfBA5q67rAgllnoS75ptR/w640-h480/04E71E7C-B3E3-4A8C-876E-F7BBF39BA9A9.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVHreXhteas3ibfrgKg0xHhdSuOAUYsGNIxyvmpD79uDa5z05DrlxL0opZsKopnHfYJjPCmzjDz4ArakgS78tOyJIhQjgZiP464PmNuMs7UtIsSWfHTN4ugUXQK0Es7pVaJJynafMV8yuBJ4Hyh4--PAOSTsf_G2bu1U_N7cbaQyHpAcR9vruFKSM/s3264/78ABDC85-C4A8-452F-A70F-FEE2D5761E17.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVHreXhteas3ibfrgKg0xHhdSuOAUYsGNIxyvmpD79uDa5z05DrlxL0opZsKopnHfYJjPCmzjDz4ArakgS78tOyJIhQjgZiP464PmNuMs7UtIsSWfHTN4ugUXQK0Es7pVaJJynafMV8yuBJ4Hyh4--PAOSTsf_G2bu1U_N7cbaQyHpAcR9vruFKSM/w640-h480/78ABDC85-C4A8-452F-A70F-FEE2D5761E17.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Shortly after I got off the bus in El Chalten, I had my first meal in more than 24 hours. After that I took some pictures of Cerro Fitzroy and little did I know, it was the last time I would see Fitzroy during my five days here. Instead, most of the mountains remained cloaked in rain clouds with fierce winds of gusts up to 75 mph. It reminded me of when tourists would visit the Pacific Northwest and never see the beautiful snow and glacier-filled Mt. Rainier because of the ever-present clouds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTAUbnWqL3uHRxPPpzo1tuUd4bxPjCbsAeZqXcrHTict2ZvNrUb8pHACvdyhjoIqgiNtarETrwteD2k_oshG_sz682DQ42wc8mwrhHQ7yzSTWZzCCnVeUnW4cFt80TMUL9AmciiSKVtqbAXcaKnssSape1ZWs7bsfzSOcK4M-DZmj1ZpEv7M37_3_/s3264/55E935FA-2AD0-4D38-93D4-5D4E5ED60D88.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTAUbnWqL3uHRxPPpzo1tuUd4bxPjCbsAeZqXcrHTict2ZvNrUb8pHACvdyhjoIqgiNtarETrwteD2k_oshG_sz682DQ42wc8mwrhHQ7yzSTWZzCCnVeUnW4cFt80TMUL9AmciiSKVtqbAXcaKnssSape1ZWs7bsfzSOcK4M-DZmj1ZpEv7M37_3_/w640-h480/55E935FA-2AD0-4D38-93D4-5D4E5ED60D88.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After a big breakfast and checking in to Rancho Grande Hostel, I set out on my first hike and was fortunate to see the second-best mountain attraction—Cerro Torre—on the Laguna Torre Trail.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I missed the official start of the trail and found my way up some steep and sketchy trails for the first mile before joining the official trail. Shortly after getting on the official trail, this was the only wildlife other than birds I saw on the trail.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1ModH1RNQ25Wc_UHPgG991Uh0u5XZuuqNysQM6IVS2srYfUYQ-scIxh_LgkycOdU9cjMdOiLRqNnjhTeh2RiQxQKoRchqP2RpHcRlZ_XtzeEIv07MnEgDb9fqk7thtPzHcCOh8ADWBqMkjYgDV9V28msHZAjDji2F0PB3ENmvLeEFzwABpak7l6v/s3264/D9204ECE-0E8E-47C5-8015-F0E7C849D525.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1ModH1RNQ25Wc_UHPgG991Uh0u5XZuuqNysQM6IVS2srYfUYQ-scIxh_LgkycOdU9cjMdOiLRqNnjhTeh2RiQxQKoRchqP2RpHcRlZ_XtzeEIv07MnEgDb9fqk7thtPzHcCOh8ADWBqMkjYgDV9V28msHZAjDji2F0PB3ENmvLeEFzwABpak7l6v/w640-h480/D9204ECE-0E8E-47C5-8015-F0E7C849D525.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Most of the trees in the forest were very hardy birch and they had to be to withstand the fierce winds here that range from 10 to 75 miles per hour. In places, I had to really lean into the wind to keep from falling backward.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Notice that the forest has some taller trees but they contain no foliage, most likely because the wind strips off any foliage that tries to grow above the other surrounding trees.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsWt_jNmX3Fh8uVuQOCnCnwibhAuC8__6DvU0tDPBVYVRwlTjQMYeIt_qca_BX5xFzf5Td9fOvwT6PEZs6eYxpwHr-Sf22nW7KoQz4mrNUnnG4gBMODQs4k7QUwq-r1iPXEf9a7BdR3-mqYfWSrGmHL_T3Aq9t2EdX85XLNa_ljwU3Sub9chAafOZ/s3264/CAEC258F-4FC0-4284-91E3-C1205EEB9C97.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsWt_jNmX3Fh8uVuQOCnCnwibhAuC8__6DvU0tDPBVYVRwlTjQMYeIt_qca_BX5xFzf5Td9fOvwT6PEZs6eYxpwHr-Sf22nW7KoQz4mrNUnnG4gBMODQs4k7QUwq-r1iPXEf9a7BdR3-mqYfWSrGmHL_T3Aq9t2EdX85XLNa_ljwU3Sub9chAafOZ/w640-h480/CAEC258F-4FC0-4284-91E3-C1205EEB9C97.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I was going to hike further to Laguna Torre, but more clouds came in with rain and stronger winds, so I returned to the hostel for a hot shower and dinner. I had hiked about 14 miles.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I was in a 4 person dorm room and two of the guys were from the Netherlands and the other was Ciaran, a school teacher from Ireland. He was going to send me clear pictures of Fitzroy he had taken a day earlier.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The following two days I hiked up the Laguna de Los Tres to the Lago Capri and the Mirador Fitzroy, but I could only see the base of this mountain range—so disappointing.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboCjrszADRi-t07Iorzayc-YWmX-E-QwFRNHdCCL-R7ukKZD0F3Z6CuKFi-vtaO--lDLQ1PpRiLN4uLduk834FigoeydVG7NKxCy6VlZ7d4_gIyOAPX4F5kA37XDTzb5LD7eXWvVLYDEyFg84ncI_MmYIQddLMwYmQR3vQkRPrzPGDF8hoTzP1M_e/s3264/91793B9A-92B9-4ADF-B280-06F37060B7FE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboCjrszADRi-t07Iorzayc-YWmX-E-QwFRNHdCCL-R7ukKZD0F3Z6CuKFi-vtaO--lDLQ1PpRiLN4uLduk834FigoeydVG7NKxCy6VlZ7d4_gIyOAPX4F5kA37XDTzb5LD7eXWvVLYDEyFg84ncI_MmYIQddLMwYmQR3vQkRPrzPGDF8hoTzP1M_e/w640-h480/91793B9A-92B9-4ADF-B280-06F37060B7FE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrqAd14W_pa51RbUaVSkYz7SVR3Pgo9B4ir2xrC1zS1QmcDkx9aOPHTVzlBQOTTysoTCS1VPTwAfc_pocM0BUygCRIOGHF4OqrwPZsKWNm4E3ZFPjGA7ICV-hbMFxADJxVSkmV9oCiaBngHtmPog51QqLUfM2xDJH5MV2G8_eS4cK8v7CZPbx1yU-/s3264/D84C69DE-172F-493F-B16E-D7FC2D4892B9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrqAd14W_pa51RbUaVSkYz7SVR3Pgo9B4ir2xrC1zS1QmcDkx9aOPHTVzlBQOTTysoTCS1VPTwAfc_pocM0BUygCRIOGHF4OqrwPZsKWNm4E3ZFPjGA7ICV-hbMFxADJxVSkmV9oCiaBngHtmPog51QqLUfM2xDJH5MV2G8_eS4cK8v7CZPbx1yU-/w640-h480/D84C69DE-172F-493F-B16E-D7FC2D4892B9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Here is a photo of what you can see on a clear day.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZhWMaXAZGmnLMF9r6F-LT49FJ__ebzpqrsRmK7k6lXnVub_HHsZBjcAjApNBnl-F_jPeKoLzXEA1sSGzO6YLA6v4mVmkdZGqb4LH701WSdmHSaqK2DCf2FEPISxnpDxn_WiX1T7m_Avs4c4lQsRC6YhJyVJn85lWc-cEqu1JSY_SsiGRpeYVCGY4/s3264/3449A13E-F623-4F3C-AA55-F749B2B5A6ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZhWMaXAZGmnLMF9r6F-LT49FJ__ebzpqrsRmK7k6lXnVub_HHsZBjcAjApNBnl-F_jPeKoLzXEA1sSGzO6YLA6v4mVmkdZGqb4LH701WSdmHSaqK2DCf2FEPISxnpDxn_WiX1T7m_Avs4c4lQsRC6YhJyVJn85lWc-cEqu1JSY_SsiGRpeYVCGY4/w640-h480/3449A13E-F623-4F3C-AA55-F749B2B5A6ED.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On my return to the hostel on the second day there was a huge crowd watching the World Cup soccer match between Argentina and Australia. It was a really robust and enthusiastic crowd, especially when they scored each of the two points. The ending was also very exciting as Australia continued to attack the Argentina goalie who ended the match by smothering the ball as time ran out. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCP9hkgyQbFHifpGDqX4BZyjHR1z5TTCWNQEc2DGtCwLnX1MIlbyrDQnuJfmW6RBRnaG5jiOjSODUwZ0qRQgDovDnK7hz3Oc820RpqwD7slcB5dpaUQdeV3o7Z5mjUiSZl31NVhS2vsqSdqlrFMV3lnztJSjfzdBiDfqBDOhc5Pu6R9G_AW4ViYTmJ/s3264/1236020B-42A7-48C7-BC9F-B75BBE7AF902.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCP9hkgyQbFHifpGDqX4BZyjHR1z5TTCWNQEc2DGtCwLnX1MIlbyrDQnuJfmW6RBRnaG5jiOjSODUwZ0qRQgDovDnK7hz3Oc820RpqwD7slcB5dpaUQdeV3o7Z5mjUiSZl31NVhS2vsqSdqlrFMV3lnztJSjfzdBiDfqBDOhc5Pu6R9G_AW4ViYTmJ/w640-h480/1236020B-42A7-48C7-BC9F-B75BBE7AF902.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePRVYFJsFlbMCF4VzZiORbz9gTX43XT2A11-omW7BmkomYj2D-QrQWGAv1uKoH3gvqPSfbeccoUwXzEj0muan2kUI0T9WYEMUir5Uv3GkVNd-o-K8-m0LyyQT5P8sRDyHQ3iEBJc3VJT7ntTlh9k8h5C_0TaK1pTup-OcKeSvcabEVgs1jwMUv7dv/s3264/1F232885-697B-4D99-B277-848E1A2E8B4C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePRVYFJsFlbMCF4VzZiORbz9gTX43XT2A11-omW7BmkomYj2D-QrQWGAv1uKoH3gvqPSfbeccoUwXzEj0muan2kUI0T9WYEMUir5Uv3GkVNd-o-K8-m0LyyQT5P8sRDyHQ3iEBJc3VJT7ntTlh9k8h5C_0TaK1pTup-OcKeSvcabEVgs1jwMUv7dv/w640-h480/1F232885-697B-4D99-B277-848E1A2E8B4C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGa4PWNMqmwuWMVbohgPwhUdQDkAC_JkWmgj5vYDHY48-zCiZdLt8AuARAjJg8sQ9_vurDjWg4DPB32CUXmdU_0GJm1ziPLvCpRiItpWjHxm4zGIlGKfp_VnTf_cz8Wwm8xct3Rm4LuqN5nPs_zJ4IJLtzZh6Id9laU5xmiXbDapxD3FNtBs19vcF/s3264/B2E5C6FA-3E42-429E-8689-BD640261E2A1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGa4PWNMqmwuWMVbohgPwhUdQDkAC_JkWmgj5vYDHY48-zCiZdLt8AuARAjJg8sQ9_vurDjWg4DPB32CUXmdU_0GJm1ziPLvCpRiItpWjHxm4zGIlGKfp_VnTf_cz8Wwm8xct3Rm4LuqN5nPs_zJ4IJLtzZh6Id9laU5xmiXbDapxD3FNtBs19vcF/w640-h480/B2E5C6FA-3E42-429E-8689-BD640261E2A1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I was on the balcony with Ciaran, our two new American roommates, Melissa from Ohio, and Matilda from Sweden. The balcony floor was bouncing so much from the crowd that I was worried it was going to collapse. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AYCSjjZ4HQQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="AYCSjjZ4HQQ"></iframe></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I then went to dinner at the La Tapera Restaurant and finally figured out how to have a well-cooked steak. When I had ordered steak before, I asked for it to be medium rare, and it always came out medium. This time I ordered it rare—rara—and it came out medium rare just the way I liked it.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnLiUIJ-xodXRj2aa19xQs1PCqpX-Ax5iYvBV93kS5usoWGDfRpLEgVgzHYYBvfdkLg2_Mt1Lwx76cMOZbjwvUFOQgbM-WmwcidueTRgr9ej2NLfqakdbushs9ERy4gZgF_XUOztX17bGWTKMyPL5f14gH8-Drel9hjMxPitEBtwmgooEte59mD4x/s3264/A5D1431B-2E8B-4356-9D69-0DC96ECBA49B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnLiUIJ-xodXRj2aa19xQs1PCqpX-Ax5iYvBV93kS5usoWGDfRpLEgVgzHYYBvfdkLg2_Mt1Lwx76cMOZbjwvUFOQgbM-WmwcidueTRgr9ej2NLfqakdbushs9ERy4gZgF_XUOztX17bGWTKMyPL5f14gH8-Drel9hjMxPitEBtwmgooEte59mD4x/w640-h480/A5D1431B-2E8B-4356-9D69-0DC96ECBA49B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMmpJa6voosIjN7dl5zYwXXeoBMtT8QPcCJEHYuFZP2IgAuj9sDuyAOX7z9cUxDX1k11HB-_WteevG5I5_7_sNc8fTItDn6i9FKcYd0b3zedl5UfJf3XqAik_5kzisdq6EpUyLPWiHN9dVs9xiN16WNusL0M3O_SMI_RUEhGn-E--uCnY81ph8PKT/s3264/05A839EE-3C49-421F-A0BE-AF73E18F5832.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMmpJa6voosIjN7dl5zYwXXeoBMtT8QPcCJEHYuFZP2IgAuj9sDuyAOX7z9cUxDX1k11HB-_WteevG5I5_7_sNc8fTItDn6i9FKcYd0b3zedl5UfJf3XqAik_5kzisdq6EpUyLPWiHN9dVs9xiN16WNusL0M3O_SMI_RUEhGn-E--uCnY81ph8PKT/w640-h480/05A839EE-3C49-421F-A0BE-AF73E18F5832.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVk8Tf1fre1Xhx0WnUph6lx_D76ZSHAbH6tqsDfutnRX6GAYCcDLvkvP4qAf9e1HdMt8iXzgg2PwFI7mZuYP7vwIWnvjjEjAUGiwbSX9_dwvb0xFkvyVjZH5ZSldhJ4jS0NRSWIcVQZ1f2DcRXhQusaaqqwHG5xS4AbxBxmn6k4gS07gTlHnjb53Az/s3264/134472E4-137B-4B17-ADC3-0DD8EBC37C26.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVk8Tf1fre1Xhx0WnUph6lx_D76ZSHAbH6tqsDfutnRX6GAYCcDLvkvP4qAf9e1HdMt8iXzgg2PwFI7mZuYP7vwIWnvjjEjAUGiwbSX9_dwvb0xFkvyVjZH5ZSldhJ4jS0NRSWIcVQZ1f2DcRXhQusaaqqwHG5xS4AbxBxmn6k4gS07gTlHnjb53Az/w640-h480/134472E4-137B-4B17-ADC3-0DD8EBC37C26.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On my final day, I hiked the Lomo del Pligue Tumbado Trail which started by the Park Headquarters, and went to the Mirador de La Loma hoping to see both Cerro Torre and Fitzroy.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The clouds covered both peaks, but the trail up to the Mirador was the best here.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; 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font-size: large;">At the Mirador de Loma, I saw the Cerro Torre, but Fitzroy was covered by clouds. I then turned around rather than heading up to the snow-covered Loma del Pliegue Tumbado Peak where a better view was unlikely.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmVvKKaCi5jQhR1aFP5upzPWxnuQYVo2bFdrIab8nhgWOm4PtH79lUTQP8RNmnCVSC60dNJyoM2nPvgm1F687-v4fSIR1HdZR1SlPntmkV5t0dlIPnclijDcJOfAl1_6f_G09NdkqvgG59p-L-DxhEBByFCe1XfDEGtfZTQP76ZZHKP1bABl1701J/s3264/32441C5D-C728-46D9-A743-FDD4B6A75A16.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmVvKKaCi5jQhR1aFP5upzPWxnuQYVo2bFdrIab8nhgWOm4PtH79lUTQP8RNmnCVSC60dNJyoM2nPvgm1F687-v4fSIR1HdZR1SlPntmkV5t0dlIPnclijDcJOfAl1_6f_G09NdkqvgG59p-L-DxhEBByFCe1XfDEGtfZTQP76ZZHKP1bABl1701J/w640-h480/32441C5D-C728-46D9-A743-FDD4B6A75A16.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mW5vOlqmf9DKhgEtnVP8_ILkag-uMhvrTSh_uOTCg5Lz0am-Pxc98OMFf0E2B5koKvxt33RvZkvWcco0UkshAwlzglAaiaS7yq4a7lmQEYvh2R3gY_SBT1HiReI0lQsuqdTOCIn6TRhTDhHZ7I7Ft-Xj3pLalypLbKxFCz3XJHRXQ_LN7hm-oZLE/s3264/8CEC6A61-B794-4301-B428-26C31065DE6A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mW5vOlqmf9DKhgEtnVP8_ILkag-uMhvrTSh_uOTCg5Lz0am-Pxc98OMFf0E2B5koKvxt33RvZkvWcco0UkshAwlzglAaiaS7yq4a7lmQEYvh2R3gY_SBT1HiReI0lQsuqdTOCIn6TRhTDhHZ7I7Ft-Xj3pLalypLbKxFCz3XJHRXQ_LN7hm-oZLE/w640-h480/8CEC6A61-B794-4301-B428-26C31065DE6A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfS1nc8msUzOlZ05zGAFqBtbbFo1PoytIzepwVYp1S5exWUdbUl9B_HzntlZerU_k1K8a_fm8oXSiSZssT3m2fju31sx0ZwKyfNYJTIobaVJbOh1sUXetzN6f1S3XTvWCnwolzsrXeT1jB-xpOW-SxNETo14Lskow-EhImk6jspqWcrMfntnqDNNJ/s3264/B5821104-519B-4B11-BD6E-B63E7665B00F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfS1nc8msUzOlZ05zGAFqBtbbFo1PoytIzepwVYp1S5exWUdbUl9B_HzntlZerU_k1K8a_fm8oXSiSZssT3m2fju31sx0ZwKyfNYJTIobaVJbOh1sUXetzN6f1S3XTvWCnwolzsrXeT1jB-xpOW-SxNETo14Lskow-EhImk6jspqWcrMfntnqDNNJ/w640-h480/B5821104-519B-4B11-BD6E-B63E7665B00F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It took me 3 1/2 hours to get to the Mirador some 2,200 ft above the town, and only 1 hour and 7 minutes to return. For the day I had hiked about 16 miles.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fitzroy has been so elusive during my time here. I have really enjoyed the restaurant fare here from the steaks and stews to chicken dishes.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguczCnnohtLtZFj2jU6uD-6vnAnAwfBegbkuYaxxDOeROE6TzdFOktzFvi1XRZj_Bb_fzQOu03RMSXuNcybZQaDVDhqfWctlIK6OkhdKNRTn0cgKyKaghyzahbQX9ga5KOnuLjqPy0H_IrFL9iE0yvQkX0EgCg-TuMsEYLnHmI-5lyWY4JyaoxEOs/s3264/988B0F87-62C5-4948-B21C-D5D9842E6E3B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguczCnnohtLtZFj2jU6uD-6vnAnAwfBegbkuYaxxDOeROE6TzdFOktzFvi1XRZj_Bb_fzQOu03RMSXuNcybZQaDVDhqfWctlIK6OkhdKNRTn0cgKyKaghyzahbQX9ga5KOnuLjqPy0H_IrFL9iE0yvQkX0EgCg-TuMsEYLnHmI-5lyWY4JyaoxEOs/w640-h480/988B0F87-62C5-4948-B21C-D5D9842E6E3B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr30bJrYJc9nYioGx753G8dX7zNq1SMZlPptLq4xlNgm2DFyxz3uXJIrbPAt22is_0b1q0gSeYBrICa4u2mNTLG3MH4u1m7cBUj4yRBNlNlQRVov-NCo_wW1PYr0qDrUxYLNzXNkj3qg1oIkH91sKNFvwpRvohpTc7TQkvjYUKvzTy1dueAJgfzyl/w640-h480/0721DE88-EFA5-4A7F-AE4F-B12AB21AB2EC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For such a small town, it really outperformed its size.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some pictures that Ciaran sent me that show Cerro Fitzroy when the weather is better.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On December 5th, I caught an early morning bus to El Calafate and arrived just three hours later for my last Patagonia stay before flying back to Buenos Aires for my final week in South America.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">On the 5th, I took the Bondi flight back to Buenos Aires for the last week of this 2-month trip. I ended up near the back of the plane in a middle seat with my knees touching the seat in front of me. I guess this budget airline likes to pack them in. We flew up the coast in clear weather.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After landing, I quickly found the bus that took me near the Che Juan Hostel where I had first stayed at the start of this trip. Once again Google Maps provided me with where to catch the bus, its route, and where to get off.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #323232; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have recently uploaded all of my travel videos to YouTube now that they allow longer uploads. I have also added other shorter travel videos. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3560c0; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161616; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That link is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold"><span style="color: #3560c0;">https://www.youtube.com/c/huntforgold</span></a> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #161616; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you do go there, please<b> subscribe</b> to my video channel since it will help me eventually get some income there and help with my future travels. 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