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Dubai as a Layover (Part 1)
Za'beel Mosque Dubai with New Downtown in background When your flight takes you through a really cool place for a really long time why...
Richard Namikas
Sep 6, 20236 min read
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Gotta Finish What You Started Before Starting Something New (Wrapping up Iceland)
The next morning we got off to a slow start. We wandered around the pond with ducks and felt a bit grey and misty like the weather. ...
Richard Namikas
Aug 11, 20236 min read
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Disappointment Was The Cause for the Pause
I was planning to share with you the next great adventure after posting about this wonderful trip to see Tulips and Puffins. The trip is...
Richard Namikas
Jun 7, 20233 min read
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Iceland Cometh
The three and a half hour flight left nearly an hour late and we had a ferry to catch over an hour and a half from the airport. Oh yeah....
Richard Namikas
May 21, 20238 min read
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Last Chance Amsterdam
Our River Cruise had been a new experience for us and gave us some beautiful looks at the Netherlands and much they had to offer. Our...
Richard Namikas
May 21, 20233 min read
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Windmills and Tulips (Part 2)
The morning had gone well. Surprisingly well. Our trip to see windmills at Kinderdijk had produced history, art, culture, and some...
Richard Namikas
May 17, 20235 min read
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Windmills and Tulips (Part 1)
The day was about to arrive. The reason that I had put this trip together six months before to celebrate my retirement. The tulips come...
Richard Namikas
May 16, 20236 min read
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Antwerp Rain
As we entered the port of Antwerp there was a large building with a modern geometric shimmering silver structure perched on top of it. ...
Richard Namikas
May 7, 20233 min read
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Castles and Beer
After breakfast we turned in our keys and got our passes to join the bus for the tour of the city of Ghent with a focus on Gravenstein...
Richard Namikas
May 7, 20235 min read
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Middleburg
Breakfast on board the Cara was satisfactory, but had yet to provide the high quality baked goods that they had promised in their...
Richard Namikas
May 5, 20234 min read
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Van Gough and Ducks
I awoke to find the Dutch countryside sliding past our balcony. A train was crossing over a bridge that we had just passed under. The...
Richard Namikas
May 3, 20233 min read
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Boarding Day
After waking several times overnight with my internal clock readjusting to European time I finally realized it was 7:30 and time to get...
Richard Namikas
May 1, 20234 min read
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Tulips and Iceland
It is finally here. We are off to The Netherlands for the Tulip Festival at Keukenhoff Gardens and our cruise on the Cara with Amadeus...
Richard Namikas
Apr 30, 20233 min read
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Last Day in Cuzco Last Day in Peru
Arriving back in the city around noon on Sunday Juan Carlos saw that the church he wanted us to see was still in service and the adjacent...
Richard Namikas
Apr 24, 20233 min read
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Last Day in Cuzco Part 1
Juan Carlos picked us up in the morning and we drove to Chinchero mostly to see how the local weaving was done. The drive took us back...
Richard Namikas
Apr 15, 20233 min read
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The Hiram Bingham Train to Cuzco
We were scheduled to have high tea at the Belmond before being taken to the Hiram Bingham train for our return to Cusco. Fortunately we...
Richard Namikas
Apr 8, 20232 min read
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Reality Check or Don't Complain About How Sore Your Legs Are
We slept in. Until 6:00. Dusty could barely move the night before, but was now able to get out of bed without help. Coffee made getting...
Richard Namikas
Apr 1, 20233 min read
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Machu Picchu Day 2
Once more into… In the morning Dusty and I agreed that we should not waste this opportunity in this special place. Special for me was...
Richard Namikas
Mar 30, 20233 min read
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Machu Picchu
Traveling is not for sissies. I spent most of the night waking and wondering if we had what we needed for two nights at Machu Picchu. The...
Richard Namikas
Mar 27, 20234 min read
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Ancient Inca City, Ecological test site, and salt mines Ollantayambo Moray, and Mara
We woke early and went up to the restaurant to get some coffee for a walk around the grounds. The flowers and caterpillars were...
Richard Namikas
Mar 22, 20233 min read
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