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Sibu Island
(visited June 2011)Not a bad first look at Pulau Sibu's Rimba Resort's location as our access boat approached the beach. Chalets are under the trees. Visit Tioman and you will notice a bunch of other...
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Canggu
Last visited August 2012 Canggu (say it with a Ch) is traditionally a fishing and rice growing area just north of the Tuban-Kuta-Seminyak tourist strip. But things are changing fast. The best surf in...
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Tirta Gangga rice terraces and water palace
Visited June 2013Scene from the main highway just north of the Tirta Gangga water palace - click to expand imageMany say the real Bali is found in the rice growing areas. I'm a great fan of the...
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Ko Nangyuan
.Last visited July 2013One of the more spectacular locations in the Gulf, 3 small islands - 2 with considerable height - joined by a sweet sand spit.Nangyuan is a short distance off the north-west...
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MEDEWI
VISITED MAY 2014Medewi (say Me-de-wi : each "e" as in deck) has for some time been a surfing spot on the mid-western coast of Bali. The uncrowded coastline, clear sea-water, peaceful villages,...
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BEDUGAL AND LAKE BRUTAN
LAST VISITED MAY 2014The orchid enclosure at Bedugul Botanic Gardens.I've passed thru the Bedugul-Lake Bratan area several times, stopped twice for a meal or an overview of one of the crater lakes, but...
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BARCELONA
Visited July 2014It's generally considered that metropolitan Barcelona is bordered by the Mediterranean, the 2 rivers north and south and the range of hills on which Tibidabo (please excuse spelling on...
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Spain
last visited July 2014Near Nuria - Pyrenees mountainsI first saw Spain back way back in Franco's time - I was staying in south-west Mediterranean France and had 4 spare days before picking up my...
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MONTSERRAT
Visited July 2014Montserrat is a small but conspicuous mountain area about 30km north west of Barcelona (image Spain Info http://www.spain.info/)The area gets thousands of visitors each day, not so...
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INDEX
THAILANDPost-sunset shot at Ko Adang National Park headquarters beach.INTRODUCTION - WHICH ISLAND OR BEACH?ADANGBULON LAE CHANG (big Chang eastern Gulf)Little Ko CHANG, Andaman sideCORAL...
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TOSSA DE MAR
last visited July/August 2014LOCATIONTossa de Mar is one of the Costa Brava's nicer locations, about 100km from both Barcelona and the French border. The nearest airport is at Girona although frequent...
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SITGES
Visited July 2014Sitges is an attractive seaside resort near Barcelona. It has long had the reputation as a top location for gay and lesbian holiday makers but these days can be best regarded as an all...
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L'HOSPITALET DE L'INFANT
visited August 2014image - Universal Holiday CentreL'Hospitalet de l'Infant is a laid back seaside resort town about 140km south west of Barcelona. Because the trains don't usually waste time I visited...
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Maya Bay - Phi Phi Leh
visited November 2014Sunset from The Beach - Maya Bay attracts thousands of visitors but not too many are around this time of day. Shot should click-expand nicelyThe unsettled national park island of...
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Ko Bulon Lae updated
.Last visited March 2013Lazing on a sunny afternoon - the perfect island for relaxation. Click to expand shot (may depend on your browser).MOST OF THIS PAGE WAS WRITTEN AFTER MY DECEMBER '09 VISIT BUT...
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Khao Lak Updated
Last visited April 2012 Best restaurant view and surprisingly, some of the cheaper food in the Khao Lak area - outlook from the balcony table at MUAN LAI restaurant adjacent the main road as it drops...
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Redang Island
(last visited September 2013)The snorkelling enclosure at Redang's Marine National Park Headquarters had the best coral and fish I've seen in SE Asia for several years. Best area was way past the pier...
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Tegalalang/Tegallalang
visited May 2015These rice terraces are about 10km north of Ubud and 44/48 km from Kuta/the airport. However because of Bali's increasingly difficult traffic you are looking at something like...
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CAPE TRIBULATION
LAST VISITED - JULY 2016Steeper part of the Mount Sorrow trekCAPE TRIBULATION is in tropical north Queensland, 141km north of CAINS and 103km south of COOKTOWN by road. BRISBANE is 1820 km south.CAPE...
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KAKADU NATIONAL PARK
visited November 2016The track into MAGUK FALLSHow Smokey Yunick Gave Top Advice Without Visiting Kakadu“IF A BIT’S GOOD, A LOT’S BETTER”The above sweet philosophy is not a tezza original – I first...
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NITMILUK (KATHERINE) GORGE and KATHERINE town.
Visited November 2016Apart from DARWIN itself, I consider there are 4 SHOULD SEES** in the TOP END - KAKADU, LITCHFIELD, the TIWI ISLANDS and KATHERINE (NITMILUK) GORGE. You can find pages on the...
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MATARANKA THERMAL POOLS
visited NOV 2016WHY MATARANKA?I thought it a bit of a waste of resources and effort to haul my tent stuff thousands of kms to DARWIN and then hundreds of kms south just for 3 nights at NITMILUK GORGE....
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ANG THONG NATIONAL MARINE PARK
Last visited MARCH 2017I first went to ANG THONG on a day trip in the 80s, but it has taken me to 2017 to STAY there.Because I used one of the daytrip operators for transport (it's really the only...
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OAHU - PEARL HARBOR
VISITED AUGUST 20162 million people visit the general Pearl Harbor Attack memorial area each year -HAWAII'S most popular tourist destination. Most visitors make a point of seeing the "ARIZONA" MEMORIAL...
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OAHU - OTHER NEAT PLACES: TREKKING THE HONOLULU MOUNTAINS
VISITED APRIL 2016Honolulu's MANOA VALLEY and distant WAIKIKI from the top of the KO'OLAU RANGEATTENTION: THIS IS A LENGTHY PAGE - PEOPLE SEEKING INFO ON ONE PARTICULAR SPOT WILL FIND:MANOA FALLS -...
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