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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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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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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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Seraya and Kanawa Islands and Labuanbajo town, west Flores.
Want your own budget beachfront bungalow on a near deserted island with nice beaches and reasonable snorkelling? Seraya fits the bill real well. I paid $us12 for a single less expensive Category A...
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Bali's Best Beaches - the Bukit Peninsula and Others
UPDATED MAY 2015Best beach on Bali? Well on the mainland at least in my humble opinion. This is Balangan, the closest of the Bukit beaches to Kuta and the airport. More info and pix down page.The Bukit...
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East Bali - Padangbai and Candidasa
Last visited June 2013 (Candidasa) - September 2011 (Padangbai)No shortage of dive boats at Padangbai. That's a Lembar (Lombok) bound vehicle ferry leaving the pier in the background.South Bali...
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PHANGAN PART 2
Last visited April 2012HAD SALAD, THAN SADET, HAD THIAN, BOTTLE BEACH PLUS NEARBY BEACHESTaking it easy on Had Sadet (click to expand pix)My main Phangan page is getting pretty lengthy so after my...
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SAMUI
Last visited August 2013Listen up trendsetters - who says you can't find laid-back, picturesque, good-value places on Samui these days? This is Jungle Club high in the hills behind Chaweng Noi with 180...
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Thailand's Best Beaches
Everone's favourite - Bottle Beach (Had Khuad/Khuat) on the east end of the north coast of Ko Phangan. I reckon there are better - if pushed I'd say the beach at Donald Duck Bay on Similan Island #8 (4...
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Langkawi
Pantai Cenang, Langkawi's most popular beach (click all shots to expand - might depend on your browser).Langkawi is a big island very close to the Thai border in north-west peninsula Malaysia. It is...
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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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