Travel A to Z - a Prologue ...

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Let's go galavanting around the world ...

Through this blog I'll share various travel escapades and tales, A to Z, that have shaped my life. I hope it revives memories for you, of places you may have been, or whets your appetite to travel to far flung places when we can do so safely again.  

Stories will focus on the renowned and the obscure, the revered and the unknown, the large and the tiny. There will be places that you'll be familiar with, others that may be a travel dream. Some places may inspire intrigue and invitation, others may be destinations you you long to visit. Some you will know so much better than I do.

So let's go travelling together, in words and pictures ...

Keep checking for new posts ... I'll be posting as and when. 

Meanwhile, here's a photo of today at Omaha Beach, Auckland, NZ (4th January 2021). Summer holidays here in New Zealand mean families head for the beaches around our coastline. We have a family beachhouse in Omaha Beach. 


As busy as it gets at our part of the beach!

These waves were deceptively strong, not to be taken for granted!

If you're interested in my Beyond Covid-19 NZ blog, written every day since lockdown in March, here's the link: https://beyondcovidnz.blogspot.com/


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