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Month: March 2020

2019 Travels1 Comment

Cultural Experience

March 29, 2020 hsmatthews2017

Olyssa broke the news over lunch.  Our programme for our final afternoon in Nur-Sultan included a ‘Kazakh Cultural Show.’ This had not been on our itinerary. I naively assumed it would be a display of music and dancing – not … Continue reading Cultural Experience

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The Charyn Canyon: the Grand Canyon’s little brother

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 hsmatthews2017

Smells of cooking shashlik and dill filled the air as we strolled through the street market of a Uighur village.   Tomatoes and peppers were for sale by the sack load. At the edge of the village was a Soviet-era … Continue reading The Charyn Canyon: the Grand Canyon’s little brother

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A Castle in Scotland

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 hsmatthews2017

What could be a more romantic way to celebrate a wedding anniversary than a weekend in a castle?  Not much. But Scotland, in February?   With my record for accidentally ending up in an unheated hotel in sub-zero temperatures, a 16th-century … Continue reading A Castle in Scotland

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