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Travelogues
I usually take one month-long pleasure trip each year, picking a few places
in a broad region that sound enticing and then figuring out how to connect them
by land or sea. Most often, I travel solo, which means I'm not subjecting
anyone to my spontaneous decisions or to destinations that don't seem
particularly interesting; it's also easier to meet other travelers that way.
However, I've gone with a partner on two trips and enjoyed some wonderful
moments that I probably wouldn't have had alone.
Much of what fascinates me about traveling is watching the transitions between places, and I'm just as happy to be on a train or bus
from one city to another as visiting a museum. I don't mind an occasional flight, but
I'd rather see how the scenery segues from place to place. For local transportation,
walking and subways are splendid, buses are OK, and I'll do almost anything
possible to avoid getting into a taxi, which is often overpriced and involves
haggling over the fare in many parts of the world.
In addition to the travelogues below, there's a travelogue of my time as
keyboardist on the Fosse musical tour, from 29 October 2002 to 21 May
2004 (which includes Trip 8, Morocco and Southern Spain, because it was a period
of time off).
| Trip |
Destination |
Countries visited |
|
Trip dates |
| 1 |
India, Nepal, and China |
India, Nepal, China |
|
5 August to 6 September 1997 |
| 2 |
Southeast Asia |
Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong,
Macau |
|
24 September to 26 October 1998 |
| 3 |
Mongolia to Eastern Europe |
Mongolia, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic,
Germany |
|
16 September to 24 October 1999 |
| 4 |
Middle South America |
Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil |
|
25 October to 28 November 2000 |
| 5 |
Southern Africa |
Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa |
|
30 October to 11 December 2001 |
| 6 |
Scandinavia, the Baltics, and Greenland |
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark,
Greenland |
|
26 June to 13 August 2002 |
| 7 |
The Balkans |
Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Transdniestr, Bulgaria,
Turkey |
|
20 August to 11 September 2003 |
| 8 |
Morocco and Southern Spain |
Spain, Morocco, France |
|
14 December 2003 to 4 January 2004 |
| 9 |
Western India |
India |
|
14 February to 15 March 2005 |
| 10 |
Outer Indochina |
Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar |
|
22 January to 26 February 2006 |
| 11 |
Ethiopia and Dubai |
Ethiopia, United Arab Emirates |
|
17 February to 20 March 2008 |
| 12 |
Iceland |
Iceland |
|
10 to 23 May 2009 |
| 13 |
Japan |
Japan |
|
19 February to 16 March 2010 |
| 14 |
Caucasus |
Turkey, Kurdish Iraq, Georgia, Armenia, Nagorno Karabagh |
|
26 September to 27 October 2012 |
| 15 |
Central and East Asia |
Turkey, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Japan |
|
15 September to 28 October 2013 |
| 16 |
Inner Indochina and Japan |
Thailand, Laos, Japan |
|
20 May to 17 June 2014 |
| 17 |
Madagascar |
England, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Madagascar, Netherlands |
|
26 May to 24 June 2015 |
| 18 |
Northeast Asia |
South Korea, Russia |
|
7 to 29 June 2016 |
| 19 |
Middle East |
Qatar, Lebanon, Jordan, United Arab Emirates |
|
23 August to 4 September 2017 |
| 20 |
Asia, Cold and Hot |
Japan, Hong Kong, Russia, China, Indonesia |
|
29 January to 26 February 2019 |
| 21 |
Cuba |
Cuba |
|
3 to 21 March 2020 |
| 22 |
NYC-Boston Walk |
USA |
|
28 August to 7 September 2020 |
| 23 |
Diners of New Jersey Walk |
USA |
|
14 to 30 October 2020 |
| 24 |
Aruba Walk (Abecedarian Walk #1) |
Aruba |
|
21 December 2020 to 2 January 2021 |
| 25 |
Zanzibar Walk (Abecedarian Walk #2) |
Tanzania |
|
10 February to 6 March 2021 |
| 26 |
Oahu Walk (Abecedarian Walk #3) |
USA |
|
7 to 21 May 2021 |
| 27 |
Malta and Gozo Walks (Abecedarian Walks #4 and #5) |
Malta |
|
8 to 18 August 2021 |
| 28 |
Curaçao Walk (Abecedarian Walk #6) |
Curaçao |
|
6 to 11 November 2021 |
| 29 |
Tenerife Walk (Abecedarian Walk #7) |
Spain |
|
30 December 2021 to 20 January 2022 |
| 30 |
Bonaire Walk (Abecedarian Walk #8) |
Bonaire |
|
2 to 9 February 2022 |
| 31 |
Isle of Wight Walk (Abecedarian Walk #9) |
England |
|
9 to 16 May 2022 |
| 32 |
Hiiumaa Walk (Abecedarian Walk #10) |
Sweden, Estonia |
|
20 June to 5 July 2022 |
| 33 |
The Train to That Thing in the Desert |
USA |
|
22 July to 8 September 2022 |
| 34 |
Vieques Walk (Abecedarian Walk #11) |
USA |
|
16 to 21 November 2022 |
| 35 |
Kangaroo Island and Singapore Walks
(Abecedarian Walks #12 and #13) |
Australia, Singapore |
|
19 February to 15 March 2023 |
| 36 |
Eysturoy Walk (Abecedarian Walk #14) |
Faroe Islands |
|
18 to 27 June 2023 |
| 37 |
Jeju and Xiamen Walks
(Abecedarian Walks #15 and #16) |
South Korea, China |
|
23 July to 10 August 2023 |
| 38 |
Usedom Walk (Abecedarian Walk #17) |
Poland, Germany |
|
11 to 22 November 2023 |
| 39 |
Quinchao Walk
(Abecedarian Walk #18) |
Panama, Chile |
|
24 December 2023 to 6 January 2024 |
| 40 |
Niue and Dogojima Walks (Abecedarian Walks #19
and #20) |
New Zealand, Niue, Fiji, Japan |
|
12 February to 16 March 2024 |
| 41 |
Yell Walk
(Abecedarian Walk #21) |
Scotland |
|
25 April to 6 May 2024 |
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