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Hoi An: The Real Reason We Return to Vietnam
In 2008, our Intrepid Travel group drove from Da Nang to Hoi An, a Vietnamese national cultural site where we stayed for three nights. It...

Sandy Snyder
Feb 16, 20216 min read
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Vietnam's Western Highlands
O During our first visit to Vietnam in 2008, we did not visit the Central Highlands, so added the area to this trip. For several...

Sandy Snyder
Feb 2, 20215 min read
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Southern Vietnam and the Mekong River
Tom and I visited Vietnam three times: 2008, 2012 and 2017. On our first trip, the itinerary was set by the tour company, Intrepid Travel...

Sandy Snyder
Feb 1, 20218 min read
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Vietnam? Why Are You Going There?
Tom and I took three trips to Vietnam over a period of almost ten years, 2008-2017. In this set of posts, I’ll try to describe the...

Sandy Snyder
Dec 17, 20204 min read
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It's Chaotic, But Fascinating
Rural Home Street Dentist Milkman Animals Inside, People on Top We drove back to New Delhi after nine weeks of traveling...

Sandy Snyder
Dec 9, 20203 min read
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Northern India
Our fourth loop took us from New Delhi to northern and western India, all the way to Dharamshala, the home of the Dalai Lama, and the...

Sandy Snyder
Dec 9, 20203 min read
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Varanasi
Without a doubt, Varanasi (also known as Benares) is the most Hindu and most interesting place we visited. Located on the banks of the...

Sandy Snyder
Dec 9, 20202 min read
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Playing Holi in Chanderi
Our third loop left New Delhi and returned to Agra, because we were with a new Intrepid Travel group -- but again it was just Gill, which...

Sandy Snyder
Dec 9, 20203 min read
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Rajasthan: Home of Kings
Our travel around Rajastahn was enhanced by our traveling companions. Our group was very small -- besides us, we were joined only by...

Sandy Snyder
Dec 9, 20203 min read
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A Loop Around Southern India
A hot sunset over the Arabian Sea at the Cherai Beach Resort We left Tennessee at the end of January 2009, and flew to Kochi, where the...

Sandy Snyder
Dec 7, 20203 min read
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Exploring India
In January 2009, Tom and I spent about nine weeks traveling around India. We used a company called Intrepid Travel...

Sandy Snyder
Dec 7, 20202 min read
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The Road Part of the Road Trip
At one point, Tom said, “This would be a great trip except for the roads.” Sometimes they were good, sometimes terrible, sometimes they...

Sandy Snyder
Aug 8, 20204 min read
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Oops! Change of Plans
Because the summer was unusually cold and rainy and they'd already had snow at Denali (in early August!), Tom and I took a serious look...

Sandy Snyder
Aug 8, 20203 min read
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Denali National Park
After fishing our fingers off, we headed north again through Anchorage and up the Parks Highway toward Denali National Park and the...

Sandy Snyder
Aug 8, 20203 min read
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The Three Ks: Exploring Southeast Alaska
We entered Alaska through the town of Skagway, which is a microcosm of everything Alaska. (On the map below, it’s located north of Juneau...

Sandy Snyder
Aug 7, 20206 min read
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The Alaska Highway
We arrived in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway, on 22 June and had our windshield replaced that afternoon,...

Sandy Snyder
Aug 7, 20203 min read
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West Through Canada
OK, friends -- let's look at Canada. Yes, it's what's above that solid line on most maps of North America shown to children at schools...

Sandy Snyder
Aug 2, 20203 min read
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Across North America
In 2018, Tom, Maggie, and I headed north for our second trip to Canada, driving through the northern US and Canada. This post is an...

Sandy Snyder
Aug 1, 20203 min read
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Road Trip! Tennessee to Alaska 2018
In 2018, we returned to Alaska, driving from east Tennessee across Canada to the Alaska Highway. I posted for friends on a great FREE...

Sandy Snyder
Aug 1, 20201 min read
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Getting Around Southeast Asia
We made three trips to southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos) in the past twenty years, and learned a great deal about how...

Sandy Snyder
Jun 21, 20202 min read
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