Sandy Snyder
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Feb 2, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Feb 1, 2021
- 8 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Dec 17, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Dec 9, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Dec 7, 2020
- 2 min
Exploring India
In January 2009, Tom and I spent about nine weeks traveling around India. We used a company called Intrepid Travel...
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Sandy Snyder
- Aug 8, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Aug 8, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Aug 8, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Aug 7, 2020
- 6 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
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,...
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Sandy Snyder
- Aug 2, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Aug 1, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Jun 21, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Sandy Snyder
- Jun 21, 2020
- 1 min
Catching Up
Like many other people, we’ve locked ourselves down during the coronavirus pandemic, giving me time to look over photos taken since 2008...
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Sandy Snyder
- May 26, 2020
- 9 min
Prepping for Peru -- May 2020, Quarantined
HOW DID I GET MYSELF INTO THIS? One day, Sandy and I were hiking with Leslie and Larry on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, when L&L began...
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Sandy Snyder
- May 7, 2020
- 2 min
So - Where Were We Going in 2020?
The name of our website and the question of the day – week – um, month? Right now? No where! Like most folks, we’re at home, waiting in...
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Sandy Snyder
- Jan 16, 2020
- 12 min
Driving Miss Maggie -- Around Florida
Since we’ve retired, Tom and I have tried to explore the world, defining “world” as widely as our resources allow. During his 30 years in...
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Sandy Snyder
- Dec 22, 2019
- 1 min
WE HAVEN’T BEEN EVERYWHERE, BUT IT’S ON OUR LIST
Tom and I live in east Tennessee, in the southeastern states of the US. We are fortunate – · We’re old enough to be retired, but still...
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