On The Road.....Again! In Thailand and Laos

On The Road.....Again!  In Thailand and Laos
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   T for Thailand Two weeks was the limit for a visa to Thailand, so the Footloose Forester too soon had to leave the vacation atmosphere of Bangkok and seek adventure elsewhere.  Vacation, yes, since eating good...
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Backpacking in Asia

Backpacking in Asia
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Backpackers   Part I As the two-year Peace Corps assignment in Pakistan was coming to an end, the Peace Corps Representative in Lahore began setting up the details for a return flight to the USA for...
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Bobbing Like A Cork In The Dead Sea

Bobbing Like A Cork In The Dead Sea
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek J for Jordan Being in Jordan during the mid-1960s was a bit of good news-bad news for a Footloose Forester hoping to take a dip in the Dead Sea and spending a day in the western part...
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Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad Caverns
Last stop on our 2009 summer vacation was to Carlsbad Caverns.  The cave offered a refreshing coolness from the heat of the summer sun.     We traveled deep into the earth . . .       and saw stalagtites, (Stalagtites hold "tight" to the cave ceiling) . . ....
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Travelling North

Travelling North It is said that home is where the heart is, and for much of my early life, home was my grandmother's cattle stud at Beachmere, about 50 miles north of Brisbane, Queensland. My sister, two years younger than I, was a sickly baby requiring a lot of attention from...
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