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Orkney Islands
Posted: 2009-01-10 12:00 PM
Oh no. Jorge,
I am not a methodical traveller. I only had more time than you, I spent 6 weeks up there, therefore I had time enough to see the Orkneys, the Shetlands, the Faeroer Islands and a bit of Scotland. It was the hottest summer since 200 years and the English pound was at its lowest. Very good.
Christl
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Stonhenge
Posted: 2009-01-10 08:06 AM
Hi, you didn't see the Standing Stones of Stenness, an impressive Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney on a promontory at the south bank of the stream that joins the southern ends of the sea Loch of Stenness and the freshwater loch Loch of Harray. And: Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar) lies about 1.2 km (3/4 mile) away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus between the two lochs Lochs of Stenness and Harray, a Neolithic henge and stone circle, constructed around 2500 BC, contemporary with Stonehenge. The henge of 60 stones, only 27 remained standing at the end of the 20th century. The stones are set within a circular ditch carved out of the solid bedrock by the ancient residents. The surrounding area is full of other standing stones and round piles of earth atop prehistoric tombs, making a significant ritual landscape.
Christl
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Italian Chapel
Posted: 2009-01-10 04:36 AM
Oh Jorge, yes, I remember. That chapel made a deep impression on me. My Father didn't return from war, we never got to know where he died. It was the time when I still thought of what might have happened to him and if he was a prisoner of war how he did survive.
Christl
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Re: Orkneys
Posted: 2009-01-09 07:52 PM
I think this Italian Chapel was amazing. I'll send you a text I wrote at the time by email.
Chrstl
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Re: Scilly Islands
Posted: 2009-01-09 04:43 PM
Hi Jorge,
I answered this email commenting your Kirkwall reportYou really make me think of my journeys.
Christl
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Post scriptum
Posted: 2009-01-09 08:59 AM
You missed the Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall.
Christl
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Jorge, your comments on my reports
Posted: 2009-01-09 08:40 AM
Hi Jorge,
thank you for reading my reports and telling me all the niceties.
As I started travelling I was a tourist and I loved it. But one day I bought a tent and started hiking, mostly alone: i.e. the East Beach Walk on the Islands on the Sea (the Queen Charlotte Islands). It was one of the highlights and another one I did with a friend was the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island. More and more I avoided the big towns and the mass of people. Then I decided to do all the things I never did, i.e. kayaking off Spring Island off the coast of Vancouver Island, horse back riding in Kyrgyzstan. Then I started to go east. Woyciech sent me his report about Bhutan and made me curious. And I went. There are so many places where I can meet the people or at least see them. I don't know how it happened. Maybe travelling alone has another quality, two are a party, one is someone to take care of.
Christl
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Jorge, your answer on my comment on your Yellowknife report
Posted: 2009-01-08 09:11 PM
Hi Jorge, Y
you don't know how timid I am, but ... ever now and then I have to prove myself how far I can go. I always want to know the limit I can endure.
Christl
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Double Whammy
Posted: 2009-01-07 01:00 AM
Hey Jorge,
Congratulatons on your achievement, nice see your hitch hiking is paying off (hahaha).
Amanda
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Your comment on my report
Posted: 2009-01-06 12:12 PM
And another bouquet of flowers. I feel spoilt.
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