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62. Darjeeling

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A large part of Darjeeling occurs around the railway station, where the Toy Train arrives and departs. On the opposite side of the road is the Loco shed, where the different engines are kept, many of which are steam engines. There are quite a few trains, not just the once a day connection with Siliguri, [...]
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24. Silchar

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Having arrived in Silchar, the second largest town in Assam state, effectively means that we skip the states of Mizoram and Manipur, two other NE Indian states with mesmerizing names, beautiful nature and tribal people  – Kukis amongst them. But Manipur (the heart of Kukiland) is a no-go area, because of civil unrest and smuggling [...]
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22. Agartala

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We have established ourselves for a few days in Agartala, capital of the Northeast Indian state of Tripura. There is not an awful lot to do here, but we take a few days, to recuperate from hectic Bangladesh. Not that Indian cities are not hectic, but our small guest house, where we are the only [...]
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17. Dhaka (2)

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As I said earlier, Dhaka doesn’t have a lot of tourist sites to visit, yet, we manage to squeeze in several stops in our one-day tour. On the evening of our arrival, almost two weeks ago, I mentioned that there was even some mildly attractive modern architecture around. I hadn’t seen the Parliament Building yet! [...]
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15. Cox’s Bazar (2)

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The original plan was to fly, by helicopter, from Cox’s Bazar to Saint Martin’s Island, a small coral island some 9 km south of Teknaf, in front of the Myanmar coast. This place is becoming a bit of a tourist destination, although I have no idea why, there is very little to do, it seems. [...]
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09. the temples

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There are a few major historical sites in this part of Bangladesh, and we drive from Saidpur to Rajshahi to visit some, covering a range of religions in the process. But first we stop at another border crossing with India, at the town of Hili. Luckily on the way, so that it doesn’t take a [...]
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23 March 2023

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We are still in Porto Novo, and we haven’t seen the only museum that is open, yet. So after a baguette with omelette and a dubious instant coffee in one of the street stalls around the corner of our guesthouse, we head to the Honme museum, the former royal palace of the rulers of the [...]
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22 March 2023

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We’ve got a problem. We have no money. Well, we have plenty of US$ and Euros, but we haven’t got West African Francs anymore. And in Porto Novo, the capital of Benin, for crying out loud, it turns out not to be that easy to change. The concept of going into a bank, offering foreign [...]
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Aswan and Abu Simbel

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here, too, some more photos of this southernmost area in Egypt, with its exciting temples and its feluccas on the Nile. Scanned slides, and some have been discoloured somewhat before they got scanned. Back to Egypt.
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Luxor

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a few more pictures of some of the temples around Luxor, mostly the Valley of the Kings. Once more, these are scanned slides, which occasionally have been discolored somewhat (and some are mirror-image, I know!). Back to Egypt.
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