June 30, 2013 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_0719-128x190.jpg

IF YOU’RE NEW TO THE SITE, PLEASE READ THIS FIRST. I started this blog to write about my 2013 trip on the Trans-Mongolian Express. Its first expansion was to include my June 2012 trip to Malta. The momentum from that …

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May 7, 2025 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/DSCN5010-1-600x450.jpg

When I started this series, I had been to 19 of the 44 cities that have hosted either the Summer or Winter Olympic Games. When I landed in Sydney on 28 October 2024, the tally increased to twenty and several …

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May 5, 2025 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSCN5725-190x143.jpg

Fluttering around Kuranda We had hopped on board the Kuranda Scenic Railway train for a 09:30 departure and a bit more than two hours later alighted in the village of Kuranda where one of the first things that demanded my …

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April 28, 2025 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSCN5660-190x143.jpg

Although my personal travel in 2024 is far from over, today is the last full day of activities for the Road Scholar segment of the trip. Tomorrow, we’ll fly together to Sydney where we’ll share a final hotel dinner and …

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