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Greece 2017 (part IV): Epidaurus

April 30, 2017by matt-travels 2 Comments

Epidaurus, Greece: After crossing the Corinth Canal, the bus took me along the coast to the ancient ruins of Epidaurus. Epidaurus was a small town in ancient Greece famous for […]

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Epidaurus, Greece, Greece 2017

Greece 2017 (part III): Corinth Canal

April 23, 2017by matt-travels 3 Comments

Corinth Canal, Greece: The first stop on my trip to the eastern Peloponnese was at the Corinth Canal, approximately 70 km west of Athens. With a length of 6.4 km […]

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Corinth Canal, Greece, Greece 2017

Greece 2017 (part II): Cape Sounion

April 16, 2017by matt-travels 6 Comments

Cape Sounion, Greece: After visiting the most prominent sights of Athens, I took a bus to Cape Sounion at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula. The 70-km-long drive followed […]

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Cape Sounion, Greece, Greece 2017

Greece 2017 (part I): Athens

April 9, 2017by matt-travels 11 Comments

Athens, Greece: In March 2017, I took a week off and spontaneously decided to visit Greece. I had only five full days in the country and tried to see as […]

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Athens, Greece, Greece 2017

India 2016 (part LIV): Lothal

March 12, 2017by matt-travels 3 Comments

Lothal, Gujarat: After my work around Jaisalmer was finished, I returned to Jaipur for a couple of days before another field survey called me to Gujarat. The airplane brought me […]

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India, India 2016, Lothal

India 2016 (part L): Jodhpur

January 29, 2017by matt-travels 3 Comments

Jodhpur, Rajasthan: After my return from the weekend trip to Delhi and Agra, I had to leave Jaipur again for field work around Jaisalmer in western Rajasthan. On the way, […]

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India, India 2016, Jodhpur

India 2016 (part XLVIII): Delhi 2

January 15, 2017by matt-travels 5 Comments

Delhi: On the weekend following Diwali, I spent an afternoon with a friend in Delhi. Together we walked through Hauz Khas Village and explored some of the ancient ruins (mostly […]

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Delhi, India, India 2016

India 2016 (part XLII): Khajuraho

December 4, 2016by matt-travels 5 Comments

Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh: On the weekend following my short visit to Pushkar, I took the train to Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh (13.5 hours for 660 km!). Khajuraho is a small […]

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India, India 2016, Khajuraho

India 2016 (part XXVIII): Sights of Jaipur 4

August 28, 2016by matt-travels 9 Comments

Jaipur, Rajasthan: After our walk through the city centre of Jaipur, we went to the nearby small village of Amber (aka Amer). Amber is famous for its truly magnificent fort, […]

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India, India 2016, Jaipur

India 2016 (part XXV): Delhi 1

August 7, 2016by matt-travels 5 Comments

Delhi: On my return journey from Kolkata, I had a short stopover in Delhi to explore some corners I had not seen during my earlier visits (e.g., in January 2009). […]

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Delhi, India, India 2016

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