Sunday, November 9, 2008

Trips taken 1975- 1984

Sept-Oct 1975- trip to South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina) and Africa- South Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Kenya, Tanzania, and Botswana. Stayed in 9 game preserves, West Africa- Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria (Lagos). I, alone.

1982- 68 yrs old- China (through Tokyo) for 6 wks- traveled all over by boats (3 day Yangtze trip on the Li River and the Grand Canal- in a "Dragon Ship"), planes, trains including overnites and buses- via L. Angeles and Tokyo coming and going. It took 42 hrs to get from Bejing, China to Ft. Myers, Fla. via Shanghai, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Atlanta- a long time with no real sleep.

1984- signed up for a 3 wk tour (via Brigham Young University) of Egypt, Jordan, and Israel. Tour canceled because of terrorist activity associated with the Lebonese civil war and related "wars".

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