In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, shares his journey as he gets onboard a boat and navigates along one of the most significant waterways in Southeast Asia, join him on his Mekong River Cruise. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Southeast Asia.

This is my third post from the city of Luang Prabang in northern Laos, our first stop on this Adventures Abroad tour of this exotic country. In the first post, we visited some of the temples that have made Luang Prabang one of the great centres of Buddhism in Southeast Asia and in the second, we participated in an alms giving ceremony and visited a famous waterfall. In this post, we'll leave the city for the day and board our own private boat for a Mekong River cruise up to the sacred caves of Pak Ou. I hope you'll join us.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, has an exceptional travel opportunity and heads off to a local ferry for a Bosphorus Cruise - Leaving Istanbul. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Turkey.

This is my third post from the Adventures Abroad Via Egnatia tour led by veteran guide and good friend Victor Romagnoli. In the first post, we explored the ancient walls of Constantinople and some interesting Istanbul neighbourhoods. In the second post, we visited several mosques, the spice bazaar and then took a cooking lesson. All told it's been an action-packed two days in this wonderful city that Alison and I love to visit, but alas, it is time to hit the road. Well not exactly. In fact, we'll be leaving the city by way of a ferry taking a Bosphorus cruise almost to the Black Sea where we'll find our bus waiting for us. So please join us as we ply these ancient waters once frequented by Hercules, Jason and Ulysses.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, participates in a truly unique experience, Alms Giving in Luang Prabang. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Southeast Asia.

This is my second post from the Laotian World Heritage Site of Luang Prabang on the Adventures Abroad tour of Laos. In the first post, we visited four of the most important Buddhist temple complexes in the city. In this post we are going to become more than just gawking tourists and become active participants in an alms giving ceremony that dates back more than five hundred years. Afterwards, we'll go to the market to see what's on display. Should be an interesting morning. Finally, we'll visit one of Luang Prabang's natural attractions, Kuang Si Falls.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, not only takes in the sights of Istanbul but also experiences the array of aromas and has a chance to create some tasty delicacies with Cooking Alaturka - Via Egnatia Day 2. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Turkey.

In my first post, from the Adventures Abroad Via Egnatia tour our small group explored the ancient walls of Constantinople and several interesting neighbourhoods of Istanbul. Somehow we avoided dropping into one of Istanbul's 3,000 + mosques, but we'll remedy that today as we visit the grand Mosque of Suleiman and the much smaller Rustem Pasha mosque with its exquisite tile work. Then we'll spend some time exploring the colourful and aromatic spice market. Finally, we'll learn what to do with those spices as we embark on a cooking class at Cooking Alaturka. Day two of this tour promises to be an Istanbul feast for all our senses. Hope you'll come along.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, embarks on his inspiring Laotian experience at Luang Prabang World Heritage Site. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Southeast Asia.

In my last post, I weighed the pros and cons of visiting Laos with Adventures Abroad and concluded that the pros far outweighed the cons. In this post, I'll begin zeroing in on the wonderful sights that await the visitor to this exotic country starting with the former royal capital and religious centre of Laos, Luang Prabang. Join our small group as we explore some of the many temples of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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In his latest blog post, Dale Dunlop, The Maritime Explorer, takes his first step on the much-lauded and unique Unorthodox Istanbul - Via Egnatia Style. If you are interested in what Adventures Abroad has to offer, please check out our Small Group Tours to Turkey.

This is my first post of many from the recently completed Adventures Abroad Via Egnatia tour led by our good friend Victor Romagnoli. This was a unique tour designed by yours truly and Victor on Malta just after travel resumed post-Covid. I described my expectations for this tour in this post and I can say without question that it exceeded them in every way. The name for the tour was Victor's idea. We would retrace the steps of an ancient Roman road that connected Constantinople to the Adriatic coast and allowed for rapid transport between the eastern and western capitals of the empire. The tour was also meant to include a number of natural history sites such as the Evros Delta and Mount Olympus, alternating with visits to places associated with Alexander the Great and St. Paul among others. The starting place for the tour was Istanbul, but rather than turning south and crossing into Asia as Alison and I had done three times before, we would pass through European Turkey on the way to Greece. For the Istanbul itinerary, we wanted something other than the standard Sultanahmet tour of Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and Topkapi. As important as those sites are, Alison and I had seen them only recently for the second or third time and wanted to see more of this ancient city. Our first stop on this unorthodox Istanbul tour will be at the Golden Gate of the Walls of Constantinople.

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