"Work Travel" Category

I’ve been a fan of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for as long as I can remember. It must have been Mum (and her building family’s) influence. Today I was able to continue this interest.
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Early in 2007 I traveled to South Korea for a two-week work gig. Over the middle weekend I jumped on the train and headed south the Gyeongju, which was the ancient Silla capital for over a 1000 years (equivalent to Japan’s Kyoto). I took a lot of pictures over the weekend, but thought that I’d accidentally deleted them since. A few weeks ago my daughter’s screen saver was showing pics that were definitely from that trip; I’d uploaded the pics to my daughters account not mine. They weren’t lost! So here’s the story and some of the pics. All of the photo’s can be found here.
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I’ve been a bit slack of late with my Trailwalker training updates and associated. To remedy this I’m combining three posts; the last two training walks and a walk around Wellington (NZ).
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I’ve just come back from two weeks working in India, the first in Chennai and the second in Pune. It’s been two years since my last trip to India and I’d forgotten how bad the traffic can be. This entry is an attempt, with some video’s captured on my phone, to describe how interesting driving in Indian cities is.
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After a long work week, I spent today taking in some of the sights of Chennai. I’d checked out the usual online sources and the Lonely Planet and there wasn’t much that took my fancy. Then I found that the Royal Enfield factory is north of the city. So I combined this with a trip to the south to see Mahabalipuram.
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