2017-2024

This mini-diary serves as the index for the other diaries and albums of both: (a) our eight-month trip around some of the world (August 2017 to April 2018) and (b) our ongoing noncontinuous trips later on (September 2022 to September 2024).

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2017-2018 (Around the World in Many Days)
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The countries that we visited in 2017-2018 were: Namibia, Botswana (only Chobe), Zimbabwe and Zambia (only Victoria Falls), Madagascar, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Taiwan, Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, Israel.

Part I: South West Africa
- 11 August to 14 September 2017, 34 days
- Namibia (26 days) + Botswana (3 days) + Zimbabwe (3 days) + Zambia (1 day)
- diary: https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/6c561aee-c92c-4579-8115-7582342a6223
- Namibia (except Etosha) album: https://goo.gl/XBgc6S
- Namibia (Etosha only) album: https://goo.gl/rtUP3j
- Botswana and Victoria Falls album: https://goo.gl/Moapzk

Part II: Madagascar
- 14 September to 23 October 2017, 39 days
- diary: https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/7232c22b-6efb-4c6c-be56-1d5bdd6ddcdd
- Madagascar album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TAx6WSVbqg476mD82

Part III: South East Asia
- 23 October to 9 December 2017, 47 days
- Singapore (3 days) + Cambodia (10 days) + Vietnam (22 days) + Laos (11 days)
- diary: https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/ad646edd-5576-4843-b379-00f940bb0fb4
- Singapore album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/MO2SMszdSBoteVo32
- Cambodia album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/L9RGLeKyyvlC79du2
- Vietnam album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/QVLf955kWyuxyrVj9
- Laos album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/gSVNPxX1vQAGrem48

Part IV: Taiwan
- 9 December 2017 to 15 January 2018, 37 days
- diary: https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/73854504-b0f8-4ceb-86ac-b0a2471bf981
- Taiwan album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/PyGw7Sx7e5t3JazGA

Part V: South Pacific
- 15 January to 17 February 2018, 33 days
- Fiji (21 days) + Samoa (11 days)
- diary: http://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/837d95dd-acf2-4cc1-85d0-6228a29c3e1c
- Fiji album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/HLjLFFr4AivHiZja7
- Samoa album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/gpUTgSBP84nBG7Qx5

Part VI: New Zealand
17 February 16 March 2018, 27 days
- diary: http://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/68fd82c5-2ce7-498e-a5b4-e9e5c7008177
- New Zealand album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/6Uk2HRBVBMSJ4fYM7

Part VII: 2017-18 Epilogue
16 March to 17 April 2018, 32 days (Israel)
- diary: http://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/405468c3-ded8-4aee-a852-08a27a99ab2c



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2022-2024 (Journey to the Surface of the Earth)
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The countries that we visited in 2022-2024 were: Brazil, Paraguay (only Ciudad del Este), Argentina, Uruguay (only Colonia del Sacramento), Chile (only Lake District), Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Iceland, Israel, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Poland, Greenland (only Southwestern Coast), Canada (only Arctic Islands).

Part VIII: Mostly Brazil
- 20 September to 20 October 2022, 30 days
- Brazil (27 days) + Paraguay (1 day) + Argentina (1 day)
- diary: https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/2db786fe-5878-4d26-a2c0-3b218bfe594f
- Mostly Brazil (except Pantanal) album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/jb7wVjYSja5kpJKz8
- Brazil (Pantanal only) album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/aJgXmSFVMVCke2oc9

Part IX: Mostly Argentina
- 8 January to 28 January 2023, 20 days
- Argentina (14 days) + Uruguay (1 day) + Chile (4 days)
- diary: https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/253a072b-d6b5-4084-8cff-1cd64afe5908
- Mostly Argentina album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ic9TCUxv1HWEypd29

Part X: East Indies
- 27 July to 2 October 2023, 67 days
- Indonesia (28 days) + Malaysia (30 days) + Brunei (2 days) + Singapore (5 days)
- diary: https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/b47b206e-40c7-46f1-bb41-b82c016b84d1
- Indonesia album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/5Sgo119n5R2HhrXi9
- Malaysia and Brunei album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qufqDbH5bJmZXb137
- Singapore album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cJPnHrZsE6gyCqYz5

Part XI: Sort of Iceland
- 26 May to 22 June 2024, 27 days
- Iceland (6 days) + Israel (20 days)
- diary: https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/1304eb60-9b2d-48bf-a054-b5bd2387cd44
- Iceland album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/jNBz7MjjQDcapXKM8

Part XII: East Africa
- 22 June to 7 August 2024, 46 days
- Rwanda (8 days) + Uganda (11 days) + Kenya (9 days) + Tanzania (17 days)
- diary: https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/ee1c0390-6ad8-49cf-9a46-d0bd61b51dce
- Rwanda album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/NbRMRhrFEMJVSwav8
- Uganda album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/CU7Zhr2LEwEp7EhZA
- Kenya album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/7BVQQFMUwviPbnd49
- Tanzania album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8zk9pUDzQHrSShsu8

Part XIII: 2022-24 Epilogue
- 7 August to 25 September 2024, 49 days
- Poland (22 days) + Iceland (9 days) + Arctic Cruise (16 days)
- diary (Poland chapter): https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/6dd2aa7e-78b9-46a0-bad6-45fcfe369e0b/chapter/5d2703b4-d399-48f5-a1ae-bef9df21f7e8
- Poland album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/XsXhVaKYxTFkUXfGA
- diary (Iceland chapter): https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/diary/6dd2aa7e-78b9-46a0-bad6-45fcfe369e0b/chapter/f40a57cb-3640-4498-8235-dcd0ef3a94f2
- Iceland album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/jNBz7MjjQDcapXKM8
- diary (Arctic Cruise to Greenland & Canada chapter): https://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/6dd2aa7e-78b9-46a0-bad6-45fcfe369e0b/chapter/34da136f-1e35-4d64-8d24-473861632a1c
- Arctic Cruise to Greenland & Canada album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/se6VqvVSYnhvCu1J6

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P.S. To read R's novel (kindle or paperback), referred to in passing in the diaries, go to: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HCZVCTO