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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 onwards).

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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
- diary: http://www.traveldiariesapp.com/en/diary/405468c3-ded8-4aee-a852-08a27a99ab2c



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2022-2023 (Journey to the Surface of the World)
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The countries that we visited in 2022-2023 were: Brazil, Paraguay (only Ciudad del Este), Argentina, Uruguay (only Colonia del Sacramento), Chile (only Lake District), Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore.

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

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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