Pics of the Day
We try to take a photo of ourselves at every major city, landmark or site we visit. We publish the best ones here and it forms a sort of quick summary of our travels. Browse the small images below or click any of them to start the slideshow!
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- DAY 02 – Blue Lagoon
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- Day 03 – Kerio volcanic crater along the Golden Circle route in Iceland.
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- DAY 05 – Dettifoss waterfall in northern Iceland.
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- DAY 08 – Above Bergen, Norway, the gateway to the fjords.
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- DAY 10 – Hiking above Balestrand in the fjords of Norway.
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- DAY 12 – Jostedalsbreen Glacier
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- DAY 15 – Oslo Norway
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- DAY 20 – Stockholm, Sweden
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- DAY 24 – Helsinki, Finland
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- DAY 26 – Tallin Estonia
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- DAY 31 – Gottenberg, Sweden
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- DAY 33 – Copenhagen
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- DAY 36 – Copenhagen
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- DAY 37 – Carsberg Brewery in Copenhagen
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- DAY 39 – Holyrood Palace along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh
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- DAY 40 – Salisbury Crags above Edinburgh
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- DAY 41 – St. Andrews Cathedral
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- DAY 43 – St. Andrews Castle
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- DAY 44 – Dunnottar Castle
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- DAY 46 – Loch Ness
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- DAY 47
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- DAY 48 – hiking Old Man of Stor
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- DAY 49 – the lighthouse at Niest Point
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- DAY 50 – Tobermory, a small fishing village on the Isle of Mull in Scotland.
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- DAY 51 – Monastery in Iona
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- DAY 52 – Scenic route near Glencoe, Scotland.
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- DAY 54 – Melrose Abbey
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- DAY 55 – Linlithgow Palace
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- DAY 56 – Dunfermline Abbey, the burial place of Robert the Bruce
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- Day 57 – St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland
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- DAY 58 – touring the home of Guinness, St. James’s Gate Brewery
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- DAY 59 – Trinity College in the heart of Dublin.
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- DAY 60 – outside the Blarney house near the Blarney Castle which is the home of the Blarney Stone.
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- DAY 61 – hiking above the Cliffs of Moher on the west coast of Ireland.
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- DAY 62 – looking out at “Ladies View” along the Ring of Kerry in southern Ireland.
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- DAY 68 – Neptune Fountain and Town Hall in Gdansk, Poland
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- DAY 69 – At the boardwalk in Sopot, Poland
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- DAY 73 – The Russian-built Palace of Culture and Science.
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- DAY 77 – main town square in Wroclaw, Poland.
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- DAY 78 – Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland
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- DAY 80 – Main square in Krakow, Poland
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- DAY 81 – in the cathedral at the Wieliczka Salt Mine.
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- DAY 86 – Matthias Church in Budapest, Hungary
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- DAY 87 – twilight in Budapest from the Citadel.
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- DAY 92 – at Michalska Brana (Michaels’s Gate), the only medieval gate remaining in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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- DAY 94 – the gardens at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.
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- DAY 97 – overlooking Salzburg at dusk
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- DAY 98 – On top of Untersberg mountain near Salzburg
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- DAY 100 – At Oktoberfest in Munich.
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- DAY 101 – at Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany
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- DAY 105 – near the main square in Prague
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- DAY 112 – at the Forbidden City in Beijing
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- DAY 113 – at the Temple of Heaven
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- DAY 114 – At the Summer Palace overlooking Beijing
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- DAY 115 – hiking the Great Wall at Mutianyu
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- DAY 116 – Hiking the Great Wall at Jinshanling
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- DAY 116 – Kung fu on the great wall.
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- DAY 118 – Yungang Grottoes in Datong, China
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- DAY 119 – nine dragon screen in Datong
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- DAY 120 – hard sleeper train ride, Datong to Xian
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- DAY 121 – city walls in Xian
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- DAY 122 – terra cotta warriors of Xian
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- DAY 124 – along the Bund in Shanghai
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- DAY 129 – Folded Brocade Hill in Guilin
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- DAY 130 – Li River cruise between Yangdi and Xingping
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- DAY 131 – Biking around Yangshuo at the Jinbao River
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- DAY 132 – Seven Fairy Peaks Tea Terrace in Baisha town of Yangshuo.
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- DAY 134 – Victoria Peak in Hong Kong
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- DAY 139 – Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand
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- DAY 140 – Wat Chaiwatthanaram in Ayutthaya
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- DAY 143 – at the White Temple in Chiang Rai
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- DAY 148 – rice fields in Chiang Mai
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- DAY 151 – Chiang Mai Lantern Festival
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- DAY 156 – Beach at Khao Lak, Thailand
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- DAY 159 – Andaman Sea in Phuket
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- DAY 161 – Phi Phi Islands
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- DAY 165 – Lake Tekapo
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- DAY 165 – Lake Pukaki
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- DAY 165 – Peregrine Winery near Queenstown
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- DAY 166 – Lake Wakatipu near Queenstown
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- DAY 167 – Eglinton Valley between Te Anau and Milford Sound
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- DAY 168 – Milford Sound
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- DAY 169 – Franz Josef Glacier
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- DAY 170 – Abel Tasman National Park
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- DAY 174 – Tongariro Crossing, attempt #1 (failed)
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- DAY 177 – Aukland Sky Tower
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- DAY 178 – Hiking around Matiatia Bay on Waiheke Island
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- DAY 180 – Poor Knights Islands
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- DAY 181 – Whangarei Falls
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- DAY 181 – Matapouri, en route to Whale Bay
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- DAY 182 – Rawara Beach
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- DAY 182 – Te Paki Sand Dunes
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- DAY 182 – Cape Reinga, where the two seas meet
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- DAY 182 – Ninety Mile Beach, Oh My
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- DAY 183 – Hokianga Harbor in Opononi
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- DAY 183 – “Te Matua” (second largest tree) in Waipoua Forest
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- DAY 185 – Coromandel Lookout
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- DAY 185 – Cathedral Cove near Whitianga
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- DAY 186 – White Island near Whakatane
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- DAY 189 – “The Redwoods” in Rotorura
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- DAY 190 – Christmas Day, hiking around the Blue Lake in Rotorua
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- DAY 189 – Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland near Rotorua
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- DAY 192 – Tongariro Crossing attempt #2 (successful, but wet)
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- DAY 193 – Huka Falls in Taupo, New Zealand
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- DAY 195 – Hamilton Gardens in Hamilton, New Zealand
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- DAY 195 – Bridal Veil Falls near Raglan, New Zealand
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- DAY 202 – Southbank Pedestrian Bridge in Melbourne
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- DAY 203 – Shrine of Remembrance
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- DAY 208 – Wine tasting in the Yarra Valley at Yering Farm Vineyards
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- DAY 211 – Australian Open Tennis!
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- DAY 217 – Australian Open quarter finals (Bouchard vs Ivanovic)
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- DAY 221 – Botanic Gardens in Melbourne
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- DAY 222 – Luna Park in St. Kilda
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- DAY 223 – The beach boxes on Brighton Beach near Melbourne
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- DAY 225 – Tesselated Pavement en route to Port Arthur
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- DAY 225 – Port Arthur – one of Tasmania’s famous prisons
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- DAY 226 – Remarkables Cave near Port Arthur
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- DAY 227 – wine tasting at Devil’s Corner Winery along Tasmania’s east coast.
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- DAY 228 – Wineglass Bay lookout on Freycinet Peninsula
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- DAY 228 – on the beach at Wineglass Bay
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- DAY 228 – Hazards Beach – part of the Wineglass Bay/Hazards Beach circuit
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- DAY 228 – Binalong Bay at sunset
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- DAY 229 – Bay of FIres lookout
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- DAY 229 – on the beach at Binalong Bay
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- DAY 229 – Bridestow Lavendar Farm – just a week or two past peak 🙁
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- DAY 230 – Cataract Gorge in Launceston
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- DAY 231 – giant penguin in Penguin, Tasmania
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- DAY 231 – peaceful sunset at the beach in Burnie
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- DAY 232 – viewing “The Nut” from afar in Stanley after hiking it.
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- DAY 233 – hiking around Dove Lake towards Cradle Mountain
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- DAY 233 – Cradle Mountain Lookout
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- DAY 234 – Hiking the upper trails of Cradle Mountain
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- DAY 234 – Marion’s Lookout over Cradle Mountain and lakes.
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- DAY 236 – cruise on Macquarie Bay to Sarah Island
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- Day 237 – photo-bombed by a photographer near Queenstown, Tasmania
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- DAY 238 – viewing Hobart from Mt. Wellington
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- DAY 242 – along South Bank in Brisbane
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- DAY 244 – enjoying the cafes and beach in Noosa
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- DAY 245 – Lake Birrabeen on Fraser Island
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- DAY 245 – the Moheno shipwreck on Fraser Island
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- DAY 246 – touring the Bundaberg Rum distillery. Yum.
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- DAY 248 – snorkeling & diving at The Reef beyond the Whitsunday Islands.
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- DAY 248 – sun setting at the Whitsunday Islands
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- DAY 250 – Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays
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- DAY 252 – Cardwell, en route to Caines
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- DAY 252 – Caines shoreline at sunset
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- DAY 252 – Castle Hill from the botanic gardens in Townsville, Australia
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- DAY 254 – Great Barrier Reef (Opal Reef) from Port Douglas
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- DAY 255 – Cape Tribulation in Daintree National Park
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- DAY 255 – Mossman Gorge north of Cairns
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- DAY 255 – gorgeous waterall on Wurrmbu Creek in Mossman Gorge
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- DAY 257 – Kings Park in Perth
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- DAY 258 – Supa Golf in Swan Valley near Perth
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- DAY 260 – Perth skyline from South Perth
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- DAY 261 – Busselton Jetty (nearly 2km long)
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- DAY 262 – Prevelly Beach
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- DAY 262 – Voyager Estate in Margaret River wine region
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- DAY 262 – Sunset at Prevelly Beach
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- DAY 263 – Cottsloe Beach near Perth
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- DAY 263 – lunch at Vasse Felix Winery in Margaret River
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- DAY 265 – Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens in Cape Town
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- DAY 267 – penguin colony at Boulders Beach, South Africa
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- DAY 267 – Cape Point, from the visitor center
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- DAY 267 – Cape Point, from the upper trail from the lighthouse
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- DAY 267 – Cape of Good Hope on the Cape Peninsula
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- DAY 267 – Hout Bay after driving Chapman Peak Drive
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- DAY 268 – view of Table Mountain from Robben Island
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- DAY 270 – view of Table Mountain from Blouberstrand Beach
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- DAY 271 – atop Lions Head, full moon rising
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- DAY 271 – atop Lions Head, sun setting
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- DAY 272 – Vergelegen Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- DAY 273 – view from Table Mountain looking south
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- DAY 273 – atop Table Mountain looking down at Cape Town and Table Bay
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- DAY 274 – Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town
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- DAY 275 – Bo-Kaap neighborhood in Cape Town
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- DAY 275 – Camps Bay Beach with Lions Head in the background
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- DAY 276 – view from Franschhoek Pass
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- DAY 276 – Sunset at Uva Mira Vineyards in Stellenbosch
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- DAY 278 – Brunch at Harvey’s near Sea Point in Cape Town
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- DAY 278 – sunset in Montagu
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- DAY 279 – Ronnie’s iconic dive bar along Route 62
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- DAY 279 – Driving the pass at Seweweekspoort.
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- DAY 279 – Lookout at Huisrivier Pass along Route 62
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- DAY 279 – driving Route 62
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- DAY 280 – one of the main chambers in Cango Caves
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- DAY 281 – feeding ostriches in Oudtshoorn
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- DAY 281 – sunset cruise on Knysna Harbor
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- DAY 282 – Knysna Heads, one of the most dangerous harbor entrances
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- DAY 282 – In Pletternberg Bay at Robberg Beach. Robberg Peninsula in the background has great hiking.
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- DAY 283 – Amakhala Game Reserve
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- DAY 284 – Shamwari Game Reserve
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- DAY 285 – self-driving Addo Elephant National Park
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- DAY 286 – trailhead to the waterfall at Tsitsikamma
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- DAY 286 – waterfall hiking trail, Tsitsikamma
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- DAY 286 – waves at Storms River Mouth
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- DAY 286 – Suspension Bridge at Storms River Mouth
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- DAY 286 – lookout above Tsitsikamma National Park above the suspension bridge
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- DAY 287 – hiking the loop around Robberg Nature Reserve
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- DAY 288 – cage diving in Mossel Bay
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- DAY 289 – sandboarding near Mossel Bay full story
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- DAY 291 – Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa
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- DAY 292 – Paarl, near Fairview Wine & Cheese
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- DAY 294 – Ann Van Dyk Cheetah Sanctuary near Pretoria
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- DAY 296 – first game drive at Madikwe
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- DAY 297 – Bush House watering hole
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- DAY 298 – Elephants at The Bush House
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- DAY 298 – Sundowner Game Drive in Madikwe
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- DAY 299 – morning game drive Madikwe
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- DAY 299 – Elephants at The Bush House watering hole
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- DAY 300 – last game drive, rainy Madikwe
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- DAY 302 – sunset at Beau Vallon Beach, Mahe
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- DAY 303 – sun setting on Mahe
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- DAY 303 – daytrip to Moyenne Island
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- DAY 304 – Seybrew Time!
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- DAY 305 – lookout en route to Anse Major
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- DAY 306 – Lookout at Valee De Mai National Park
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- DAY 307 – Anse Volbert on Praslin
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- DAY 308 – Anse Lazio
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- DAY 309 – Anse Georgette
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- DAY 310 – Anse Sever on La Digue
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- DAY 311 – Grande Anse on La Digue
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- DAY 313 – Anse Source d’Argent
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- DAY 313 – Boulders at Anse Source d’Argent
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- DAY 318 – wine tasting near Santa Maria & Los Olivos
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- DAY 320 – vineyards in Los Olivos
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- DAY 320 – pier and coastline in Santa Barbara
