After a year with no letter, here's my 2003 Letter.
The visit to Korea and third visit to Burma are in my 2001 letter; the write-up on Bangladesh and return to Burma the year before are detailed in my 2000 letter, preceded by the 1999 letter about Burma [Myanmar] in 1998-99, following a report on the visit to Laos in 1997-98, with that trip's 1998 letter here.
Before that, report on the Vietnam trip with Jessica is in the 1997 Letter.
Then, the prior year, to Belize, in the 1996 Letter, and before that, the 1995 Letter , going to Ascension and the Falkland Islands.
Then, the 1994 letter, to Bhutan and Bali; preceded by Borneo, Sabah, Penang, and Phuket in the 1993 Letter.
Before that, to Poland and India (with detour to Pakistan) in the 1992 Letter , preceded by
the Windjammer Fleet' s Amazing Grace and at Club Med Paradise Isle in the 1991 Letter, after five other Windjammers in the yearend 1990 , 1989, and 1988 Letters.
Clubs Mediterranees in Moorea & Bora Bora, along with visit to Huahine in Tahiti is in my 1987 Letter; prior Club Med in a Summer trip to Bucharest and Club Med Constantia on the Black Sea, preceded by Manila, Correigador, & Pasanjan Falls in the Phillippines, on then to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, and with Club Med in New Caledonia, then to Hong Kong and mainland China (a first summer trip), to Club Med Mauritius, Club Med Reunion and Mahe in the Seychelles (all in the Indian Ocean), all these in the 1985-86 Letter.
Visits to prior Clubs Meds in Agadir, Marrakech, Casalanca, and Ouarzazate in Morocco, and in Dakar, Senegal, thence to Tomboctoo in Mali, are in the 1984 Letter.
Before that, south to Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, ending in Bahia and the Amazon), followed by Mexico (Mexico City, the Yucatan peninsula, Club Meds in Ixtapa, Cancun, and Playa Blanca), both of those two southerly trips in the 1982-83 Letter.
Before that, Israel, followed by Club Med Manial Palace in Egypt and Club Med Djerba la Douce in Tunisia in the 1981 Letter.
Eastbound around the world to Nepal, around Sumatra, down to Denpassar and Bali is in the 1980 Letter, preceded by the other way around the world to Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, ChiangMai & Bangkok in Thailand, Turkey, Jugoslavia, Hungary, and England in the 1979 Letter.
This followed a trip south to plunge over the Bermuda Triangle, on to Peru, Argentina, and Brazil (with a brief trip to England) in the 1978 Letter, before that a Summer trip to Greece and Winter to England and India in the 1977 Letter, preceded by New Orleans, to Costa Rica, Russia, and Finland in the 1976 Letter, by a Summer trip to Hawaii and Winter in South Africa in the 1975 Letter.
You'll find recounting of moving to Simsbury CT In a July 1964 letter, then settling in, in an Advent 1964 Letter, move to Boston, work with the War on Poverty & personnel management, start at the Advent in the 1965-66 Letter, job changes and into Jail in the 1967-68 Letter, then travel to Saint Thomas in the 1969 Letter, to England, Spain, the Canary Islands, and Portugal in the 1970 Letter, to Hawaii and Tahiti in the 1971 Letter, to Guadeloupe & Antigua in the 1972 Letter, to Venezuela and the Dutch Antilles (Aruba and Curacao) in the 1973 Letter, then downunder to Australia and New Zealand in the 1974 Letter,
Going back a bit, I've now transcribed the postcards and journals from my 1957 hitch-hiking & Youth Hostel trip through Europe and from my 1955 AFS trip to Belgium.
As time and opportunity permit, I'll be posting the trips alphabetically here, with several aboard Windjammers and many others at Clubs Mediterranees.
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By date, the trips follow:
6-9/55 Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, France
6-9/57 Great Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Italy
1968-69 Saint Thomas, U S Virgin Islands
1969-70 England, Spain, Canary Islands, Portugal
1970-71 Hawaii, Tahiti, Moorea, Club Med Moorea
1971-72 Guadeloupe, Club Med Caravelle, Antigua
1972-73 Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, Puerto Rico
1973-74 Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti
1974-75 South Africa, Kenya
1075-76 Costa Rica
9-76 Russia, Finland
1976-77 England, India
5-77 Greece
1977-78 Peru, Argentina, Brazil
5-78 England
1978-79 Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Club Med Thailand, Turkey, Jugoslavia, Hungary, France
1979-80 Great Britain, Nepal, Thailand, Singapre, Sumatra, Indonesia, Hong Kong, San Francisco
1980-81 Israel, Egypt, Club Med Manial Palace, Tunisia, Club Med Djerba La Douce, England
1981-82 Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil
1982-83 Mexico, Club Med Playa Blanca, Club Med Ixtapa, Club Med Cancun
1983-84 France, Morocco, Club Med Marrakech, Club Med Ouarzazate, Club Med Agadir, Senegal,Club Med Dakar, Mali, Algeria, England
1984-85 Club Med Mauritius, Club Med Reunion, Seychelles, Club Med Hotel, France, England
7-85 China, Hong Kong
1985-86 Phillipines, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Club Med,, Fiji
6-7/86 Romania, Club Med Thalassa, France, Belgium
1986-87 Tahiti, Club Med Moorea, Club Med Bora Bora, Huahine
1987-88 Puerto Rico, Antigua, Windjammer Fantome, St. Barts, S. Maartin, S. Kitts, Statia, Puerto Rico
1988-89 Saint Thomas, Tortola, WJ Flying Cloud, Cooper Island, Virgin Gorda, Joost Van Dyke, Antigua, Grenada, WJ Mandalay, Carriacou, Palm Island. Mayreau, Mustique, Bequia, Saint Vincent, Sta Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, ANU, MIA
1989-90 San Juan, S. Maartin, Winjammer Polynesia, St Barts, Nevis, St.Kitts, Anguilla, Prickly Pear , WJ Clipper, Antigua, Flats Island, S. Maartin. Miami
1990-91 Sarasota, Club Med Paradise Island, Bahamas, Freeport, WJ Amazing Grace, Tortola, Plana Key, Grand Turks, Peter Island, Saint Kitts, Antigua, Santa Lucia, Bequia, Palm Island, Carriacou, Grenada
1991-92 Warszawa, Poland, India
1992-93 Singapore, Borneo, Maylasia, Thailand
1993-94 Thailand, Bhutan, Bali Indonesia, Singapore
1994-95 England, Ascension Island, Falkland Islands
1995-96 Belize, Guatemala
1996-97 Vietnam
1997-98 Laos
1998-99 Burma (Myanmar)
1999-2000 Bangladesh, Burma
2000-2001 Korea, Burma
2001-2002 Cambodia, Burma