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Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica

Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica

March 14, 2023by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

March 25, 2011. We didn’t get off as early as we had hoped. First Al insisted that we wait for the woman to come and take our breakfast order. Of […]

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Costa Rican palm

Fan Palms Around the World

August 13, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Fan palms are my choice for this month as I always long to be in a warmer and drier place than Vancouver in December. Not that we don’t have fan […]

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Bamboo against a faded yellow wall in Hoi An wall (Vietnam).

Bamboo from Around the World

November 28, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 12 Comments

Bamboo from around the world. Boats on the bamboo-fringed pond in the painter Monet’s famous garden in Giverny, France. A stand of bamboo in a Royal Tomb garden in Hue, Vietnam.Graffiti […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Collections from Around the World, Gardens
Guadalajara church

Day 2: Wandering Around Guadalajara, Mexico

January 21, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

November 8, 2006 Day 2 in Guadalajara. This got off to a disappointing start as we made our way to the Parque Agua Azul which I described in my journal as ‘not a great walk unless you’re […]

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Fan palm in the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden using the photo app Snapseed to make a poster

Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden

December 8, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

The garden has a multitude of features, such as this suspension bridge leading to one of the many trails… These stairs that remind me of ruined pyramids… A ‘garden of memories’… And then there are […]

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Gardens, Mexico
Mekong fruit-tasting

Travel Theme: Tropical Fruit Tasting in a Mekong Delta Orchard

September 26, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

On our tour of the Mekong Delta we spent some time going through an orchard full of amazing fruits. At the end of our wander they brought out jackfruit, longan, […]

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Asia, Ingredients, Travel Theme, Vietnam
Durians Growing on a Tree in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Some More Tropical Fruits from Vietnam: Jackfruit & Durian

March 6, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

How to learn to love the smell of Durian. Durian may look like a medieval weapon but it’s the smell that will knock you to the floor. At least it […]

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Asia, Ingredients, Vietnam
Tropical Fruit in the Market: Rose Apple

More Tropical Fruits from Vietnam: the Rose Apple (or Water Apple)

February 26, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 28 Comments

When we toured the orchards of the Mekong Delta, I discovered this amazing fruit tree that had flower buds, flowers, fruit buds, unripe fruits and ripe fruits on the tree, all […]

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Ingredients, Vietnam
Mekong Delta in Vietnam: the Gak Fruit

GAC! something different from Vietnam…

January 23, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

GAC! Apparently this is some kind of fruit. But with a name like this who knows what it tastes like? At any rate, it ripens over December and January, and […]

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Asia, Ingredients, Vietnam, Vietnamese Food

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