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Travel · Chapter IV

Expeditions

The great journeys

While Route Maps trace each journey across the map, Expeditions tell what was experienced: accounts, encounters and events from each journey.

11 documented expeditions

Return to the point of departure

List of documented expeditions

Bay of Rio de Janeiro at sunset, with the hills and coastline in shadow

Route 00

Atlantic Corridor

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

From Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro along the southern Atlantic coast, with stops in Porto Alegre and São Paulo.

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Colourful Dutch colonial façades beside turquoise water in Willemstad, Curaçao

Route 01

Sailing the Caribbean

Curaçao and the Lesser Antilles

A sea journey from La Guaira through Grenada, Martinique, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Curaçao, with stays in Caracas and Aruba.

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Gondolas moored on a Venice canal in the mist at dawn

Route 02-A

History · Travel · Friendship

Central Europe

From London to Venice

The first expedition of the Continental Europe route, travelled entirely by rail: from London to Venice via Calais, Bruges, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Strasbourg, Zürich, Munich, Salzburg and Vienna.

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The Grand Canal in Venice, with palaces and mooring posts on both sides

Route 02-B

History · Travel · Friendship

Southern Europe

From Venice to Paris

The second expedition of the Continental Europe route, also travelled by rail: from Venice to Paris via Rome, Florence, Pisa, Marina di Pisa, Milan, Monaco, Cannes, Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Pamplona and San Sebastián.

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The Pyramid of Kukulkán at Chichén Itzá beneath a cloud-filled sky

Route 03

From the Pacific to the Atlantic

Chichén Itzá, Mexico

From Buenos Aires to Mexico via Bolivia and Panama: Mexico City and Acapulco, the Florida corridor between Miami and Orlando, and Yucatán with Cancún and Chichén Itzá.

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Terminal and control tower at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos at dusk, Nigeria, 2000

Route 04

Nigerian Journey

Nigeria · West Africa

Approximately 1,200 miles overland between Sokoto, Kano, Jos, Kaduna and Abuja, plus the flights over the Gulf of Guinea.

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Rooftops of Edinburgh’s Old Town, with the castle on its rock beneath a grey sky

Route 06

North to Scotland

Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland

An overland journey from London to Edinburgh: Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

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Onion domes of a Russian cathedral silhouetted against the evening sky beside the river

Route 07-A

Russia and the Baltic

Saint Petersburg and Moscow, Russia

The first expedition of the Northern and Eastern Europe route: Amsterdam, Copenhagen —including Christiania—, Malmö, Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki before the final journey to Saint Petersburg and Moscow.

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Historic bridge over the Vltava in Prague, with statues and lamps emerging through the mist at dawn

Route 07-B

Eastern Europe

Warsaw, Budapest and Prague

The second expedition of the Northern and Eastern Europe route: from Moscow to Warsaw, Budapest and Prague, ending in Paris.

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Landscaped promenade in southern Tenerife, with colourful buildings and the silhouette of Mount Teide in the distance

Route 09

Canary Islands

Tenerife · Spain

Tenerife unfolds between the Atlantic and a landscape shaped by its volcanic origins. The south of the island brings together towns open to the sea, subtropical vegetation and mountains that remain on the horizon. This expedition traces those contrasts from arrival to return, preserving landscapes, encounters and small details that transform the territory into travel memories.

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Where does the road lead next?

The list grows with every season. If you have a route, a hidden refuge or a story to share, I would be delighted to hear from you.

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