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Real Name: Ned
Lives In: Stockton, US
Birth Date: July 11, 1935
Member Since: Apr 17, 2003
Last Login: May 20, 2008   06:50 UTC
Member's Time: May 20, 2008   12:30 PDT
VT Rank: 1375
Deals Rank: Unranked
External Page:www.haitianarthopkins.com
Travel Interests: Historical Trip, Archeology, Other Arts and Culture, Senior Travel, Architecture



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What a Fascinating World

by NedHopkins - last update: Nov 13, 2007

I can't get enough of traveling.

The Taj at about 8:00 on a December morning in '04
Having lived in Japan and France, and having traveled extensively in Europe, the Caribbean, the Mideast, and Africa, I decided -- after retiring in 1997 -- that I wanted to see more of South America. (I"d been only to Peru and, briefly, to Venezuela.)

Between May 1998 and February 2004 I visited Brazil four times, seeing some of all parts of that country except for the 'Europeanized' southeast.

In December 2004 I spent three weeks in India, perhaps the most fascinating land I've seen. And in January/February 2006 I did a week in Cambodia and three in Vietnam.

Because my wife's travel interests do not match mine, in October 2006 we went together to some of the more oft visited places in Europe: we spent three days in Rome followed by a week on the Sorrentina Peninsula and then four days in Paris and five in London.

I went back to India in October 2007 -- this time to Bhubaneswar (with Puri and Konark), Madurai, Aurangabad (and the Ellora caves), Udaipur (and Ranakpur), and Delhi.
Ranakpur Jain Temple

Ranakpur

About 2.5 hours from Udaipur, the Jain temple at Ranakpur -- almost 700 years old -- is one of India's many glories. No two of the temple's 1,444 columns are identical.

Madurai

The massive Sri Meenakshi Temple, with its 12 towers and massive interior, is a relatively recent construction.
Sri Meenakshi
Lake Palace

Udaipur

The fabulous Lake Palace Hotel, a view from the very fine Jagat Niwas Palace Hotel.

Comments for NedHopkins
takla73 Wed Jan 2, 2008 17:11 UTC
 Merry Christmas and happy new year Greeting from Alexandria Egypt TAKLA
JonnyVN Fri Jul 27, 2007 08:34 UTC
 Very good reply on the VN forum Ned
radz Sun Jul 15, 2007 06:46 UTC
 Hiii Ned its inside Humayun tomb complex,caled Isha Khan tomb. Wishing you very happy birthday!!
davesut Wed Jul 11, 2007 23:03 UTC
 Happy Birthday Ned, I hope you have had a great day. Greetings from Manchester UK. You have certainly seen a lot of countries. Great tips from India btw.
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