Travelogues

By Charles Gannon:

Iceland 1980

A six-day ‘safari’ tour across the island of Iceland

Chapter 1: Reykjavík
Chapter 3: The Safari, day 2
Chapter 5: The Safari, day 4
Chapter 7: The Safari, day 6 and to Akureyri
Chapter 2: The Safari, day 1
Chapter 4: The Safari, day 3
Chapter 6: The Safari, day 5
Chapter 8: Akureyri to Reykjavík

France 1981

Paris, the Loire Valley and the Dordogne Valley

PART ONE: Paris and around

Chapter 1: Paris
Chapter 3: Fontainebleau & Vaux-le-Vicomte
Chapter 2: Versailles and Paris

PART TWO: The Loire Valley

Chapter 4: The Loire Valley

PART THREE: The Dordogne Valley

Chapter 5: To Sarlat
Ch. 7: The Dordogne Region – 2
Ch. 9: Dijon and back to Paris
Ch. 6: The Dordogne Region – 1
Ch. 8: The Dordogne Region – 3

The Greek Islands

A trip around Crete and the Cyclades in 1982

Chapter 1: Crete, Santorini, Mykonos and Tinos
Chapter 3: Paros and Naxos
Chapter 5: Crete – 1
Chapter 7: Santorini
Chapter 2: Paros
Chapter 4: Naxos and Santorini
Chapter 6: Crete – 2
Chapter 8: Santorini

Eastward Ho! A Journey to Venice on Two Wheels

A three-month cycling journey from Dublin to Venice in 1982

PART ONE: Wales and England

Chapter 1: Holyhead to Ludlow
Chapter 2: Ludlow to Bath
Chapter 3: The Cotswolds to Oxford
Chapter 4: Oxford & Biddesden House
Chapter 5: Stonehenge to Portsmouth
Map for Part One

PART TWO: France

Chapter 6: Cherbourg to Beaune
Chapter 7: Beaune to Lyon
Chapter 8: Vienne to Avignon
Chapter 9: Avignon to Arles
Chapter 10: Arles to Aix-en-Provence
Chapter 11: Aix-en-Provence to Nice

PART THREE: Italy

Chapter 12: The French border to Parma
Chapter 13: To Ferrara and Bologna
Chapter 14: Ravenna, Mantova, Verona
Chapter 15: Padova
Chapter 16: Vicenza
Chapter 17: Padova and Palladian villas
Chapter 18: Venice
Chapter 19: Venice
Chapter 20: Venice
Chapter 21: Venice and homeward bound
Map for Chapter 6
Map for Chapter 7
Map for Chapter 8
Map for Chapter 9
Map for Chapter 10
Map for Chapter 11


Map for Chapter 12
Map for Chapter 13
Map for Chapter 14

Map for Chapter 17

Eastward Again! A journey by train to Japan

A seven-week journey to Japan via the Trans Siberian Express (1984).

PART ONE: The U.S.S.R.

Chapter 1: Moscow
Chapter 2: Moscow to Siberia
Chapter 3: Through Siberia to Nakhodka
Map for Part One

PART TWO: Japan

Chapter 4: To Yokohama
Chapter 5: Yokohama to Kamakura
Chapter 6: Nara
Chapter 8: Kyoto
Chapter 10: Kyoto
Chapter 12: Osaka and Kōyasan
Chapter 14: Miyajima to Tsuwano
Chapter 16: Eiheiji and Kanazawa
Chapter 18: Kyoto, Tsumago & Magome
Chapter 20: Homeward bound
Map for part two
Chapter 7: Nara to Kyoto
Chapter 9: Kyoto
Chapter 11: Kyoto
Chapter 13: Ise, Toba & Kyoto
Chapter 15: To Amanohashidate
Chapter 17: Noto and Takayama
Chapter 19: Tokyo and Nikko

In High Places: Ladakh, Bhutan, Tibet

Trekking and travelling in and around the Himalayas (1985, 1986, 1987).

PART ONE: Ladakh (1985)

Chapter 1: Journey to Leh
Chapter 3: Markha Valley trek – I
Chapter 5: Leh – I
Chapter 7: Leh – III
Chapter 9: Kolohoi Glacier, Delhi and homeward bound
Chapter 2: Leh
Chapter 4: Markha Valley trek – II
Chapter 6: Leh – II
Chapter 8: The Indus Valley

PART TWO: Bhutan (1986)

Chapter 1: Phuntsholing and Paro
Chapter 3: Chomolhari trek – II
Chapter 2: Chomolhari trek – I
Chapter 4: Thimphu, Punakha and homeward bound

PART THREE: Tibet (1987)

Chapter 1: Journey to Lhasa
Chapter 3: From Golmud to Lhasa
Chapter 5: Lhasa – II
Chapter 7: Potala (Lhasa) and Ganden
Chapter 2: Kumbum to Golmud
Chapter 4: Lhasa – I
Chapter 6: Sera and Drepung
Chapter 8: Samye and departure

The Middle Kingdom: Three Journeys to China

1977, 1987 and 1989

PART ONE: 1977

Introduction
Chapter 1: Karachi
Chapter 3: Great Wall & Ming Tombs
Chapter 5: Nanjing
Chapter 7: Suzhou
Chapter 9: Shanghai
Chapter 11: Nanchang and Lushan
Chapter 13: Guangzhou (Canton)
Chapter 15: Hong Kong & Singapore

Map
Chapter 2: Beijing, Forbidden City
Ch. 4: Beijing, Temple of Heaven
Chapter 6: Nanjing
Chapter 8: Suzhou
Chapter 10: Shanghai
Chapter 12: Lushan
Chapter 14: Canton – Hong Kong
Chapter 16: The Journey Home

PART TWO: 1987

Chapter 1: Beijing to Lhasa
Chapter 3: Beijing
Chapter 5: Xi’an
Chapter 7: Canton & Zhuhai
Chapter 2: Chengdu
Chapter 4: Beijing & Great Wall
Chapter 6: Guilin
Chapter 8: Shekou, Shenzhen & Hong Kong

PART THREE: 1989

Along the Silk Road, then Chengdu

Chapter 1: Beijing to Lanzhou
Chapter 3: Jiayuguan & Dunhuang
Chapter 5: To Kashgar
Chapter 7: Kashgar
Chapter 9: Chengdu
Chapter 11: Chengdu and around
Chapter 13: Leshan, Chengdu and Hong Kong; Postscript
Chapter 2: Lanzhou
Chapter 4: Turfan
Chapter 6: Tashkurgan & Kashgar
Chapter 8: Ürümqi
Chapter 10: Chengdu
Chapter 12: Emei Mountain

THREE INDONESIAN ISLANDS: Java, Bali and Lombok

(1990)

PART ONE: JAVA

Chapter 1: Jakarta, Bandung and Cipanas
Chapter 3: Yogyakarta and Borobudur temple
Chapter 2: Pangandaran, Dieng plateau and Yogyakarta
Chapter 4: Yogyakarta and Mount Bromo

PART TWO: BALI

Chapter 5: Bali – Ubud
Chapter 6: Ubud and around Bali

PART THREE: LOMBOK

Chapter 7: Lombok
Chapter 8: Lombok and Bali

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1991

PART ONE: PRAGUE

Chapter 1: Prague
Chapter 2: Prague

PART TWO: SLOVAKIA

Chapter 3: Slovakia
Chapter 4: Slovakia

PART THREE: PRAGUE

Chapter 5: Prague

DENMARK 1993

A two-week journey through Zealand, Funen and Jutland

Chapter 1: Copenhagen
Chapter 3: Fåborg and Odense
Chapter 2: Roskilde to Fåborg
Chapter 4: Jutland & Copenhagen

PERU AND BOLIVIA 1996

A three-week journey from Lima to La Paz

Chapter 1: Lima, Pisco and Paracas
Chapter 3: Colca Canyon
Chapter 5: To Cusco
Chapter 2: Nasca and Arequipa
Chapter 4: Bolivia
Chapter 6: Cusco and Machu Picchu

NEW!

NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK 1998

A month-long journey in the USA

Chapter 1: Boston, Massachusetts
Chapter 3: Maine and Vermont
Chapter 5: Massachusetts to Rhode Island
Chapter 7: Boston and Concord
Chapter 9: New York
Chapter 2: New Hampshire & Maine
Chapter 4: Vermont & Massachusetts
Chapter 6: Rhode Island & Massachusetts
Chapter 8: New York

BY OTHER AUTHORS:

Andrew Robinson

Cycles with Michael, 2000–2007.

1: A Journey of a Thousand Miles starts with a Single Heave

France, 2000

2: Out-sundered Fietsers

Holland, 2003

3: Hefty Cycling up the Right Hand Side of Sweden

Sweden, 2004

4: Boutez en Avant: Iberian Potholes

Santander – Lisbon, 2005

5: Scots Wha Hae

Scotland, 2006

6: Vegans in the Dales, Moors and Wolds

Yorkshire, 2007

Julian Walton

Croatia, 1966
Mount Athos, 1969
Istria, 2019
NEW: Venice and Florence 1999

Tim Thurston

Venice, 2016
Florence and around, 2006

Margaret Martin

Trekking in the Anti-Atlas in Morocco (2013)

Anne McLoughlin

A Caribbean Cruise Diary (2005)

NEW!

Lindsay Armstrong

Diary of a visit to Scotland, May 2015

N.B.: These large files may take a while to download.

Part 1: The Outer Hebrides
Part 2: Skye
Part 3: The Small Isles
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