TOURING (By Car, Train, etc.) [listed by continent]

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NORTH AMERICA

United States

o 1989 - New England and the Canadian Maritimes

o 1992 - Alaska

o The Southwest

o 1988 - California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada

o 1995 - Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico

o Yellowstone

o 1999, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012

o 2011 - Custer State Park

o 2012 - Oregon Coast

o Hawaii:

o Oahu (Waikiki) - 1976, 1991, [lived there between 1991 and 1994], 2001, 2007

o Kauai - 1976, 1977, 1986, 1994

o Maui - 1976, 1977, 1992

o Hawaii (the "Big Island) - 1977, 1993

o Lanai - 1993

o Molokai – 1993

Canada

o 2001 - and the US Northwest (Idaho & Washington)

o 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 - Alberta and the Canadian Rockies

Mexico

o 1999 - Acapulco

o 2009 - Puerto Vallarta

o 2011 - Cancun & Mayan Riviera

SOUTH AMERICA

· PERU - Machu Picchu, Cusco (2014)

EUROPE:

o 1985 – Netherlands, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Luxemburg

o 1986 - France

o 1990 - Ireland

o 2003 - France - Paris, Burgundy, Provence

o 2007 - Italy - Tuscany, Venice, Lombardy

o 2010 - Greece – Paros, Santorini, and Naxos

o 2011 - Ireland - Dublin

o 2011 - Sweden – Lulea, Gammelstadt & Stockholm

· 2012 - Denmark – Copenhagen, Odense & Aarhus

· 2012 – Italy – Rome, Tuscany & Orvieto

· 2013 – France – Grenoble, Paris, and some “plus-beaux-villages”

· 2013 – Spain – Canary Islands, Barcelona

AFRICA

• 2013 – Egypt – Cairo

• 2013 – Morocco – Marrakesh, Ait Benhaddou

MIDDLE EAST

o 1998 - Israel - Haifa, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv

ASIA

o 1986 – Japan - Tokyo (and some trips to Izu, Fuji, Takayama, and Nikko)

o 2005 - Japan - Sapporo (via Tokyo, Nikko, and Hakodate), some trips around Hokkaido, Kyoto and Hiroshima)

o 2009 - Japan - Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Mt. Koya

O 2009 - Singapore

OCEANIA

• 1994 - Australia - Sydney to Cairns
• 1999 - New Zealand - Dunedin, Queenstown & Auckland

• 1999 - Cook Islands – Roratonga
• 2008-2009 - Australia - Wollongong, Sydney, Southern Highlands, Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Uluru (Ayer’s Rock)

• 2009 - French Polynesia – Tahiti, Moorea

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MIKE BASIL
WORK: Class syllabi, my interests
STUDY: My research, my whole vita

RICHES: Debra Z. Basil, LisaBasil, David Basil, my travels