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On Jon Baines Study Tours

August 25, 2020by Jon Baines Tours Blog Leave a comment

Professor Christopher Liu OBE, Tour Leader I have often been asked what a study tour is.  There are a number of elements.  It is usually a small group of up […]

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My travels in South Africa by Brian Robinson

July 6, 2020by Jon Baines Tours Blog Leave a comment

A group of engineers, who are all members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London, along with some of their partners went to South Africa on a part technical […]

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Reflections on dental study tours By Professor Phillip Dowell

June 30, 2020by Jon Baines Tours Blog Leave a comment

One of my first recollections of being involved with Jon was running around the original Olympic track in Olympia, a sacred site near the western coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, […]

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Landscape and Memory by Helen Bynum

June 17, 2020by Jon Baines Tours Blog Leave a comment

Landscape and Memory: Simon Schama’s book is still sitting on my shelf. I’ve read a lot in lockdown but I’ve also allowed myself the pleasures of memory and landscape. At […]

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Travels in Ethiopia, Armenia and Georgia by Richard Marsh

May 28, 2020by Jon Baines Tours Blog Leave a comment

Looking out from my home in the West of Ireland I can see a wide valley bounded by Sheeffry Hills to the South, and to the West, Clew Bay, and […]

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Dame Cathy Warwick

My Recent Travels – By Dame Cathy Warwick

May 26, 2020by Jon Baines Tours Blog Leave a comment

Over the years I have travelled the world as a tour leader on Jon Baines Tours midwifery tours. I’ve visited Cuba, Vietnam, India, South Africa, Nepal, Brazil and Sri Lanka, […]

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Natasha McEnroe

My Top Three Favourite Books – Natasha McEnroe

May 21, 2020by Jon Baines Tours Blog Leave a comment

A special post on ‘My Top Three Favourite Books’ by Natasha McEnroe – Tour Leader and Keeper of Medicine at the Science Museum 🙂 Dear Jon Baines Tours Friends, I […]

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National Rehabilitation Hospital Meeting

An enriching experience for Occupational Therapists in Sri Lanka

October 11, 2016by Jon Baines Tours Blog Leave a comment

                                  National Rehablitation Hospital Meeting, Sri Lanka Occupational Therapists from the UK and Australia […]

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Turkey: a safety briefing by Jeremy Seal

December 10, 2015by Jon Baines Tours Blog Leave a comment

It’s a challenge getting anybody excited about a visit to Turkey just now, with suicide bombers in Ankara and trigger-happy anti-aircraft gunners on the Syrian border busy stirring up mayhem, […]

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GEISHAS, GOLD AND GARDENS – JON’S TRIP TO JAPAN – PART TWO

September 1, 2015by Jon Baines Tours Blog Leave a comment

We fly from Tokyo past Mount Fuji on the bullet train and arrive two hours later in Nagoya, the manufacturing centre of Japan, where its cars, trains and planes are […]

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Local Rickshaw Drivers in Hue, Vietnam
Spinning Dolphins, South Africa
MS Noordam in Venice, Italy
Cheetah Mother and Baby
Tai Chi on the Bund, Shanghai, China
Tigers Nest in Paro, Bhutan
Hanoi, Vietnam
White Rhinos in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Barcelona, Spain
The Magnificent Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Dubrovnik, Croatia
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Lisbon Falls, South Africa
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Church of the Spilled Blood in St Petersburg
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Wadi Shab, Oman
Blue Nile Falls, Ethiopia
ITB Worldwide Flags, Berlin
Rumkale and the Euphrates
Li River, China
Snorkelling in Bunaken Marine Park, Indonesia
Riverside City of Kuching, Malaysia
Patan in Kathmandu, Nepal
Local Women in Khodoyar Palace, Kokland
Elephants in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
Great Wall of China
Cape Point, South Africa
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Archery in Bhutan
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India
Shanghai, China
Ladies in Rajasthan, India
Ladies in Rajasthan, India
Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
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Wallace Line at the Eastern Edge of Bali, Indonesia
Cuban Musicians
Hanoi, Vietnam
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Semenggoh Orangutan Centre, Sabah, Malaysia
The Head of King Antiochos in Turkey
Kuching Waterfront, Malaysia
Blyde River Canyon, South Africa
Bet Giyorgis (St Georges Church), Lalibela, Ethiopia
The Taj Mahal, India
Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Leopard in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Children in Soweto, South Africa
Kyrgyzstan Moutains and Horses
Local Cyclists in Hanoi, Vietnam
Fishing Nets in Cochin, India
The Monastery at Petra, Jordan

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