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INDIA | Tue, 31 Mar 2009 | By colleen_finn | Views [208] | Comments [1]
Perhaps I spoke too soon when I said Egypt was good preparation for India. It's still true in some aspects, but in the sleeper train department it couldn't be further from the truth. Taking a sleeper train in India—even the tourist/business-class sort—is ... Read more >
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INDIA | Mon, 30 Mar 2009 | By colleen_finn | Views [150]
I can hardly believe that I am in India. It feels a bit decadent to be taking a trip so soon after my last, but the timing could not be helped. Compared to my journey to Egypt, the journey here was unremarkable. The flights were on time, there was no ... Read more >
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EGYPT | Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By colleen_finn | Views [723]
I can honestly say that we've tried just about every form of transportation on this trip, with the notable exception of bicycles (which would be ridiculously stupid on Egyptian roads, but you do see them). We've traveled via bus, van, train, boat, ... Read more >
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EGYPT | Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By colleen_finn | Views [259]
There are many parts of Egypt, Upper Egypt in particular (and remember, Upper Egypt is actually southern Egypt), in which travel restrictions apply to all foreigners. After a number of terrorist incidents resulted in the deaths of tourists in the 1990s, ... Read more >
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EGYPT | Thu, 20 Nov 2008 | By colleen_finn | Views [269]
After exploring the city of Alexandria, which is three hours north of Cairo, we are on a sleeper train to Luxor. Surprisingly the train is on time, because we hear that it is notorious for considering its schedule more of a "guideline," give ... Read more >
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EGYPT | Tue, 18 Nov 2008 | By colleen_finn | Views [155]
I've been to a lot of countries with hair-raising traffic, but Egypt might just take the cake. My guide book says that riding a bike here is tantamount to suicide, and now I understand. Aside from the double (and sometimes triple)-parked cars along the ... Read more >
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EGYPT | Sun, 16 Nov 2008 | By colleen_finn | Views [160]
The travel gods, fickle deities that they are, both giveth and taketh away. On a packed flight to JFK, I was seated with one passenger who was very territorial about the armrests. The other passenger in my row slept for most of the flight, head thrown ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Sat, 17 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [283]
This morning I was up early and off to catch my ferry. Luckily I'd planned to rise earlier than needed 'just in case' anything went wrong... and lo and behold I missed the turning from the motorway for the ferry! LMAO! It's like I knew I was going to ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Thu, 1 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [306] | Comments [1]
Flying into New Zealand presented a similar ordeal as Australia in respect of their assault on anything animal, vegetable or mineral being brought into the country, not to mention that they didn't want to let me board as I didn't have a printed itinerary ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Tue, 1 Apr 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [448]
My flight from Bangkok to Sydney had a pleasant surprise in store... I had been upgraded to Qantas's new 'Premium Economy' for the flight! I believe this was due to blind luck, as they are finishing their trails of it before they start selling tickets ... Read more >
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NEPAL | Sun, 16 Mar 2008 | By andrewalex | Views [568] | Comments [9]
2-27-08: DAYS 15 & 16 (Morning) Lobuche (4930m) to Gorak Shep (5140m) Well, it turns out that Diamox makes peeing as frequent and necessary as breathing. Diamox is a medicine that alleviates AMS symptoms by divulging the body of fluids, ... Read more >
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MONGOLIA | Mon, 10 Mar 2008 | By tim_and_sam | Views [1075] | Comments [1]
Train T22 left for Xi'an on a cold, clear morning from an almost deserted Lhasa station. We both felt sad to be leaving Tibet and would have happily spent more time exploring a country that we both count as one of the highlights of the trip. It was ... Read more >
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USA | Sun, 9 Mar 2008 | By dragonflynambr | Views [179] | Comments [1]
Well we made it to Lima after many delays.My fellow passengers helped passed the time and are pretty interesting people. We have a big mix, the young student, the retired couples two DCC instructors and then there is me. I float back and forth among ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Wed, 5 Mar 2008 | By daan | Views [385]
Hola! Since my last blog entry I've been on the move quite a bit. After spending some excellent days in the Philippines, Thailand and Australia, I'm now in New Zealand. In Auckland I reunited with my parents who are on the road as well and as of today ... Read more >
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MALAYSIA | Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [587] | Comments [1]
I've spent the last two days traveling to get to Borneo, and am now sat on a deck overlooking a pond, surrounded by jungle, using the resorts laptop to update you! The place I'm staying is a big whack to my budget, but I think I've afforded myself ... Read more >
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HUNGARY | Sat, 1 Mar 2008 | By maria_brett | Views [737]
If Prague is popular for women (and possibly men?) wanting a cheap boob job, why is it that Budapest is the Prague of dental jobs? Any googler looking to have their crowns tipped or canals rooted might find comfort in such places as the Fortuna Hotel ... Read more >
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USA | Fri, 29 Feb 2008 | By theunit | Views [302] | Comments [5]
Sorry for the delay but it has been a fast couple weeks. We survived the crazy party scene on Kho Pha Gnang and the made our way to Bankok. What a crazy/busy city. We spent about four days there getting our Myanmar visa and seeing some of the city, though ... Read more >
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INDIA | Wed, 27 Feb 2008 | By hayjay | Views [252] | Comments [2]
Since we have been on the move so much, transportation has become a major theme in my journal. There are few (if any) modes of transportation as interesting as the trains in India, especially if you take the lowest class. Here's one of my journal entries ... Read more >
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CANADA | Tue, 26 Feb 2008 | By mel_mel | Views [289] | Comments [2]
Well, that was officially the longest train ride I have EVER been one. 44 freaking hours. However, it was not as bad as it sounds. Trains you can get up and move around in, and in the 4 or so carriages, there was a grand total of.......8 people. So, ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Mon, 25 Feb 2008 | By lijanne13 | Views [220] | Comments [5]
So I made it to Singapore on the first half of my journey! Edinburgh to London went fine just seems like I've been travelling for days already having left my house at 8am Sunday morning!! Arrived at Heathrow and managed to stand in the wrong queue for ... Read more >
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USA | Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By theunit | Views [252] | Comments [1]
So we have been covering quite a bit of ground since we last posted. We got into sydney and stayed at a colorful hostel in what appeared to be the Australian equavalent of a red light district and after 2 less that sleepful nights we headed north to ... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By justine | Views [430]
Hello!! Yes, I'm still alive and kicking, despite the utter lack of posts. It's been a whirlwind trip through Vietnam. Three weeks, 1800+ kilometers, overnight "sleeping" buses, overnight trains, boats, cyclos, motos, bicycles, from Hanoi ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [296] | Comments [3]
Thanks to the awesome TV coverage on the hotel TV's of the prem games and the Six Nations, I didn't get to sleep until 1:30am, and had set the alarm for 6am to get up, pack and get to the airport for my 8:30 flight to Bangkok... Two of my thoughtful ... Read more >
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ARGENTINA | Wed, 6 Feb 2008 | By augustwilson | Views [298] | Comments [1]
Well hope ye are all still reading this and not too bored by our writing skills and story telling qualities!!! From Puetro Madryn we got on a 20 hour bus trip to El Calafate with a stop off in Rio Gallegos for a few hours, it is not advisable to get ... Read more >
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NEW ZEALAND | Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By em-and-andy | Views [195]
We enjoyed our short stay here last time, so we thought as we were only passing a few Km’s south we would detour; so after booking the van in for a service we were heading to the Avocado Orchard again. We stayed here for only 2 nights before heading ... Read more >
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