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Small, Humid, but still a nice hotel. — Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India

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Jump to the full entry & travel map Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India At 1.30 PM local time in London we began our journey towards to the mysterious land of India. The flight took 9 and halv hours which gave us plenty of time to start on out books. For me it was the thoughts and experiences of Gandhi while Jan started on “care for the soul”

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Small, Humid, but still a nice hotel. — Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India

Mountains and countryside but… — Sapa, Vietnam

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Jump to the full entry & travel map Sapa, Vietnam Since I had some time to spend while waiting for my Indian visa, I booked a tour to Sapa, which is a small town in the mountains. It is apparently a very popular place to visit, as all travel agents in Hanoi organize tours there. My tour includes overnight trains there and back, 1 night hotel,1 night home stay and all the meals.

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Mountains and countryside but… — Sapa, Vietnam

Arbeit Macht Frei — Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Germany

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:43:46 +0000

Jump to the full entry & travel map Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Germany Today, we took a train up north outside the Berlin city limits to visit the Sachenhausen concentration camp, about 35km north. To begin with, the train ride itself was momentous for two reasons. First, as it began in East Berlin, went through West Berlin, and ended up in East Germany, the trip itself would’ve been impossible twenty years ago

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Arbeit Macht Frei — Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Germany

Why do people think backpacking is fun? — Warsaw, Central Poland, Poland

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Jump to the full entry & travel map Warsaw, Central Poland, Poland 12 hrs on the bus and I was completely shattered. I slept, but not soundly. The seats didn’t recline and I was on the aisle so couldn’t wedge myself into the corner

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Why do people think backpacking is fun? — Warsaw, Central Poland, Poland

Noosa — Noosa, Queensland, Australia

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:34:05 +0000

Jump to the full entry & travel map Noosa, Queensland, Australia I have 2 days in Noosa on my own until I meet up with Darragh again in Brisbane. Noosa is a lovely little sea-side town with 2 gorgeous beaches. My hostel is a bit away from the centre of town but it is right beside Sunshine Beach, and the hostel run a courtesy bus into town regular enough during the day.

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Noosa — Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Incredibly specific — Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:33:36 +0000

Jump to the full entry & travel map Daqing, Heilongjiang, China I haven’t updated in ages. I’d like to say that my excuse is that it’s been “summer intensive” period at EF, so I’ve only had one day off a week, but “one day off” still means I have hours every day where I don’t have to do anything and I easily could have updated.

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Incredibly specific — Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Lijiang — Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:32:12 +0000

Jump to the full entry & travel map Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China We took out first flight in China from Kunming to Lijiang. We’d been really enjoying the trains, but now we are at higher altitude, there aren’t any trains and we had a choice of 40 pounds for a 40 minute flight or 10 pounds for 10 hours on a bus, so this was an easy decision

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Lijiang — Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China

Showers — Binalonan, Ilocos, Philippines

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:30:15 +0000

Jump to the full entry & travel map Binalonan, Ilocos, Philippines A few weeks ago we were invited to a house blessing for Josie’s cousin. Their home was being built just behind our apartment and we got a early morning wakeup call all during construction. We were as excited about their house being finished as they were.

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Showers — Binalonan, Ilocos, Philippines

Temples In and Around Ella — Ella, Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka

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Jump to the full entry & travel map Ella, Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka We had three temple visits in and around Ella—two cave temples just outside of Ella and the local Ella temple that we simply had to visit after going to sleep and waking up to daily chanting. The first was on an eleven kilometre bus return from Bandarawela (six cents return each) where we had gone to access the nearest ATM and I ended up buying my first dhoti (simply called a sarong in Sri Lanka) that most men wear for work or leisure

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Temples In and Around Ella — Ella, Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka

Bali High — Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

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Jump to the full entry & travel map Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Halo semua orang, I find it nearly impossible to believe, but our amazing adventure is rapidly coming to an end. We are leaving Bali today for 5 days in Tokyo and then 5 days in Sydney. We’ll get the unique experience of celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Japan and observing Yom Kippur in Sydney (probably not as unique as Japan)

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Bali High — Ubud, Bali, Indonesia