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Around the World Travel — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:48:40 +0000

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Country roads and Kunming

trevorw — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:29:41 +0000

I took a night bus at 19.30 from Shangri-la bus terminal to Kunming (205Yuan- 12 hours). The beds are never long enough, even for me at 1m 76. A few people smoke, as does the driver- non stop. Travel in China is pretty uncomfortable; stale air and the distances are always very long. I took …

Videos capturing the craziness of India

Around the World Travel — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:50:42 +0000

Here are a selection of videos from India that starts to begin to explain the breadth of the Indian culture, landscape and feeling the country gives to anyone who who vistes this awe inspiring country. Tabla and Sitar show in Varanasi Clouds speeding over us in the hills of Sikkim A Gorkha protest …

The Balkans- a Bleak Understanding

trevorw — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:35:50 +0000

I said good bye to my dear friend Ivanka and walked for 20 minutes to the road that goes north west out of the city and stuck out my thumb, but it was hopeless. People clearly do not hitch hike around here Furthermore high petrol prices have seen that bus tickets have gone up and …

Chiang Rai’s Deep Countryside

Around the World Travel — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:28:01 +0000

After another day cruising around the city, exploring the tribal market and heading further out of town to hang out in a more local area we decided that that evening we would stay in the hills at a Kamu hill-tribe village. Recommended to us, it sounded like an ideal few days break in the remote …

Laos to Thailand by boat

Around the World Travel — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:54:02 +0000

Back to Luang Prabang we opted to try out a hostel recommended to us by a couple that we had met on the trek, Fi and Dan. This was better value. 60,000kip for a huge double bed, free tea, coffee and banannas. Worth a try for sure. We got dropped off at the Elephant Camp …

Laos Villages by Boat

Around the World Travel — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:09:00 +0000

We met with Jan, iced coffee in hand. Laura had gone to the loo and claimed that she needed to find her boyfriend for some cash when both groups intersected each other with broad grins, knowing we were looking at our new traveling companions. We picked up yet more coffees as luckily for us Jan …