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The East Coast and Hue

Around the World Travel — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:31:04 +0000

Our carriage seemed to have been designated as the creche carriage. Kids with mothers who do let their children do anything they want really. One noticeable thing about the Vietnamese culture is their complete lack of appreciation of volume. They don’t talk they shout most of the time. This makes things hard to bear, not …

Our friends of Hanoi

Around the World Travel — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:21:40 +0000

As we were due to arrive in Hanoi late and the likelihood of hostels being closed for the night, we pre-booked using Hostelbookers, which is far easier to use than Hostelworld (yes, we have used both a few times). Our A/C, luxury taxi took us to the door, where we were greeted well, but with …

50 Bucks in Brisbane

Around the World Travel — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:33:50 +0000

23:00 we land in Australia. Through what we expect to be our most scarey customs yet without a problem. It works in our favour to admit to tea, a few shells and a tent. They don’t even glance at all the weird objects hanging around Al’s neck. Phew! With printed out detailed directions to Andisha’s …

Santa Cruz finale and the Pantenal

Around the World Travel — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:15:28 +0000

We were ejecteed out of the taxi at a supermarket to pay the balance of the tour, to be left there afterwards. Turns out that Michael Blendinger tours don`t give you the information you need and after a call to the organiser (www.discoveringbolivia.com/) who cut us off after the only point that she reiterated was …

The train from Oruro to Uyuni

Around the World Travel — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:44:03 +0000

The station was full of gringos milling around waiting for the train. All with their mochilla (backpacks) and provisions. The over prepared trekker types with far too much high tech equipment and clothing. We had to laugh…we were sat there in our Indian clothing having not showers for a day or 2. Our only ´provisions´being …

La Paz to Uyuni via Oruro

Around the World Travel — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:14:34 +0000

Making our way to Oruro: With the intention of esc aping La Paz before it sucked us in, we checked out and managed to catch a bus to Oruro by 11am. There are so many buses it seems, that it was a very easy process. Before we knew it we were driving in the outskirts of …

Arriving in Aurangabad

Around the World Travel — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:34:55 +0000

After spending 6 hours the night before uploading photos due to numerous power failures rendering Internet use almost impossible, a 6am start was tiring. We set of to find a rickshaw hoping that we would receive the usual battle. After dismissing the first group on a scam, the next was ok and we made it …