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                    <title>Snowboarding and exploring Fjordland in New Zealand</title>
                    <description>After the 3 hour flight from Sydney I landed in Christcurch for the last leg of my trip. Having last been in Christchurch 9 years ago I wasnt sure what to expect as the bus carried me into the city. After the devastation caused by the earthquakes last year I thought I would see a lot of rubble and construction work ongoing. What I actually saw was somewhat surprising as many of the buildings af</description>
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                    <title>Wine friends and high prices in WA and NSW</title>
                    <description>After 4 months in Asia I was ready to move onto somewhere different and catch up with friends in Australia but I barely registered arriving as we landed in Perth at 4 in the morning. I was soon wide eyed though as I saw the taxi meter ticking over as if it was a stopwatch as it made its way the few kilometers across town to Leederville where Clem and Becky live. Somehow it made its way to 50 by</description>
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                    <title>Singapore Gili and Bali.....2 weeks of contrast</title>
                    <description>It was great to finally arrive in Singapore after a long stint on the night train and after some emailing in Starbucks I managed to arrange to meet Tom and Emma for lunch.....its amazing how difficult it is to meet up with someone when you dont have a mobile how did people used to manage on the move A club sandwich in the financial district was very welcome after the dodgy KFC the night before</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/blog-731279.html</link>
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                    <title>Malaysia  KL and the Perhentian Islands</title>
                    <description>The night train from Chumphon was pretty uneventful and I managed a reasonable sleep before we had to get off the train to go through customs into Malaysia around 8am. Good job I took all my stuff with me after an internal debate as when I emerged from passport control I found that most of the train had vanished leaving only 2 cars to take the remaining passengers the rest of the way to Butterwor</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/blog-727899.html</link>
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                    <title>Divemaster on Koh Tao</title>
                    <description>So I have finally left Koh Tao after two months and 12 days on this beautiful island in the Gulf of Thailand and am currently waiting for a train to take me south over the Malaysian border and on towards Kuala Lumpur. Life continued much as it had since my last blog for most of the time with diving and nights out the norm. I began my Divemaster course early in May after first completing my EFR f</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-725733.html</link>
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                    <title>Koh Tao island life whale sharks and full moons</title>
                    <description>So I realised today that I have already been on this beautiful island for a month and I thought I had better update everyone as to what I have been up to since Sangkran here.Unfortunately I wasn39t able to get started on my diving straight away due to problems with my sinuses but this gave me the opportunity to settle into the island find some long term accommodation and get to know everyone a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-715792.html</link>
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                    <title>Songkran on Koh Tao waterfight</title>
                    <description>So it was time to leave Cambodia and head off on an epic dash to Koh Tao to arrive before everything shut down for Songkran the Thai new year. 6 of the Irish bunch and I got a morning bus from Siem Reap to Bangkok and were told it would take 8 hours putting me at the train station with plenty of time to try and get an evening train down to the jumping off point for the islands. Unfortunately as</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-708972.html</link>
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                    <title>Cambodia....overun by the Irish</title>
                    <description>I was please to be getting out of Saigon despite the short stay. I found the humidity in the city very oppressive and I didnt feel there was much more to see. It is a shame that I didnt get chance to go down to the delta or to do a trip to theVC tunnels at Chu Chi but these things will have to go on the list for the next trip to SE Asia whenever that may be. The bus to Phnom Penh was pretty uneve</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/blog-707497.html</link>
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                    <title>Sunshine and sweat and in Southern Vietnam</title>
                    <description>The night bus from Hoi An to Nha Trang turned up early which was first so far on this trip and even better I was the first person on board which meant I had the pick of the seats in the bizarre arrangement that is the sleeper bus. I settled in for the trip which meant jamming myself into the small space as best as I could. Once again I was cursing being 6ft 3. The seat next to me was soon taken</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/blog-705351.html</link>
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                    <title>Taking in some history on a dash through Central Vietnam</title>
                    <description>I found my carriage on the night bus to Hue which turned out to be pretty small with 6 beds in 3 to a side. I was in the middle bunk and somehow managed to squeeze myself up onto the bed. The locals I was sharing with all laughed at me and made gestures that I was too big. Being tall is not all its cracked up to be sometimesI was sound asleep before the train even left though after the 3 days o</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/North-Central-Coast/blog-704056.html</link>
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                    <title>Ha Noi traffic madness and party time in Ha Long Bay</title>
                    <description>After a quick 45 minute flight to Hanoi airport from Viantiene compared to the 26 hour bus I stepped out into noticeably cooler air and soon found the airport shuttle which takes people the 30km into town for a measley 2. My first taste ofHanoi and Vietnam traffic came as somewhat of a shock and it wasnt long before I was cowering behind my backpack wondering how on earth we were going to make </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Northeast/Quang-Ninh/Halong-Bay/blog-703238.html</link>
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                    <title>I survived Vang Vieng</title>
                    <description>I set off from Luang Prabang on a minivan with the Danish girls for the 6 hourjourney down to the party capital of Laos Vang Vieng. Everyone on the minivan was soon introduced and I got some gambling going by getting everyone to chuck in some cash for a pot to guess the correct arrival time. The journey was a slow one as we wound through the dramatic mountain roads of Northern and Central Laos. S</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Vang-Vieng/blog-700477.html</link>
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                    <title>Slow boats bad bikes and amazing waterfalls</title>
                    <description>After a fairly restless night I was up early and decided to some exercises out the front of the guesthouse with a view of the Mekong winding away from me. The Sun slowly crept up above the hills and a cool morning soon began to warm up. After a light breakfast we packed up and headed back down to the pier to catch the boat which we were told would be at 830. The day before 2 boats had brought u</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/North/blog-698866.html</link>
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                    <title>Massaaaaaaaaage and the Mekong</title>
                    <description>After the several cocktails the night before a relaxing day was definitely in order and was pleasantly surprised to discover I had slept till nearly 10. Another excellent muesli and fruit breakfast was followed up by doing what most backpackers to SE Asia do....catch up on what was happening at the Cheltenham Festival I sat in the guesthouse garden and watched all the main racesfrom the first tw</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/North/blog-698839.html</link>
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                    <title>The world's biggest Beatles fan 'Black Cock' and Sex on the Beach </title>
                    <description>As Richie Benaud 12th Man version anyway would say.....Another stinking fuing hot day here in Bangkok 36C with more moisture than David Boon39s jock strap after a full day39s batting.Managed to sleep a lot better last night and woke at 8. Had another day to killin Bangkok before I headed for the train station to catch the 615 to Chiang Mai.Decided some exercise would help wake me up </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-696940.html</link>
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                    <title>Getting to Thailand and the Great Grand Palace Tuk Tuk Scam</title>
                    <description>So it was finally here March 10th Didn39t exactly get off to the best start what with waking up in the wrong house waking the Burton39s neighbours up with the alarm and having a cracking hangover Made it home though collected the bags and got a lift into Leeds with James. Soon made it over to Victoria for a few beers with the uni gang great to see everyone before I left especially wi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-696121.html</link>
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