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                    <title>Bolivia. The food may be cheap but it kills you</title>
                    <description>We have walked across many borders on our travels however nothing has been quite like leaving Argentina and entering Bolivia. We entered Villazon on the last day of the miners La Diabola carnival to absolute carnage. In the border office we met a group of 5 officials completely drunk throwing beer on the bonfire in the middle of the office floor As one bloke puts his beer down and staggers ov</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/blog-134633.html</link>
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                    <title>And finally Peru</title>
                    <description> Peru is the last country on the trip and even though we knew that reaching Peru meant the end of the trip we were still really excited to be heading over from the Bolivian side of Lake Titikaka.  First stop Arequipa. Like many of the major towns in South America Arequipa was formed by Spanish colonials and it is one of the most beautiful towns we encountered. The plaza is surrounded by beautif</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-153521.html</link>
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                    <title>Playing astronauts in Chile Valparaiso Santiago Atacama and Salta</title>
                    <description>Down at the port of Valparaiso in Chile it's similar to most other major ports throughout the world in other words 'buzzards' plenty of hardened sailors who look willing to take out a few tourists if you dare give em a second glance We quickly escape the port to the surrounding hills and the reason we ended up here for the fascinating art culture coffee houses and street graffiti. We spend th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/blog-130884.html</link>
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                    <title>Patagonia a vast wilderness whipped and shaped by Antartica's harsh winds which for a few months during the Summer becomes a more hospitable oasis for el Gringo's.</title>
                    <description>After the heady heights and sleepness nights in BA we head down to the more sedate Patagonian wilderness. In Pennisular Valdez the seals laze on the beach the sealions fight and penguins shuffle right before you. In southern Patagonia Torres del Paine is listed as the area for hard core trekkers. We have never been refered to as this before but this doesn't stop us as we head over to Puerto</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/blog-124010.html</link>
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                    <title>It takes two to Tango Buenos Aires</title>
                    <description>So we left New Zealand at 5pm and landed 13 hours later in Buenos Aires at 2pm on the same day so time travel truly is possibleOh BA is going to be fun. Tthe cab driver tells you not to bother putting on your seatbelt and proceeds to spend most of the 80mph journey from the airport with his head peering over the back seat excitedly telling us how he loves Boca Juniors more than his wife Maradon</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/blog-117127.html</link>
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                    <title>Oh my god I can't believe it I've never been this far away from home  New Zealand</title>
                    <description>13 GMT New Zealand is definately the furthest we've been away from home. In fact in reality to get any further away you probably need to charter a boat and sail to some obscure island in the remote east pacific.We arrive in Christchurch the garden city to call it a city is rather ambitious. It's pretty but simply too small to be classed as a city as we associate them in the UK. In NZ you need</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/blog-113894.html</link>
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                    <title>Ashes it's only a poxy little urn Whatever  Melbourne  Sydney</title>
                    <description>Melbourne is famous for it's weather unpredicatability however we were completely caught unaware arriving from 34 degree Cairns to a freezing 8 degrees. As soon as the backpacks were off the carasel Elaine was changing from a short skirt and vest to jeans and hoodie. Fortunately the next day the heat was back into the high twenties.Being the smaller of the two cities Melbourne has invented itsel</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-106353.html</link>
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                    <title>We're on the road to nowhere  Brisbane  East Coast Road Trip Byron  Cape Trib</title>
                    <description>So we finally arrive in the land down under. Travel weary after our flight from Thailand via Kuala Lumpar we make our way into central Brisbane. The weather is fresh and everything is kept military clean even social disorder 1 graffiti is organised onto alloted walls and pillars. It's all feels very different from Asia and this difference is no more apparent than in the massively increased acc</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-101548.html</link>
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                    <title>We're Jammin Goodbye to Asia  Thailand Andaman Coast Phi Phi Raleigh Phuket  Similan Islands</title>
                    <description>Back into Thailand Another hair raising mini bus journey up to Krabie. Pouring rain highspeeds and overtaking on blind corners do not mix well  added to which the driver's selection of soft rock tunes  painfulI was a bit nervous about coming to Phi Phi after the tsumani however the regeneration of the beach areas has been swift. The hotels are back up the stores restaurants and bars as bac</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-95681.html</link>
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                    <title>We're gonna party like it's my birthday  MalaysiaKLCameron Highlands  Perhentian Cecil</title>
                    <description>When passing through the borders in Asia so far we have noticed subtle differences in the faces and mannerisms of the nationals Malaysia however is a vibrant mix of original Malays and imported Indian and Chinise ancestry. The various mix is due to the area's importance as a stop off on the old IndianChinese trading route while ships were docked awaiting the monsoon to blow the opposite course</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-92850.html</link>
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                    <title>Starting today we're on holiday Thailand  Bangkok  The Gulf Coast</title>
                    <description>After leaving the slower pace of Northern Thailand Bangkok is a bit of a shock. Arriving in Khao San Road at 12.30am and the place is pumping. Westerners all drinking the night away to Euro music. We dump the bags and we join them  sansong and coke all the wayThe next day back on the cultural trail to the Royal Palace which is amazing. Even after all the wats we have seen it is still stunning.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-90389.html</link>
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                    <title>Backpackers Mecca  Northern Thailand  Chiang Rai  Chiang Mai Provinces</title>
                    <description>Finally after nearly four months on the road we finally cross into the backpacker's meca that is 'Thailand'. We stay at the border town to enable me to to catch United's first premiership game of the season...51 get in. We move on the next day to Chiang Rai and are a distinctly unimpressed with the town the surrounding area offers us Tribal Hill Trekking Elephant Treks etc etc.... similar to</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-West-Thailand/Chiang-Mai/blog-86919.html</link>
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                    <title>Cattle VIP's  Northern Laos Vientiane Vang Vieng Luang Prabang  Huay Xai Border Crossing</title>
                    <description>The bus journey was a simple five hour affair which would have been fine had the local bus not been overcrowded as per usual and the appeal of sitting with a Westerner was too much for a young Lao boy to resist and he insisted on sharing my seat for most of the journey Our arrival in the capital Vientiane was like transitioning from another world. Virtually penniless since leaving Phnom Penh</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Vientiane/blog-83587.html</link>
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                    <title>This is the life   Southern Laos 4000 Islands Champasak Bolevean Plateau Tha Khek  Mohaxi Caves</title>
                    <description>Up through the unofficial border crossing into Laos. The most important question we were asked was if we knew how to mend cars as the border guard's had broken down If this is a sign of life in Laos then it's a promising start. All through Vietnam and Cambodia we were constantly harrassed by Moto Moto You  buy from me. There is none of that in Laos. The level of spoken English is comparitiv</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/blog-81678.html</link>
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                    <title>Northern blokes love gravy Opss and Angkor  Siem Reap Temples of Angkor  Northern Cambodia Kratie  Stung Treng </title>
                    <description>Angkor the national symbol of Cambodia once the centre of the massive Khmer empire and forgotten about until the French stumbled upon it around 100 years ago. A symbol the Cambodians rely on to this day to say to the world...Yes once we were a magnificent empire with hard working citizensFirst day of three at Angkor. To explore the temples we hire moto drivers and resist their charm offe</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/blog-81183.html</link>
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                    <title>In the jungle the mighty jungle  Battambang Province</title>
                    <description>Battambang Province in the North West is quoted as possessing some of the most beautiful landscape in Cambodia and its here that we head. It was due to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage site until illegal logging destroyed this potential profit's through increased tourism. Another example of corrupt Cambodia shooting themselves or rather their people in the foot.The Cambodian public bus </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/North/Battambang/blog-77950.html</link>
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                    <title>Always Tripping No Problems  Phnom Penh  Sihanoukville</title>
                    <description>Our preCambodia reading notes that Cambodia is like your always tripping. Words that will become a footnote for our time here.The first noticeable difference is that compared to the well organised and manicured paddy fields in Vietman here they are more haphazardas less well managed. A second difference is unlike the ChineseVietnamese border the border here not only seperate two distinct c</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-74879.html</link>
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                    <title>Apocolypse Now  No Now  Ho Chi Minh City  Mekong Delta  Chau Doc Border Crossing</title>
                    <description>Two points I omited from the previous journal entry that retrospectively must be added before commencing While Elaine was looking to purchase some additional reading material she goes through books like I go through beer the 50 year old bookshop owner called me over while looking Elaine over he told me I was a lucky man on this news I thanked him for his comments. 30 seconds later he beckon</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/blog-74869.html</link>
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                    <title>Team America chicken chaser and the Manc lad  Hue Hoi'an  Nha Trang</title>
                    <description>South on the Reunification Express to Hue. We spend a day cruising to the old Royal Tombs that are dotted alongside the Perfume River. The tombs are magnificent but with no restoration whatsoever. Nice to see a contrast to restored historical sights throughout China but saddening to see the state of disrepair that they are in. Only a short stay and then off to Hoi'an  we are seeking the beach an</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Quang-Nam/Hoi-An/blog-70343.html</link>
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                    <title>Vietnamese mafia dogs n soooo cheap beer  Hanoi  HaLong Bay</title>
                    <description>6am into Hanoi  The air is stifflingly hot 38C. It is the most hectic city we've been to even more so than Beijing. The roads are full of mopeds horns sounding every second and people everywhere. To even cross a road is a blind leap of faith apparently you have to just walk but very slowly to allow the moped to swerve round you Running will inevitably lead to injury and waiting for a gap wil</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Hanoi/blog-70336.html</link>
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