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20 mins ago: kifandpeter published a blog
The Benelux

May 2nd 2008 Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam
Hallo, We have now been to the Benelux nations (or at least Peter has, because he swung through Luxembourg). We left Cologne and took the train to Amsterdam. We couldn't stay in a hostel in town ... [full story]

20 mins ago: kifandpeter published a blog
German Adventures Part 1

April 30th 2008 Europe » Germany » District of Hamburg » Hamburg
Hello all, Sorry it's been so long, since the last update, but we have had difficulties finding computers and finding the time to get down to this. We left Katrina in Denmark on April 28, and he ... [full story]

2 hours ago: mon78 published a blog
Palenque - La Musica y Vino

May 6th 2008 North America » Mexico » Chiapas » Palenque
Leaving the Yucatan Peninsula and getting into Chiapas was like entering another country, one that is more green, hilly and simply more Mexican. It felt so much better when I could see whole Mexican f ... 12 photos [full story]

3 hours ago: Overlanders published a blog
An Exciting Proposal!

May 5th 2008 Europe » Ireland » County Galway » Aran Islands
As we biked along the azure coast of Inishmore (the largest of the Aran islands) off the West Coast of Galway, we basked in the sun’s warm glow and drank in our idyllic surroundings; stone walls ... 45 photos [full story]

4 hours ago: Jo Trouble published a blog
Where the elephant lay down

May 4th 2008 Asia » Thailand
I was told. So I took the chance to head up to (about 15 km outside Chiang Mai city) with some other Spicythai'ers on the morning of my last full day in Chiang Mai. In 1368 a monk brought a sa ... 23 photos [full story]

5 hours ago: mattylee published a blog
English Wanderings

March 25th 2008 Europe » United Kingdom » England
Where I come from it takes a good hour and a half driving in excess of the speed limit before you even come to the next piddling little village down the road, and to get to the next “big&rdq ... 51 photos [full story]

5 hours ago: Roundyrhino published a blog
Staring into the Espace

April 16th 2008 South America » Chile » Valparaiso
Comfy, soft spongy chair, 'ah...' I thought twiddling with the reclining button and getting the angle just right. Santiago sped by and I closed my eyes. Six or seven hours of countryside awaited, th ... 55 photos [full story]

8 hours ago: Chellebelle published a blog
Jordan - Day 5

May 4th 2008 Middle East » Jordan » South » Petra
Boy was Day 5 a big day. This was the Petra day and our tour guide got us up rather nice and early so that we could get into Petra before all the crowds arrived. I have to say that if we were getting ... 15 photos [full story]

10 hours ago: Travel Trouble published a blog
Melbourne & The Great Ocean Road

May 5th 2008 Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Great Ocean Road » Torquay
So having spent a week with my cousins in Sydney (I'll write about Sydney in another blog), I decided I would take a flight to Melbourne - frequently voted the 2nd best city in the world to live from ... 13 photos [full story]

11 hours ago: Banchory to the Bosphorous by Bike published a blog
On the Trail of Uncle Ho - Vietnam

April 25th 2008 Asia » Vietnam
Borders are rarely this significant. Usually the fact that some imaginary line on a map has been crossed does not actually show itself on the ground. The Laos-Vietnam border is different; we went fr ... 60 photos [full story]

18 hours ago: KillerBeeandLilC published a blog
North Island Winds of Change

May 9th 2008 Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington
Making our way across the Cook Strait, Wellington welcomed us with a nice beach at Titahi Bay to stay at and surfers to watch. The 'windy' city, as it is known, did not let us down, but winded us wit ... 9 photos [full story]

19 hours ago: KillerBeeandLilC published a blog
Heading North Before Winter

May 8th 2008 Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Picton
With fall rolling in with its fine colors we knew our time here was beginning to count down. It was time to leave Christchurch and head North "for the winter", but not before one last Christchurch at ... 12 photos [full story]

1 day ago: goodmorningfinland published a blog
American Boys in Naantali!!!

May 19th 2008 Europe » Finland » Naantali
Today I went into school at 11 then at 11:30 met up with ten American 14-17 year old basketball players, two volenteer coaches, and Scott, the man in charge. I introduced myself then guided them to l ... 62 photos [full story]

1 day ago: Ali published a blog
Uspallata - Seven Years in Tibet in Half a Day

May 6th 2008 South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Uspallata
Uspallarta is both the name of a small village and a remote pass between Mendoza and Santiago Chile. Travelling between Santiago and Mendoza was a joy, beautiful craggy mountains, twisting roads that ... 12 photos [full story]

1 day ago: Mike and Sarah published a blog
Days 242 Viña Del Mar

May 8th 2008 South America » Chile » Vina del Mar » Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar is a 15 minute bus journey from Valpariso. A flower clock marks your entrance to the town. It is a smaller than Valpariso & notably more affluent. As with our time in Valpariso, the we ... 18 photos [full story]

1 day ago: Mike and Sarah published a blog
Days 241 Dicing with the Poets in Valparaiso!

May 8th 2008 South America » Chile » Valparaiso
A 2 hour bus journey took us to Valparaiso, the UNESCO listed World Heritage site on the coast of Chile. We stayed at B&B Patricia, close to the bus station. It was clean and quiet, with only the four ... 18 photos [full story]

1 day ago: Jo Trouble published a blog
Petals, bamboo and a very big armchair

May 1st 2008 Asia » Thailand » North » Chiang Mai
One thing I wanted to do in Thailand was ride an elephant. Most of the options for that also included hiking, orchids, butterflies and some form of rafting. The butterflies were, well, disappointin ... 15 photos [full story]

1 day ago: Kataline published a blog
All about me...

July 2nd 2007 Europe » Hungary
I was born in Hungary , somewhere in the Eastern Block of Europe in a small town called Ajka. ( at the time my country was under the Soviet regime, which was suffocating us all) As soon as my parents ... [full story]

1 day ago: PostcardJunkie published a blog
Yes, yes, we have guns.

May 8th 2008 Africa » Rwanda » Province du Sud
There was a time when Butare, in the south, was on track to become capital of a post-independence Rwanda. Home to the country’s first university, a busy center of intellectual life, it seemed as ... 8 photos [full story]

1 day ago: CatBrook published a blog
...and so it begins - Palyondong Post Office to the Great Wall of China

May 3rd 2008 Asia » China » Beijing
Palyondong post office started the proceedings in befitting style by shutting earlier than promised and thereby rendering us unbelievably, excruciatingly laden for the first part of the trip. We arri ... 27 photos [full story]