Around the world!
In and around Egypt
Arrived in Egypt yesterday as the first stop on our wee world tour!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Jenni
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Cairo
We arrived safely in Egypt, it was very hard and sad to leave Glasgow but we had to press on to get our flights and I think we managed to get every... Continue reading »
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Cairo to Aswan
After meeting up with our travel group (23 of us all together) we met our tour leader Hamada. He gave us a break down of what we were going to... Continue reading »
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Nile cruise to Luxor
We boarded the Feluca boat in the evening in Aswan, and it was so much nicer than I expected, I thought we would be sleeping on wooden slats but it... Continue reading »
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Arriving in India
We arrived safely in India! We flew into Mumbai airport after a 6hr stop-over in Bahrain. Mark’s uncle Alex lives in Pune which is south of Mumbai.... Continue reading »
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Feeling the heat in Goa
We had our first experience of an overnight train in India. It was not so bad, the beds were easy enough to sleep on and we had 3 very curiou... Continue reading »
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Delhi
We arrived late into Delhi and were met at the Indira Gandhi International Airport by a driver from the hostel. He picked us up at 830pm and... Continue reading »
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Jodhpur - the blue city
I just wrote a really long portion of this blog and then the power went out at the internet cafe as one of the 10 daily power outages that happen i... Continue reading »
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Jaipur - the pink city
We took a very early morning train to Jaipur and arrived at about 11am, we went straight to our lovely hotel (majority of the hotels here have been... Continue reading »
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Agra
Agra was another early morning train ride away, so it was early doors once again for us. Once again, pretty nice hotel run by very nice people, wit... Continue reading »
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The Holy City of Varanasi
The city of Varanasi is sacred to Hindus and also one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. In many ways Varanasi epitomizes th... Continue reading »
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Mumbai
We arrived late into Mumbai and the airport is quite a ways outside the city so we had no choice but to organize a taxi since the rickshaws are n... Continue reading »
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Welcome to Singapore
Hi - It's Mark writing the blog this time, giving Jenni a wee break. We left Mumbai late at night bound for Singapore. It started well; nice comfy... Continue reading »
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Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
West (peninsular) Malaysia shares a border with Thailand is connected by a causeway and a bridge (the 'second link') to the island state of Singapo... Continue reading »
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Ko Lanta
We traveled A LOT to get to the little island of KoLanta. 10 hr bus, 1 tuk tuk ride, another 3 hour bus, 2 ferries and a taxi! Whew! We found a hot... Continue reading »
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Ko Phi Phi
we caught a midday ferry to Ko Phi Phi island on a beautiful cloudless day :) Ko Phi Phi Don is the largest and the only populated island, there a... Continue reading »
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Koh Phangan - the wet island
We left early on our last day for Koh Pha Nagn, we had an early morning boat and then bus and then boat. it was a huge fiasco, we were waiti... Continue reading »
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Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital of Thailand and by far its largest city with an estimated population of over 11 million. Our bus from Ko Tao arrived to Koh... Continue reading »
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Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand, and is the capital of ChiangMaiProvince. It is l... Continue reading »
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Laos
Laos, formally the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), is one of the poorest nations in South-East Asia. A mountainous and landlocked co... Continue reading »
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Cambodia
Cambodia has had a pretty bad run of luck for the last half-millennium or so. Ever since the fall of Angkor in 1431, the once mighty Khmer Empire... Continue reading »
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48 hours in Bangkok and 40 hour to Singapore
We were very glad to have arrived back in Bangkok, we had been planning our time there allot over the last few days and we had a pretty good plan w... Continue reading »
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Australian Outback
We were finally on our way to the land of Oz! Our flight was ok, Mark was kept awake all night by a loud, drunk friendly Aussie who kept feed... Continue reading »
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Cairns
We arrived late into Cairns and had already booked a hostel so we knew where we were going from the airport, which is always handy! We were s... Continue reading »
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down the East Coast
As we headed down the coast we drove through Tablelands and Wooroonooran National Park, which was beautiful and filled with lakes and waterfalls.&... Continue reading »
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Fraser Island
We arrived in Hervey Bay and booked a one day tour for Fraser Island. We debated a bit over 1 day vs. 2 day vs. 3 day and they have guided to... Continue reading »
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Rainbow Beach and the Australia Zoo
Ahhhhh further and further down the East Coast we go. Everyone keeps saying how big Australia is and how long it takes to get places etc. I d... Continue reading »
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4 glorious days in Eagleby
We had planned on visiting Mark's great Uncle Willy and his wife Janet when we got close to Brisbane. They live in a VERY small place called... Continue reading »
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