Overland to Malaysia
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Well we did it we actually left Blighty behind on the 24th July and headed out into the big wide world. This is our trip overland to Kuala Lumpa in Malaysia, the next 6 months of our lives.
Of course we couldn't leave without a few drinks, so thanks to those folks who made sure we got on the train in a suitably wobbly state!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Aaron and Clare
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I do like Amsterdam
Amsterdam is a fantastic city and this time we stayed in the absolutely perfect house. It was situated just a few paces from the Neumark... Continue reading »
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Stunning city
An 18 hour overnight train journey transported us from cosmopolitan Amsterdam to the former communist city of Warsaw. We were expec... Continue reading »
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We are sailing
I still can't quite believe that having booked a boat on the internet back in January we turned up at a marina in the lake side resort of Gizyko an... Continue reading »
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Communist era hotel and leftfield jazz
After 10 days in the Mazurian lakes we decided to move on and explore some more of Eastern Europe. We headed for the town of Suwalki, n... Continue reading »
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Striking gold in Vilnius
Sometimes life has a funny way of working out. With no guidebook on us, zero information at Suwalki railway station and not having heard the... Continue reading »
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Does anything eat Wasps?
If you didn't get this popular stocking filler from a few years ago, then I can now reveal the answer, it is me. However I wouldn't recommend... Continue reading » -
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Into Russia
We arrived by overnight train from Riga on Friday morning having passed through immigration at one in the morning on a darkened train in the middle... Continue reading »
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A day in Moscow
We arrived in Moscow early in the morning on the overnight train from St Petersburg. Determined to make the most of our one day there we head... Continue reading »
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Trans-Mongolian Train
I was weird how easily we slipped into the strange otherworldly existence that we entered for the six days we were on the train.
The long slo... Continue reading »
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Things I love about Mongolia by Clare
1) Hats - Mongolians have over 100 types of hat for every occasion, season and social position. You have to love a nation who believe i... Continue reading »
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Three day tour ending at the old capital, Kharkhorin.
We took 4 day tour out of Ulan Bator with a great group of people. It gave us the oppotunity to find our feet and go on our first horse riding t... Continue reading » -
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Kharkorin
After 4 days on tour we then got them to leave us here as they headed back on the last day. We spend several day recuperating, hiking and v... Continue reading » -
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Hot Springs
We managed to get a ride to the hot thermal springs near Tseterleg. We then spent four days lounging around by the hot pools, walking, horse rid... Continue reading » -
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More Horse Treking
We had a few days left in Mongolia and so we booked our selves a two day horse riding trek in one of the National Parks not far outside Ulan Bator.... Continue reading »
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Some great things about Beijing
1) The people, everyone was so friendly. People stopped us in the street to chat, welcome us to Beijing or ask if they could have their... Continue reading »
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Paralympics
We spent three days at the paralympics watching some fantastic sport and having an amazing time.
The first day we went to the Birds Nest to w... Continue reading »
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Terracotta Army
Xian itself was nothing special, another big city, but the Terracotta Army a couple of hours outside the city certainly was special. We g... Continue reading »
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Tiger Leaping Gorge
After a bit of a disastrous train journey that we thought was going to be 12 hours overnight but turned out to be 42 hours, two nights and most of... Continue reading »
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More train problems
It all started to go wrong when we walked back into the hostel in Lijiang after lunch ready for an afternoon kip and picked up our train tickets fo... Continue reading »
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Even more train problems
It was Typhoon Ming Ju that caused the problems this time. The flooding it caused in Southern China and Vietnam knocked out the railway. S... Continue reading » -
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