Steve & Lea's Whirlwind World Tour

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Steve & Lea

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   Back in Bangers...

   Bangkok, Thailand | May 31 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Highlights of Bangers...

   Stayed at the culturally authentic Khao San Road. Visited the Grand Palace, Floating Markets and the Giant Reclining... Continue reading »

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   Hello, Moto?

   Cambodia | Jun 04 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Highlights of Cambodia...

   At Steve's insistence we attempted Thai/Cambodia border crossing on our own because it would be "more adventurous".... Continue reading »

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   Noone called Charlie here...

   Nha Trang, Vietnam | Jun 09 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Highlights of Southern Vietnam...

   Stayed a few days in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and headed north to Nha Trang.

   If you want a boring day... Continue reading »

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   Unkle Ho's Hood...

   Hanoi, Vietnam | Jun 19 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Highlights of Northern Vietnam...

   Spent a few days in Hoi An on the central coast. Hoi An is the tailoring capital of SE Asia, so we got meas... Continue reading »

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   Every meal is Yum Cha in Beijing

   Beijing, China | Jun 30 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Highlights of Beijing

   First and foremost, we would like to spend some time raving about the food in Beijing. Dumplings, Peking Duck and other... Continue reading »

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   Xi'an... the 'other Beijing'

   Xi'an, China | Jul 04 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Highlits of Xi'an

   Xi'an is a beautiful old city - it was the Chinese capital for 13 dynasties (a bloody long time) before being moved to Beij... Continue reading »

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   A taste of Tibet

   Xiahe, China | Jul 09 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Got our first taste of Tibetan life in the Amdo grasslands region.

   At a remote town called Xiahe we got to see the Labrang Monastery. It used... Continue reading »

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   Chengdu to you too

   Chengdu, China | Jul 14 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Highlights of Chengdu.

   Was a system shock to arrive back in a Chinese metropolis of 13 million people after spending time in the barren Tibet... Continue reading »

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   Back with the Yaks

   China | Jul 19 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Lhasa is the spiritual and former political capital of Tibet. It was the home of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan parliament before the Chinese invaded in 1... Continue reading »

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    Whoa, whoa, feeling on top of the world!

    Mount Everest, China | Jul 28 '07 | Reviews: 0

    We piled into 4WD's and left Lhasa, whereafter things got pretty rugged and remote.

    We spent a night at a small monastery town called Samye.... Continue reading »

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    Never Ending Peace And Love?

    Kathmandu, Nepal | Jul 31 '07 | Reviews: 0

    From the barren mountains Tibet, we took a bumpy 12 hour 4WD trip down to Nepal. Our altitude dropped 2.5km in one afternoon. At the bottom, we wer... Continue reading »

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    Namaste from Varanasi

    Varanasi, India | Aug 19 '07 | Reviews: 0

    After a gruelling 12 hour bus ride, we finally arrived in Varanasi. We thought we had seen it all when the bus was roll-started, but we q... Continue reading »

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    A very sexy place

    Khajuraho, India | Aug 24 '07 | Reviews: 0

    From Varanassi, we skipped across to Khajuraho and then Orchha.

    Khajuraho was a small rural town, lucky enough to be the hom... Continue reading »

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    Man-dooooo

    Mandu, India | Sep 09 '07 | Reviews: 0

    We broke our Hindu pilgrimage at the Indian buddist town of Sanchi. Was refreshing to be back among the stupas and monasteries that we&nb... Continue reading »

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    Step, step, step

    Ahmedabad, India | Sep 14 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Ahmedebad

    After hopping through the countryside, we made it back to civilisation and the most western point in our Indian ad... Continue reading »

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    The most beautiful city in India

    Udaipur, India | Sep 15 '07 | Reviews: 0

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