Around The World
In and around World
We are spending 8 months travelling around the world! Europe for 9 weeks, egypt for 10 days, dubai for 7, india and nepal for 21, asia for 2 months, australia for 1 month and new zealand for 3 weeks!
Our aim is to keep this blog as up to date as possible so feel free to post comments, ask questions or give advice on any particular place you've been or are going!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Dave & Nikki
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rain for a change!!!!!!
We spent our first 3 days in brussels. The city is small compared to most European cities. The vibe is laid back. No one seemed t... Continue reading »
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"I spent a lost weekend at a hotel in Amsterdam"
When we arrived at the train station in Amsterdam it was buzzing with young people. Much livelier than Brussels. We found a map, j... Continue reading »
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"Berlin is poor but sexy"
we landed in berlin and had to navigate the subway system to get to our hostel which we found quite easy (probably cos we´re used to the subway in... Continue reading »
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Prague, Czech it out!
We arrived in Prague, traded in our Euro for Czech Crowns, and jumped the tram to our hostel. To ride the tram system you get&n... Continue reading »
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a place for shoppers....
nice city but not daves type of place. tons of places to shop and museums galore but not a very exciting city overall. classical music scene s... Continue reading »
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beer heaven
munich was class! an easy going city with tons of things to see and do. naturally with beer involved in most!
stayed in wombats hostel which... Continue reading »
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J´adore Paris
Paris is so enchanting from the beautiful streets, to the shopping, the art, the wine and of course the food. I was very good and only w... Continue reading »
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madrid is great... and thats no bull!!
well, sorry its been a while since an update but we´ve been busy!
madrid was great! on our first evening we walked around the main street Pu... Continue reading »
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A few days at the beach
We arrived in Lisbon early in the the morning after overnight travel from Madrid. We dropped our bags at our chic little hostel in... Continue reading »
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Parque Natural Sierras de Cazorla
We arrived in Malaga with a few hours to spare before we met my friend Rocio, who was gracious enough to let us crash at her place. We though... Continue reading »
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hagglin and hassle...
where do i start? first of all, cheer up dicey, benitez says that the squad rotation will pay dividends by the end of the season... (sound fam... Continue reading »
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Relaxing in Morocco
Our time in Fez was short, and we were in need of some serious rest after Marrakech.
We spent an afternoon in the Medina whe... Continue reading »
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Barcelona
After spending the night in the Tanger airport in Morocco,(we had a 5am flight to barcelona) I was overjoyed to retrieve my bac... Continue reading »
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Bella Citta
I was bursting with anticipation as we landed in Italy... I couldn't wait to get back! We were staying in Bergamo, a city at the foothills of... Continue reading »
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5 towns of tranquility...
patience is a virtue emily.....
arrived here for 2 nights not knowing what exactly to expect. nikki had mentioned this as one of her places s... Continue reading »
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did someone say bridges??
stayed outside the city in a place called mestre. it took 20mins from our hotel to get in on the bus but was handy as the bus stopped directly outs... Continue reading »
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memory lane...
Having studied in Florence while in college I had seen just about everything the city has to offer. Its abundance of Renaissance art could ke... Continue reading »
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ceralto and san gimignano...
nikki picked this place at random while on the internet one day and we were sorry we didn't have more than one night there.....
got the train... Continue reading »
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When in Rome...
Having seen all the sights and many museums in college during an art history class, I was able to take Dave around to all the polpular sp... Continue reading »
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lost in translation....
thanks to phil we had somewhere to stay for free while in naples and so we made good use of it and stayed for 6 nights! europe isnt cheap, so... Continue reading »
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Gylfada your Plaka and up the Acropolis
We were staying about 40 minutes out side of Athens in Glyfada, a resort town on the coast. The first two days we caught one of the 4 di... Continue reading »
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pyramids and temples...
what can i say about this place? magic! we spent 10 days here basking in the sunshine and discovering how mystical the whole country is. to make su... Continue reading »
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the golden city...
We've just spent a week in dubai and are about to head to the airport to catch a flight to India....
Dubai is everything they ... Continue reading »
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get it...
Getting to India was a bit tricky. We flew Gulf Air from Dubai to Delhi with a layover in Bahrain. Our flight was late getting into Bahrain an... Continue reading »
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diwali....
We arrived at 6:30am at the train station, where a bus was waiting for us. From here the bus took us to the banks of the River Ganges where we boar... Continue reading »
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rhino watch
We left Varanasi thinking how could this trip get any better?? But when you add elephants and rhino's to the mix the excitement is just never endin... Continue reading »
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Nameste!
Its understandable why there have been so many songs written about Kathmandu. Once a main stop on the 1960's hippie trail, it is now the bustling u... Continue reading »
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the old inn...
we went to bandipur not really knowing much about the place, but just went as it sounded like it was worth checkin out, and was about hal... Continue reading »
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leeches
the road from bandipur to pokhara wasn't any better than the one to bandipur from kathmandu and it took over 3hrs in a fume filled minibus to... Continue reading »
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xiexie
we arrived in Beijing after probably nikki's worst night of flying ever! half way through the flight she started burning up a fever and trips... Continue reading »
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konichi wa?
tokyo is a high-tech, visual hyperbolic wonderland! It's efficient and elegantly cool. As a new yorker I was shocked by the politeness o... Continue reading »
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The Bund
after tokyo, coming to shanghai was a step back in terms of city size and buzz. its rumoured that china is more technologically advanced but t... Continue reading »
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Bangkok
This is the first of three stops in the South East Asia Hub. We are here for only a day and a half before we begin o... Continue reading »
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