Amazing Asia '07
In and around Asia
They always told me one of the best things about teaching is the holidays; quite so, when you we Aussie teachers get a good 5 weeks at Christmas to get away and explore the world.
Some of us luckier ones, though, manage to wangle a term's leave, bringing the travel time to a grand total of 18 weeks. I'd like to see you corporate junkies manage that one!
Join Michael and Felicity as they make their way from Beijing down China's eastern coastline into steamy Southeast Asia, going where the day takes us to end up island hopping through the Indonesian archipelago.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler MickyS
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Kicking back in Kuta - destination: relaxation!
I'd be a liar if I didn't admit that I was a little dubious deciding to choose Indonesia's 'Party Capital' as my first port of call on this incredi... Continue reading »
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Coffee shop stories from Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur has always held a place in my heart since I first backpacked my way over here in 2004. A small city of some one million people, it o... Continue reading »
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An awkward introduction of sorts...
After some years of imagining, anticipating, expecting and envisaging, Beijing finally came to me in a dream-like swirl of greys and browns, on a... Continue reading »
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Finding pieces of myself
In our guidebook, the main reason to come to the arid northern region of Inner-Mongolia is to explore the “endless acres upon acres of open grass... Continue reading »
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Making time for timelessness...
I could hardly contain myself when, as a teenager, I found myself overseas for the first time, having made the typical Australian pilgrimage to E... Continue reading »
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Heinz
OK – I’ll admit it. One of the many reasons I travel to Asia so often is the prospect of a good foot massage – well, many, to be a little more pr... Continue reading »
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The Neon Lights are Bright on 'Computer Street!'
Rather unexpectedly, Felicity decided that it was time for a new laptop. Perhaps the prospective purchase had been largely inspired by my frequen... Continue reading »
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5am Woes... and Joys
For me, flight times can be a touchy issue. Some people I know like to take the earliest flights available each day, flying out at 6am to some ex... Continue reading »
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Taming the Void
Long holidays are inevitable lessons in how to live life. Travelling on the road for six months, a year, or even longer, we learn to recreate our... Continue reading »
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Shopper's Insanity
Currency is a stange and wonderful thing indeed. It’s an unspoken language between competing forces, flashing everywhere on signs outside banks,... Continue reading »
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Dalai Lamas and Black Jack?
Borders often provide convenient excuses for hypocrisy. A national psyche is founded upon decades of struggle, honed carefully by a dictatorship qu... Continue reading »
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Back to School
As any seasoned traveller will tell you, no one experience while overseas compares to that of spending an extended period of time in one country le... Continue reading »
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A Drop in the Ocean
I’ve spent the entire day deeply frustrated, angry and embarrassed. I’m now having to come to terms with the strange events of yesterday and strugg... Continue reading »
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More Bumpy Rides
Every holiday has to at some point have a snag or two, some niggling little annoyance that stops everything from running like clockwork. For the... Continue reading »
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Time to think like Socrates...
When the Delphic Oracle declared him to be the wisest man and greatest thinker in all of Athens, Socrates had his doubts. Like any good philosoph... Continue reading »
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Double Dipping
It’s often hard when one is nearing the end of a long trip to find ways of maintaining the excitement and not succumbing to the ‘going back soon’... Continue reading »
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Another Singapore?!
If you love someone, you should set them free. Then, if they return later, it was truly meant to be, right? Interesting idea – but it doesn’t qui... Continue reading »
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All in This Together
Filling in four hours of airport time can be a lousy anticlimax to three and a half month overseas. Nonetheless, as all things have an ending, it’s... Continue reading »
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