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36 hours after leaving Rio we finally made it to Cusco in the heart of Peru. To be fair the canceled flight was a blessing in disguise as our airline put us up overnight in a plush hotel. The ...
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touristy, but sweet that is how i would describe antigua. fresh off the bus i was instantly impressed with the spirit and friendliness of this town. it feels very unlike any other guatemalan town, ...
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When in Rome...  (Aug 26 '06)
Ancient Rome! Incredible! Sitting right in the middle of modern (well, commercially not architecturally) Rome are the ruins of such a powerful, past civilization. Right there next to the bus stops and ...
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Big Jars and Actual Cold  (Nov 12 '06)
"They are though to have been used for burials or perhaps food storage - hopefully not both!"
We left the laziness, pork steaks, mayo, cheap aircon, tubes, simpsons, infinity pool and strange noises ...
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Pompeii Ruins  (May 10 '06)
Went to Pompeii today. Wow is it impressive. I didn't realise just how big it actually was. It took the five of us eight hours to see it!! and that was going at a quck pace. We saw almost everything ...
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Cambodia  (Apr 18 '07)
Lynne and I needed to extend our visas one last time in Thailand. This time instead of just doing a "border run" and having lunch in Cambodia we decided to make a three day trip of it and see the ...
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Italy - On the way home  (Jul 01 '07)
"Pietrasanta is a beautiful place and of course where Michelangelo came from - did I get that right?"
1 - 3 July - Rome Isn't Rome magnificent, you can't walk far without seeing yet another Roman ...
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Amazing Assisi  (Jul 11 '07)
Amazing Assisi We chose to visit Assisi at the end of the day, when the majority of tour buses and day trippers were ending their visit and drove up the hill town of Assisi into the underground ...
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A Slice of Vietnamese History  (Oct 22 '07)
"Historical, Charming, Cheap and Fascinating"
The trip from Hanoi to Hoi An was really enjoyable - despite lasting well over 16 hours. We caught the sleeper train South and, precisely because it was a ...
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Siem Reap  (Mar 10 '07)
Soooo, as I was saying, we booked a mini-bus from Koh Chang to Siem Reap for about $25 each. We thought that a reasonable amount considering the distance and border crossing. I had heard that the ...
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