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VIETNAM | Monday, 30 Jul 2007 | Views [1627]
With
our time limited to only a week now in Hanoi, we decide to forego the
train and biking adventure up to Sapa, that would literally take us
more time in travel time than actual adventure biking time. Instead,
we spend a couple of days on the ... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Monday, 16 Jul 2007 | Views [1171]
Our extended stay in Mui Ne from three to six days, to catch the wind for Darrin's kite boarding, sadly has come to an end without enough wind to get him onto the board. But it has been well worth our time, we really have decompressed months of crazy ... Read more >
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LAOS | Wednesday, 13 Jun 2007 | Views [1824]
Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys... line up here for the ride of your lives. Our journey is about to begin. We situate ourselves on our wooden plank seats at the back of the small long-tail boat. A man enters the boat with his 4 bamboo purses full ... Read more >
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LAOS | Tuesday, 12 Jun 2007 | Views [3102]
Every Survivor show has a super-human physical challenge of standing and balancing for a long period of time in a very awkward and physically demanding/uncomfortable position. Today's one hour public bus ride from Phongsali to Hat Sa (our dock of entry ... Read more >
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LAOS | Monday, 11 Jun 2007 | Views [2855]
The Akha tribes, and specifically this tribe, seem a little more well off - relatively speaking as far as hilltribe living goes. Most of the houses in this village have satellite dishes, TV's and many have DVD players with all the latest children's ... Read more >
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LAOS | Sunday, 10 Jun 2007 | Views [2743]
Our guide has been a bit of a challenge for us. It's not his fault... the government tourism manager we contracted with for this trek put him in this situation, so it's truly an issue for the manager. So we're trying to be patient and supportive with ... Read more >
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LAOS | Saturday, 9 Jun 2007 | Views [2612]
We awoke to the sounds of animals below the cracked floor boards upon which we slept. First the crowing of the roosters woke up the cows, the buffalo groan and the pigs let out squeals of hunger. I got up and asked our guide where we were supposed ... Read more >
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LAOS | Saturday, 9 Jun 2007 | Views [3352]
It was 5:30 am, and we've woken up to the noise of roosters, cows, chickens and other animals... the sounds blending into a real rhythm, and I honestly thought I was hearing school children chanting and singing in the distance. We stowed our big packs ... Read more >
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LAOS | Friday, 8 Jun 2007 | Views [1118]
In Northern Laos, there is very limited tourist infrastructure. There were five of us together, wanting to do a trek (Darrin, I, an Argentinean, Italian, and Spaniard) We wandered the streets trying to communicate with people, in search of a trekking ... Read more >
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INDIA | Sunday, 1 Apr 2007 | Views [4172]
Today we had the pleasure of exploring the city with Sambit, Shravani, and their daughter Shubhangi. On the top of the list was shopping for some local ethnic women’s wear, and Darrin’s need for a hair cut. Shopping for women’s Indian ... Read more >
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INDIA | Monday, 19 Mar 2007 | Views [1021]
Our driver intersperses the ride with cool and hot drink pit stops, which we’re really trying hard not to consume much liquid, so as not to have to use the fine roadside facilities. Not so lucky though, we stop for chai, and with 5 hours ... Read more >
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