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<title><![CDATA[Hong Kong March 2019]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[A lot of people have a misconception of Hong Kong, that it's a vertical city of concrete and lights. Well - it is, but it's also so much more.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hygge Holiday - Rainy Daney Days]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Day two and three of our short Scandy-break. This was originally written for August 2019.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:02:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Site Update 2020 [updated]]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I know, I know - I've sparingly spread content across this site like vegemite on toast. In the last four years I feel as though I can count as many updates, both in usability and, more importantly, <strong>content</strong>.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hygge Holiday - Day One]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Rise and shine!]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 18:59:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Christmas in the Otways]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Hohoho, Merry Christmas - or should I say Happy Easter; I'm not very timely with these writings.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2017 22:05:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Philippines III - Dumaguete & Borocay]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'll save you some time and let you know it's DOOM-A-GET-EHY. What a cool city. Buzzing with people, bars, restaurants, shops and markets. If only I'd had more time here to explore the city and surrounds such as the turtle sanctuary on Apo Island or a short hop to Oslob for the whale sharks. Sadly this stop in Dumaguete was an overnight stay in transit back to Manila.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2017 18:06:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Philippines Cont'd: Bohol and Siquijor]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Cebu was fantastic, but far too short. This is part two of my Philippines adventure for my 30th Birthday with Alex. If you care to read part one, flip back a page to the <a href="/article/hoy-pinoy-manila-and-cebu/">previous blog</a> on Manila and Cebu.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2017 14:22:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hoy Pinoy! Manila and Cebu!]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the hardest things whilst trying to plan this trip was dealing with Google constantly correcting my misspelling of Philippines. By the end of writing this blog, I hope to have it forever committed to useless memory.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:49:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Perth, WA, and how I spent my summer holidays]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Australia is big. I mean, really big. Take Europe for example, and then add some. Stuck in this continent over the Christmas period due to mandatory leave at the most expensive time of the year Cindy and I decide to head as far away as we can get without heading in to tropical wet-season in the top-end. We decide to head to Western Australia (WA).]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2016 13:54:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cairns and the Atherton Tablelands]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I love Cairns, especially in winter. The far north is tropical and warm and a nice contrast to the counter-side of the continent in Melbourne.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 23:17:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[One Year in Melbourne]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Life is pretty good here in Australia: good weather, great natural scenery, affordable living, and a welcome escape from 'The London Commute'. I certainly don't miss an hour waiting at Paddington Station, or being packed into the tube like a sardine.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2015 08:32:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Going Home for Christmas with a Detour via Tokyo, Returning to Melbourne Via Hong Kong]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Around September of 2014 I started to massively stress. Although I wanted to stay in Australia, my visa wouldn't allow it. I managed to find myself a job after a few, very stressful, weeks. A condition on my acceptance was a period of leave to head home for Christmas, so goodbye Melbourne.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:46:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tasmania]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Work was over, for now. I'd finished up a contract and was looking for new work and on the eve of my departure to Tasmania received a job offer with sponsorship - woo!]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 23:03:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brisbane to Cairns (Fraser Island, Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef)]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I sailed a yacht, slept under stars, fell in love, ate tree ants, swam with turtles, and jumped out of a plane. The following is my account of two incredible weeks travelling from Brisbane to Cairns with GAdventures.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2014 06:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kia Ora, New Zealand]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Well isn't this a surprise, a sudden detour methinks. A few hours before my departure to the Great Ocean Road I book a last-minute trip to New Zealand. Flying out of Sydney to Wellington, when I get to the end of my road-trip.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:58:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Great Ocean Road and the Grampians]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[It had been a long while, since August, since I'd seen Alex and Chris. It was now January and the height of Summer and I had arrived into Melbourne from Alice Springs to venture out West along the Great Ocean Road.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:03:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adelaide to Alice Springs - The Great Outback Adventure to the Red Centre]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Whilst I was in Japan I booked to go on another GAdventures tour. This time with Blanca and David, and in Australia. The goal was to cross 2325km of Australian Outback to reach the Red Centre and Alice Springs. To put those distances into perspective that's like driving from New York to Los Angeles or from London to Azerbaijan... a bloody long way.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2014 01:23:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adelaide]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The New Year had come and gone. It was now the beginning of January and hot as ever. David, Blanca and I had had a great few days of catching up and we were about to start our journey to the Red Centre, first stop: Adelaide.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2014 01:19:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Merry Sydney and a Happy New Year]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Christmas time in Sydney. I arrive cold, sweating, in pain and ill to Australia and make my way to the nearest medical centre. I'd been bed-ridden for the last 4 or 5 days in Malaysia and needed some help. I was prescribed antibiotics, rehydration tablets and pain killers and within 24 hours started to feel like my old jovial self.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 05:21:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kuala Lumpur & Malaka]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I met two really cool people at the Reggae Mansions in KL. An Aussie girl and an American guy. We spent a few days hanging out, visiting the bird park, Malaka and the Petronas Towers.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2013 05:07:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sapa]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'd just returned from Mai Chau to Hanoi and was about to set off again. I was due to board a night train to the mountainous north, near the Chinese border, to a town called Sapa.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2013 12:44:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mai Chau]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'd just said my farewells to Matt; he was leaving for the airport and London. I was alone, again, but my parents would be arriving in a week.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2013 02:11:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Camera; Fuji X20]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've received numerous compliments over the photos on my blog and Flickr account. I'll take a humble approach on this one and pass the successes on to my camera - the Fuji X20; almost all the photos have been taken with it, alongside my waterproof companion the compact Panasonic Lumix FT4.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2013 13:46:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Halong Bay]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I ended up taking two trips out to the bay because I loved it so much, but fortunately both were different experiences and with different people; the first trip was for 3 days/2 nights with Matt; the second was just for a day trip with my parents.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 02:10:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hanoi]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[For the amount of time I spent in Hanoi, I took surprisingly few photos. It's not an attractive city but it is an interesting city, and one that I'll remember with fondness for years to come. It was a place that felt like home and a place that I was sad to leave.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:24:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hoi An]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[We stayed in the hotel Hoa Binh a few minutes walk from the centre of town. Food was on our minds more than anything else so we found a friendly looking cafe to enjoy some local cuisine - the guide book told us to try Cao Lao and so we did; it was spectacular :9]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:19:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Train Travel Through Vietnam (Mui Ne to Danang Night Train)]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[This post is a little segue from the brevity of my travel diary, and expresses my experience on the Vietnamese night train between Mui Ne and Danang.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:35:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mui Ne]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[After a day of travelling to and from the Chu-Chi tunnels from Ho Chi Minh in a crammed bus without air conditioning we were not looking forward to the 6 hour bus ride to Mui Ne - beach side town, but it wasn't all bad; I read a lot of Game of Thrones Book 3 and so before we knew it we were in Mui Ne.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:47:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ho Chi Minh - Redux]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I returned to ho Chi Minh by bus from Cambodia. The journey was interesting in the most sincere sense of the word. We seemed to get caught in a traffic jam during some public holiday. The jam was a queue for the ferry that would take us across a large river, the ferry is the ONLY point across the river in Cambodia as they're still constructing a bridge. After almost two hours in line we're told to pass forward a few $USD each so we can bribe provice a donation to a police officer so he'd be inclined to shut off the other side of the road and usher our bus ahead of the queue of locals. Worthwhile as it saved us a few hours of waiting in traffic.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2013 07:07:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I heard a quote whilst I was travelling that rung true upon first entering Cambodia.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2013 06:50:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ho Chi Minh]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Leaving the civilised world of Japan left a multi-coloured mark on my soul. I didn't want to leave and yet I found myself excited to be going to Vietnam - a place I had read about and heard about for such a long time. A country so devastated by war and the horrific, and on-going, effects of Agent Orange. A country whose food excited my lips at the thought. I was off to Vietnam.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2013 06:32:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kuala Lumpur Arrival]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was great to see my parents after such a long time away from home. It was also nice being able to show them Hanoi; a city which I fell in love with and called my home for a short while - I felt like a local.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2013 05:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Tokyo gave me split opinions. I thought the city had lots of life and character but it was all made far too overwhelming by the sheer size and business of the place. With a population of 35 million people - yes, that's right, 35 million! By comparison, London has 9 million - you need to take Tokyo as being a cluster of large cities all interconnected.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:45:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sapporo and Hokkaido]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[My journey up to Sapporo took about a day, stopping in Aomori for the night whist I waited for the next train to Hokkaido the following morning. Aomori was... interesting. it truly was a city of limbo. There was nothing of any importance or any interest it was a city that seemed to only exist to connect Honshu to Hokkaido - yet it was a big city and I was confused by it.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:43:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japanese Alps, Hiking the Nakasendo and Matsumoto]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[My gateway to the Japanese Alps was Nagoya a clean, modern and wealthy city in the heart of Honshu. I had an evening here before my trek the next morning. A pleasant city but also an expensive one.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2013 11:39:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kagoshima]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I had an unlimited travel Japan Rail Pass and a plan - to see as much of the diversity of Japan as I could in the short time I had. So I booked a hostel and ticket on the Shinkansen to the end of the line - as far south as I could go - and to see the what Kyushu had to offer. My destination, Kagoshima, a few hours away and I had no idea what to expect.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:35:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Miyajima]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Just a short update after returning from the Shimani Kaido, refreshed and back in Hiroshima for a day trip to Miyajima - an island off the coast boasting picturesque views from Mount Misen and a floating Tori gate.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:28:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cycling the Shimanami Kaido]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I first heard about this ride from a page in my Lonely Planet guide. The details were sparse, but the idea exhilarating; cycle 70km from Honshu to Shikoku across an archipelago joined by some amazing suspension bridges. I had to do this.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:26:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hiroshima]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I leave early morning for the train station as I need to sort out my JR Pass - a pre-paid tourist rail pass that allows unlimited travel on Japan Rail lines across the whole of Japan for two weeks. The journey to Hiroshima is just over 200 miles and I'm in Hiroshima in under two hours with just one change in Osaka. I take a deep breath and head on over to the Hiroshima Peace Park and Atomic Bomb museum.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kyoto]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I arrived in Kyoto laden like a pack horse with more stuff than I seemed to remember having than when I arrived in Japan - did I really buy that much stuff in Osaka or had I just packed poorly.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:24:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan Kawaiiiiii!]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm in Japan! After my flight got cancelled in the evening because of a nasty typhoon in the area I finally arrive a day late.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:44:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shanghaied]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[In Shanghai for a few days, but sadly I've picked up a bug travelling. I spent a day in Lijiang sleeping, followed by a night bus to Kunming (which I didn't really sleep) and a flight from Kunming to Shanghai.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:43:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[On Travelling Alone]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I remember before leaving home everyone saying how brave I was - was there something they weren't telling me? I'm not brave, if anything I'm a paranoid over thinker and risk-avoider, I'm not an explorer or an adventurer - I'm going a well trodden path.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:23:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 08:49:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chengdu I!]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Upon arriving in Chengdu one get's the feeling that you may have left China behind somewhere and you've stumbled into Chinatown in some Italian city. Everyone seems smartly dressed, the roads are clean, the streets and avenues are wide with trees, and designer shops like Louis Vuitton and Prada line the streets... in fact the only thing that makes me still feel in China are the people and the signs - oh and the big Mao statue right in the centre of the main square.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:27:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Xi'an (Pronounced She Anne)]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ah, finally a chance to relax and put my feet up and just enjoy being on holiday with no plans and no commitments for the next few days.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 07:42:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shaolin]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[My detour into the Chinese hinterlands led me to the Shaolin Monastery. Not originally somewhere I had intended to go, but a nice excursion with lots of historical significance. The Shaolin Monastery is the home of ALL martial arts (or so it is said) - that and lots of Kung Fu Movies ;)]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stranded and Alone]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I left Beijing this morning for Louyang where I had planned on catching a bus to Dengfeng, a small town just next to the Shaolin Monastery where those famous Kung Fu monks live.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 08:57:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hashtag Babushka to Beijing]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The last few days here in Beijing with the GAdventures Babushka group.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:33:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China First Impressions]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Wow! Both in surprise and amazement.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2013 04:42:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Leaving Mongolia]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Mongolia is beautiful, sparse and endless - or so it seems from the train - as we pass through hours of endless plains. Occasionally a mountain or a Ger tent or some horses, yak or camels come into view but the majority is just emptiness. I eat an expensive lunch in the dining car, there's something spectacular about eating lunch at 120km/h in the Gobi desert, far from civilisation I feel like I'm dining in the restaurant at the end of the universe.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:02:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ulan Bator and Terelj National Park - Mongolia]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ulan Bator - now there's a place that sounds remote and far from home. I conjured up images of dusty roads, horse and carts and a big, busy and rushed city.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:29:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[On Russian/Mongolian Border Control]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[So, today we had a crossing from Russia into Mongolia. The 8 hours spent at the border control felt longer than the six days crossing through Russia by a long way.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 10:11:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Irkutsk]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[What a contrast today. Non stop torrential rain the whole day soaks right through to the bone - and sadly my bag, wallet and trans-siberian handbook.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 10:10:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lake Baikal]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[We arrive in Irkutsk and grab a bus to Listvyanka on Lake Baikal where we are to stay with a local family near the shoreline of the largest freshwater lake in the world!]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 10:06:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trans Siberian]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Wow, what an incredible trip of a lifetime!]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:01:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rushing in Russia]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Phew! Am I exhausted. I'm collapsed on my hotel bed, drenched to the bone from all the rain. The hotel we're staying is in the old Olympic village from the 80s.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:21:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[From Russia with Love]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Well I'm here. Day one! I'm sitting in the lounge area of the hostel, I'm exhausted and there's a Kalashnikov on the wall, but I'm enjoying the free WiFi and I'm watching an episode of the Simpsons in Russian on the TV... I have no idea what's going on but Grandpa has taken Bart and Lisa to a baseball game apparently - my eyes keep returning to the Kalashnikov (at least it's padlocked to the wall).]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:08:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[I'm going on an adventure!]]></title>
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<description><content:encoded><![CDATA[About three months ago I was hiking through the Swiss Alps with one of my best friends. It was raining; the trains were delayed; we forgot to buy a gas bottle so we couldn't cook our dinner; we were carrying our tents, sleeping bags, pots and pans; we were hiking up 1700m with all this gear and in the rain, across snow drifts, avalanches, fallen logs and streams; we were sleeping on the hard ground. But, it struck me as weird because I couldn't remember when I had felt that relaxed - it had been ages. There was something about the outdoors, the breathtaking scenery, the friendly retired locals telling us about winning the ski championships in 1942, and the marvelous wilderness surrounding Interlaken that was just such a perfect break from work and London life.]]></content:encoded></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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