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First Taste Of South America – Santiago & Valparaiso

By on December 6, 2012 in South America

It was finally time to leave the UK and after spending 4.5 months in the Europe/UK region we were ready to say farewell. We were up super early to catch our first flight of many – departing Stansted Airport at 6:30am. We were lucky to use the No1 Traveller lounge free of charge (Kim had [...]

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Living The Greek Island Life

By on August 20, 2012 in Europe, Greece

After a history lesson in Athens it was time to hit the Islands and have some fun in the sun. We had to catch the train from Monastiraki Station to the port at 6am to make the 40 minute train journey in time to make our Hellenic Seaways ferry departure time of 7:15am so it [...]

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Duane’s Asia Wrap-up

By on August 10, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

   5 Months in Asia – My Adventure From Singapore Slingers to Peaking Duck, what an adventure Asia has been. Spending five months traveling our way overland from Singapore to Beijing. Traveling Asia was fun, Hard and more rewarding than anything I’v ever done. It has taught me that you really don’t need much in [...]

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Eating and Drinking Asia

By on June 29, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Food and Drinks, two things Duane and Kim can’t live without. As we make our way around the world we are of course encountering many types of food and drinks we love and hate and some things we have never heard of before. You can find just about anything and everything to eat in Asia [...]

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Centre Point Of Three Great Spots

By on June 19, 2012 in Vietnam

Because we loved our Hotel in Hue so much we let them book our tickets to Hanoi, (easy right). Except; the train company had double booked our room, it made for a very unpleasant start to the trip. We thought we would book with a nice soft sleeper and just relax, that just didn’t happen. We [...]

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Lesson of The Week – Always have a Sarong on hand

By on March 4, 2012 in Lesson Of The Week, Uncategorized

Always have a sarong on hand! 3 weeks on the road and we have very quickly learnt the importance of having a sarong with us at all times. It has become a towel, pillow, bed sheet, shoulder wrap, dress and has been used on every bus trip! If you have ever travelled on a bus [...]

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