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Jump to the full entry & travel map Capetown, Western Cape, South Africa... and paid for the privilege! Well, not quite so. The planned trip to Robben Is last Tuesday was cancelled due to high winds so Tim and I left Capetown for the Garden Route. Some 2,500 + kms late (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Auckland, North Island, New ZealandAfrica, a continent of many Contrasts with many Challenges ahead of itselfTwo months travelling 9,000+ km from Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and finally to South Africa. Forty th (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Johannesburg, South AfricaI survived the 12 hour flight! Left Perth late but got into J'berg early and then had another 5 hour wait.Last 3 or is it a 4 hour leg to get north to Nairobi. Airbus319 was only 3/4 full and that was great b (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa7.00 pm ,its about 17C and raining. Last week it was 31C today nearly half that, and prediction is wet all week but despite that lots of things to do and see. Must be mirroring whats happening in C (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Livingstone, ZambiaLivingston, ZambiaThe next few days we spent relaxing at the camp, enjoying good breakfast and the chance to catch up on internet. It rained during the afternoons and we were lazy, reading and lounging and gradually (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Cape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaIts 7.30 am, still raining.Last night it absolutely pissed down. Certainly no drought in this part of the world. Up early as still getting used to the change of times zones.Got to bed about 11-ish (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaToday is it .... 2.30 pm I leave so better repack ... now 20.5 kg. was only 16 kg last Sat.Too many questions in my mind. How will I cope camping again after all these years? Will I be the "old man" (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Paris, Île-de-France, FranceNot much to say about Paris- I just wanted to include it on the map because a number of people had asked about how you would get to West Africa from theory confines of Toronto. There is obviously nothing di (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Bamako, MaliAfter a long, sleep-deprived journey to get to West Africa, Bamako hits us like a ton of bricks right in the customs and luggage area. I assume that the scene that played out would be akin to an announcement of the pending (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Sure, you can just go to the store and buy a bow. But why not make your gift show a bit more thought, and style? Recycle old maps, glossy ads, and other paper into creative bows with this guide. Design blog How about orange... put together a tutorial for turning a glossy magazine page into a gift bow. They talk about using (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, IndiaThe whole point of going to Ranthambhor was to see tigers. Let me you start out by saying that we saw no tigers. We took 3 safaris, two of them at the ungodly hours of 6:30 am, and we saw n (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Jaipur, Rajasthan, IndiaI was finally glad to leave Jaisalmer. The place was starting to get to me, with the heat and all the tourists. There is only so hassle you can take from Indian people trying to sell you their wares. Dad and (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Georgetown, Pinang, MalaysiaIt only took three days for my Indonesian visa to be ready. So early on a Friday morning, along with a crazy and at that time drunk English guy I left Kuala Lumpur.We're now in Penang island on the north-we (Read More)
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Bukit Lawang, IndonesiaI said goodbye to Rich and I arrived in Medan after a 7 hours boat journey!My first impression of Indonesia wasn't that good...as soon as I stepped out the boat i got sprayed (face included) with i don't know wh (Read More)