travel diary day 9
day 6 – my ‘tour of agra’ turned out to be another overpriced rort. while i did go to the taj mahal, baby taj and the agra fort, the guide wanted to do a “cultural tour” which would have certainly...
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day 156 – today was the last day on the island, and i had to leave early. after breakfast we checked out and were met by a boat which would take us to halong bay. we crossed cat ba island and ended up...
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day 171 – today it rained all day. i’d been spending a lot of money in china, so i decided to stay at the hotel. i chatted online and played chess all day. day 172 – i packed, checked out of the hotel...
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day 176 – i spent the morning at the hotel an said goodbye to hokuto (he was flying back to chengdu). i had two more days in lhasa by myself, but the guide had to go to the airport with hokuto, so i...
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day 191 – a clear routine had started. we had breakfast and said goodbyes. the spanish group were heading back to town and i was staying on for an extra three days. i ended up waiting for what seemed...
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photos from nepal
top – the view of namche bazaar middle – our guide (on the left) drinking tea in a local tea house bottom – boom sitting on a rock looking across the himalayas
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day 251 – today was hot, so i spent a lazy day in alice springs. i had an early coffee and talked to the owner of a didgeridoo store. the owner was a didj player and i got some advice from him....
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photos from nepal
top – extreme jandra – one of our awesome guides middle – the way to chola pass, a difficult path over ice and crevasses bottom – the view from my bedroom window – the lakes at gokyo
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photos from vietnam
top – a hmong girl guides us through the local hills middle – hmong women pick corn bottom – a hmong child in the village
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