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"Hello Money"
Beggars here come in all shapes and sizes and utilize many different tactics. The most common come up to you speaking softly and follow you around or tap on the window of your taxi. The most annoying are the kids who poke grab and sometimes scratch you. The saddest are the tiny kids who don't say anything they sit naked with genitals directly touching the dirty wet cement barely moving. One
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San Lorenzo de el Escorial Espanha A primeira impresso a que fica.
1 de Maio de 2008San Lorenzo de El Escorial uma cidadezinha que est mais ou menos a 50 quilmetros de Madri.Este foi a primeiro lugar que eu visitei depois da minha chegada a Madri. Foi tambm a primeira vez que eu andei em um trem de linha em Madrid chamado Cercanias. A verdade que ver uma construo do sculo 16 em to bom estado de conservao e com a magnitude que tem o mosteiropal
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Into Thin Air
The weather was picture perfect the traffic volume low and alpineesque valleys lay below me in all their glory. I had timed the ride just right. It was 1 pm the hottest part of the day and my altimetre indicated an altitude of 4.400 metres as I headed ever upwards to Chola pass in Western Sichuan. I had spent the night in the cleanest hotel of the whole trip showered with hot water for the f
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Koh Tao
Koh Tao is the most beautiful relaxed laid back cool island I've ever been to. The water is clear and calm the sand is so soft beneath your feet and the people are incredibly friendly and genuine. It feels a little bit like Santa Cruz but in Thailand a little bit weird but in a very cool way. Eileen covered all the big stuff and yes Bren was WAY off base w the room he picked for us
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Greetings from New Mexico
Today we began our journey crossing the U.S. at 540am. We were fortunate in that we did not hit any traffic leaving the LA area. We were very thankful Jojo also decided not to give the cats their medicine until she thought they needed it. Surprisingly the cats did very well in the car. Oh wait Mischa decided to pee on Jojo's seat. So I pull over on the side of the 40 freeway so she can t
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Jakarta
Bonjour tout le mondeJe suis prsentement l'aroport et je suis sur le point de quitter Jakarta et du mme coup l'Indonsie.Jakarta est plutt pauvre elle est trs sale il y a trs peu de touristes les gens ne parlent pas vraiment anglais il y a des bouchons de circulation monstre toute heure du jour. Jakarta est une ville de transit qu'on ne visite pas vraiment par choix. Mon guide Lo
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Success at the Backpackers Car Market
Well that was a lot easier than i thought it would be Bit of a early start. A couple of the guys work in my dorm so i was woken at about half seven by there not so quite morning rituals. I thought i'd use this early start to my advantage. So after getting ready i headed up to Karangahape Road at the top of Queen Street as the Backpackers Car Market is just off of it. Took me a minute to find
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Into Guatemala
Flying into Guat city is was more beautiful than i thought. Lots of greenery. I like greenery.Cab ride was fun dodged lots and lots of buses. Lots of black exhaust spewing buses. Antigua is incredible. I love the architecture and the hustlebustle and the beautiful mountainous greenery every direction you look. Add the surrounding 3 volcanoes Agua Acatenango and Fuego which recen
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Final day in Santiago before meeting up with my tour
Well I couldnt have asked for a better final day in Santiago...I met up with my Brazilian buddy and we headed to a wine tour at Concha y Toro which is the largest exporter of Chilean wines. The harvest finishes in March so we couldnt see any of the leafy vines but we strolled around the acreage and learned about the history of the family who brought all of the vines back from France. We even had
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Teaching ESL Camp
Camp for me and many other teachers was one of the most intimidating challenges when teaching ESL in Korea. Where a teacher usually creates 14 lesson plansweek during the regular school year a camp can expand to 10 or more lesson plansweek. 1 hour 1 lesson. At my school camp lasts one week one during summer break and another during winter break of 1518 lesson plans. Standard Class
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On the road again or are we
We spent the last couple of days relaxing catching up and feeding our faces at Breda and Adrian's gorgeous home in Truro N.S. Great timing to celebrate our 26th wedding anniversary and Pat's 61st birthday. Pat decided to purchase an air mattress seems the thin selfinflating foam just doesn't cut it this time out I picked up some heavy socks and of course batteries to fill two air mattresses
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On the road again
Hi EveryoneWell Adam I made it to Alaska finally and are camping at Delta Junction just 150kms south of Fairbanks. Tomorrow wersquoll try to achieve Galbraith Lake campground at the milepost marker 275 along the Dalton highway enroute to Prudhoe Bay. From there wersquod like to set out the next day and ride the 225 kms north to Prudhoe get the necessary photos and hightail it back to Cold
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Slowly making our way home
After spending almost four days in Pucon we finally started our way south towards Coyhaique. We made our way to Osorno where we would catch our bus to Coyhaique only to find out that our bus the only bus to Coyhaique was sold out. We started panicking. We are supposed to start classes on Monday and everyone was telling us that our next chance was until not next Wednesday After a long hour at a
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Hiking Volcan Villarica
We got up at the crack of dawn to put our gear on and go hike up the volcano. Usually people start hiking the volcano at 5000ft where the ski lifts can take you but being winter the lifts were frozen. We had to start at about 300ft at 8am. Twenty minutes into our hike my heart was racing and my feet were hurting. Breaks were never long enough for me but I had to keep on trekking. Every ten minut
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Asado in Pucon
As soon as we arrived in Pucon we fell in love with the town. It is a small ski outdorsy town two hours from Temuco which everyone who visits Chile must go to. Our hostel is amazing. It is called Tree House Hostel and is run by the most adorable Chileans. One of them Alex immediately offered to help us find things to do in town and even cook us an asado It was delicious He made us pork and s
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devinette
Kangooroo ca veut dire quoi en fait ahhhh ahhh un koala a celui qui trouve reponse exigee avant le 2 aout 22h50
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de Sydney a Melbourne en passant par la barriere de corail
Dernier trip... rentree mercredi soir Debut de la semaine a Sydney... l 'opera le botanical garden Darling harbour Manley Bondi les surfeurs les requins tout ca.... et puis dimanche depart a 4h du mat pour Cairns le grand Nord australien ou il fait 32 degres l hiver Pas de bol il pleut et la sortie sur la barriere de corail s annonce assez mal... mais rien a faire je fonce 7h30 check
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Rain Rain Go Away
Wednesday was a little on the wet side actually more of a tidal wave with rain rain rain. So due to the weather we changed our plans and visited the Marime Museum in Darling Harbour. Was good to see Australia had more history at sea than just convict ships and we enjoyed finding out about thier involvement in the world wars.The rest of the day was spent shopping in Paddys Market and enjoying the
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A quick update
Hi everyoneAll is wonderful here in Slovenia Kids are having a ball and really starting to get into the lingo Just greatThanks for all the comments you are posting on the site its just amazing that at the touch of the button we are all so quickly connencted. Tash and Andy great to hear you are enjoying yourselves. Good luck with the play this weekend.Jason Hepi brzdaj Wishing you a special
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The hills are alive with bad mapreading
Itrsquos been a week of mountain hikes and sunshine. So Irsquom tired but slightly less pasteywhite than usual.Having said goodbye to Valemount I headed south to the Wells Grey Provincial Park. I spent two nights in the park the first at Clearwater Lake nice but dull and the second at Pyramid Mountain less dull but also not as nice. On a blisteringly hot day I just about managed to
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Week 2 a week of classes.
Some interesting things I have learned observed from my classes that have stuck with me Political Sociological Our teacher was Carlos. Most women in the class had a crush on this 40 year old baldish guy. He explained the information in such a way you actually wanted to listen. He was a great teacher and his tics were funny. He squinted his eyes when it was information he found profound or i
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Adembenemende uitzichten
Hola todosNou die dierenmarkt in Otavalo was nog wel een hapening. Heel de omgeving loopt uit met zn koeien varkens hondjes kippen eenden enzovoort om die voor een aantal dollars te slijten aan kopers. Een drukke bedoening met krijsende varkens loeiene koeien en blije kopers met twee kippen in de hand terug naar huis. Ik geloof dat ik voor de prijs waarvoor ik een trui op de toeristenmarkt
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Chruch in Bauska
We went to church at Pastor Andrejs' in Bauska. The service was delivered in three languages Russian Latvian and English We all spoke and shared with the church. The music during worship was great even though it was in Latvian and sometimes Russian. Most of the time we could pick out what song it was but it was nice just to close your eyes and enjoy the music and singing. After the service
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sunshine state
its been three weeks since butch dropped me off back home...and i'm still livin the dream...though i must admit there are some pretty pie crazy jabbies down in these parts...so...i spent a week back home hangin with the fam and a few friends...did a nice little ceremony thing for JLG...those that were there i truly appreciate it...then i caught a flight on down to the city of sunny orlando...and
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Now THIS is how you start a trip
The trip has gone like clockwork so far. We managed to get everything wrapped up before we departed and actually got on the road not on time but EARLY. For those of you who know me well you know that's a miracle. Closing the business down today was a big help and allowed us to wake and concentrate on our plans. Aside from the one client who has called literally 6 .. wait.. ring ring..make that
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Day one
So yesterday was very interesting....I went around Dublin and saw the book of Kells at Trinity college. The campus is very beautiful. The book of Kells was amazing For those who aren't familiar the book consists of the four gospels in picture form. These very well protected books were created by Irish monks....they are full of detail .....and truly ornate. I also had the pleasure of warding off
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The Beat Goes On...
I miss blogging my travels...so I made a playlist on youtube of some songs that remind me of my trip somehow. It's like my soundtrack Hope you enjoyClick View Full Entry then click on the link below to youtube.Road Trip Playlist
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Off again
Just a quick note for the subscribers of Oliver's Travels...I am hitting the long and dusty road again today and have decided to start a new travelblog Oliver's Odyssey. Oliver's OdysseyPlease subscribe and join me on a new adventure. I've already written the first entry so you have something to get your teeth into.Sincere thanks for your support encouragement and contribution throughout th
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The North of Israel
Hey everyone I am having a blast in Israel. I've gotten over not being in control of my life and being told where and when to go. Sorry...no photos because the computer i'm using keeps freezing every time I try to open the photos on this program.So....a quick run down of what we have done so far.After I sent the last blog I returned to hang out with my new friends. They turned Ice Breaker
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San Diego Zoo Sea World and baseball
Craig and I are exhausted. Itrsquos been a busy few days. Our day trip to Rosarito Beach in Mexico today was cancelled but Craig and I arenrsquot too upset as it gives us a chance to just relax. Poor Craig has been fighting a bad cold possible bird flu Craig for the past few days and hence hasnrsquot been getting much sleep and has been feeling pretty crap so hersquos getting a much
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On the Bright Side
The most difficult realization that comes after awareness is accepting that you have limitations. Maybe thatrsquos where the balance lies wedged in between your heart and mind between the crevasses that you havenrsquot had the courage to thoughtfully explore. The dichotomous nature of the two helps me separate what I can and cannot process while I am in the work. Therersquos a crippled m
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Cappadocia part 2
Today I had booked a second day tour with Rock Valley Tour group which I have been very pleased with the service they have for the price. A lot of the tours here are run in big bus groups with one tour guide for 4550 people Today's group was a Japanese women traveling the world for the next year and a family from Alfred NY They are the first Americans I have run into in the last week here a
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Pyramids Tombs and Sailing the Nile
We've made it to Egypt And it's hot. Insanely hot. I've only seen a thermometer one time and it read 43 degrees C. That's almost 110 degrees Farenheit and I swear that wasn't even the hottest day.When we were leaving the Cairo airport earlier this week we started chatting with a random guy standing next to us while waiting in line. Turn's out that he's a 29 year old Argentinian named Gustavo an
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What's up with the graffiti in Berlin
For all of you who love Berlin write me and let's compare notes. I've taken at least a dozen trips to Berlin and I think I know the city pretty well but you may have a different perspective. If so I'd like to hear about it. If you're younger than me under 60 you are most likely to be attracted to hip trendy parts of Berlin like Mitte or Prenzlauerberg. These areas although mildly int
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New book website
I've made a Blurb book from my travels over 2009 and 2010. It's called 'The Beautiful South' as I noticed I ended up going to the southern parts of three continents Balkans southern Africa the southern cone of the Americas.As you can't put the Blurb preview code on travelblog check out my new travel website I've made using Weebly httprodyssey.weebly.com On the website there's previews
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