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Zanzibar; a slice of paradise.
2015-06-11 04:53:00 UTC
We arrived into the Mikadi camp around 4pm as traffic and city life slowed our tracks. We set up our tents and splashed straight into the pool. The beach front camp was thumping already with beats and drinks, which didn’t stop until about 2 am. Not that we attempted to…
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Game drives and life on the big yellow truck
2015-05-27 03:53:00 UTC
We slept soundly occasionally waking to the faint high pitched laugh of a hyena and other night creatures but thankfully nothing life threatening. After packing down our tent and a quick breakfast of toast, Sean and I left the group and jumped back in our safari van with Michael to…
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The surreal Serengeti and joining Absolute Africa, Tanzania
2015-05-20 02:58:00 UTC
The plane arrived on time into Nairobi at 1pm after a five hour flight and we were eager and edgy to get off and bounce right on into Africa! Immigration and customers were a breeze, we payed our $50USD each and had our large visa sicker sealed into our passports…
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East; scooters, sunshine, snorkelling and sharks in Sri Lanka
2015-05-16 07:03:00 UTC
We rode our bikes back to Manel guesthouse to hitch a ride up to Nilaveli with Lian’s brother, after we had earlier unsuccessfully walked around the bus station hunting for a bus to Trincomalee, only to be told there wasn’t one. (Which we later discovered that we were actually sabotaged…
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The ancient cities; and the centre of Sri Lanka
2015-05-13 06:43:00 UTC
On the road again, this time accompanied by two new pals, Thom & Valentina, a couple around the same age as us, from a small town in the Netherlands. We set our sights on Polonnaruwa & took off in our overly expensive taxi van, made worse by the fact that…
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Kandy; captivating, creative and chaotic.. The cultural capital.
2015-05-12 06:25:00 UTC
We spent the train ride playing cards, reading the lonely planet, and watching out the window as sunshine over tea plantations turned to torrential rain in tall forests! Snacking on our pre purchased Rotties and dry chicken noodles, we were more than pleased when after 7 hours we stopped at…
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Enchanting Ella; tea plantations and lush jungles & secret waterfalls
2015-05-09 06:04:00 UTC
Farewelling Hikkaduwa, we jumped onto a packed public bus and headed the half hour journey to Matara, surfing the corners and clutching the bars. We arrived to a chaotic cluster of busses and people; waiting and watching us as we searched for the bus towards Ella. Working out that in…
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Sri Lanka’s South; beaches, beers and bikes, part two
2015-05-06 05:18:00 UTC
Returning to Cool Spot for a final breaky we jumped on a local bus signed ‘Matara.’ Just shy of an hour and a half we were tapped on the shoulder by the bus conductor telling us we had arrived in ‘Mirissa.’With no real direction or accommodation booked we decided to…
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Sri Lanka’s South; beaches, beers and bikes, part one
2015-05-01 04:49:00 UTC
Taking off again for another adventure, this time not alone but hand in hand with my love, Sean. We hugged out our love and appreciation with my beautiful parents, brother and sister in law who once again kindly dropped us to the airport. As tears rolled down mum’s face she…
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New York, tickling Vegas and heading home.
2012-09-20 06:21:00 UTC
After quite an uncomfortable hungover flight to new York I arrived into Newark liberty international at 1pm local time! With about an hours sleep I crawled off the 8 hour flight to search for some sort of way to contact Amir! Spending $4 in a water to break my note…
