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Continue reading →: Balkans: Day 3 – Gjirokäster & Blue Eye
Good morning from Albania. It’s day three of our expedition to the western Balkans. Today we’re heading down into Dürres to pick up a tour which will take us to southern Albania to visit the historic city of Gjirokastër and the mysterious ‘Blue Eye’. Google Maps tells us it’s a…
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Continue reading →: Balkans: Day 2 – Durrës
After the early start yesterday, it was such a pleasant experience lying in until 10am today. We woke up to discover that heavy overnight rain had flooded the balcony. Dad was up earlier, so headed down into Durrës town centre to pick up some groceries. When he returned, we waded…
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Continue reading →: Balkans: Day 1 – Travel
Welcome back to my blog, where I seek to show you the sort of stuff in countries that travel guides won’t cover. After tacking South East Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand) last November, this time we’re exploring a couple of countries in South East Europe – Albania and North Macedonia,…
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Continue reading →: Thailand: Day 18 – Bangkok
Well it’s been an absolute blast, but today we’re heading home! Good news is, flight isn’t until around 8pm local time, so plenty of time to cram in a few last minute things. We had a bit of a lie in, and dad indulged himself in the buffet breakfast with…
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Continue reading →: Thailand: Day 17 – Bangkok
It’s our last full day of the Holiday and probably the one I have been looking forward to the most! Originally our itinerary had today down as a temple / city tour, but we thought we would be all templed out by now, so made other arrangements instead. I…
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Continue reading →: Cambodia / Thailand: Day 15 – Siem Reap & Bangkok
After 6 days in Cambodia, today we will say goodbye and head to Bangkok in Thailand for the final leg of the trip. As our flight isn’t until 6:35pm, we have opted to lie in and take our time walking around Siem Reap to kill some time. Out in the…
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Continue reading →: Cambodia: Day 14 – Siem Reap
Well how’s about that – that’s two weeks down now, and today is our last full day in Siem Reap. If I’m brutally honest we’ve overstayed our welcome here by a day or two. I don’t mean that negatively to the locals, they’ve been absolutely wonderful, but rather I feel…
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Continue reading →: Cambodia: Day 13 – Phnom Kulen & Siem Reap
Good Morning Cambodia! I’ll be honest that line worked far better back in Vietnam! It’s another beautiful day here in Siem Reap and who knows what lies in store today! Just an FYI, I’ve got to make more of an effort to put the hard yards in, because you (Siem)…
