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Mumbai: Surrounded by 17 million people

December 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Mumbai: Surrounded by 17 million people

Getting to the commuter train station in a suburb of Mumbai, I was shocked when the seven car train pulled in full and hundreds of people on the platform moved to get on. Loading and unloading the train was a well choreographed dance and unfortunately we didn’t know the steps. Welcome to Mumbai. I was [...]

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Motorbiking Laos

December 1, 2010 By 2 Comments
Motorbiking Laos

Some of our best memories this entire trip have been when we’ve had our own transportation. The first time was in our final days of Argentina when we shared a rental with some other travelers we met at our guesthouse. Next was Africa where we rented our own car to tour Southern Africa, taking it [...]

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Not exactly grandtheft auto

November 29, 2010 By 4 Comments
Not exactly grandtheft auto

“That’ll be $2,” we were told by the border agent. We asked for what and were told that it was the ‘holiday’ fee because it was a Sunday. Never mind that neither Cambodia nor Laos are Christian countries or that any such fee officially exists, this is the way this border is run and there [...]

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Kratie: a journey not a destination

November 24, 2010 By 2 Comments
Kratie: a journey not a destination

Some places are a real pain in the butt to get to. Of course if it’s a remote or rural location that’s one thing, but when its off the main highway of a country, well that is something else. Getting to Kratie was the beginning of what would be an epic journey for us. Over [...]

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