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Porto
6:32 check-in which means we’re up at the crack of dawn and down at the airport not long after, due to good luck getting an Uber almost immediately at 4am.
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Flights in the bag
Trips are getting booked. Thank goodness. I could never sit still as a kid, and I still can’t as an adult. Porto for a long weekend at the end of this month. Hong Kong at the end of January into February.
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London
I’m still figuring out the vehicle and how it will function. A brief couple of nights was spent near Eastbourne on a fabulous farm campsite, an actual working farm which mean no dogs allowed, and no noisey folk. Bliss.
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A new van
Having sold a little Mazda Bongo to the scrap man a couple of years ago, the frustration at not having an quick escape from this city has grown and grown. After watching endless van videos, making and reversing countless decisions of what sort of van to get, I’ve bought a cheap and cheerful Fiat Doblo…
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Sapporo to Sendai
I get up early and cross the road from my hostel to pick up my now customary pastries and coffee, then gather my stuff and head to the main station in Sapporo for my 9:37 train to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, where I get 20 minutes to head over to the Shinkansen platform and meet the Tokyo bound…
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I’m sitting in my small room, fan whirring to circulate air, window open with the sounds and smells of Chinatown intoxicating. It’s very hot, and there seems to be no escape from heat and humidity aside from guzzling water or becoming a mallrat and basking in the aircon.
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Penang, Malaysia
I’ve read that most people come here for the food, and I can’t really question that, having eaten fantastic food from hawker markets and cafes over the last week. I’ve been staying in Little India, and as you can guess this area has food from North and South India, excellent Snacks such as samosas and…
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Bukit Lawang & Orangutans
Arriving in Bukit Lawang, immediately a couple of guys were ready to pounce enquiring if accomodation was needed or a tour. Mistake no. 1 was not saying I already have a tour booked, because they decided to escort me to my hostel, chewing my ear about a tour, and also sitting with me at the…
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Arriving after a forty minute hop from Penang, that took a bit longer due to a go around landing, myself expecting to land any minute and suddenly being thrust upward and back over the sea, no explanation!
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Uyuni, Bolivia
My second visit to Uyuni, previously there on a disastrous three day trip from San Pedro de Atacama, where the jeep broke down twice and the driver did a runner. This time I arrived by train from Oruro, and it was one of the best train journeys I’ve ever done, even if I was blasted…
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