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  1. Backpacking cheaply in Varna / Golden Sands (Bulgaria)

    Blog: Backpacking on the Cheap - 9 October 2009

    Varna / Golden Sands is perhaps the undiscovered Majorca of the Balkans. The big difference: if you follow the tips below, you can have a truly cheap backpacking experience.

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  2. Cheap Holidaying/Backpacking: Never pay for the Internet again

    Blog: Backpacking on the Cheap - 9 October 2009

    CHEAP BACKPACKING/Free internet: A random photo from my trip - my friends pretend ing they have a sense of style

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  3. Billy no amigos

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 7 October 2009

    Last night I had an epic pool session with a chap from Suffolk. We’d had one the night before until 3 in the morning (powered by 9 pints on my side) and I’d been pipped 6-5. This time round I found myself 4-0 down so took a little break to give myself a one on [...]

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  4. Home and Away

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 6 October 2009

    After last night’s hi-jinx I feel a tad groggy. I declare I will actually see Sofia today though. Now I don’t mean this in a horrible way, but strewth I’m getting sick of Aussies (despite meeting plenty of them that I like). The number of them travelling is just ludicrous. I reckon it’s a stealth invasion [...]

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  5. Citizen Teriyaki

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 5 October 2009

    This morning over breakfast (running to the much more sociable hour of half 10, meaning a 10:25 rise for me) I had a most Interesting chat with a Melbourne lad with Greek parents. There was a joint discussion on SEO, I explained the Blogsherpa program to him and he TEFL to me. TEFL is something [...]

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  6. We gotta get out of this place

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 4 October 2009

    Disaster, the ISP the hostel uses is bobbins and the connection is still down. I haven’t found an open hotspot anywhere else either, not even in Smacky D’s. I feel so isolated! In other news I managed to crack my nose on the taxi door frame last night while getting my bag out in the dark [...]

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  7. Rockin’ all over the world

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 3 October 2009

    I’ve kind of had the same night for 3 in a row now and am getting a bit bored by it, so I’m happy to be moving on today. There was one difference from previous night’s though as they had a belly dancer for a short while at the hostel. I reckon she was silicon enhanced [...]

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  8. Istanbul, Istanbul I am coming

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 29 September 2009

    I’ve had a proper lazy morning just dicking about on the internet in preparation for tonight’s overnight bus to Istanbul. I was considering a trek that’s at least a 10k round trip into the hills to a monastery, but it’s supposed to be pretty difficult to find the trail and I basically can’t be arsed. [...]

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  9. Sleepless in Tarnovo

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 28 September 2009

    I’ve been reading my guide book this morning about things to see in Istanbul. I have to say I’m quite looking forward to going now, some of it sounds amazing. Sleep update: well I had an even earlier night and was tucked in for 11 and asleep by quarter past, blimey. Unfortunately some kids (a nice [...]

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  10. Bulgarians, mental I’m telling ya

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 27 September 2009

    Well another bobbins night’s sleep, pretty much a repeat of the previous night. Is so frustrating, which in turn probably makes it harder to sleep. Vicious circle, round and round (Vic Reeves used to say that on Shooting Stars but I can’t find a link to prove it). I’m perking up a bit today even with [...]

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  11. Woe is me

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 26 September 2009

    I think I’m going to stay 2 nights extra than planned here and then head to Istanbul on Tuesday night rather than Sunday. The main reason being is that I’m ruddy knackered and need somewhere nice to recuperate and this place fits the bill. Last night I went to bed at 1 but didn’t get to [...]

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  12. Dan Petrescu

    Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 25 September 2009

    Right, I’m just off to the train station to make my way to Veliko Tarnovo. While walking there I went past a large garden gate and was taken aback by a huge bang like a sledge hammer bashing into it, followed by an almighty roar and a large paw protruding under it. I had a peek [...]

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  13. Wizz Air Fly To Varna From Luton

    Blog: BanskoBlog - 11 September 2009

    Wizz Air continue to adapt and add new routes.

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  14. A trip to the Strandzha Mountains Region in Bulgaria

    Blog: Travel China and the World - 8 September 2009

    On a recent trip to Bulgaria, our family decided to take some time and visit one of the places which has been “off-the-beaten track” for quite some time. We visited the Strandzha mountains region and specifically the village of Brashlian. It is located about 10km from the town of Malko Tqrnovo very [...]

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  15. Hiking In The Pirin: One Fine Weekend

    Blog: BanskoBlog - 3 September 2009

    Pirin is not only known for hosting Bulgaria’a most modern ski resort in Bulgaria, but also for being the steepest mountain of all, with sharp peaks and difficult tracks. Milena Tosheva and her friends and work colleagues, at myhome.bg in Sofia are a bunch of keen mountain and outdoors folks. They kindly sent sent in this account of their recent trip to Bansko.

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  16. Jazz Fest 2009: Video

    Blog: BanskoBlog - 10 August 2009

    Blagoevgrad Big Band video at Bansko Jazz Fest 2009. For more on Jazz Fest 2009: http://banskoblog.com/bansko-jazz-festival-2009-programme/ Tomorrow, 11th August, be sure to check out Mind Trips (Bulgaria) on stage B (video here  http://banskoblog.com/bansko-jazz-fest-2009/ ) and again on the 11th on main square stage check out Candy Dulfer (Holland). If you are looking for accommodation in Bansko, then check [...] Related posts:Bansko Jazz Fest

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  17. Of the Power of Travel Writing

    Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 7 August 2009

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  18. Pirin Golf Monthly Series: The Winners

    Blog: BanskoBlog - 5 August 2009

    The Third round of the monthly Pirin Golf Series took place on Sunday July 26th. Here’s the winning Ana Maria Vulkanova receiving her prize. She had 24 stableford points. Winning male in division A (less than 12 handicap) was Rouman Anastov with 31 stableford points. He has a 6 handicap.

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  19. How To Enjoy The Seven Rila Lakes

    Blog: BanskoBlog - 25 July 2009

    Waking up in Sapareva Banya on Saturday, the forecast was 36 degrees and looking up at the clear blue sunny skies and smelling the clear air and slight mist clinging to the mountain slope.

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  20. 47 or so Dumb Things I've Done Traveling

    Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 14 July 2009

    Twenty years ago, I was a quarter way through my first Eurail check-the-country-off-the-list trip across Europe -- London to Rome in 20 days.

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  21. 44 Little Travel Rules No One Tells You

    Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 23 June 2009

    I've gone a few miles over the years. And here are 44 little things about travel I picked up on the way.

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  22. On accents

    Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 6 April 2009

    It drives me batty when people imitate what they percieve to be an American accent in Spanish. If they did it well, or reliably, or if they actually sounded like what Americans sound like when they speak Spanish, or if I myself had a strong accent in Spanish, perhaps I would take to it more kindly, think it cute. Instead I've got my blood cells jumping up and down in a jumpity motion we call boiling.

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