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Share your trip reports here!
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16-Dec-2009 18:38
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Location: Port of Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia
9 deg 48.33 W, 139 deg 01.86 W
If there ever was a perfect outpost as sanctuary for troubled artists, refuge for wayward seamen and magnet for restless adventurers, then the far flung islands of the Marquesas would have to be it. Sure, you can catch one of the easy flights from Tahiti and bum around, but for an authentic arrival, come as Cook, Porter and Melville did; aboard ship.
Unless your name is Packer, whose private ship is moored in Tahiti as you read this, you could not conduct a more thorough exploration of this dramatic, geologically youthful archipelago than with the Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime (CPTM) sailing year round with Aranui 3.
For the trivia-minded, this the location favoured by the disturbed French master, Paul Gauguin, and publicity-exhausted Belgian pop idol, Jacques Brel....
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14-Dec-2009 22:05
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14-Dec-2009 22:05
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Hi everyone,
My name is James Clark and I thought I should introduce myself before I reply to other posts in the forum. I'm a web developer with a serious addiction to travel. You can find me at Nomadic Notes Travel Blog .
Thanks
James
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12-Dec-2009 02:19
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Now here's a chance for aspiring travel writers to get their work noticed. The British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) has a competition running for would-be and hitherto unpublished travel writers. I've had a word with the organisers and they say that 'unpublished' means (in this case) essentially 'unpaid'. A few eloquent comments or even some detailed trip reports published here on the Thorn Tree certainly should not bar a potential contribution. Closing date is the end of this month. Details are on the BGTW website at http://www.bgtw.org.
And, for those who labour under any illusions about the glamour of a travel writer's life, just take a look at http://www.hiddeneurope.co.uk/so-you-want-to-be-a-travel-writer. The reality is very different from the public perception.
I do hope that some keen travellers and writers here on the Thorn Tree will consider entering the BGTW compet...
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10-Dec-2009 04:32
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10-Dec-2009 04:32
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I am a resident of India and now have started exploring the country on two wheels...on a motorbike....
find my biking blog here
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05-Dec-2009 00:27
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05-Dec-2009 00:27
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Hello everyone,
Just wanted to tell about my travel blog, you can find it at http://nerdjourney.blogspot.com
I've been traveling for the last 6 months now and lots of more is yet to come. Stay tuned, relax and enjoy :)
-Miika-
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24-Nov-2009 00:11
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01-Dec-2009 16:48
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Travelling in the hotter parts of the world brings you face to face with all sorts of creatures that you’re not used to. For an Englishman, normally to be found in the company of nothing more exciting than a fox or a cow, suddenly coming face to face with everything from camels to alpacas can be daunting. Close encounters with Australian sharks & Kangaroos, the wild dogs of India, the snakes of Laos and elephants in Thailand challenges your view of the world and take bring you right outside your comfort zone. But, nothing prepares you for having to face a creature that you are normally adverse to. I left England with one particular animal dislike; that of spiders...
Warning, if you don't like tales of spiders encounters then don't read this article!
I know these are all true as they happened to me... and I am scared of spiders! Includes up close visits with a Redback, the White ...
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16-Nov-2009 14:07
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17-Nov-2009 06:43
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Just returned from a quick trip (15 days total) to Bolivia & Peru in October 2009, here's some up-to-date info for anybody else planning a trip. I'll stick mainly to logistical details...if you're interested in photos or more of a storytelling approach feel free to check the relevant dispatches from my trip blog. As a note of preface, we had no advance reservations or bookings for any portion of this trip except for our flight home from Lima to San Francisco. Hope you will find this information helpful.
Quick note on money - had mixed experiences with ATMS in Peru in terms of maximum allowed withdrawl amounts - the one at the Cusco airport maxed out at 300 Soles ($100 USD), the best one we found in Cusco maxed out at 700 Soles ($245 USD).
Cusco to Aguas Calientes - don't believe the hype about the train from Cusco - do it cheaper by taking one or ...
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16-Nov-2009 14:02
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17-Nov-2009 00:17
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Just returned from a quick trip (15 days total) to Bolivia & Peru in October 2009, here's some up-to-date info for anybody else planning a trip. I'll stick mainly to logistical details...if you're interested in photos or more of a storytelling approach feel free to check the relevant dispatches from my trip blog. As a note of preface, we had no advance reservations or bookings for any portion of this trip except for our flight home from Lima to San Francisco. Hope you will find this information helpful.
Flew into La Paz from Miami - altitude hit us right away (literally as we were walking down the aisle of the plane!). Highly recommend starting to take diamox a few days before you arrive if La Paz is your first stop; otherwise get acclimated by coming overland for a couple days.
La Paz to Copacabana: From La Paz airport, we headed straight for C...
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13-Nov-2009 21:48
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17-Dec-2009 14:22
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Firstly, my apologies to all TT’s frequent readers for delays in posting the past few entries. Now I’m back with my tales!
After all the noise in Hanoi, we were glad that we booked a day trip to Ninh Binh which was totally relaxing and we wasted no time there. It was about 2 hours driving south from Hanoi and we got our private car with a driver and Tam (the guide from the travel company).
We arrived at about 9:30 am when the sun was high in the sky and burning bright, took a boat and cruised down the Ngo Dong River. A beautiful and shallow water way which sedately wends its way through the fantastic scenery of the Tam Coc area. Like Ha Long Bay, the major geological features that put this place on the map are the large stone eruptions or karsts that litter the landscape like so many petrified mushrooms. Rocky, upturned giants’ teeth stuck into the ground. The visual similarit...
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11-Nov-2009 15:19
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11-Nov-2009 15:19
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Hey Everyone
I'm off to Indonesia at the end of the year to study at university over there for 5 weeks so I decided to not only write a blog while I'm there but also write about the actual process of planning the trip from medical things to technology to getting through uni while plagued by the anticipation of your overseas adventure.
Hopefully it can help some people with planning a similar trip but more than anything I'd love for people just to find it entertaining and something people can relate to because I try to keep my writing style very relaxed.
You can find it below
http://courtsinsalatiga.blogspot.com/
So feel free to check it out although I'm sure it will get far more interesting when I'm actually in Indonesia and not stuck in the office here at work.
Thanks
Courts
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09-Nov-2009 02:02
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09-Nov-2009 02:08
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Hi everyone,
My partner Andrew and I have been travelling for about 10 months now and during this time we have kept a blog - our destinations are Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Our next destinaitons are Bolivia and Peru.
We just wanted to put a link to our blog on here: www.farawaytales.blogspot.com. It is always nice to get comments, as we love getting messages!
Here is an example of our blogposts, it's about skydiving in New Zealand!
“If they said you could do it today, would you do it?” Andrew asked. “Yes, I’d just want to get it over and done with”. I replied. We got in the car, our plan for the day being to at least find out how much it would cost and to see Mount Doom. “Shall we go to Taupo or Mount Doom first?” Andrew asked. “Taupo?” I replied and we smiled knowingly at each other. We ...
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08-Nov-2009 22:18
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08-Nov-2009 22:18
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I am planning a trip to Vietnam soon. I checked with the airfares online but flights from Saipan straight to Saigon are just horribly expensive. I found cheap airfares from Manila to Saigon and planned to use that route. Upon reaching Saigon, is a visa required? Do I have to pay for anything?
From the airport, can anybody suggest affordable accommodation? I'm on a backpacker's category. How do I get to a hotel from the airport? suggestions? thanks
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07-Nov-2009 01:44
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Basho is back and writing hard, with a new website and a new article posted about Vietnam:
Hanoi, Halong Bay & Tet New Year: Part One
What is it like to travel in Northern Vietnam during Tet? Read this and find out!
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+I remember thinking that seen from a distance through the eyes of, say, an observer from another planet, what was happening here would look like some sort of strange and ancient ritual dance. The Taxi driver and we moved around each other twisting and swaying, we were all pointing at maps and towards distant objects. We were haggling with big arm gestures and subtle head nods or shakes. At moments, we would turn away with a wave of a hand dismissively, and then strangely come back almost as if we had forgotten something whereupon it would all begin anew. The taxi driver...
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05-Nov-2009 14:38
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Once through immigration, get a free map , and then buy an on loan octopus card for HK$150 (including HK$50 deposit), then catch the A21 airport bus for HK$33 (use your octopus card) to Tsim Sha Tsui. Get off, eat something, and have a walk around visiting Kowloon Park and Signal Hill and then end up on TST promenade . Catch the Star Ferry (lower deck HK$1.80 Monday to Friday) across the [harbour|http://www.discover... more »
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02-Nov-2009 01:43
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Hello,
We've got a bit of a blog going for anyone interested in overland travel- we are currently riding our old BMW motorbike across the world. We started in the UK 7 months ago and are in Laos at the moment. Its been good. Anyway, its all here:
http://globegallivanting.blogspot.com
Its big, but you can always dip in and out of it.
(Our countries so far: UK, France, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos. And then some more to follow.)
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