Blakey´s travels
My latest 5 diary entries
| 5th Nov 2008 - 22nd Dec 2008 | ||||
| India and Nepal | ||||
| The plane to Jaipur touched down to cheers and midway through taxi-ing most people on board were up heedless to the pleas from the stewardesses to remain seated. Our first taste of crowd mentality in India – i... | ||||
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| 30th Sep 2008 - 29th Oct 2008 | ||||
| Australia | ||||
| For the first time this year, I arrived in a country and was actually cold. Melbourne was positively chilly – not that it stopped me wearing shorts and a t-shirt – it is Australia after all. The first th... | ||||
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2940 Words | 143 Reads | | Read more | |
| 20th Aug 2008 - 17th Sep 2008 | ||||
| China | ||||
| My month in China started pretty well with Jamie offering me a ticket to the women's beach volleyball Olympic final! This was the first of 3 Olympic events that I managed to see, the only one which was not undercove... | ||||
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2707 Words | 156 Reads | | Read more | |
| 13th Jul 2008 - 19th Aug 2008 | ||||
| Thailand and Laos | ||||
| The first foray into Thailand didn't start too auspiciously with the minivan driver getting lost en route from the border to Bangkok and depositing us on Koh Sahn Road 2 hours later than scheduled. However, his mild... | ||||
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2107 Words | 245 Reads | | Read more | |
| 7th Jul 2008 - 12th Jul 2008 | ||||
| Cambodia | ||||
| A long boat ride brought us from the border at Chau Doc to the capital, Phnom Penh and the Okay guesthouse (in both name and character). We arrived late but fortunately not too late to visit the renowned Heart of Da... | ||||
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526 Words | 97 Reads | | Read more | |
