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Time for Tea

31st August 2017

It's all over (for now): 208 days, over 40,000 miles, 99 beds (+25 nights of overnight travel), 18 trains, 25 planes, 33 long-distance coaches and a never-ending list of boats, trams, buses, tubes and tuktuks.

Cows, curries and cremations: Indian Incidents #2

21st August 2017

SPOILER ALERT: May include stories involving excrement and inopportune footwear choices.

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15.08 - Orlim
12.08
08.08 - Varanasi
05.08 - Orchha

Tuktuks, temples and the Taj: Indian Incidents #1

5th August 2017

Striving for the impossible: a brief attempt at condensing India into words and still images.

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01.08 - Abhaneri Stepwell
29.07 - Jaipur
28.07 - Old Delhi
27.07 - Gate of India

I came. I saw more. I ate more.

30th July 2017

Or at least, more weirdly.

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25.07 - Angkor Wat
23.07 - Tong Le Sap
21.07 - Koh Rong
20.07 - Kep

I came. I saw. I ate.

25th July 2017

The whistle-stop, gastronomically pleasing tour of South East Asia begins.

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13.07 - Hoi An
11.07 - Ha Long
10.07 - Sa Pa
08.07 - Han Oi

Small Sausage in a Big Sausage

18th July 2017

Six months in, Tai-wan more to go and the puns are just getting more desperate.

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07.07 - Elephant Mountain, Taipei
29.06 - Sanxiantai
28.06 - Taroko Gorge
25.06 - Taipei

Cor!-ea

4th July 2017

Which, if the Japanese hadn’t decided they wanted to come first in the alphabet, would actually have been the correct spelling.

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24.06 - Bukchon Hanok Village
22.06 - Gyeongbokgung Palace
19.06 - Namsan
16.06 - Gamcheon Village

Thank you very mochi, Japan!

20th June 2017

AWFUL PUN WARNING: Udon know how matcha I will miso you. It's going to be so hard to gyo-za, I'll try really hard not to lose my tempura...

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08.06 - Kiyomizu Dera
08.06 - Fushimi Inari
02.06 - Mt Fuji
16.05 - Hamarikyu Gardens

Kiwi Kapers: Part II

25th May 2017

Proving that 11,500 miles is not enough to get in the way of a good old mucktoddle.

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21.05 - Lake Tekapo
12.05 - Kawarau Bridge
08.05 - Pancake Rocks
16.05 - Abel Tasman Park

Kiwi Kapers: Part I

18th May 2017

Proving that 11,500 miles is not enough to get in the way of sibling rivalry.

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02.05 - Mount Ngauruhoe
01.05 - Lake Taupo
01.05 - Te Puia geyser
28.04 - Cathedral Cove

Shopping for a Shiver of Sharks

1st May 2017

The moment you realise your life has reached new levels of ridiculous: taking a holiday from a holiday.

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23.04 - Sandbank Sunset
22.04 - Mamanuca Islands
22.04 - Qalito Island
19.04 - Mana Island

Yes Mann

19th April 2017

Life lesson #44: Always offer to make the tea yourself.

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16.04 - Los Angeles
15.04 - Santa Monica, LA
13.04 - Grand Canyon
11.04 - Downtown LA

¡Hasta luego, South America!

10th April 2017

tldr; 11 weeks: 17 boats, 6 planes, 1 train, 13 long-distance buses, over 13,750 miles travelled, 491 miles walked, 153 miles cycled and 1 guinea pig.

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10.04 - Toachi Canyon
08.04 - Otavalo Market
01.04 - Puerto Villamil
28.03 - Santa Cruz

Living the dream?

26th March 2017

If you dream about long-distance buses and spending your evenings banging on the door of the laundry in pursuit of your underwear.

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23.03 - Huacachina
23.03 - Paracas Reserve
19.03 - San Isidro Market
19.03 - Barranco

Amazon Prime-ates

17th March 2017

Life lesson #17: If you continuously throw, bounce and swing your stomach through the Peruvian sky and then feed it guinea pig, alpaca and llama, you're going to get sick. You'll have fun though...

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13.03 - Capuchin
12.03 - Caiman
09.03 - Cusco
06.03 - Inca Trail

Bye bye Bolivia: bikes, buses and BBQs

4th March 2017

Why my stomach won't be swiping right for Bolivia: the censored edition.

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02.03 - Isla Del Sol
28.02 -La Paz
26.02 - La Senda Verde
26.02 - Death Road

Mountains: Sickness, Commuting & Jumping Off.

23rd February 2017

A beginners guide to negotiating altitude.

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18.02 - Sunrise over Salar de Uyuni
17.02 - Siloli Desert
16.02 - Laguna Verde
16.02 - Laguna Blanca

Falling asleep on the night bus and ending up on Mars...

15th February 2017

Or, how to survive 24 hours on a bus with no toilet, no air conditioning and no personal space.

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14.02 - Sunset over Moon Valley
14.02 - El Tatio Geysers
07.02 - Cerro San Cristobel
05.02 - La Moneda

Food, fires & funiculars

4th February 2017

It's taken two posts to get here, but here it is: the food edition.

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03.02 - Papudo
02.02 - Olmue
31.01 - Cerro Alegre
30.01 - Cerro Polanco

And the adventure begins...

29th January 2017

A week in and it's fair to say that Chile has anything but lived up to its name.

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27.01 - El cerro Alegre
26.01 - Moai, Museo Fonck
25.01 - Chorillana
23.01 - Over the Andes

TM Travels

23rd January 2017

Well, here we go again. See you later Inglaterra. Hola Chile!