1. Thom Yorke rocks a man bun 2. Kris Kristofferson doesn’t remember the end to any song 3. As soon as you put your sunglasses on it will rain 4. The toilet of dreams is not anything special 5. Andi knows the lyrics to all Ed Sheeran’s songs 6. Glastonbury festival wouldn’t be around today…
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I loved Vietnam, but to tell you the truth I was actually happy to be on our way to an organised city. My expectations were realised by the ease in which the airport train got us to Hong Kong Central at nearly midnight. Where we met a tired Louise. Louise being one of Kelly’s friends…
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The last segment of our Vietnamese trip would take us to Hanoi via Huế (pronounced Howay, like Howay the lads). It was used as an ancient capital for the Vietnamese emperors, so culture beckoned us forth. When we arrived we wandered next door to an Indian. I ordered something hot, as usual, and the waiter…
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Still in Dalat I woke up and read my mum’s post about a solar eclipse at that exact moment, in a band of Asia we were in! So out I rushed to see it for myself, not with the naked eye of course but using careful aiming through a camera. Then we jumped on a…
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I can’t say what made me fall in love with Vietnam. That everything is so intense? The colors, the taste, even the rain. Nothing like the filthy rain in London. They say whatever you’re looking for, you will find here. They say you come to Vietnam and you understand a lot in a few minutes,…
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We were told by Bamba (our tour bookers) that the border crossing between Thailand and Cambodia was too dodgy(!). That border control police would take our passports and demand an entrance fee in order to get them back. So in an effort to avoid the scam we were put on a flight instead. Once the quickest…
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Our route into Thailand came via a small plane which only had about 20 people on it. When we arrive on the idyllic island of Koh Samui I know we’re in Thailand for ten days, so we buy SIM cards with unlimited data for less than £5 each. With Skype we call the hotel and…
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Believing an hour long taxi ride into Malaysia would give us enough time to catch our train, we got up at 5:30AM in Singapore. Only a few taxis are allowed to take you across the border, so it was a double taxi job to set us on our way. Making good time northwards we entered…
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Our trip (in my eyes) goes through 3 phases. Firstly the English speaking, similar-in-culture section starting with the US and ending with Oz. Phase two follows this up with a language and comfort clash through South East Asia, and finally phase 3 delivers culture and communication shocks in China and India en route home. We…
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We had the weirdest welcome to Perth when we tried to get a taxi to our hostel. One of the German ladies from our Uluru tour had also taken the same plane, so it made sense to combine taxis and drop off twice. When we presented the idea to the taxi driver he looked lost,…
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