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Asia 2007: Thursday, August 30, 2007
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Patch and Taras start in St. Petersburg and head East on the Transiberian Railway. Da svydanje! Thursday, 30 August 2007. Day Thirty-Four (Beijing to Hanoi [via everywhere on the planet]). We decided upon a taxi to whisk us the 27km to Beijing Capital International Airport. Whilst this was more expensive than the bus, it was air-conditioned and I didn't want to take any chances - I had been waiting too long to see Ali, Anant. And Claire. No disrespect to Taz. Who to spend time with. After 3 hours of unev...
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Asia 2007: Thursday, September 06, 2007
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Patch and Taras start in St. Petersburg and head East on the Transiberian Railway. Da svydanje! Thursday, 6 September 2007. We got to Dalat, the self-styled hooneymoon capital of Vietnam and were greeted by a wall of kitch. There is actually a fake Eiffel Tower overlooking the main square here. I was tired and dehydrated so I decided to split from the others and take a walk around the lake. A good two hours later, I was placated and ready for the world again. Day Forty-Four (Hoi An). 400km and 12 hours r...
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Asia 2007: Day Forty-Five (Dalat)
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Patch and Taras start in St. Petersburg and head East on the Transiberian Railway. Da svydanje! Thursday, 6 September 2007. We got to Dalat, the self-styled hooneymoon capital of Vietnam and were greeted by a wall of kitch. There is actually a fake Eiffel Tower overlooking the main square here. I was tired and dehydrated so I decided to split from the others and take a walk around the lake. A good two hours later, I was placated and ready for the world again. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Asia 2007: Day Forty-Six (Dalat)
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Patch and Taras start in St. Petersburg and head East on the Transiberian Railway. Da svydanje! Tuesday, 11 September 2007. Deciding that the best way to see the sublime foothills surround Dalat's. Lofty position would be by motorbike, Taz. And I rented one each and set off looking for adventure (and whatever comes our way). As an aside, there is a group of English -Speaking bikers who call themselves the 'Easy Riders', parading around the town all day with cumbersome lead wings. Down into the valley whe...
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Asia 2007: Monday, September 03, 2007
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Patch and Taras start in St. Petersburg and head East on the Transiberian Railway. Da svydanje! Monday, 3 September 2007. Day Forty-Two (Hue to Hoi An). As a post script to yesterday's entry (In which I have to confess I cheated and pre. Our evening's movements) here is a slight editorial footnote that has a large bearing on today's entry. We went to a vegetarian restaurant with set meals for 25,000 dong (about 80p) and got talking to the affable and incorrigible. Instead of the more touristy main pools,...
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Asia 2007: Day Forty-Three (Hoi An)
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Patch and Taras start in St. Petersburg and head East on the Transiberian Railway. Da svydanje! Thursday, 6 September 2007. Day Forty-Three (Hoi An). An is a sleepy seaside town that has clearly been overrun by wave after wave of tourists, struggling to keep its traditional cultural. Along the way. Walking down the boulevard by the river, one is just as likely to see Vietnamese women selling corn as they are to watch a herd of fat American Midwestern cows, sweating and being coerced down the street.
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Asia 2007: Friday, August 24, 2007
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Patch and Taras start in St. Petersburg and head East on the Transiberian Railway. Da svydanje! Friday, 24 August 2007. Day Thirty-Three (Great Wall from Jinshaling to Simatai). What we have been waiting for since we got to this country (I have, in fact waited most of my adult life to see this relic) was most definitely. Worth it. We took a bus, commandeered. And obese driver who resembled Buddha on speed, to cover the 110km from Beijing to the start of our hike along the Great Wall at Jinshaling. Shortn...
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Asia 2007: Sunday, August 19, 2007
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Patch and Taras start in St. Petersburg and head East on the Transiberian Railway. Da svydanje! Sunday, 19 August 2007. One of those days, where you never really wake up, largely owing to the fact that you never really got to sleep. After what Bill Hicks would call my 'heroic dose' of Mongolian beer, I wound up this morning with no water with which I may satiate my burning throat and fluffy mouth. Promiscuous' that had kept it awake the previous evening, which sounded like a baby being hit by a cat.).
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Asia 2007: Day Forty-Two (Hue to Hoi An)
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Patch and Taras start in St. Petersburg and head East on the Transiberian Railway. Da svydanje! Monday, 3 September 2007. Day Forty-Two (Hue to Hoi An). As a post script to yesterday's entry (In which I have to confess I cheated and pre. Our evening's movements) here is a slight editorial footnote that has a large bearing on today's entry. We went to a vegetarian restaurant with set meals for 25,000 dong (about 80p) and got talking to the affable and incorrigible. Instead of the more touristy main pools,...
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Asia 2007: Day Forty-One (DMZ)
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Patch and Taras start in St. Petersburg and head East on the Transiberian Railway. Da svydanje! Saturday, 1 September 2007. Another exciting thing that makes Hue worth a visit is the daily trips to the DMZ, a former No man's land separating the Socialist North from the Republican south. On the bus, we were greeted by our guide who had been a child growing up in a country torn apart by war. Our first stop was the Ben Hai. Years after the war's. Next onto the Vinh. Tunnels, home to up to. The Ho Chi Minh.
