Man On The Lam

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“Tall tales and tasty tidbits served with a dash of sarcasm…” is how Raymond Walsh describes his site. The tales may be tall but also true. The tasty tidbits are tantalizing (to say the least) and extremely useful. Having traveled the world over under his previous employment positions, he now travels on top of it for his own satisfaction.

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Out from the wilderness

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We are back from the wilderness. Well not quite wilderness Karijini National Park in Western Australias Pilbara region. One of the doctors at work said we mustnt miss it and he was right. What a beautiful place it is. Red hills and escarpments rich in iron ore dotted with clumps of spinifex and elegant white trunked ghost gums. The park features several gorges some of which we visit

Bangkok the last day

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Sandi schreibtDer Abend gestern fhrte uns noch durch das nchtliche Chinatown samt seinem bunten Treiben. Furchtlos wie wir sind beschlossen wir wie die echten Thais mitten auf der Strae unser Dinner zu uns zu nehmen. Marco bestellte wieder einmal... richtig Fisch Nein es war wirklich lecker und spottbillig. Der Trick zu gucken wo die meisten Einheimischen essen denn da kann es ja

Early Arrival in Krakow Poland

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We arrive about 650 am. My hostel was just across the street from the train station and couldnt have been in a better spot. I dropped my bags off and got some breakfast. Around 930 I met up with my friends that stayed at another hostel and we figured out our plan. We decided to take a tour to Auschwitz. It is about hour bus ride away and would have been a hassel to get there on our own. The tour w

Last Sunday French worship fish bread and conker hunting

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This Sunday we were called to a big rapprochement of all the Evangelical churches in the area I had been looking forward to going to our usual church service so I could at least meet some new people have an English conversation with some of the Americans and maybe practise my dance moves. Despite Laetitia and Cedric doing their best to make sure we left on time and avoid making an embarassing l

Garrison Keillor in China

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My Dear FriendsUpon my arrival in China I decided that I would try my very hardest to take in everything Chinese during every moment of the dayeven when I am alone at home. For a while this worked out. I only watched Chinese TV and tried my best to go out and explore by my self on my days off. Eventually though I couldn39t take it any more. I couldn39t understand anything that was being

Crazy Times

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Hello hello It has been awhile no we have not disappeared. Since we are always busy at home in the states running with our heads chopped offwe thought it only fitting to start off our year in Italy in the same exact way. We REALLY hit the ground runningand havent quite stoppedLets see. Ah yes weve MOVED We are now living in our beautiful apartment with our dear dear f

Great Ocean Road Day 2

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Welcome to our blog.Pete is writing this because Cheryl deleted the first one.Today we rode 70k with a 24kph head wind not funThe secenery was gorgeous rolling hills through farms and loads of cowlike smells. The views were spectacular and the ambience peaceful. The last part of the day gave us great views and we visited the Bay of Islands Bay of Martyrs the Grotto London Bridge and the a

Busy eating burgers and doing kareoke

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Now that our classes are in full swing Im fully appreciating time and mourning my lack of it. I hardly have a free moment anymore what with studying and doing homework writing blogs and journals for class. I really do love this though. I always feel like Im accomplishing something and there is always more to do. Even if I dont necessarily enjoy writing articles Im thankful for t

Kvardagsliv kan eg like

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Det er no ein og ein halv mnad sidan eg kom til Cape Town. Tida har verkeleg flaksa av grde. Kvardagen er komen for lenge sidan noko eg set stor pris p. Det har teke meg nokon r erkjenne det men det er kvardagen I utlandet eg set pris p. Den frste veka her var ikkje srleg bra. Vi hadde ikkje noko vi skulle gjere anna enn bli kjendt med jobbens rutinar og bla litt I nokre pap

Torsdag og fredag den 23 og 24 september De sidste dage i Singapore

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De sidste dage i Singapore Af ukendte grunde blev natten til fredag en svnls en af slagsen. Jeg kunne simpelthen ikke falde i svn. Da jeg vkkede Camilla omkring 10 tiden var hun lidt irriteret da hun benbart frst lige var faldet i svn. Vi var derfor begge enormt trtte. Men svn eller ej s ville vi bruge den sidste dag i Singapore p at se Marina Bay som vi ikke nede om tor

Gorgeous Greece and new beginnings

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Hi there everyone it is time for a Sarah update I know it39s been quite a while since my last blog but I have people to see places to go Well sort of but enough excuses I have a lot of adventures to talk about.So first off my family trip to Greece was spectacular and I am devastated that it was over so quickly. Spending 10 glorious days in the sun was such a blessing after such a horrib

Paris…..

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Paris at last. Though this does mean sadly my journey is almost over. This is my 3rd day 2nd night in Paris.Last night proved interesting haha. I was pickpocketed....well attempted pickpocket. A young guy barely 150 pounds slipped his hand into my front pocket perhaps digging for gold all he got however was a cheap Spanish lighter anddddd.... As I felt his hand slip into my pocket I was dumbfou

Digby Neck

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Hello again Right now we39re on Grand Manan Island having come over yesterday on the Digby ferry. The fog was heavy all yesterday and we39ve had heavy rain today but it39s forecast to be sunny tomorrow so we should get some good photos before we leave. Several days ago after we left the town of Truro the head of the Bay of Fundy we headed down the northwestern coast of Nova Sco