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Hoi An
18th to the 22 nd of September 2011 Our bus journey to Hoi An, was not uneventful. Not long after we left, the bus driver kept on stopping for 20minutes or so but we were not sure why. At around midnight or so, we came to a full halt. The bus had apparently...
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Koh Tao
20th of July 2011 We also decided to leave Koh Phangan, the weather was quite cloudy, so we thought it was a good opportunity to travel. We asked at the reception of our bungalows (Coconut Garden) and they provided us with a taxi (50bht per person) to...
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Krabi
13th Of July 2011 After much waiting around after we checked out of the room at 11am, we finally got on our ferry to Krabi at 15h30. What we were not expecting was just how adventurous the crossing would be. We saw the dark clouds from the pier before...
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Phuket
4th of July 2011 We arrived in Thailand on the 4th of July 2011. We had spent the afternoon in Kuala-Lumpur airport waiting for our connecting flight from Chennai to Phuket. Kuala-Lumpur airport was quite big and modern, so we were able to find some fast...
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Manali
24th of May 2011 At 5am, we arrived in Manali; we stepped off the bus into freezing air, which we had not at all been expecting (having not really looked into where we were heading beforehand). We had chai and omelet to warm ourselves up and then picked...
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Jaipur
Monday 9th of April 2011 After two days of traveling from Goa (we spent the day in Mumbai, before catching our second train that night) we arrived in Jaipur. We were quite tired from our trip first in a sleeper class, which only have fans and no AC, then...
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Goa
26th of April At 11h15 on tuesday morning we arrived in Goa, Margao. Darren our next-to-be couchsurfer met us at the train station. Once exiting the station there were several Gadha (little food stands), so we sat down to have a coffee (finally a black...
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Mumbai/Coloba
On the 20th of april 2011, we arrived in mumbai airport! Hit by a blast of hot air, we sat under a Palm tree to pick our first move! Ten minutes later we were in a prepaid taxi on our way to the centre of mumbai, which we later found out was actually...
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London
Hello London! We arrived safe and sound to this first destination at 14h30 on Tuesday the 12th of April where we have spent the last two nights very kindly put up by Elodie. The first night here, a quick trip to Camden where a bite to eat at some of their...
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Dien Bien Phu to Laos
28th – 29th of September 2011 It was still dark outside when we got up at 5am to catch our bus. However compared to the evening time, the locals were in full swing. The little food shops were all open, the owners bustling about serving people coffee and...
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Sapa to Dien Bien Phu
28 th of September We had bought our minivan ticket the night before leaving from Sapa early morning to Dien Bien Phu (for $12). And so come 7am we were bumping along the twisting roads up in the hills, in a ridiculously old van along with several other...
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Hanoi
24th of September 2011 We arrived in Hanoi in good timing and were picked up from the bus station by a taxi, which would take us to the hotel we had decided to reserve last minute with a man in Hue, who gave us the hotels flyer and took our names. This...
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Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh
Thursday the 8th of September 2011 At 10am we arrived at our destination in Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh (or Saigon, once capital of the French colony Cochin-China). We were only a little over 3ours late and with hardly any sleep, exhaustion was written all over...
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Last days in Phnom Penh
5 th and 6 th of September 2011 It was sad to say good-bye to all the kids, but we needed to get moving if we were to have the time to see Vietnam and Laos. After many hugs and waving sadly good-bye we were in a tuk-tuk to Phnom Penh. We had decided to...
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Volunteering with the Kids
21st of August 2011 We had been looking into doing some volunteer work for quite some time. However after much research it always cost too much. This to us is ridiculous, seeing as we have two arms and two legs are in good health, are ready and waiting...
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Good-bye India
4th of July 2011 To conclude our travels in India, I guess you could say that on the negative side, it is an extremely dirty country, with much pollution (not many bins), many poor and not always the easiest place to go as a woman. But this also goes...
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Derniers preparatifs/last preparations
Aujourd'hui c'est notre derniere journee en France, on cours partout pour faire nos sacs, les derniers papiers et plus encore! Demain on prends notre vol pour Londres a 14h! Tout va tres vite! Today is our last day in France, we are running everywhere...
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Koh Samui to Koh Phangan
16th of July 2011 Up at 5h30 and after 20min by taxi, 2h30 by bus and 2hours by ferry (which was ridiculously jammed packed full of people) we arrived at Koh Samui by mid-day. We then decided that it would be best to head straight away to Koh Phangan,...
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Tips for India
Transport: Taxis and Rickshaws *On arrival in any town, station, airport the best option is to take a pre-paid taxi or Rickshaw. Sometimes even these can be a scam but in general it is a much safer and cheaper way to travel to where you want. *In general...
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Thank you
To end this chapter of our travels around Asia, we would like to say a special thank you to the family who helped turn our horrifying experience in Bangkok, into as stress-free and as good a time as it was. We couldn’t have dreamed of more, so thank you....
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Bienvenue sur OverBlog
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Notre Itineraire/Our itinerary Thailand
Notre Itineraire/Our itinerary Thailand par nisa.rtw
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Itineraire Inde/Itinerary India
Itineraire Inde/Itinerary India par nisa.rtw
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From Koh Tao to Bangkok
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Demain/Tomorrow...31/03/2011
Aujourd'hui Mecredi 30 Mars 2011: demain c'est le dernier jour de travail pour Nico et le depart s'approche de plus en plus!!! Today is the 30th of March 2011: Tomorrow is Nico's last day at work and our departure is getting closer and closer!!!