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Sailing on a Turtle’s Back in Belgrade
(No Turtles were harmed in the adventures of this story) One goal I kept in mind while travelling was to make sure I didn’t miss an adventure. It meant keeping an eye out on billboards and posters, ears open in hostels listening for ideas, looking past the first list of things to do on google.Of…
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A Monastic tour in Central Greece
A story about our travels in Meteora, Greece. We spent several days exploring the Monasteries and hiking in the region. The views were magic and the history was rich.
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A visit with a vampire
It was dark and gloomy day. Perched high on the hill the castle stood. Cloud billowing around it, rain pelting the windows, only a crack or lightning and a boom of thunder could have made the day more ominous. For we stood at the base of Draculas Castle and despite the dangers ahead we proceeded.…
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A postal misadventure
Before starting todays story I want to acknowledge the tragic earthquake that occurred in Turkey and Syria last week. I did not make it to the areas in Turkey most affected but know that the impacts of this will be felt far and wide. If you haven’t already and are looking for ways to support…
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A horse in Ölüdeniz
My mum’s side of the family has a lot of history with horses, in New Zealand of course. They’ve owned horses, competed in show jumping and dressage, looked after the local pony club, my grandad even ran a national email newsletter dedicated to horses which my mum has taken over.As such I grew up around…
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Crossing to Serbia
Well today’s border crossing turned out to be a lot less eventful than I had expected. Let me elaborate: The border crossings between Romania and Serbia lack a particularly useful element for a solo, carless traveler; public transport options to cross with. In addition some of the crossing don’t allow walk overs and it just…
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Leaving Romania
We’re halfway through September, and nearly 7 months since I left New Zealand back in February.A lot has happened since then, adventures in Turkey, Dog care in Bulgaria, teaching in Romania; and that’s barely the tip of the Iceberg. (Hopefully I’ll find time to share more stories and pictures soon)Romania was a journey I didn’t…
