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Travelogues and travel stories

Read about exciting experiences from fellow travellers - and maybe learn from their mistakes! Submit your story and help other travellers.

Africa

Mauritania My Ramadan Christmas in the Sahara! Megan Woods

Asia

Bali To stay here would be to do a deep injustice to the rest of Indonesia... Geoff White
China China here we come... Dougie Baird
Indonesia Bemos are without doubt the finest form of public transport I've ever encountered... Geoff White
Myanmar Burma: To Go Or Not to Go Christy Quirk
Timor Meeting a King is an art... Geoff White
Vietnam I proudly presented my Dong to the hotel reception... Carl Pritchard

Australia

East Coast Australia A surreal evening spent 'jamming' with the local aborigines... Josie O'Connor
Kakadu, Australia Tourists had grown temptingly fat gorging on croc-steaks... Carl Pritchard

Europe & The Middle East

Iran Bebakhshiid, Faarsi balad niistam Carl Pritchard
Istanbul, Turkey Apple tea calms the racing nerves... Daniel Chalmers
Istanbul, Turkey Alternative Istanbul Rick Barr
Stavanger, Norway 'I live here! Gard Karlsen
Syria 'Souk' in the culture... Christy Quirk

South and Central America

Bolivia Starts shaking profusely and bleeding all over the place... Daniel Chalmers
Colombia Conquering the Darien Gap... Daniel Chalmers
Cuba Havana’s reputation as a tourist destination seems to increase daily... Geoff White
Mexico The Aztec soup is perfect... Daniel Chalmers
Mexico Adventures in Mexico Rob Gunter
Peru Those bloody Inca's... Carl Pritchard


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