Nathan's Insights
World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas
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Category: World Trip 2006
An epic 153-day world trip visiting twenty-four countries – South Africa; Swaziland; France; England; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Czech Republic; Austria; Switzerland; Italy; Vatican; Monaco; Spain; Finland; Russia; Belarussia; Lithuania; Latvia; Estonia; Canada; USA; Hong Kong; China I traveled between 29 March 2006 and 28 August 2006.
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Friday 25 August 2006 Highlights: Learning tai’chi, ‘Chinese Lighting’ show Determined to push through the cold I have I today signed up for a course in tai’chi. I learnt during the lesson why I sucked at ‘Simon Says’ however I did manage some of the forms. Our instructor showed us how tai’chi can be…
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Thursday 24 August 2006 Highlights: Bike ride to Moon Hill, Magnificent landscape Today was a day to work the body (especially given the heat & humidity) with a bike ride into the surrounding areas and a hike up Moon Hill. Luckily my chest pains seen to have left me (having fruit last night might…
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Wednesday 23 August 2006 Highlights: Striking landscape After our last included meal of the trip (all cruise meals were included), we left the Ferry for our travels to Yangzhou. We caught a flight on Xiamen Airlines from Chongqing to Guilin, which is about 1 hour 20 minute flight. A 1.5 hour bus trip…
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Tuesday 22 August 2006 Highlights: Visiting a Ghost Town, Leisurely cruise Today we got a chance to visit a “Ghost Town”. Basically this is a town with different temples. It is called a ghost town as it is home to the after world on earth and all souls much journey here. Then most…
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Monday 21 August 2006 Highlights: Little Three Gorges, Hanging coffins The highlight of today was easily a visit to the “Little Three Gorges” and area that before 2003 was not really possible to visit due to low water levels. Now however that the water level has been raised about 70 meters we could go…
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