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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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Tuesday 15 August 2006 Highlights: Hiking the Great Wall of China, Beijing Acrobats, eating a Peking Duck The China Adventure begins. Starting at 6 am in the morning we set out for a 2.5 hour drive to the Great Wall (Jinshanling Section), which does not usually have many tourists (it’s far out and fairly…
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Monday 14 August 2006 Highlights: Efficient Beijing Airport, Meeting new tour group Saying goodbye to my mum (I’ll see her again in a few weeks) I took off to the airport using the excellent train system. The first shock of the day was that my Cathay Pacific flight was actually a “Air China” flight,…
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Sunday 13 August 2006 Highlights: Hong Kong city view from Tsim Sha Tsui Today was a much easier day. Setting out on a typical very hot and humid Hong Kong day I first explored by myself however the main process was to get some experience walking around in these conditions before I start hiking in…
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Saturday 12 August 2006 Highlights: Disneyland, Giant Buddha at the Po Lin monastery Today I planned to visit a major corporate icon (Hong Kong Disneyland) and a giant spiritual one (The Giant Buddha). I have to say that I enjoyed Hong Kong Disneyland very much; in fact it is now my favourite over Paris, LA…
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Friday 11 August 2006 Highlights: Hong Kong Tour (Stanley Market, Victoria Peak, Sampans), Ladies Market With the Hong Kong leg of my trip basically organised by my mum who will be staying with me for the next 3 nights. Mum had booked a welcome tour of Hong Kong. Starting early (well for Hong Kong since…
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