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How Traveling Helps Me Get Out Of My Comfort Zone

Posted by on September 8, 2011 .

I’ve always had this fascination/fear of doing things outside of my comfort zone – I love it and hate it at the same time, BUT it’s the feeling afterwards which [...]

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9 Countries In 3 Weeks – Is It Wrong To Travel This Way?

Posted by on May 24, 2011 .

Traveling has fast as we have over the last 3 weeks (1 new country every 2-3 days) during the Europe Train Challenge, really forces you think a lot about the [...]

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What I Will And Won’t Miss From South East Asia

Posted by on May 8, 2011 .

Spending 4 months in South East Asia was perfect. We had planned to visit Philippines, Borneo and Vietnam, but when The Europe Train Challenge became a reality, we had to [...]

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How A City Can Change Over Time Or Not

Posted by on May 1, 2011 .

People always talk about how places change so fast, how only ten years ago things were so different. Bangkok in Thailand is no different, only that time there seems to be [...]

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6 Types Of People You Don’t Want To Sit Next To On A Flight

Posted by on March 11, 2011 .

Many people hold the belief that they will be able to rest during a long flight and think that they will feel totally refreshed when landing in their destination – they will soon realize that they couldn’t be more wrong … Flying (at least economy class), is not normally …

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Why We Got Our Colons Cleaned Out in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Posted by on March 3, 2011 .

When entering the fancy glass doors into a “Health and Beauty Clinic” in Chiang Mai, we were welcomed with a glass of ice cold water and asked to sit down and discuss the treatment. It really was an absurd situation, to be talking with two young, good looking women …

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Couple Travel – Who Decides Where You Go?

Posted by on February 18, 2011 .

Most couples claim that a destination choice is a joint decision, but is that really true? – Can two people really agree on wanting to go to a place equally [...]

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Do We Travel To Escape Reality?

Posted by on December 21, 2010 .

My grandmother has a very specific view of people who travel a lot, especially old people. She can’t understand how they can’t just be happy with staying at home, why [...]

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