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May 25, 2014 by farbolino
5:00pm- Just an hour before the sunsets and darkness falls, passengers on the bus said hours ago that we would …
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Category: Budget travel, Guesthouses, Highlands highway, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Raskols, Stories, Travel
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May 23, 2014 by farbolino
The Limestone peaks of the Central Range jutted from the ground with full forests still clinging to their slopes. We …
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Category: Backpacking, Budget travel, Couchsurfing, Highlands highway, iPhone, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Raskols, Stories, Travel
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March 12, 2013 by farbolino
I only had to walk half a kilometer from my hostel on the outskirts of Sepilok to reach the roundabout …
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Category: Asia, Backpacking, Budget travel, Hitchhiking, iPhone, iPhoneography, Photo, SE Asia, South East Asia, Stories, Travel
| Tags: Beaches, Borneo, Islands, Malaysia, Orangatuns, Rainforest, Semporna, Sepilok, Snorkeling.
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March 9, 2013 by farbolino
As I stand at the edge of Kinabalu National Park waiting for cars to pass, I can hear the callings …
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Category: Asia, Backpacking, Budget travel, Hitchhiking, iPhone, iPhoneography, SE Asia, South East Asia, Stories, Travel
| Tags: Borneo, Malaysia, Orangutans, Rainforest
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March 7, 2013 by farbolino
I figured I’d give some up to date information about climbing Mt. Kinabalu in one day since the cost of …
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Category: Asia, Backpacking, Budget travel, Camping, hiking, SE Asia, South East Asia, Tips, Travel
| Tags: Borneo, climbing, hiking, Malaysia, Mount Kinabalu, summit
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March 5, 2013 by farbolino
I guess there isn’t too much suspense as to the punch line of the story since it’s in the title, …
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Category: Backpacking, Budget travel, iPhone, iPhoneography, SE Asia, South East Asia, Stories, Travel
| Tags: Borneo, breast feeding, children, Kinabalu park, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Muslims
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February 23, 2013 by farbolino
One of the perks of traveling to a foreign country is being able to eat the local food from the …
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Category: Backpacking, Budget travel, Europe, Hostels, SE Asia, South East Asia, Stories, Travel
| Tags: breakfast, England, English, Food, Koh Phi Phi, pad thai, Thailand, UK
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February 19, 2013 by farbolino
While we were traveling together in Myanmar, I told Liz that I planned to hitchhike from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. …
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Category: Asia, Backpacking, Budget travel, Couchsurfing, Hitchhiking, SE Asia, South East Asia, Travel
| Tags: HH, Hitchhiking, Johor Bahru, KL, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
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February 18, 2013 by farbolino
Travel within Myanmar without the use of taxis may seem daunting for the uninitiated, but here are a few tips …
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Category: Asia, Backpacking, Budget travel, SE Asia, South East Asia, Tips, Travel
| Tags: Bagan, Burma, bus, bus station, Hsipaw, info, Inle Lake, local bus, Mandalay, Mandalay hill, Myanmar, Train, train station, U bein, Yangon
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February 9, 2013 by farbolino
This is just a quick rundown of what things cost in Myanmar at the moment for hotels in high season. …
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Category: advice, Asia, Backpacking, Budget travel, Couchsurfing, SE Asia, Tips, Travel, Uncategorized
| Tags: Budget Travel, Burma, Myanmar