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Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 5: The Temple of Horus & Luxor

We woke up the following morning & were docked in Edfu for a morning visit to the Temple of Horus. I boarded a cart pulled by a donkey...

Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 3 – Aswan

The third day of our tour around Egypt began when we woke up on our overnight train at about 7:45 AM all rested. I slept like a baby on...

Big Indochina Adventure – Days 15 & 16: Mekong Delta, Vietnam

We left our hotel at about 8:20 AM and boarded a bus for the Mekong Delta. We saw the Mekong River in every country we’ve been to so far...

Contiki Big Indochina Adventure: Day 6 – Mekong River to Pakbeng, Laos

Hello from Laid Back Laos. This is a communist country, due to the extreme poverty, but that doesn’t affect the beauty or how amazing the...

Day 8: China Adventure – Yangshuo

We left our hotel at 6:00 AM and headed straight to the airport. Our flight was only delayed an hour this time and we landed in Guilin...

The City of Dante

Ciao Tutti, The past two days in Florence have been very busy. Yesterday, I arrived to my hostel, Plus Florence, at noon and checked...

Dublin in a Day

Today, I took on Dublin by myself. Without the language barrier I have in most other countries, I felt like my bus tour yesterday gave me...