Category: Meanderings Abroad
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Sri Lanka: Night 1
A friend from work and I decided to try out traveling together as we’re both semi-single women who like to travel, but aren’t always comfortable traveling on our own. So, we decided to take our first trip together for a few days at the end of term and before she had to begin summer school…
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Jordan: Day 4 (Night 5)
Truly, four days/five nights is enough to see the best of Jordan. If you want to camp in Wadi Rum or see more of Petra, then adding a few days would be okay, but in general as a tour-guided tourist, I was happy with the amount of time exploring this country. The last day took…
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Jordan: Day 3 (Night 4)
[simage=1555,200,n,center,] [simage=1557,200,n,center,] [simage=1567,200,n,center,] The previous night held entertainment at the Wadi Rum camping grounds with traditional dancing and music. It wasn’t quite like camping as I know it, but it was fairly comfortable despite a few mozzies ruining my sleep…. In the morning, we were up and off to see the sand dunes and rock…
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Jordan: Day 2 (Night 3)
We got up early the next morning to make our way to the ruins of Petra before the heat fully set in. However, being flexible with time is something to be learned when traveling in this part of the world. So, when our tour guide finally arrived, it was already warming up! On the positive…
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Jordan: Day 1 (Night 2)
Somehow I managed to get as much sleep as is possible in a strange hotel room. Though I did leave the TV on for much of the night to comfort me – not much of a comfort still…. Breakfast, like dinner, is included in the hotel fare so I went down for a very meager…
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Jordan: Arrival (Night 1)
First, calling the taxi service through the Al Ghazal (Trans AD) system was one of the most responsive services I’ve ever encountered in this city. Within five minutes of me calling to reserve a cab to take me to the airport, I was in the taxi on my way! Abu Dhabi International Airport is one…
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Jordan: Pre-departure
Well, it’s been a year already since I took my first solo trip. Last year, I was pretty excited about my trip to Egypt, but this year I feel a bit differently about my heading to Jordan. Initially, I didn’t really want to do this trip alone as I sorta learned my lesson from traveling…
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~ January 2010 Travel on Blogger ~
January was our long holiday between semesters, so I was off on the planes again. My family decided to meet in Hawaii this year for our first all-family vacation in years. It was a fantastic week spent together! After I left them, I headed to Malaysia for about a week with a stop in Kuala…
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On the plane again…Stop 3 Part 3 (The last for this trip!)
From KL, I took a short flight to Kuching, Sarawak located on the Borneo island, but still a part of Malaysia. The remainder of my trip was spent with a friend in this area. Kuching means “Cat city” in Malay, so there were a lot of cat statues around the city. I don’t have too…
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On the plane again…Stop 3 Part 2
Feeling refreshed after a good long sleep, I awoke ready to explore outside of the city for a little bit by visiting the Batu Caves. It’s a mere half hour bus ride from the city centre to the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur to climb 272 steps to the caves that hold a Hindu shrine. I…
