Category: transport
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Cultural Experiences in the USA
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I spent two months in Los Angeles on the All Hands & Hearts wildfire response project. And while I was there I got to enjoy weekends, evenings, breaks in LA. And I got to live with a bunch of lovely Americans (and some lovely non-Americans too). And since LA is…
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LA Traffic
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It would seem that town planners in LA are actively invested in pedestrians not existing. I’m not saying they actually want us all to die, just that we have absolutely no place outside of our homes or cars. Even within carparks at malls and plazas etc there are very few…
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A Tale of Three Bus Rides
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In September 2010 I was in Nepal as part of my grand overland adventure (I made it from Cambridge in the UK to the southern tip of India with no planes). Part of that journey involved getting a bus from Pokhara (where I had been trekking) to Lumbini (the birth…
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Country Type
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When it comes to countries, it appears I have a type. While I love lots of amazing places, I am particularly fond of tiny countries that are very green and have lots of hills. For coastlines, I seem to be quite all-or-nothing – either landlocked or an island. Sri Lanka,…
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Conversations You Have Whilst Travelling
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Travelling and volunteering and just generally larking about across the world having fun is great! For all the obvious reasons. It is great because I get to meet amazing people. And that’s great because I get to have great conversations. I also get to have conversations whilst travelling that I…
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Traffic Accidents
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On New Year’s Day in Hetauda I went for a walk at around 7am ish to try to find a coffee shop to have breakfast in. While I was walking I saw two motorbikes collide. All three people involved walked away from it so it wasn’t as serious as it…
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Trip from Kathmandu to Hetauda
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Hetauda is a regional city just south of Kathmandu. The trip (via Bhimphedi) is about 77km (along a road that Google Maps thinks is closed). Google thinks it’ll take 3 hours to drive. I left Kathmandu at 7:50 and got into Hetauda at 12:30 but we’d stopped in Bhimphedi for…
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Terrific Traveller, Terrible Tourist
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From quite a number of years of travelling to lots of different places (I am a very lucky bunny), I have discovered several important things about myself: I make bad decisions when I’m tired and hungry; I get travel sick some of the time (unpredictably); I love buses (despite the…