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Palestine, Perth and Philadelphia Freedom

A travel blog entry by greg.catlin.9

... a Philly staple. The waitress is an unemployed nurse, who is married to a Phd student from Perth studying in Philly.

We pay the check, leaving the 15-20% tip and join the fast track line. There is no comprehension of the term queue in the US. I have stopped saying it. You line up for the restrooms; you don’t queue for the toilet.

In the line we meet Kevin and Lana. They are up from Virginia for the show. They were also at the The Birchmere. ...

Backpacking!!

A travel blog entry by ferchumaru

... you will find phrases like "kidnappings, robberies, traffic, limited amount of ATMs". You as a migrant know that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger! so shake the fear away and get ready to take the crappiest CAMION (bus in Ecuadorian, colectivo in Argentinian) and pee behind a bush if necessary. This is a MONOTHONG trip (trip of one underwear, thong or hipster)

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It's getting real

A travel blog entry by bclark

Villanova, 55degrees, dry

Just got off the phone with Chis (Milord) my traveling buddy. He's in New Mexico for the next month and then will be heading back to Columbia.

We covered a lot of ground in planning our Camino del Santiago. It now looks like well be doing it in May of this year. After covering a lot of alternatives I think we'll start with a trip to Rome to visit Susan Milord in her ...

Life, Liber-dee-dee, And the Parades of Happiness

A travel blog entry by here-then-gone

... but wonderful) amount of free stuff; in New York, a series of exciting adventures to put one's courage to the test. But in both places, I have found warm, fantastic people - and a marvellous (if at times ridiculous) level of fun, Independence Day spirit!

I got into New York at some ridiculous time in the morning last Wednesday, which very conveniently forced me to have a full day in the city, which I might otherwise perhaps have wasted. First stop: STA ...

Streets of Philadelphia

A travel blog entry by alie.stuart

... all of it is walkable - we didn't even have to try to figure out their public transport system.

The first day we went for a walk down to their City Hall, JFK park, and Philadelphia Museum of Art. We didn't actually enter the museum, just ran up and down the stairs and threw a few fist punches like Rocky. They even have a huge Rocky statue which was used in the movie and later donated to the town...perfect photo opportunity! We then took a walk down to ...