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I'm battling through a cold English winter because Ian, the smart cookie that he is, has got a scholarship to do his Masters at Cambridge. The only way I'm going to handle six more months of this grey is to have some travel breaks in between, you can ...
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Papua New Guinea – Part 2: Pacific Islands
A Travel Blog entry by seanandnyssa from Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
... tended to be limited to either very basic homestays or swanky dive resorts. The main tourist site in East New Britain is a volcano called Tavurvur and the neighbouring town that it almost completely destroyed during an eruption in 1994. It ...
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East to Kokopo
A Travel Blog entry by jamesh1066 from Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
... the Kokopo market and environs. Hastily established after the volcano of 1994 destroyed most of Rabaul (20 miles to the west) Kokopo is now the capital of east New Britain – clean, functional and an ideal base for exploring ash strewn ...
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Will the Pryor's survive 4-star cruising?
A Travel Blog entry by diannemurray from Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
... south through dense rain forest towards Kokopo, the new capital, passing through quickly to take a short stop at the East New Britain Historical and Cultural Centre. It has an impressive display of World War 11 equipment located outdoors on ...
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Submarines & Expats
A Travel Blog entry by jamesh1066 from Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
... is very apparent. However, we passed the night in amusing conversation updating them on world news (internet access is very sporadic in East New Britain) whilst obtaining a better understanding of the customs and issues that face the locals of this ...
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Volcano
A Travel Blog entry by rconduns from Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
... more than 50- japaneses ships of various categories. Rabaul was eventually restored to its status as the capital of East New Britain .However on at 06:00 Monday 19th September 1994 Mt Tavurur erupted violently follwed by another from Mt Vulcan on the ...
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Independence Day 16th Sept
A Travel Blog entry by penmarshall from Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
... that I've managed to do some research on since. The 1st is the Asaro Mudmen and the 2nd, the Duk Duks of East New Britain and 3rd, the Huli Wigmen of the Southern Highlands. They share their beliefs about women with another tribe, the Enga. The story of ...
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Another a volcano!
A Travel Blog entry by jamesh1066 from Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
Our reason for visiting east New Britain is primarily to visit the ash covered town of Rabaul. The town was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from the volcanic eruptions of ...
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Hell on earth
A Travel Blog entry by susanel from Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
... September 1994 volcanos Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted at the same time and the whole of what had been the capital of East New Britain province, Rabaul, was completely destroyed. The only volcanological Observatory in PNG (Papua New Guinea) was able to ...
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New Orleans
A Travel Blog entry by nizlopi from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
... a city whose culture was influenced by that second great imperial power in North America (the third, of course, being Britain). At the zenith of New France's (the name given to France's empire in the New World) preponderance in the middle of the 18th ...
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New York snowbound and the end of the road....
A Travel Blog entry by williebobs from New York, United States
... to your visit to the US?" Answer: "Er, about 40. Some Middle Eastern. Our paperwork looks a bit complicated. We're from Britain" Reply: "Wow! You guys must have had a great time!" "Next!" We managed to find ourselves in some of the scariest, ...
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New Zealands own Giants Causeway
A Travel Blog entry by paulandciara from Pancake Rocks, New Zealand
... on a side note again. To look at on a map, New Zealand looks to be quite a small country, just a bit bigger than Britain. However when driving along the coast you realize that as the crow flies from A-B a journey should be 5km. However, when driving this ...
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New York City to Washington, DC
A Travel Blog entry by olinorwell from New York City, New York, United States
Megabus is a relatively new brand of bus service running in both North East USA and Britain. The concept is to sell seats using yield management similar to what airlines do. Thus booking a seat months in advance will enable someone to buy what is ...
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Ground Hogs, Good times and Great Britain!
A Travel Blog entry by gemmatthews from New York, United States
... to see a Broadway show called Curtains which has Miles from Frasier in it and was very funny. We eneded the evening by heading to lower East side to check out some bars! Was a very funny night. my shuttle to the airport was 4:30 in the morn, so I ...
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New Zealand Bound
A Travel Blog entry by sarahmark from Auckland, New Zealand
... you can just pick up where you left off. The last time we came over, it had been nearly five years since they left Britain and we picked up just as quickly then as well. We drive back through Manekau, which is usually gridlocked during rush hour and ...
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Farewell New York
A Travel Blog entry by julesjb from New York City, New York, United States
... of art from all over the world. My favourite piece was a chair designed by Zaha Hadid an Iraqi architect who grew up in Britain and now one of the world's leading architects. My final departure from New York is mixed with sadness, fondness, regret and ...
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New Year's Eve and on to Middle Earth
A Travel Blog entry by johnandtamsin from Queenstown, New Zealand
... was shining which, rare on the West Coast, is unheard of in Milford; they get something like three sunny days a year (just like Britain ha ha!) The boat goes all the way up the Fiord, out to the Tasman sea and then back again. Superlatives really ...
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New Zealand - The North Island
A Travel Blog entry by richandtim from Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
... dramatic. Exploring the North Island was fascinating. Clearly their standard of life is very good. The country is bigger than Britain with only 4.5 million people so roads, car parks, cafes, shops etc are a lot more spacious and the climate is ...
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1980s Britain
A Travel Blog entry by jamsheedmaster from Stanley, East Falkland, Falkland Islands
... The couple of pubs we visited were actually the kind of places you’d avoid in England, where everyone turns and stares at new comers, and everyone seems to know everyone else’s business. I couldn’t live here, it’s not pretty and ...
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Uptown urban jungle
A Travel Blog entry by technotrekker from New York City, United States
... to the massive growth of downtown skyscrapers punctuating the southern horizon, the view is definitely spectacular. Queens to the east, New Jersey to the west, and literally thousands of oversized buildings covering the length and breadth Manhattan in ...
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Mardi and Philip's Visit II
A Travel Blog entry by penmarshall from Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
... , after the major volcanic eruptions in 1994 destroyed Rabaul, Kokopo regained its status by being made the Provincial Capital of West New Britain. We visited the cleanest, best organised market I have seen in the Pacific! It was amazing. I couldn't ...
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Holiday Inn Express Peterborough
East of England Way, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
... waiting to be uncovered. Visit Flag Fen - where archaeologists found the oldest wheel in Britain - and then fast forward a few centuries to discover our 'new' 12th century cathedral with the largest surviving example of a painted wooden ceiling from the ...
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