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  Dublin, Ireland
Thursday, September 6, 2007

Hello,

I start today my travel blog.
As I told you before I will travel in Asia for a year or 2.
I'm starting slowly to get ready, and now the stress of the departure and unknown land start to get bigger.

It took me sometimes before i can save all the money i needed to take the road.

I live now in Ireland for 3 years with a break of 6 months in Sth America and France.

My pland is still the same, travelling and meeting people

Departuree day with Milan 11/09

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I would like to find a job in Beijing (Pekin) next summer for the Olympic Games.
Before that I hope I will have visited Russia, Mongolia, China, Nepal, Tibet, Nepal, India, Thailand and Vietnam. After Beijing I hope I will have enough money to visit the rest of Sth Asia, and go to Australia for a year.
Well at the moement that's only a plan.
The most exciting about all of that which can be the most scary also, I don't know at all what to expect.
I don't speak any languages of the countries i'm going to. I don't know much about their cultures.
Luckuly, I'm a member of the most amazing website called couchsurfing.
If you want to have a look got to: www.couchsurfing.com
It's basicly a website for people traveling around, you can find other members who will provide you accomodation for free, and most of the times will spend sometimes with you to show you around their city. You can do the same in the other way, sharring your house and experiences.
The feeling of meeting new people is exciting and very often get good connection with them

Last night in Dublin 10/09

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It's very good for meeting locals and get to know straight away how people live or the point of view they have about their own country. You can have the chance to meet friends and familly and live their lifes for a short period of times.
Which is much more difficult when you are just a simple tourist in a hostel and have to find everything yourself.

I had some very good time in Ireland, met wonderfull people, and will keep in touch with lots of them.
I even have an Irish family, with who I spend my 2 Christmas with. Shane's family where each of them have his own way of beeing artistic.The most welcoming people i've met, i felt welcome and accepted the first time i met them. They remind me of my own family and love them the same way.

I had few diferents jobs, working as a chef most of the time, but also in 2 differents american company as a customer care. It was a good experience and it gave me the chance to see how this kind of buisness work.
I don't think ever in my life i'll do it again, cause it's against my ideas..

My Irish family Momo, Shane,Riin and belly baby

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I also met an old friend from chilhood. when we were 7 and playind football with brothers sisters and neighbours.
We met in one of the company I was working and it was very weird to meet again after 15 years we didn't see each other 9 only once but we were both drunk:). We are now living together, in the big house where there are always 10 or 12 people around.

Well later on I will give some few usefull tips for people who want to travel if it can help them like for example getting a Russian VISA in an easy way.
And even the easy way is really complicated.

I will put some pictures and tell you about my life in different places, hope it will be cyber cafe in most of the cities.

Hope you will enjoy it, and maybe some of you will join me :)


Nico

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Sandro, Vasliki and me 10/09

with Magda and Kuba (michiak)

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