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Hello and welcome to our site. After spending 2004 enjoying Australia in our campervan then 2005 around the world. then 2006 refilling the bank account 2007 to Africa - Ethiopia, Zanzibar, Ngorongoro Crater, Namibia, Mauritius. 2008 Mythical Middle East and Arab Peninsular.

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  Sydney stopover   Sydney, Australia on Feb 1, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hawaii Islands   Honolulu, Hawaii, United States on Feb 1, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Big Island Hawaii - 12   Hilo, Hawaii, United States on Feb 3, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Kauai Island and back to Oahu Island   Kauai and Oahu, United States on Feb 13, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Maniacal Mexico City - noise, noise, more noise!   Mexico City, Mexico on Feb 22, 2005 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Mexico´s Pacific Coast   Puerto Escondido, Mexico on Mar 3, 2005 5 pictures 1 comment
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  Guatemala - Heather climbs 50th Birthday mountain!   Antigua, Guatemala on Mar 13, 2005 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Flores   Flores, Guatemala on Mar 14, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Belize   Hopkins, Belize on Mar 19, 2005 4 pictures 3 comments
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  Back to Mexico   Puerto Morelos, Mexico on Mar 31, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  CUBA!   Havana, Cuba on Apr 8, 2005 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Jamaica   Montego Bay / Negril, Jamaica on Apr 9, 2005 4 pictures 3 comments
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  St Maartin in the Caribbean   St Maartin, Netherlands Antilles on Apr 14, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Panama City   Panama City, Panama on Apr 17, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Lima PERU   Lima, Peru on Apr 27, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Cuzco and Machu Pichu   Cuzco, Peru on Apr 27, 2005 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Lake Titicaca, Peru   Puno, Peru on Apr 27, 2005 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to Lima........   Lima, Peru on May 2, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  New York!! New York!!   New York, United States on May 8, 2005 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Saratoga Springs - New York State   Saratoga Springs, United States on May 11, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Boston, Mass. and Newport, Rhode Island   Boston, United States on May 14, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Nova Scotia   Halifax, Canada on May 17, 2005 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Prince Edward Island   Charlottetown, Canada on May 21, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Quebec City   Quebec City, Canada on May 27, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Montreal   Montreal, Canada on May 31, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Ottawa   Ottawa, Canada on Jun 5, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  1,000 Islands   Ganonoque, Canada on Jun 11, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Toronto (first visit)   Toronto, Canada on Jun 16, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Niagara Falls   Niagara Falls, Canada on Jun 24, 2005 15 pictures 0 comments
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  Toronto (2nd visit)   Toronto, Canada on Jul 2, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  London   London, United Kingdom on Jul 8, 2005 9 pictures 0 comments
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  London Special Olympic Edition!!!!!!!   London, United Kingdom on Jul 9, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Lincoln - Friends, Cathedral and Castles   Lincoln, United Kingdom on Jul 11, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Ireland - Home of blarney and craic   Dublin, Ireland on Jul 18, 2005 9 pictures 2 comments
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  Scotland   Scotland, United Kingdom on Jul 21, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to London   London, United Kingdom on Jul 23, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin - BUSABOUT begins   Berlin, Germany on Jul 29, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Torun and Warsaw, Poland   Torun, Poland on Jul 30, 2005 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Krakow and Auschwitz   Krakow, Poland on Aug 3, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Prague and Cesky Krumlov   Prague and Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic on Aug 6, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Budapest   Budapest, Hungary on Aug 11, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Vienna   Vienna, Austria on Aug 13, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Bratislava, Slovakia   Bratislava, Slovakia on Aug 14, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Munich   Munich, Germany on Aug 17, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Romantic Venice   Venice, Italy on Aug 20, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Southern Italy: Pompeii and Amalfi the Coast   Southern Italy, Italy on Aug 25, 2005 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Rome   Rome - we are pickpocket survivors!, Italy on Aug 26, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Florence   Florence, Italy on Aug 29, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Pisa, La Spezia and The Cinque Terre   La Spezia, Italy on Sep 1, 2005 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Nice   Nice, France on Sep 4, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Barcelona   Barcelona, Spain on Sep 6, 2005 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Andorra   La Vella, Andorra on Sep 7, 2005 1 picture 0 comments
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  Valencia   Valencia, Spain on Sep 11, 2005 6 pictures 1 comment
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  Lagos   Lagos, Portugal on Sep 17, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Madrid and Salamanca   Madrid, Spain on Sep 21, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Granada   Granada, Spain on Sep 22, 2005 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Beginning our Morocco adventure   Tangier, Morocco on Sep 23, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Chefchaouen   Chefchaouen, Morocco on Sep 26, 2005 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Volubilis and Fes   Fes, Morocco on Sep 28, 2005 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Meknes, Asilah and Cap Spartel   Asilah, Morocco on Sep 29, 2005 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Marrekesh   Marrekesh, Morocco on Oct 1, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Gibraltar   Gibraltar, Gibraltar on Oct 4, 2005 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Paris   Paris, Beautiful Paris!, France on Oct 8, 2005 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Luxembourg   Luxembourge City, Luxembourg on Oct 11, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Liechtenstein   Vaduz, Liechtenstein on Oct 12, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Gallipoli   Eceabat (Gallipoli), Turkey on Oct 17, 2005 9 pictures 1 comment
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  Ephesus   Ephesus, Turkey on Oct 19, 2005 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Istanbul   Istanbul, Turkey on Oct 19, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Cappadocia   Cappadocia, Turkey on Oct 20, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  London   London, United Kingdom on Oct 23, 2005 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Stonehenge   Stonehenge, United Kingdom on Oct 31, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Delhi Delights   Delhi, India on Nov 3, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Vivid Varanasi   Varanasi, India on Nov 8, 2005 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Kinky Khajuraho!   Khajuraho, India on Nov 10, 2005 6 pictures 0 comments
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  The Aggravations of Agra   Agra, India on Nov 12, 2005 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Jaipur and Jodhpur ( 2 of the 3 J's)   Jodhpur, India on Nov 15, 2005 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Jaisalmer - the sand castle city   Jaisalmer, India on Nov 18, 2005 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Udaipur - an enchanting lake city   Udaipur, India on Nov 21, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Delhi- back again before leaving India   Delhi, India on Nov 23, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Nov 25, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Amazing Angkor Wat!   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Dec 2, 2005 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Battambang   Battambang, Cambodia on Dec 4, 2005 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Phnom Penh - The Killing Fields   Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Dec 7, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Sihanoukville   Sihanoukville, Cambodia on Dec 11, 2005 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Dec 12, 2005 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Last days of our trip?   Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Dec 15, 2005 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Macau   Macau, Macau on Dec 20, 2005 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Perth - Happy New Year to Everybody!!!!   Perth, Australia on Jan 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Pinnacles   Cervantes, Australia on Jan 15, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  A fresh look at Kalbarri and surrounds   Kalbarri, Australia on Jan 27, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Monkey Mia to Broome - in the wet!   Monkey Mia to Broome, Australia on Feb 1, 2006 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Broome to Perth and getting stranded on the way!   Broome to Perth, Australia on Feb 24, 2006 14 pictures 2 comments
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  Stoneville   Stoneville, Australia on Sep 9, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Coral Bay   Coral Bay, Australia on Nov 10, 2006 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Coral Bay Christmas and Manta Rays   Coral Bay, Australia on Mar 1, 2007 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Swimming with the Whale Sharks!   Coral Bay, Australia on May 16, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Perth   Perth, Australia on Nov 3, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  (Mauritius - stop over only to change planes)   Mahebourg, Mauritius on Nov 3, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  (Nairobi - stop over only to change planes)   Nairobi, Kenya on Nov 3, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Addis Ababa   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov 4, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Unforgetable Sights of Lalibela and NO LUGGAGE!   Lalibela, Ethiopia on Nov 4, 2007 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Just a stopover in Addis Ababa (see next entry)   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov 6, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Nairobi (or NAIROBBERY as travellers call it!)   Nairobi, Kenya on Nov 7, 2007 4 pictures 2 comments
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  To Arusha (with kindness of strangers)   Arusha, Tanzania on Nov 7, 2007 3 pictures 0 comments
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  5 day Tanzania Safari begins....   Lake Manyara, Tanzania on Nov 8, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Serengeti Scenes (& small world stuff)   Serengeti / Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania on Nov 8, 2007 23 pictures 0 comments
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  Zanzibar - (with lots of rain)   Stone Town, Tanzania on Nov 13, 2007 11 pictures 0 comments
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  News of luggage..... and the Tazara train to catch   Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on Nov 16, 2007 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Clickity clacking along on the Tazara train   Nakondi, Zambia on Nov 17, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Livingstone (stop over to Chobe)   Livingstone, Zambia on Nov 19, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  "Choc-a-bloc Chobe" Game Park, Botswana   Kasane, Botswana on Nov 20, 2007 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Living it up in Livingstone   Livingstone, Zambia on Nov 21, 2007 8 pictures 0 comments
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  What STILL no luggage? & car hire dramas   Windhoek, Namibia on Nov 26, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Dead Vlei   Sesriem, Namibia on Nov 27, 2007 26 pictures 0 comments
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  Seafood and Shopping Swakopmund Style   Swakopmund, Namibia on Nov 28, 2007 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Wayward Luggage Returned!   Windhoek, Namibia on Nov 30, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Short but Sweet re-visit   Cape Town, South Africa on Dec 1, 2007 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Making the most of our last days.......   Mahebourg, Mauritius on Dec 2, 2007 18 pictures 0 comments
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  Coral Bay - Cyclone Nicholas / Flooding   Coral Bay , Western Australia, Australia on Feb 20, 2008 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Coral Bay - Travellers Behaving Badly   Coral Bay, Australia on May 15, 2008 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Coral Bay - Road Kill   Coral Bay, Australia on Jun 15, 2008 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Coral Bay - Ningaloo Reef , Sights and Rescue   Coral Bay, Australia on Sep 18, 2008 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Cairo - the beginning   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 23, 2008 8 pictures 1 comment
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  Pyramids and Passports   Cairo, Egypt on Oct 26, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Aswan, Abu Simbel and a Felucca down the Nile   Aswan, Egypt on Oct 27, 2008 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Luxor and the Valley of the Kings   Luxor, Egypt on Oct 30, 2008 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Hurghada - Guide Hany's last night   Hurghada, Egypt on Oct 31, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Dazzled by Dahab, Dared by Mt Sinai   Dahab, Egypt on Nov 3, 2008 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Sharm el Sheikh - Goodbye Egypt   Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on Nov 4, 2008 103 pictures 0 comments
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  Northern Jordan -Amman, Umm Qais, Aijlun, Jerash   Umm Qais, Jordan on Nov 5, 2008 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Mt Nebo, Madaba, Lawerence of Arabia's Wadi Rum   Wadi Rum, Jordan on Nov 6, 2008 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Petra - the Jewel in Jordan's Tourist Crown   Petra, Jordan on Nov 8, 2008 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Floating in the Dead Sea and Back to Amman   Amman, Jordan on Nov 10, 2008 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Damascus to Aleppo - Syria   Damascus, Syria on Nov 12, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Happily Lost in the Souks of Aleppo   Aleppo, Syria on Nov 13, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Ebla & Hama - 2 Whistle Stops on way to Palmyra   Ebla, Syria on Nov 14, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The Palms and Peace of Palmyra   Palmyra, Syria on Nov 15, 2008 10 pictures 0 comments
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  The Road to Damascus   Damascus, Syria on Nov 15, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Damascus - rich in history   Damascus, Syria on Nov 16, 2008 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Dubai - City of Perpetual Progress   Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Nov 17, 2008 14 pictures 0 comments
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  Musandam Peninsula - Arabia's Fjordland   Khasab, Oman on Nov 24, 2008 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Abu Dhabi - Home of "Phone a Friend"   Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Nov 25, 2008 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Kuala Lumpur (with no Mumbai stopover!)   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Nov 27, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Taman Negara - Ancient Rainforest   Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia on Nov 30, 2008 18 pictures 0 comments
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  Back Home to Coral Bay!   Coral Bay, Australia on Dec 6, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments