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Here we go

This being more or less a diary of our wanderings, working back from most recent to most distant. Hence, below, the finale to our recent travels in Sri Lanka.

For owt else, try AWAY, above.  As in up up and. 

Late flight from Saigon to Hanoi
Hey, Vietnam! Nice to see you again!
Well, that was one of the more stressful days of our trip. Starting out when we took the tuk tuk to the address suggested by Booking.com, arriving with just seven minutes to spare before...
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Kratie district, Cambodia
Bye Cambodia, thanks for everything
Not a great deal to say about yesterday – we took the van back to Phnom Penh. A long and boring journey, shared with a woman and baby for an hour, a Cambodian workman, for a different...
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Mondulkiri Project Elephant Sanctuary, Mondulkiri, Cambodia
You cannot but feel privileged
Let’s be honest, some days are a bit of a let down. They’re good, you enjoy them, and it’s probably no more than the weight of over-heightened expectations. One day,...
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Junior School, Kratie District, Cambodia
What can you say but what a day!
After the first couple of hours out on Suk’s tuk tuk tour, I said to Virle, I’m going to have to start taking notes, otherwise I’ll never remember all the things we’re...
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Mekong river, Kratie, Cambodia
We saw the river dolphins!
And also this young chap, who was handling one of the other boats with what looked like a masterful hand, while his father, presumably, was down in the boondocks chatting with a punter. And...
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Bokor Mountain, Cambodia
Day on the bus. And the other bus.
Today was always going to be a non-event – very much a means to an end rather than any kind of end in itself. What’s to say about the bus trip that took us from Kampot to...
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