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Emma Duckworth
Apr 30, 20248 min read
Sri Lanka - Kandy, Ella, Hiriketiya, Ahangama & Galle
DDR: Sri Lanka is up there as one of the most beautifully lush and green countries with incredibly friendly and chilled out people, great...
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Nikhil Shah
Apr 14, 202410 min read
Japan II - Hakone, Kyoto & Osaka (Nara & Hiroshima)
It wasn't a great start to the second week of Japan. I was ill again. Perhaps the intensity of finally skiing/boarding again and the...
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Emma Duckworth
Apr 8, 20247 min read
Japan I - Okishiga & Tokyo
7eleven greeted us like and old friend when we arrived late in Tokyo. We enjoyed a sumptuous dinner and had a relaxing early evening,...
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Nikhil Shah
Mar 30, 202411 min read
Vietnam II - Sapa, Hanoi & Halong bay
Sapa We don't really plan too much in advance. Aside from flights, once we're in a country we only book things a couple of days at time....
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Emma Duckworth
Mar 23, 20248 min read
Vietnam I - Ho Chi Minh & Hoi An
Friends! It was so exciting to land in Ho Chi Minh as we would be spending the next 2 weeks with some of our best friends. Domi and...
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Nikhil Shah
Mar 19, 20246 min read
Taiwain II - Alishan Mountains & Kaohsiung City
Taipei had felt like a home away from home. An extended weekend in the London of East Asia. So next up was Alishan, an area in the...
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Emma Duckworth
Mar 13, 20246 min read
Taiwan I - Taipei 101
DDR: Taipei is a beautiful, chilled out city with amazing food, cool people and lots of art and culture. We had a great time, bar some...
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Nikhil Shah
Mar 7, 202411 min read
Philippines II: Tao & The Lost Boys
TLDR: Island hopping in the Philippines is fun. The Tao Philippines expedition was a birthday present from Emma. Many of our friends...
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Emma Duckworth
Mar 2, 20248 min read
Philippines I: Palawan
DDR: Palawan is a tropical paradise island where you can eat great food, snorkel, dive, surf, drive scooters, enjoy beach bars and get...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 31, 20246 min read
48 hours in Singapore
To combat the long journey and (hopefully) mitigate jet lag in New Zeland, we added a mini-visit to Singapore. In just 2 days we had a...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 28, 20245 min read
Mumbai
This time I figured out how to opt for a fancier night bus (labelled primo on the makemytrip app) and was ready for my final sleep before...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 25, 20245 min read
Goa
I had spent a few days solo in Hampi and was now looking forward to interact with actual people at a social hostel I had booked,...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 25, 20245 min read
Rishikesh V
For our 3rd week in Rishikesh we had a new schedule. Philosophy, anatomy and meditation all finished and we had a few new classes. These...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 21, 20245 min read
Wayanad, Mysore & Hampi
Struggling to decide where to go on my next stop, I was on the phone to my cousin Naman, who had mentioned Wayanad as another potential...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 16, 20245 min read
Munnar
Journeys in India are as much of an adventure as the destination.. sometimes more. This time rather than get a (relatively) expensive...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 15, 20243 min read
Rishikesh IV
By the end of week 2, we'd found a nice rhythm. Our final class of the day is meditation, and our meditation teacher, Ram, joins us for...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 11, 20244 min read
Rishikesh III
For my day off, I headed to Dehradun, to meet Dr Singh, aka my boss's mum. She is a wonderful lady, and I had a great time meeting her...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 9, 20244 min read
Varkala
I managed to pool together with 3 others I had met on the backwaters trip and share a taxi to Varkala. The journey was in a rickety old...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 6, 20243 min read
Rishikesh II
I have made it to the end of week 1! Today was kicked off with cleansing, Jal Neti, specifically cleansing of the nostrils by pouring a...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 6, 20244 min read
Kochi & Alleppey
I went straight from the airport to the accommodation I was staying at in Fort Kochi. The place was very simple and had a nice and...
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