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Yangon

On 5 Mar 201520 Apr 2015 By Andy RoamsIn backpacking, budget travel, South East Asia, Train travel, travel, travel photography, travel tips7 Comments

So it seems my time in Myanmar is almost up. Boy it has gone quickly! It seems only yesterday that I was boarding my flight to Mandalay and tomorrow I am going to be taking a flight back to Bangkok where I will be joined by my wife and then we will have five days …

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Sunday Spotlight – Hiroshima

On 21 Dec 2014 By Andy RoamsIn backpacking, budget travel, Japan, travel photography, travel tips6 Comments

Let me tell you, a city known for the world’s first atomic bomb being dropped on it, is 60 years later a wonderful place to visit in Japan. I really can’t recommend Hiroshima enough, it’s simply brilliant. If you travel to Japan and don’t get there, you’ve really missed out on a city that has …

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A Day at Fuji-san (Part One)

On 12 May 201412 May 2014 By Andy RoamsIn backpacking, budget travel, Japan, travel, travel photography, travel tips4 Comments

For those who have followed this blog for a while – I mean back in its earlier form on blogger as well as here on Word Press, you will know that there is a bane in my life – that is Mount Fuji. No, we are not bitter enemies or anything, I haven’t been attacked …

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Secret Tokyo

On 22 Apr 2014 By Andy RoamsIn backpacking, budget travel, Japan, Kindle books, travel, travel photography, travel tips4 Comments

Tokyo is a pretty big place. A really big place. Heck, it’s HUGE. There’s so many districts and place, temples, train lines, it’s a major headache to navigate at times and pick up your Lonely Planet guide book and look at the Tokyo section and you don’t know where to start. What to see first, …

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Chusonji in Winter

On 3 Feb 2014 By Andy RoamsIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Good evening all. Unless where you are it's morning or afternoon or just in time for brunch. Just thought I'd quickly blog a few photos for you all taken on Saturday at the local World Heritage Site, Chusonji. I was there at about 4 in the afternoon when the light was a bit dull it …

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Central Asia

Turkmenistan – photo from The Calvert Journal
Turkmenbashi Mosque
Kulkedash Medressa, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
sunrise over the Kazakh steppe.
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An Orcadian Abroad

A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget

Salsaworldtraveler'sblog

my mind platter

exposing the inner-world of my brain

Chocoviv’s Lifestyle Blog 2.0

My second blog page

get cracking, start packing

Lookoom

Put pictures on your travel dreams

Angelart Star

The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.

Writes of Passage

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