Author: The Urban Wanderer
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Extreme Days in La Fortuna
This post is originally from February 2, 2013 This post is only about one day, but it feels like I did enough for an entire year! When I opened my eyes yesterday morning and looked up there was a massive tail poking through the roof of our thatched cabin/hut. The tail was about a foot…
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Do you know the way to San Jose?
This post is originally from January 31, 2013 Hey Everyone, This is day three away from home and so far so good. 🙂 Our adventure nearly didn’t start. We got to the airport in Edmonton on time. Cleared customs and while sipping our Starbucks got lost in our conversation. Michelle’s friend has also joined us,…
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Off to Central America
This post is originally from January 28, 2013 Hey Everyone, Well, it is that time again. Time when the excitement of Christmas and holidays have worn off. When icy roads and bundling up becomes old news. And when all my scrimping and saving has come together and I am lucky enough to head somewhere warm…
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Southeast Asia comes to an end…
This post is originally from February 25, 2012 So here I sit, at an internet cafe all alone. I have said many goodbyes to all my new friends and shed quite a few tears. Everyone is now traveling down to the Thai islands and I am the lone one who has to fly back home to work. Alas,…
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Sailing Down the Mekong River
So our time in Laos has come to an end and it truly has been an unbelievable experience. I forgot to tell you that during the long drives throughout the country side we would see old B52 shells laying on the ground. We were told that basically the US bombed so many B52s during the Vietnam…
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Winding our way by land through Laos
So I forgot to tell you that the night before last some dutch guys offered me opium. Beware of the Dutch! hahaha (my dad is Dutch so I can say that). I regretfully turned it down but thanked them for the offer, haha! Yesterday we started on the road bright and early. I love…
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The Magical Vang Vieng
Yesterday we made our way to the little town of Vang Vieng.  The roads were pretty horrendous. Every 500 meters or so it would go from semi smooth pavement to completely jagged and pot holed. There would be a reprieve for the next 500 meters and it would start all over again. This made for a longer…
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Good bye Vietnam, Hello Laos!
Our last days in Vietnam were definitely grey. The skies were completely overcast and you couldn’t see across the river as it was completely covered in fog. It sure made us want to leave Vietnam and experience some sun again. The other day we woke up early so that we could see the dead body…
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Heading North
This post was originally from February 13, 2012 I’ve been MIA (missing in action) the last few days but have traveled a vast amount of kilometers!  We have gone from the stifling heat to much colder temperatures. Bye bye tan! We spent a night in Hue. This used to be the capital of Vietnam before the war.…
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The Cutest town in Vietnam
This post was originally from February 10, 2012 Hello! The other day we hopped on the sleeper train and spent the night rattling through the country side. When we arrived at about noon we were in the cutest town in Vietnam thus far. It is called Hoi An. The town itself is actually a UNESCO…
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