A Ginger Abroad

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I will start in Albania and hope to finish in Greece. Not quite as straight forward as one would think. I intend on riding the trans-siberian railway, exploring China, South East Asia and India before returning to Europe.

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  A short summer in the UK   Reading, United Kingdom on Aug 26, 2011 19 pictures 4 comments
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  Tirana, Tirana   Tirana, Albania on Aug 27, 2011 22 pictures 3 comments
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  FYROM   Skopje, Macedonia on Aug 29, 2011 18 pictures 2 comments
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  Sweet Sofia   Sofia, Bulgaria on Aug 31, 2011 14 pictures 3 comments
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  Old Bulgaria   Plovdiv, Bulgaria on Sep 1, 2011 7 pictures 1 comment
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  The smell of the Black Sea   Varna, Bulgaria on Sep 2, 2011 12 pictures 1 comment
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  The city of cars and cars and cars   Bucharest, Romania on Sep 4, 2011 20 pictures 2 comments
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  Chisinau (kish i now)   Chisinau, Moldova on Sep 7, 2011 32 pictures 3 comments
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  Ukraine's most lovely city!!   Lviv, Ukraine on Sep 10, 2011 24 pictures 3 comments
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  The Orange Revolution!   Kiev, Ukraine on Sep 13, 2011 18 pictures 1 comment
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  This is Minsk   Minsk, Belarus on Sep 15, 2011 26 pictures 0 comments
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  My first Baltic stop   Vilnius, Lithuania on Sep 17, 2011 15 pictures 4 comments
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  The meat of the Baltic sandwich   Riga, Latvia on Sep 19, 2011 21 pictures 2 comments
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  Medieval bliss   Tallinn, Estonia on Sep 21, 2011 14 pictures 1 comment
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  Suomi   Helsinki, Finland on Sep 23, 2011 12 pictures 1 comment
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  Leningrad   St. Petersburg, Russia on Sep 25, 2011 19 pictures 1 comment
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  From Russia with (ginger) love   Moscow, Russia on Sep 28, 2011 45 pictures 4 comments
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  Siberia......baby!   Tomsk, Russia on Oct 4, 2011 20 pictures 4 comments
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  Falling in the deepest lake in the world!   Irkutsk, Russia on Oct 8, 2011 17 pictures 3 comments
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  The coldest leg of my trip   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Oct 12, 2011 28 pictures 2 comments
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  Me, My Wall and Carly   Beijing, China on Oct 17, 2011 79 pictures 2 comments
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  Red-lantern-hung-streets   Pingyao, China on Oct 27, 2011 19 pictures 2 comments
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  Terracotta Warriors and climbing Hua Shan   Xi'an, China on Oct 30, 2011 28 pictures 1 comment
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  One Big Buddha   Chengdu, China on Nov 2, 2011 24 pictures 0 comments
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  Sleeping in a Monastery   Emeishan, China on Nov 4, 2011 14 pictures 3 comments
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  The West in the East   Shanghai, China on Nov 9, 2011 15 pictures 0 comments
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  South of the DMZ   Seoul, Korea Rep. on Nov 12, 2011 31 pictures 0 comments
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  Bunny times   Daegu, Korea Rep. on Nov 16, 2011 14 pictures 2 comments
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  A Ginger Weekend   Busan, Korea Rep. on Nov 18, 2011 17 pictures 2 comments
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  The Truffle Chuffle, again and again and...   Fukuoka, Japan on Nov 21, 2011 21 pictures 2 comments
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  For World Peace and to eliminate Nuclear Weapons   Hiroshima, Japan on Nov 24, 2011 17 pictures 3 comments
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  Temples, shrines and tourists!   Kyoto, Japan on Nov 27, 2011 20 pictures 2 comments
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  The land of the rising sun   Tokyo, Japan on Nov 29, 2011 38 pictures 1 comment
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  Bah-gee-oh   Baguio, Philippines on Dec 3, 2011 6 pictures 0 comments
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  The story of the ATM   Sagada, Philippines on Dec 4, 2011 11 pictures 4 comments
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  The rice terraces of Batad   Banaue, Philippines on Dec 5, 2011 11 pictures 0 comments
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  A true Asian megacity   Manila, Philippines on Dec 7, 2011 11 pictures 0 comments
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  The boy in the bubble.   Boracay, Philippines on Dec 8, 2011 25 pictures 1 comment
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  Back for some more! Manila part 2   Manila, Philippines on Dec 13, 2011 5 pictures 1 comment
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  At home with the Junior Anchors!   Perth, Australia on Dec 18, 2011 19 pictures 2 comments
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  HoHoHo Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!   Melaka, Malaysia on Dec 23, 2011 18 pictures 2 comments
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  The Delight of little Singapore   Singapore, Singapore on Dec 27, 2011 33 pictures 0 comments
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  KL   Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia on Dec 30, 2011 15 pictures 1 comment
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  Strawberry farms and tea plantations forever   Cameron highlands, Malaysia on Jan 2, 2012 25 pictures 1 comment
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  Ginger boys do Bangkok   Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 5, 2012 41 pictures 3 comments
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  City of Monks and Elephants   Chiang Mai, Thailand on Jan 13, 2012 48 pictures 1 comment
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  Cabbages and Condoms   Chiang Rai, Thailand on Jan 16, 2012 11 pictures 0 comments
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  LPDR (Lao Please Don't Rush)   Pak Beng, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 17, 2012 21 pictures 3 comments
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  The town of hungry monks   Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 18, 2012 44 pictures 0 comments
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  Cake or Death? (Cake = respect for your life)   Vang Vieng, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 21, 2012 15 pictures 1 comment
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  A quiet capital city   Vientiane , Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 23, 2012 9 pictures 1 comment
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  Si Phan Don (Four Thousand Islands)   4000 islands, Lao Peoples Dem Rep on Jan 25, 2012 10 pictures 1 comment
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  Eating! Eating! Eating!   Siem Reap, Cambodia on Jan 28, 2012 9 pictures 2 comments
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  Crazy Bamboo Train   Battambang, Cambodia on Jan 30, 2012 15 pictures 3 comments
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  Charming Chaos   Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Jan 31, 2012 16 pictures 0 comments
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  Saigon   Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam on Feb 3, 2012 14 pictures 1 comment
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  Beach capital of Vietnam   Nha Trang, Vietnam on Feb 5, 2012 22 pictures 3 comments
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  The City of Eternal Spring   Dalat, Vietnam on Feb 8, 2012 19 pictures 1 comment
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  Sahara of Vietnam   Mui Ne, Vietnam on Feb 10, 2012 10 pictures 1 comment
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  The Bangkok I've been searching for!   Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 11, 2012 14 pictures 2 comments
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  Dave boy - the lost week!!   Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 15, 2012 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Travelling back in time!   Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar on Feb 16, 2012 15 pictures 1 comment
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  Burma's ancient city   Bagan, Myanmar on Feb 18, 2012 37 pictures 2 comments
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  Another Big Buddha   Monywa, Myanmar on Feb 20, 2012 34 pictures 1 comment
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  For Hylton Cooke, our Grandad   Mandalay, Myanmar on Feb 21, 2012 19 pictures 2 comments
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  The Lake that never was   Inle Lake, Myanmar on Feb 23, 2012 8 pictures 3 comments
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  'The' Beach   Ko Phi Phi Don, Thailand on Feb 27, 2012 16 pictures 1 comment
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  The Kingdom of Ceylon   Colombo, Sri Lanka on Mar 10, 2012 13 pictures 7 comments
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  Sweet Kandy   Kandy, Sri Lanka on Mar 13, 2012 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Anciet city of Sri Lanka   Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka on Mar 15, 2012 23 pictures 3 comments
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  Oh Mountain!   Sigiriya, Sri Lanka on Mar 17, 2012 14 pictures 1 comment
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  Moonstone coloured waters of Unawatuna   Unawatuna, Sri Lanka on Mar 20, 2012 26 pictures 3 comments
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  Barmy army and fresh fish on the beach   Mirissa South, Sri Lanka on Mar 24, 2012 24 pictures 2 comments
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  Oh how I irritate people!! Plus, sleepy Leopard!   Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka on Mar 28, 2012 19 pictures 4 comments
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  Poochie times!   Ella, Sri Lanka on Mar 30, 2012 26 pictures 0 comments
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  Where God dropped off Adam!   Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka on Apr 3, 2012 22 pictures 2 comments
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  Little to see in Toy Town   Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka on Apr 6, 2012 7 pictures 0 comments
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  Happy New Year!!!   Negombo, Sri Lanka on Apr 12, 2012 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Former Eastern Pakistan   Dhaka City, Bangladesh on Apr 15, 2012 40 pictures 0 comments
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  Starting India in style   Port Blair, India on Apr 19, 2012 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Happy 30th Birthday Gingerman!   Havelock Island, India on Apr 23, 2012 18 pictures 1 comment
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  Swapna's Hindu Wedding   Kozhikode, India on Apr 26, 2012 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Beach resort in India   Varkala, India on Apr 28, 2012 9 pictures 5 comments