Aaro goes East

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First traversed overland across Siberia and Mongolia during winter to study Chinese in Beijing for the spring semester. After the studies travelled in Japan and South-West China, then headed to Himalayas in Tibet and Nepal, before finishing the trip in Thailand and Myanmar.

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  Gearing up   Rovaniemi, Finland on Jan 14, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Three days of Tatarstan   Kazan, Russian Federation on Jan 19, 2009 2 pictures 1 comment
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  Three days of train   Irkutsk, Russian Federation on Jan 22, 2009 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Attractive Olkhon Island and Lake Baikal   Olkhon, Russian Federation on Jan 27, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Exhausted (or hungover?) in Ulan-Ude   Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation on Feb 1, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Exploring small villages   Barguzin, Russian Federation on Feb 4, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Mongolia   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Feb 6, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Off to Gobi   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Feb 8, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Gobi and the shit   Dalandzadgad, Mongolia on Feb 14, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Getting started in Beijing   Beijing, China on Feb 23, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Seoul   Seoul, Korea Rep. on Mar 11, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Still alive   Beijing, China on Mar 22, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Strange China   Beijing, China on Apr 19, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Shanghai   Shanghai, China on Apr 25, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Beijing   Beijing, China on May 10, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hong Kong   Hong Kong, China on May 16, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Guest hosting   Beijing, China on Jun 1, 2009 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Done with Beijing, almost made it to Tokyo   Narita, Japan on Jun 26, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Our Japan   Tokyo, Japan on Jul 16, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Beijing stop-over   Beijing, China on Jul 20, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  28+3 hours on HARD seat.   Chengdu, China on Jul 21, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Taking it easy in Chengdu   Chengdu, China on Jul 24, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Travelling Chinese countryside   Litang, China on Aug 1, 2009 9 pictures 0 comments
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  Back on paved roads   Shangri-La, China on Aug 6, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Hiking in the Tiger Leaping Gorge   Dali, China on Aug 11, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  A Kunming stop-over   Kunming, China on Aug 13, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Happy to finally get away from here tomorrow.   Hong Kong, China on Aug 18, 2009 6 pictures 0 comments
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  My last post in Beijing, I guess.   Beijing, China on Aug 21, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Recovering from the hard seat again   Pingyao, China on Aug 23, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Being a tourist in Xian   Xi'an, China on Aug 26, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Ready for a ride on the rooftop of the world!   Xining, China on Aug 27, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Finally in Tibet   Lhasa, China on Aug 31, 2009 5 pictures 2 comments
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  Wild Wild West   Darchen, China on Sep 5, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Around the holy mountain   Mount Kailash, China on Sep 8, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  A weekend at the Everest   Mount Everest Base Camp, China on Sep 12, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  A dramatic landscape change   Zhangmu, China on Sep 14, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Namaste!   Kathmandu, Nepal on Sep 15, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
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  "Am I going to die?"   The Last Resort, Nepal on Sep 19, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Back in Kathmandu   Kathmandu, Nepal on Sep 20, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Learning to raft   Chatra, Nepal on Sep 28, 2009 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Animal watching   Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal on Oct 1, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
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  I thought the rainy season was over already...   Pokhara, Nepal on Oct 2, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Flying to Bangkok   Kathmandu, Nepal on Oct 9, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  On holiday   Hua Hin, Thailand on Oct 23, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Almost ready for Burma   Bangkok, Thailand on Oct 26, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  "It is quite unlike any other land you know about"   Yangon, Myanmar on Oct 31, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Being sick in Mandalay   Mandalay, Myanmar on Nov 3, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  A jump to Inle Lake   Nyaungshwe, Myanmar on Nov 6, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Trek to Kalaw   Kalaw, Myanmar on Nov 9, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Pleasures of Burmese roads.   Bagan, Myanmar on Nov 11, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Off the tourist track   Hpa-an, Myanmar on Nov 17, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Heading HOME.   Yangon, Myanmar on Nov 18, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments